August 5th, 2012
I spent most of yesterday at the coffee shop writing in this journal. Leona, Miguel, Leroy and Meadow sauntered in late in the afternoon;
"Max where were you last night??" Leona asked, immediately I knew she was referring to the Friday night meditation group in the park.
I sighed inwardly and outwardly before replying;
"I've been having a 'spiritual disagreement with someone that attends regularly, so I decided to avoid any spiritual conflicts and not go."
Everyone nodded and we talked about other stuff for a while, the great thing was no one prodded me to disclose who I was having the conflict with. Shortly thereafter Leroy and Leona left, and Meadow and Miguel followed suit half an hour later. I reabsorbed myself in my journal and lost some time. When I walked out the back door to smoke a cigarette Al materialized, seemingly from nowhere. We had a lengthy discussion about his living situation with Richard. A situation that seems to be rapidly deteriorating.
This has revealed many 'cracks' in Richards character. The current setup is that when Al moved in he was told he could stay for two months. July went fine... mostly. Now it's August and Richard wants him out.
"When I started crashing there Richard told me I had two months but last night he flat out asked how soon I could be out. I pointed out that two months would put me through to September and he said to me 'Well what are you doing for the house??' I told him ' Look... I cook I cleanand you and Aaron have been eating my food.' and he says 'Well Aaron and I are gonna need a hundred bucks a piece. ' and I said 'Well you know that would of been really nice to know WHEN I moved in."
"That sucks." I replied. It does.
"Yeah everything was cool but now he needs money cause his went 'up in smoke'."
I nodded.
"He likes to direct and control people." Al stated flatly with a sigh.
Al and I have discussed Richard proclivities in the past but never to any great length. This time was different, delving into Richards promiscuous nature.
" So anyway, I was hung out in a group with a couple of Richards previous hook-ups the other night. Well five of them at least. Somehow I ended up hanging out with the one girl in the group he hadn't hooked up with yet." Al said, mumbling the bit around his cigarette.
"Yeah Rich gets around, I remember her hooked up with that drunk chick that one night I was crashing on his couch." I stated.
Al nodded "Now he's all in this 'relationship' mode with his latest conquest...seems like he's trying really hard... anyway back to the other night, so I'm hanging out with this girl and she goes to the bathroom, Richard comes over and asks me what my intentions are."
"Ah." I said. "Sounds like he has an old score to settle."
Al nodded again and was silent.
"Well... how's living with him otherwise?" I asked.
Al shrugged. "It's alright, other than the money thing he's been really passive with me lately."
"Like not telling you what to do?" I asked.
"More like he just doesn't seem to care what I'm doing in the least lately. Him and his girl have been clocking a lot of time together these days." Al clarified.
" He's pretty hands off with his other room mate, Aaron, right?"
" Sort of, I think him and Aaron have lived together for so long that Richard doesn't even attempt to control him."
Enough about Richard, only time will tell what or who he truly is. i don't begrudge him his ways, I simply choose not to participate in his;
"Everyone is an asshole it's all about how they make up for it." Paradigm.
Lovely way to look at the world, and I should know because that's how I looked at it when I drank.
I spent most of yesterday at the coffee shop writing in this journal. Leona, Miguel, Leroy and Meadow sauntered in late in the afternoon;
"Max where were you last night??" Leona asked, immediately I knew she was referring to the Friday night meditation group in the park.
I sighed inwardly and outwardly before replying;
"I've been having a 'spiritual disagreement with someone that attends regularly, so I decided to avoid any spiritual conflicts and not go."
Everyone nodded and we talked about other stuff for a while, the great thing was no one prodded me to disclose who I was having the conflict with. Shortly thereafter Leroy and Leona left, and Meadow and Miguel followed suit half an hour later. I reabsorbed myself in my journal and lost some time. When I walked out the back door to smoke a cigarette Al materialized, seemingly from nowhere. We had a lengthy discussion about his living situation with Richard. A situation that seems to be rapidly deteriorating.
This has revealed many 'cracks' in Richards character. The current setup is that when Al moved in he was told he could stay for two months. July went fine... mostly. Now it's August and Richard wants him out.
"When I started crashing there Richard told me I had two months but last night he flat out asked how soon I could be out. I pointed out that two months would put me through to September and he said to me 'Well what are you doing for the house??' I told him ' Look... I cook I cleanand you and Aaron have been eating my food.' and he says 'Well Aaron and I are gonna need a hundred bucks a piece. ' and I said 'Well you know that would of been really nice to know WHEN I moved in."
"That sucks." I replied. It does.
"Yeah everything was cool but now he needs money cause his went 'up in smoke'."
I nodded.
"He likes to direct and control people." Al stated flatly with a sigh.
Al and I have discussed Richard proclivities in the past but never to any great length. This time was different, delving into Richards promiscuous nature.
" So anyway, I was hung out in a group with a couple of Richards previous hook-ups the other night. Well five of them at least. Somehow I ended up hanging out with the one girl in the group he hadn't hooked up with yet." Al said, mumbling the bit around his cigarette.
"Yeah Rich gets around, I remember her hooked up with that drunk chick that one night I was crashing on his couch." I stated.
Al nodded "Now he's all in this 'relationship' mode with his latest conquest...seems like he's trying really hard... anyway back to the other night, so I'm hanging out with this girl and she goes to the bathroom, Richard comes over and asks me what my intentions are."
"Ah." I said. "Sounds like he has an old score to settle."
Al nodded again and was silent.
"Well... how's living with him otherwise?" I asked.
Al shrugged. "It's alright, other than the money thing he's been really passive with me lately."
"Like not telling you what to do?" I asked.
"More like he just doesn't seem to care what I'm doing in the least lately. Him and his girl have been clocking a lot of time together these days." Al clarified.
" He's pretty hands off with his other room mate, Aaron, right?"
" Sort of, I think him and Aaron have lived together for so long that Richard doesn't even attempt to control him."
Enough about Richard, only time will tell what or who he truly is. i don't begrudge him his ways, I simply choose not to participate in his;
"Everyone is an asshole it's all about how they make up for it." Paradigm.
Lovely way to look at the world, and I should know because that's how I looked at it when I drank.
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