I always had a block with Gillians. Gillians. What can one say about the Gillians out there?
They've become somewhat predictable now. It took some years of trial and error before the understanding began to dawn. And that was like waking up from a long and sacrificial slumber.
I could attempt to sketch a picture to fit all the Gillians out there, but that would be neither fair nor accurate.
Yes they share so many similar characteristics, pre-occupations, motives. Yes they are a precious kind of smart, arrogant, bitchy. Yes, stuck up and opinionated. Yes, been there and done that. Yes nerdy. And yes, pretend seen the world all bright eyed and bushy-fuckin' tailed.
But really, each peachy little Gillian out there has something unique and special about her. And if you watch very carefully, letting her weave her web day after day, you may just observe the predator trapped in her own snare. And then my dear reader... well actually, let me rather tell you a story. A story about the Gillian I knew, the Gillian we all know.
I met her at a party. I was somewhat, shall we say, buzzed, and thus weighing my future in a maze of contemplation. I looked up and there she was - staring me down.
"You're all fucked up" she said, "wasting your life away with that shit - you got no drive, no purpose."
"Really, you don't like to get a buzz?"
"Don't need it" she snapped, "I get high by myself, whenever I want to."
"Really...?"
"Sure, like now, I'm flying, and all without that stuff!"
"Aahhh..."
I wasn't exactly smitten by the little minx, all 20 years of her dweebie little self, and showed no real interest. So I was surprised that she kept on talking with me. After the intial (and usual) put down so often experienced from the holier than thou's, I was content upon licking my wounds over a late night coffee at home. But an hour later, after yet further reprimands and psychological bitch slaps, I realized that she was still there, jabbering away, telling me how I shouldn't be jacking off so often, should be reading books rather, and 'contributing to society'.
Even though there was nothing I could have said to win over little miss perfect, and whatever I did was met with a subtle type of malice and scorn (you should live this way, you should wear these clothes, you should eat that food) and albeit that nothing I offered was acceptable - yet here she still was, chirp-chirp chirping away...with me.
I put it down to chemistry. It had to be chemistry. Why else would she still be sitting before me, sentient and real.