Owl's blog: "Life as a Freakonature"

So, I was thinking back through the last 12 months and all the drama I had experienced: having had to move multiple times, avoiding a stalker ex-girlfriend, losing a friend because he thought I was trying to get with his ex-girlfriend (who really wasn't interested in me, anyway - all she could talk about was him), and having to end an association with a mooch pothead chick who started spreading rumors that I got rid of her because she wouldn't sleep with me (like I'd want to be a part of the STD army she's slowly creating).

Oh, and lest I forget to mention, this was all offline drama.

Online, I try to remain in a reasonably drama-free lifestyle. If I feel things are getting to close to idiotic in any relationship I have online, I end it. If I'm a friend, and you're a tool, I don't associate with you anymore. I also don't chase friendships - in fact, I don't get attached at all if I can help it. No good can come of any unbalanced relationship, especially online.

This is why I try to keep it professional here. I'm long past the age at which I saw the computer as just another way to meet women (hint: unless you're willing to give up your offline life, it never works). I'm desensitized to digitized skin (you can thank the steady stream of members who think this is an amateur porn site for that), so staring at the girl on the other side of the monitor does nothing for me. I have long subscribed to the philosophy of "impress me with your intelligence," and lately, it's more and more difficult for me to be impressed.

It's been two months since I had any of that, and the people who offered it to me are either no longer members or have stopped logging in. I miss them, but at the same time, part of me is happy that they have found something else to do with their time rather than get trapped in online drama.

I have resolved to accomplish the following within the next 12 months:

1. Find a stable place to live.
2. Strengthen my interpersonal relationships offline.
3. Get healthier.
4. Not accept being under-appreciated at my job, in my life, or in my hobbies or activities (this includes Fubar.com).

All of this will be accomplished by staying as far away from drama and the people who cause it as possible. Too many people thrive on discord and chaos, and those concepts do nothing for me other than put me in different flavors of non-prime situations, each worse than the last.

I know it is early for making resolutions, but let's make 2012 a drama-free year. I am starting with myself: if it sounds like the person is looking for trouble, I will stay away from her because trouble doesn't live here.