Why does this shit always happen to me?
Oct. 21st, 2008 11:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ferrumaeternumThat 26-year-old illustrator guy who found me on MySpace is now stalking me. All we did was exchange some messages back and forth, and he thinks it's something serious. After I started getting some weird vibes from him and found out that we don't have as much in common as I thought, I told him I am very busy now (which I am) and that I would let him know if and when I'm available. The funny thing is that I never mentioned or hinted that I was interested in dating him. He simply asked if I'd like to go out for coffee sometime. Anyway, after a week went by, he sent me a message nagging me, and asking what he did wrong. I have a lot of work to do right now, and the last thing I need is some needy guy adding to the stress, so I blocked him. I hoped he would just think I deleted MySpace, or at least leave me alone if he figured out I blocked him. But no, he goes and creates a new account just to harass me with. He sent me a message mocking various things I'm interested in that he's not, saying how we have so much in common when we have completely different tastes and priorities, and asking what my problem is. I think the best thing to do now is just ignore everything he sends me and not block the new accounts he creates.
It may seem pointless that I'm letting this get to me, but it spills over into "real life", since he attends Friday Night Figure Drawing pretty much every week. Next semester, I will be required to attend, and I've already seen him there before he even started messaging me, so I'm a bit concerned. Not only does it go for three hours, but it ends at 10:00 PM, and I'll be walking through deserted dark plazas and woods at night to get back to the dorms, and this guy definitely seems like the type who would actually go after me. (This guy I went to school with years ago stalked and sexually harassed me, so I think I can trust my instincts when it comes to this one. I just hope I don't have to get administration and police involved this time.) MIAD's figure drawing sessions are on Tuesday evenings, so hopefully my schedule next semester will permit me to attend, even if I have to take the bus and spend more money.
I also forgot to mention that this guy who found me on MySpace a day before the Children of Bodom show approached me as I was leaving the venue. The only reason he left me alone was because Robbie was there, and I know this because he said so later. At least now that I've blocked him, he has left me alone, knock on wood.
Honestly, I get tons of creepers trying to get with me on Facebook and MySpace, but these are the first times they've been this persistent and are people I've seen and probably will unfortunately see again in person. I refuse to let them win by deleting my pages. Plus, the networking has been useful and more good than harm has come out of having them.
I also got charged $30 by US Cellular for browsing ringtones on my phone using EasyEdge, and I didn't even pick one! The application said it was free to sample for a day, which I did. I don't think it's fair to charge for that when I didn't even do anything. My sister did pick a ringtone for her phone, so maybe that's what the service charge was actually for.
It may seem pointless that I'm letting this get to me, but it spills over into "real life", since he attends Friday Night Figure Drawing pretty much every week. Next semester, I will be required to attend, and I've already seen him there before he even started messaging me, so I'm a bit concerned. Not only does it go for three hours, but it ends at 10:00 PM, and I'll be walking through deserted dark plazas and woods at night to get back to the dorms, and this guy definitely seems like the type who would actually go after me. (This guy I went to school with years ago stalked and sexually harassed me, so I think I can trust my instincts when it comes to this one. I just hope I don't have to get administration and police involved this time.) MIAD's figure drawing sessions are on Tuesday evenings, so hopefully my schedule next semester will permit me to attend, even if I have to take the bus and spend more money.
I also forgot to mention that this guy who found me on MySpace a day before the Children of Bodom show approached me as I was leaving the venue. The only reason he left me alone was because Robbie was there, and I know this because he said so later. At least now that I've blocked him, he has left me alone, knock on wood.
Honestly, I get tons of creepers trying to get with me on Facebook and MySpace, but these are the first times they've been this persistent and are people I've seen and probably will unfortunately see again in person. I refuse to let them win by deleting my pages. Plus, the networking has been useful and more good than harm has come out of having them.
I also got charged $30 by US Cellular for browsing ringtones on my phone using EasyEdge, and I didn't even pick one! The application said it was free to sample for a day, which I did. I don't think it's fair to charge for that when I didn't even do anything. My sister did pick a ringtone for her phone, so maybe that's what the service charge was actually for.
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Date: 2008-10-22 05:38 am (UTC)people don't seem to understand the consequence of their implications. they have their own feelings as to how their words sound, without the faintest clue that feelings do not transfer, and the recepient has their OWN associations with those words. affection to one person is creepster stalking to another. what a pathetic shame.
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Date: 2008-10-23 07:13 am (UTC)Yes, that's true. Conversations don't translate very well over the Internet, but I try to think what I write would sound like in person so the intention behind it isn't totally lost. It just worries me that I've tried to politely tell him no a few times, and he's not listening and getting angry with me over the rejection.