Reflections of Mr. and Mrs. Smith

It's been too long since I last really enjoyed time with the guys. Went to paintball at Santa Clara with 6 other of the Phi Psis, David and Sulin. It was good exercise, running around and shooting others. I realised that pushing hard and advancing is the way to win. You can't just hold them off by sitting and shooting. Well, it's like no guts, no glory.

Anyway, spending a day out in the bright sunshine playing paintball has been really enjoyable. It didn't just fill up my day, but enriched it with activities. I love just being outdoors. Need to figure out what else to do. Might go mountain biking or hiking again.

After a tiring day of playing paintball, I got a call from Schwartz, inviting me to his place to dinner (tri-tip and potatoes). How can I say no? It was supposed to be a small dinner with a few brothers, but it ended up that everyone called everyone else and sooooo many people came. Nearly all were brothers, past and present and the NIBS. It was so good to see everyone again, as we laugh our heads off at the brother's antics. I have to get the story of the "escort girls" and the Texas Beta Power Hour story out of Schwartz. Apparently, there was a lot of debauchary that night which Andrew Schwartz, Andrew Wood, Andy Luto are trying to block out. Hmmm, need the juicy stories.

I watched Mr and Mrs. Smith after dinner. That was a good movie. Funny, and in some ways very accurate of the portrayal how people interact. If there isn't any conflict within a relationship, I don't think it will grow and mature. Conflicts can make people understand each other more. However, you also need both sides willing to learn and forgive each other, and also make the effort to bring it together again. It reminds me a lot about a friend (A) from junior year in college and how it took a huge quarrel to finally become good friends again. It took some effort on both our parts to interact and talk and hang out. Although we may not see each other anytime soon, I know we'll be reading each other's blogs and emailing to catch up.

I'm trying to make a huge effort to solve my current problem the same way. However, I'm not sure that this friend will even try. We were close before, but now, we have drifted apart. And I'm not sure whether she'll even care anymore. I hate to lose people this way, from lack of caring, or just blocking people out, even when they try their best. I'll have to see what happens in the next 12 days I have left here.