Thoughts.

Hi. Hello. How are you? Good, yourself? I'm good. *Insert awkward pause*

This is how usually conversations goes with a acquaintances, families, friends, or just anyone really. Whether they are very close friends or a very distant relative it usually starts off like this. Well most of the time. I just wonder if someone was really honest to that general question would sound like.

Hi.Hello.How are you? I'm okay, yourself? Well you see I was just layed off by my work who I've been working at a dead end job for the past 5 years, then coming home to find my apartment being boarded up and condemned because of termites so I went to my girlfriend's place. Let myself in because I had the spare key. I walked towards her room and to find her banging the waiter who she eye fuck the shit out of every time we go to our favorite restaurant. Not only was she cheating but blamed me for her reasoning. After hearing her garbage excuse I grabbed my shit from her place then walked out to find my car being towed because I've parked on a street where it was only allowed from one certain time to another certain time to be allowed to park on the street. I didn't even see the sign because it was hidden by the scrubs and bushes. To make it worse I got a phone call about my father in the hospital who just had his 4th heart attack and my mother who bitches and complains about what am I going to do with my life... Then my mother tells me my childhood dog Lucy just passed away 2 weeks ago... I also found out that I have contracted chlamydia from my cheating ex-girlfriend... Other then that... I'm fine. Thanks for asking.

Could you imagine that kind of response? How would you react? What would you even say? That's a lot to take in I guess but if someone asks you that question I guess they're asking for it you know. I do that as well... I can have the crummiest day and still answer "I'm fine thanks." Why? Probably because I don't want to worry them about my problems or they probably wouldn't be interested on how my day went at all. I find the "How are you?" thrown around like a cheap hooker shared by 6 jock buddies. So I guess I don't believe when a person asks me "How are you?" and truly mean it.

I really don't know where I'm going with this blog exactly... I guess I was just observing today and I find that a lot of people ask "How are you?" but not really care two cents about how your day went at all. I guess what I'm trying to say is if I asked "How are you?" I mean it. Be honest and tell me what's up. Don't beat around the bush. Don't give me a scripted response like "I'm fine thanks, how about you?" or "Good good, just you know the usual." Give me a real response even if it's the slightest insignificant news I would like to hear about it... If I didn't... I wouldn't be asking.

So with that being said...

How are you? :)

Godbless,

-t

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