Dino Friend

Some people just piss me off. Especially when they humiliate me in public.

So there's this guy I met last year who seemed like a pretty cool guy. We'll use "Dino Friend" as his name (mmk hobbesjobs?). I first knew him as "that one guy I respect because he smokes a pipe" and he thought I was a Junior Counselor in our dorm because I was always alone. We met through our mutual disliking of formal dances. We found each other to be awesome. We sat up in the lounge and protested while everyone else left to go to some dance. We tried to make a fireball out of creamer like they did on Mythbusters, stuck a bike up in a tree, discussed the dangers of velociraptors, laughed at how pathetic the people were by going to the dance etc. The next day he got me to switch chemistry sections so I would be in the same class as him, we shared some tea and he convinced me to write that dinosaur article I wrote for the newspaper. The next two days he showed me his world of his epic dinosaur drawings, super smash brothers, awesome movies and smoking pipes. It was a swell life.

Then something happened. He started ignoring me. I don't know what the hell I did. Things seemed to be going really well and he greatly enjoyed my company. I even got a "You'd better stalk me *wink*" so he obviously passed that test. Then all of a sudden....I just felt unwelcome. I would see him and he'd just pretend I wasn't there. This was not a gradual thing. This was a bam bam shabam very next day thing.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO WATCH ZOOLANDER TOGETHER.

Whatever. He got girlfriend over the summer. Pssh.

The story does not end there my friends. Oh no. I got back to campus and Dino Friend gives me this big smile when he sees me and says "hi" and whatnot as we passed by each other. So I decided to try one last time to clarify what the hell was going on with our friendship.

Today, right before the chemistry class that he got me to switch into so we could be in the same class together, I saw him. He was standing at the counter of this little cafe. I started walking up to him. He noticed me and made eye contact with me as I was walking towards him. Usually, that means "hey, a familiar face. We're gonna chat a bit when they get over to me." Yeah? So I walk up to him and say "hi Dino Friend!" (except I said his real name). He says "oh hey" and then turns to this other girl and starts this lengthy conversation. So that's it. He's decided not to talk to me. REJECTED. I obviously walked over there just to chat with him so I was just standing there awkwardly. I started staring at the tea selection the cafe has as if that was the actual reason why I came over there. One problem, I obviously was not thinking about getting tea because I was holding a cup of hot chocolate. After what seemed like an eternity, I finally walked away in great shame.

*sad face*

~AM