Stupid seniors. I really like them, and they�re well intentioned, but… stupid seniors.

I should just wear a shirt all the time that says �I�m single and I�m perfectly fine staying that way.� On the back it could say �Please, no social engineering.� I think I�m actually embittered; a new feeling.

Of course I�m going to explain. What�s the hurry? Well, in any case, today in English class, the bestest class in the whole world, I got there somewhat early, and Free Spirit and Enlightened One were both there, joking around. Enlightened One was doing a pirouette, as I recall. Now these folks, as you might guess, are both seniors and just all-around great people. Enlightened One is bald and easy-going, and Free Spirit, she's just easy going, I guess. Relax, I'll name names if I ever see these people outside of class.

So, Enlightened One apparently was playing freshmen match-up, which is what I call the inherent tendency to want to fix up people younger than you. I used to call that 'being Graham' , but my good buddy shaped up after all the relentless mockery we directed at him. So now its freshmen match-up. Apparently, he and Free Spirit decided before I came that I was supposed to fall in love with The Poet and marry her, and of course she would return the favor in kind. I have no problem with The Poet, she's a really nice girl and such, but I don't want a relationship like that, although I would like to hang out with her (and a few other people) more often; nice folks, they are. She's a fellow English geek, you see, and that's so rare these days…

Which reminds me of a rule I just made up: two English majors can never have a relationship. Economically, it just wouldn't work. Its like a philosopher marrying an artist. Although I suppose, as always, that this 'love' thing would find a way, if it was strong enough. Personally though, I just don't feel like a relationship for a long time, and I certainly don't have any wish to have one with The Poet, regardless of my respect for her.

So anways, all through class these seniors are giggling, and making jokes, especially Enlightened One -this is probably the first time he's ever got on my nerves. Naturally, I hadn't gone into why I didn't want a relationship; my romantic history, however short, is not anything I felt like getting into with two people I've never seen outside of class. At the end of class Enlightened One made an obvious joke; I think he wanted her to get it, and everthing came out.

I had to sit through another "you know why it would never work" speech (not exactly my first, either) which, in my universal experience, is a girl's way of saying she's not interested in you and could never see herself with you, ever. I agreed, of course, but I dislike being patronized like that. Just say "no, i'm not interested in him, and i think he thinks the same" instead of pretending there's some secret code-talk between us and we've discussed the matter previously in detail. Am I supposed to miraculously divine some forordained reason why we can't be together? Alien Nazis from the future, perhaps? Don't insult my intelligence. You're not attracted to me. I'll get over it, I'm a big boy.

More than that, though, the awkwardness that those seniors have forced upon me annoys me. I had to explain some of my situation to them, so not only is my private life exposed to strangers who'll never understand, yet still pity, me; I also got rejected by a girl I was never planning to ask out, and now it'll be like I got shot down, when it was Enlightened One who was manning my plane. I hope I can still have some sort of friendship with The Poet, but the chances of that are marred now. Stupid seniors.