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I come up with really good titles for things. I'm surprised I don't write more titles for things here. I should work on that.

Why is it that the closer people are in a relationship, the farther apart they'll be when the relationship ends? Before my ex-best friend and I really knew each other, we were at least cordial. Now, we seem to do nothing but bicker. I would say we were probably closer when we didn't knew each other than we are now; at least then we would have been nice had we met. Now....

It's like the polarity was switched on the magnet that was our relationship (theme borrowed from today's Hoopla 500). We kept getting closer and closer and closer. Then, something snapped / flipped / changed. Now, we seem to just get farther and farther apart.

I have a feeling that I'm going to be an emotional mess at my wedding (whenever it happens to be, seeing as how I'm not currently involved with anyone), though I realize that isn't necessarily a bad thing. I'm sure that I'm going to be so insanely joyful that I'm going to be crying and it's just going to be wonderful and everything. It'll be interesting. There will probably be people coming just to see what a wreck I am. There's a whole entertainment value involved.

I'm neurotic. I get it from my mother. She gets it from her parents. Growing up, we had a dog that was neurotic. Her name was Chocolate. We had another dog (they were both Black Labs) named Hershey. She was pretty neurotic too. I don't think I had good non-neurotic role models.

I just chewed out my sister, Corri, over the phone. Another cousin is getting married at the end of June and I would really like her to come to the wedding, but she refuses. I told her it was immature and just generally made a fool out of myself with my reasoning, proving myself immature instead.

My sister has terminated communication with our mother and everyone on her side of the family. If asked, Corri will tell you this is due to emotional trauma and manipulation inflicted upon her as a child. I really have no idea what she's talking about. She refuses to go into it and says that I'm being manipulated and pressured into inviting her to the wedding. I have a hard time seeing myself as a pawn, but I suppose pawns are usually like that.

I doubt Corri would understand how much everyone misses her. Every single cousin I talked to asked about her and wished she would have been at the wedding. The same happened with each aunt, uncle, and grandparent. It's just a shame. My sister says she's protecting herself from more emotional distress, but all I see is her missing out on relationships with a large number of people that desire to love and care for her.

I know there is really nothing that I can do to convince her of this. I wish she would at least try. Then again, I'm probably a hypocrite for bringing all this up knowing the kind of relationship I have with my ex-best friend.

We did Yoga today in Health class. I haven't done anything like that before, so it was kinda neat. I've always wanted a good way of increasing my flexibility. Maybe Yoga is the way.