Hao Tran

I held a Glee-athon last week, which I think went well. I now own both of the Glee soundtracks, as well as a few singles (since not all of the songs from the show are on the soundtracks). iTunes keeps track of how many times you play the songs within your library, and looking at my Glee playlist (which has all the Glee songs I own), it's no wonder that my favorite (and most played) song is "Somebody to Love" (originally by Queen).

Being one of my favorite things in the world (Love), with one of my favorite bands in the world (Queen), on one of my favorite shows in the world (Glee), it's no wonder that it's one of my favorite songs.

Recently, I talked with a friend about my feelings towards another friend, as well as my growing feelings for another friend. After some discussion, we came to the conclusion that the feelings I had weren't really romantic feelings, but feelings of a strong, close friendship. It was merely the fact that they are females that completely threw my mind around (the determining factor was apparently the complete lack of any feelings of jealously with the fact that one of them has a boyfriend). On one hand, my mind is relieved of the self-inflicted pressure that came with romantic feelings, and I'm glad to discover that I do love my friends as much as anyone can love their close friends while still being close friends. On the other hand, my mind is a bit saddened by the fact that I have yet to discover the feelings of romantic attraction/love.

I was with some friends yesterday, promoting the Medieval Combat Club, and at one point, one of my friends asked me why I don't hit on women. I didn't really give an answer, but I think with that question, I realized that I'm not really the type of person who goes up to a woman and starts flirting. I prefer to develop a friendship first, building bridges and forging bonds. What I realize this has done is that I actually put myself into the "friend zone", which also explains why I seem to have more female good friends than male good friends. I don't think I really want to change that part about me, mainly because I think I'm looking for a romantic love that comes and grows naturally. If I never find it, c'est la vie, and I can still find comfort to know that I still have a love of friends.

Thanks to The Digg Reel for showing me this video; it reminds me of how much I like mashups, and I've had it stuck in my head for the past few days.