The Singles Crew

... are no longer single. Except for me.

There were 3 of us. Warren, Jamson and I who hung out together as we were single and single people share a common bond of depending on each other as coupled up people naturally see their partners as priority and are sometimes overcome with love or whatever and forget their friends. That sounds quite negative and isn't completely true but there is a cultural divide between singles and couples.

Not that The Singles Crew did much together. It mainly consisted of bumming around the mall at Chatswood for hours doing nothing. But just that knowledge of knowing we didn't have someone bonded us. Sort of like in schools where all the computer nerds stuck together and shared that feeling of being rejected together. Not that I felt rejected, it was more of a liberating experience where I could do what I wanted without having to worry about embarassing anyone and then shared the funny stories back with The Singles Crew.

But I've found that overtime it reaches a stage where the funny stories start to become less frequent and then complaints start to seep in and soon we start sounding like Bridget Jones (I'm not referring specifically to The Singles Crew). You know what I mean- "How hard is it to meet a nice, normal, decent guy? a DECENT guy??" etc etc. I'm tinkering near that stage but it's good that I'm aware of it because as soon as you fall into that trap it all goes downhill! What i've learnt is that things come to me when I least expect it and what I should do is enjoy this time alone. But it's hard when ALL your friends and not just The Singles Crew are hooking up and would rather spend Saturday nights snuggling up watching movies.

Some stuff on da Crew:
- Warren: When we were bumming at the mall once, I entered Warren 20 times in a free photoshoot competition (similar to StarShots). He won. And he had to go ahead with it to claim the cash prize. He was so angry at me! They even put make up on his face! And they are going to use his picture in their commercials because "We want to show that people who aren't buff can still look good in photos". Hahah..

- Jamson: He's travelling in Europe and I particularly enjoyed this paragraph in one of his emails:
'Ive been living it up...paryting, smoking a bit of weed, getting drunk...all in Interlaken Switzerland. Ud be sooo proud of me Mel...i went ice climbing up a glacier, then mountain bike riding, and to top it all off...i took the plunge out of a helicopter and went skydiving. Definitely the best thing ive ever done. I felt free Mel. Its been the best 3 days of my life. Met some great ppl...mainly from Canada. I feel alive and i hope i stay this exhilirated'