So I was talking to an old acquaintance, someone that I used to feel comfortable with, and the conversation didn't go as planned. The person seemed disinterested and distant in what I was saying. There was a time when this person was enthusiastic when we spoke. As the conversation dragged on I started to get they familiar horrible feeling in my stomach that I had lost another connection to the world - I no longer felt comfortable sharing intimate information with the person and it felt like our relationship had never occurred. How does this happen - we had a history but it was like the person had taken some sort of memory erasing drug and I was a stranger. I eventually I fell silent as I noticed the person was spending more time staring off into space than listening to my interrogation. Well we parted ways and I spent the rest of the afternoon with a gnawing feeling in my gut about how human relationships can just dissipate - like water evaporating or something. It's always been a horrible realization - especially since I don't have that many friends. Why is it that reality is so painful - time for a nap.