Tuesday, May 18

Life is Fucking Unpredictable.

No crazy curve balls today that ruined my life or anything, just thoughts (in explanation of the title).

Watched TV a lot today. I hate the television. It's a black hole that just absorbs you until you're a pile of mushy matter and your skull is full of shit.

Anyway, what made me think about predictability: She's Just not That Into You.

In Ginnifer Goodwin's little closing monologue, she says that sometimes people are happier alone, others need time to adjust to their problems, some people belong with a person.
I've been thinking a lot about relationships lately.

Partly due to what I've been exposing myself to - the sermons online from Newspring - as well as my friends, and then looking closer at my family.

And, I like that Perry said that if you follow God's plan for you, you'll find who you're meant to be with, and so long as you stay on His path, then whatever relationship you have ought to work out - so long as it's through Him. I like that. I like the idea that there is someone out there with whom things will work - if you let them.

With my family, I see my parents everyday now, and it's weird. Not just because I don't feel like a proper contributor to the family, that makes me feel odd enough. Or that I don't seem to really fit in anymore. I mean, we have a 'flow' or whatever you'd like to call it which I can follow, but I feel just, uncomfortable I guess. Like I don't belong. Maybe everyone feels that way. Maybe it's just because I was gone so long. I don't know. But back to the thing about relationships. My parents were never terribly close when I was growing up. They seemed to always fight, and after every fight I always wondered if they would get a divorce. In fact, I wished for it, because then I wouldn't have to hear the fighting. Worrying about whether or not I thought Dad would hit Mom. I have so many friends that are the result or victims, or whatever you want to call it, of divorce. And it's hard not to feel like people just aren't meant to be together.

I talked with Cari today about relationships too. We were just talking about how whether or not we felt that certain people belong together, and that there's a lot of effort involved in loving people. How we always make plans and try to picture ourselves with someone for an eternity, and somehow, they end, sometimes abruptly, and other times, with hardly any notice at all.

How do you know if you're meant to be that old maid? I certainly don't want to be, but what do I know of relationships and love? I don't remember everything that she talked about, but I just remember I was kind of pensive about it. It just didn't all make sense to me, because I was thinking that as much as you'd like to plan for these things, you can't. You just don't know when ever what ever things are going to happen. You just don't. Life is too unpredictable.

I wish I could remember what all I wanted to say. There was so much more than this that made it cohesive and supported it all. This post is technically 2 days old. I just couldn't get motivated to type it.

5 comments:

Soleil Rose said...

I've been experiencing the same thing and thought process.

I'm making you a couple mixed cds. :]

Elizabeth Andersen said...

YESSSSSSSSSS
LIFE = AWESOME + MUSIC
:)
I'm so pleased.

Soleil Rose said...

I just finished putting together a playlist. Some songs I know you know, some you probably know, and some you probably don't. I'm also thinking of burning you Leaves In the River by Sea Wolf. It's one of those bands that you'd really love, if you don't already. Good driving music. Where are you going away to until Monday?

Elizabeth Andersen said...

Florence.
My friends up there miss me dearly, and this will be the last opportunity to see them until July. So I thought I'd take advantage of the lull that is in Charleston.
Sea Wolf sounds great. Haven't heard of them, so I'm very excited to hear their sounds! :)
Thank you so much for having us this morning, it was oodles and oodles of fun :)

Soleil Rose said...

It was wonderful! :]