Ok, so my last post was a little angry. More frustrated, really. Heather aside, I feel so distanced from anything resembling a close friend. There are just so many points of difference in each of my relationships, and so each relationship can only go so far. Both Heather and I don't have anyone with whom those points of difference are so few that we feel we have a "close" friendship.
Don't get me wrong, I praise God immensely for the friends that we DO have. We have closer and healthier friends than a lot of people I know. But we still feel lonely.
I think that is part of the reason that I love Cornerstone Festival so much. Because of the sense of community and the fact that it makes me believe that there are people who are drawn to the same things I am. . . . But, regardless of this sense of belonging at C-Stone, I still believe that I will always be hard-pressed to find someone with a similar set of interests, passions and sensibilities as myself. I have Heather, but beyond her (I think), there will always be several areas of my life about which someone will have to say, "I just don't get it."
And that makes me sad.
I'm listening to "Diary" by Sunny Day Real Estate. Was this REALLY made in 1994?!?! They were way ahead of their time. But I can see where they have inspired alot of bands I enjoy. The production is rather crappy, so at least we've come a little ways since then.