Entries tagged with "loneliness"
I need to make a little rat-friend, perhaps (yom al-jumaa/vendredi)
posted by srah on June 29, 2007 11:12 PM
Tags: in arabic, in french, language week, loneliness, memes
اذهب الى السينما لان احب الافلام. Ce soir je suis allée au cinéma avec mon directeur, sa copine, et sa famille à elle. Le film, Ratatouille, était très mignon et agréable. À la fin du film, j'ai quitté le groupe pour aller faire une promenade au centre-ville. Il faisait beau et frais ce soir. Tout le monde est sorti au centre-ville et - entourée de groupes et de couples - je me suis sentie seule. Quand je reste chez moi, c'est normal d'être toute seule mais dehors, dans le monde, il semble que je suis la seule personne qui n'a...
Ohhhh, huggy hugs
posted by srah on October 28, 2006 7:54 PM
Tags: fears, friends, imagination, loneliness, srahtown
On 30 Rock this week, Tina Fey's character bonded with another single 30-something woman over their common fear of choking and dying alone in their apartments and not being discovered until their neighbor's dog starts sniffing and scratching at the door. Bridget Jones had a similar fear of dying alone and being eaten by alsatians¹. I am not 30-something, but - as an inveterate worrier, I also have plenty of these fears. When I hear scary scary reports about rabies on NPR, I start thinking, "What will I do when I am inevitably attacked by rabid wild animals?" When I...
Where do they all come from? Where do they all belong?
posted by srah on February 8, 2003 5:12 PM
Tags: loneliness
Geez. As if I wasn't pathetic enough. First I imagined going to the cybercafé to socialize, then I actually did it. And even worse, Franck isn't here and Dennis seems to be making out with some chick across the room. I'm trying not to turn around, but I keep hearing smacking noises. Yeeesh. I am unloved today. Pay attention to me, world!...
Persuasion... to invite the loser
posted by srah on October 23, 2002 12:53 PM
Tags: assistantship, jane austen, loneliness, persuasion, socializing
I love Jane Austen. I love Persuasion. I love sitting at home all by myself on the first day of vacation and reading Persua... wait, no. In the cafeteria the other day, Agnès and I sat with some of the Optics students and Agnès asked them if they were having any parties to celebrate the half-term. One of them said that they were going to to something and Agnès said that they should invite me. I just sat there like the loser that I am, who has to be pushed on people because she has no friends of her own....
