Highschool Mentality

Just over a month ago I took this picture. When I uploaded it to my website with the other pictures from the third annual Tim Two-Four, I decided to give it the tongue in cheek caption "Ha, take that Amanda. Your little sister came." See for yourself. At least I thought it was tongue in cheek. I also thought that it was very unlikely that Amanda would ever see the picture, let alone notice the caption. For the last three weeks there has been nothing but hell (relatively speaking) because of the slight Amanda feels was done to her.

There is far too much back-story to ever describe here, plus I don't even know most of it but I can explain the basics. Amanda was our friend in highschool, or was at the least, friend of some and tolerated by the rest. Then there was some sort of falling out between her boyfriend, and the brother of the notorious Tim. Since then she has barely spoken to any of us, and is now pretty much a recluse in Ottawa (seriously though, who in Ottawa isn't a recluse, that place is downright Arctic). This spring when everyone came home from school a handful of us went out for coffee. This event was three things:

1) Mind-numbingly boring
2) A platform for Amanda to drone on and on about everything that has ever happened to her, ever.
3) A platform for Amanda to show off her skill of changing any topic back to herself.

Later, when the coffee shop closed and we were once again free of Her (capitalized and italicized for emphasis) we, that being those of us not Amanda, took the opportunity to complain about her, as any normal human would. I don't deny that. Unfortunately (not that I care much) there was a spy within our ranks (We've used the process of deduction to figure out who was, and continues to be the spy, but I think I'll save that for later), and Amanda soon learned that we had been "talking behind her back." Well more specifically that Tania, Tim's girlfriend had been "talking behind her back." I assume it went down this way because Tania was still attempting to be Amanda's friend at that point.

Some time passed and Tim was inviting people to his birthday party (the above mentioned Tim Two-Four). One of the hundred or so people he invited was Amanda's little sister, as pictured above. Yes, Raquel had just finished highschool, that week, but there was a whole gaggle of her classmates, and some of them brought even younger kids (like in the 15-16 range). Raquel's invitation wasn't intended to spite Amanda who we knew wouldn't show up based on the following:

a) She's a recluse
b) Her boyfriend's falling out with Tim's brother
c) The not so secret fact that Amanda doesn't much enjoy Tim's company

Raquel was invited more for the following reasons:

a) Tania and Raquel both work at the mall and see each other often
b) Tim invited everyone he knows (and a lot of people he doesn't)

We (that being my close group of friends that know Amanda) had an inkling that Amanda wouldn't be pleased if she found out that her sister had gone to Tim's party.

WE WERE CORRECT

I'm not entirely sure what happened, but apparently, Amanda found the picture and it's caption, and immediately started to write an email to Tania that accused Tania of several things including being the owner of a "highschool mentality." In her response Tania attempted to explain the situation, but Amanda apparently is under the assumption that Tim somehow used his extraordinary sway with me to get me to take that picture, write that caption, and post it on my website. I would like to take this moment to say Tania, nor Tim, had absolutely, categorically, nothing to do with that photo. I mean, honestly, basic reasoning would obviously suggest that if I took a picture, and then it was posted on my website, it was probably of my doing.

But it didn't stop there. Amanda then sent an email to Dianna (who is technically not related to me, but my sister none the less) that said, and I paraphrase, "I know you think I have been talking about you, but I haven't. You should know that you can't trust anyone." Paraphrasing aside, the logical error remains. In order for Amanda to know that Dianna thought Amanda was talking about her, Amanda would, in fact, have to to be talking about Dianna. At first I thought this was all very funny in it's high-drama (and I still do) but I have become increasingly more annoyed with Amanda with every new email.

Normally, I would never get involved in something like this, but it is just too delicious. When you call a good friend immature through email when you have the ability to actually speak face to face and talk about your concerns, you yourself are immature. Although when it comes to humour I'll laugh at poop, and when it comes to money I spend like inter-war inflation has made my deuschmarks worthless, when it comes to relationships and conflict, I'm very mature. Not today though...

I'd like to make two comments directly to Amanda to finish this post.

1) Amanda, with your own lack of maturity or basic reasoning skills (see above examples related to who is responsible for posting the picture of your sister on my website, and talking about Dianna) it makes perfect sence that you flunked out of Journalism, and are now forced to take a second rate program at the lesser of Ottawa's two Universities.

2) Amanda, you're a whiny bitch. Go fuck yourself.

Keep on Trangling,

Anthony

P.S. I will remove content from this post only through my own discretion or court injunction, and I consider any response I receive about this post or this topic, through email or any other means, to be public domain.