Social cues

Well I am finally done with house sitting and dog sitting. My last day was on Saturday night which was great. It was a nice break from community, but it's time to re-energize and get on with the last six months of the program. This past week was hard, maybe it's the weather, the job, or just being tired of the same...who knows. I've been thinking about the future which is kinda stressing me out. I have no idea what to do in August, part of me wants to do a second year but only because it's the safe option. I'm worried about finding a job in this economy, but I think I'm more scared about not finding a job I love and always going from one job to the next. I'm afraid of never finding a place I love, or a constant community of friends. Part of me wants to settle down, but I haven't met a place the I truly love. Maybe I also don't know what I want. I always want what I can't have.

But the point of this entry was to talk about our new "friend". So a week ago we get a call from this guy who just moved to Anchorage from Juneau. He was friends with the Juneau JV's and thought that the easiest way to make friends was to find the JV's in Anchorage. Now at first he seemed just like a nice person, slightly awkward who just wanted some friends. Now he just seems like a creeper. He has started inviting himself over even when we kinda mention that we don't want people over. I would say we're a pretty inviting bunch but it's interesting to deal with someone who doesn't understand social cues. Last night was probably one of the weirdest incidences with him. He came to church with some of the JV's and then drove them home. As they were getting out of the car, he said that he was going to invite himself over. We mentioned that we weren't going to be doing anything that night but maybe just sit around and he replied by saying it's better than him sitting by himself in his house. Now I understand being lonely but there's just something different about him. Finally last night after hanging out for a few hours, one of my house mates gets a text message from him. The message tells her that he thinks that they have similar values and asks if she wants to be his friend. But not just any friend, but he wants her to be his best friend. I have never heard of someone text messaging a friend proposal before. I understand he's lonely, but he's raised the creeper flag. But I have no doubt that this story is far from over.