Hills

Today CP and i, went to buy some table tennis balls at the store. 
Wind was all blowing crazy in that apocalypticy kinda way.. storm clouds
movin in fast. After scoring the balls, we split up. CP ran home and beat 
the rain, and i decided to go climb a huge nearby mountain in the rain.

It was about 3 miles to the mountain, and the climb took a while, but once 
at the top, the veiw was so worth it.. could see the whole city, pretty 
wurbly moment, the kind most people would want to spend with a significant
other or somethin.. on the way back down the mountain it began to rain..
i walked home in the rain and got totally drenched, the kind of moment most
people do NOT want to share with anyone, because you are sad and bitter and
would kill anyone who even tried to..  *oh.. uhm sorry*

had a interesting discussion about friends. Are there such things as TRUE
friends? i argued that the most basic human motivation is GREED,
as an extended behaviour from the instinct of self preservation. therefore
most friendships are based on self interests (at first) and therefore, 
should be addressed henceforth as ALLIANCES. people teaming up to improve 
eachothers situations, similar to the way a club, a city, or even a global
society works. It was pointed out to me, however, that a true friend is one
that makes a personal sacrifice, without expecting anything in return..
example, person jumps in way of bullet to save friend.. ect. this is where 
the rational mind is put aside in favor of the emotional bonds between people.
then can these emotional bonds define friendship? or gauge it? 

How do we know when we are encountered with a true friend.. and how many 
people that we think are friends, are just involved with you out of self
interest? Maybe we'll never know until someone shoots a bullet at us.

-Locke           Sunday, February 20, 2000