One-sided conversations
by Chris on Apr.04, 2003, under General Thoughts
Current events have, as i’m sure all of you know, gotten very interesting on the political and world-issues front. From the scrap over in Iraq, to the shrinking civil liberties in the US, to the intense anti-americanism that penetrates our national government, to my favourite people - anti-war protestors, of course! - there’s no end to the number of interesting things going on in the world around me.
The problem is, i don’t feel like talking about them. At least, not the way i usually do. Why? Because i’m missing my universal foil. Somehow, it’s just not the same to yak about these things with even the more interesting and well-spoken/thought people in my life (To whomever is reading this: If you have ever talked with me about this, you’re on the list).
So, i did something that i do pretty rarely the other day.. It may not have been all that much, but i attempted an apology/reconciliation with Jamie. At least, i tried one insofar as i feel i owe an apology, which only goes so far. (What’s this about? This
Anyway, i sent off an e-mail that consisted, essentially, of “Well, i think you were a prick, but i was an asshole too, so here i am, apologizing for the ways in which i was an asshole”
Naturally, this came with the attendant verbal spew that i’m so good at 
Consequent to this, i got a reply that i read as “Well, Chris, until you grovel before me and beg my forgiveness without qualifications, we don’t have anything to talk about”
Imagine my amusement.
April 4th, 2003 on 7:01 pm
well, just my 2 cents here but I think you both are idiots for throwing away years worth of friendship over a small fight. I realise that this had been building for a while but I think that you two should be able to work it out, Congrats to you Chris for exending the first olive branch and hopefully Jamie will realise that he is way out of line. You were both at fault here.
April 4th, 2003 on 10:37 pm
But what did his reply actually say? I’m not asking for how you read it, but what he actually wrote.
April 4th, 2003 on 10:40 pm
And i quote (in full):
When you’re prepared to make a real apology sans a couple paragraphs detailing how unworthy of your apology I am, we’ll talk.