Awkward?!?

So last night I was at the Awkward premier in Beverly Hills. I had wanted, which is why I had emailed Jasmin about the tickets going on sale. Well as we were there for the Q&A after the episodes were aired, I was taken back by two comments that really stuck out.

The first one was as a result of someone asking if they had any advice on someone who was almost finishing up high school. The response from Ashley was to just enjoy it and be themselves. Nothing is ever how it is when you are in high school and to enjoy what the senior year brings. She also said to make friends with others. There were other things that she mentioned but all that got me thinking. I believe that I am not the same person that I was when I was in high school. That I have grown and expanded my horizons. That being said it reminded me of an argument that I had several years ago with someone I now consider a good friend. We were letting somethings out and in one of those she confronted me about not opening up. About only opening up to one of my friends, but not her. I said " I have been friends with her for several years, its just easier because she knows what I am talking about". That started a whole new argument in which she expressed her sentiment that if we were nothing alike then why was I friends with them?!? My answer to that was " Well this is the thing that is obvious that you don't know about me. I like to make friends with people who are different then me." She the proceeded to ask me why, so I answered " because these people will expose me to new things. If I were to only be friends with people who were like me and liked all the same things that I like then that would be boring, and I don't want boring. " I think that was the turning point in our relationship because it made her view me in a different light and not as someone that was quiet and conservative, but as someone who was curious and learning about people and who they were. To say the least we are still friends and I have to say that it has been better.