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Have you ever felt so alone even if you are surrounded by people you know? I know I have and it is not my first time to feel this way. For the past few weeks I have been attending Dr.Spearman’s class of Human Development and during those few weeks of constant mindfuck and projects, I came to realize that my life isn’t as standard as I thought it was. Lectures on the common types of people made me think about the crowd I have always hung out with. And I believe it that the crowd that I run with isn’t really a favorable one because of “certain” instabilities.

I have came across the idea by doing a research on most of my friends and was surprised on the results. And since I don’t really like mentioning names, I’ll just use terms so it wouldn’t be unfair for the “other side”. But, if the term that I am about to give isn’t bad, I’ll give off some hints so that you’ll know you are doing a very good job on being my friend. Do take note that I shall deliver a fairly-balanced amount of good side and bad side. And I shall often use the term “it” in order to further conceal the identity even more. So all is set. Let’s begin shall we?

• The Houdini – You probably might have a clue on how the Houdini works its way to my liking. From my experience with the Houdini, I should say that it hasn’t really made it’s way to my full attention. But he is merely a minor form of a friend who is usually present for me when we are in the group that we are in. On the scale of 1 to 10 of the “Hate meter” I’d give him a “3“, why? Well it didn’t really had the chance to do some major damages. More or less it is just gets awkward for it to hang out with the group without really interacting with everyone.

• Parasite version 1 “The BS Major” – Another common type of friend is the Parasite. I shall separate the two types of parasite for a certain reason, you’ll see that on the next few entries. Now the first version of the Parasite is one of the most annoying type of friend that I have encountered because it is a constant pain in the ass. This type of friend usually sucks up to me so it could ask me for some favors in the long run. It is annoying because I know that it only smothers me with all this bullshit just so it could ask to copy my notes or treat it to a restaurant. I’d give it a “7” on the hate meter because it is really full of shit.

• Parasite version 2 “Smooth Operator” – This is the more sophisticated type of Parasite compared to the others. This Parasite slowly delivers its venom to my system at the same time using well structured compliments to seal the deal. I must admit that I didn’t see this coming specially to some of my friends, but sad to say they are present and accounted for and there is nothing I can do about it. This type of friend can be really devastating, I tell you what. Based from my experience, I am almost driven to tears when I even thought of the idea that some of them are like this. Why are they devastating you ask? Well first, they usually get you of guard. Secondly, they use comforting words to let you ease up on the thought of even suspecting it from being a Parasite. And finally, like a REAL parasite, when it is done feeding on its host, it leaves it to suffer or to die. How do I feel when I discovered that they are present in the crowd that I run with? Well, I first take a look at my Yahoo Messenger Archives and my Cellphone Inbox and real all of the conversations. From what I have noticed, it is “I” who always starts the conversation, and usually the conversation is about the person and how it is currently having a bad day. Now, I tend to wonder why most of our conversations are always about itself and seldom (and when I say seldom I mean around 5%) about me. Could it be that I am disappointed about the exchange of words from this friend? Yes… How come when “it” is having a bad day I usually tend to its needs and when “I” am having a bad day it doesn’t even drop by to ask on how am I doing? This is what you call a friend? I don’t think so. Friendship is about giving fair amounts of attention to each other may it be Boy to Boy, Boy to Girl and Girl to Girl. End of story. As for my Hate meter? I’d give it a “9” because it is such a deceptive kind of friend and should be avoided if detected earlier

• The Rival – Now this is the kind of friend that is isn’t half as bad as you think. From my experience, the Rival is typically a fun loving person who likes to take it to another level. Whenever I am with the Rival I feel a certain amount of competitive spirit within me but that isn’t a bad thing. This kind of friend could be the closest friend that I have who likes to Kart racing with me and always aims for first place or this could be the friend who likes to brag about how awesome he/she is. Pompous is the word that is hanging here for both parties, and I have to admit that in some cases I am pompous about something until this friend came and took away my trophy. This shouldn’t be too much of a problem for others unless they have a high ego. Actually, its bad to both have high egos if you have a “Rival type” of friend. Hate meter would range between “3” and “3.5“

• The Mutual Fighter – An interesting friend this is. I must admit the Mutual Fighter is the one kind of friend that caught me wondering why things are still going well for us. The Mutual Fighter type of friend that I normally fight with due to certain issues but end up doing well at the end of the week or month. The conflict between the two of us has brought us to an understanding that we are in fact different from each other and should respect our own views of things. One of my closest friend is a Mutual Fighter and I couldn’t ask for less from him (Bam! A clue!) I remember when our group was formed during 2nd year high school (Another clue) we often fight about certain things because I didn’t agree with his approach and he was defensive about it and so we got into one big fight but after a month we cooled off and we were closer than ever. Hate meter? I’d give it a “2” since I have read between our lines.

• The Sidekick – For me this is one of my favorite type of friend. This friend one of the types that I always hang out with. In fact, two of my bestfriend roster are the sidekick type. The sidekick type would most likely be your second shadow, but not in a negative way. The sidekick would always be present for you and usually devotes at least 70% of his/her time to your bonding, and when I say bonding I don’t mean only by hanging out and having fun. It could also be study time, dropping-by to say hello, calling each other, sending text messages or simply sending an Email. The bad thing about the sidekick is when we have an argument since we tend to be more personal about issues because we are used to the fact that we are always close in thought and body. Fights might reach one month, but from my experience, I have not experienced a fight with my sidekicks for more than a month. When we finally settle our differences we even get closer together. This is the kind of friend I truly treasure because they only come once in a life time. Hate Meter? I think it could only go as high as “o.5” for obvious reasons…

There are many more classifications that I use, but I kinda figured that it would take me more than a few words to describe each. I’m sure that you would have a big clue on the other kinds of friends out there and if you want, we could discuss it during your free time. I do hope you enjoy this entry, drop by the comment box if you want.

Your opinion shall be respected as long as you respect mine… ~Cheerio!