This weekend I met two clients to start two new projects.  Very cool people.  They were extremely friendly and courteous.  They also happened to be referred by close friends of mine and we hit it from the start.

Meeting new people worked out well this weekend, it was just the other "well known" friends.

I've learned that sometimes, when people make bad comments about you, it's either because of jealousy, ego, or just because.  More or less...it's just because.  Sometimes it bugs you, sometimes it doesn't.  I try not to let it bother me but when people portray false profiles of you to other people you haven't met yet, it can get to you depending on the degree of it.  If this were to happen at my work, I'd probably have to do something about it.  If it happened to be peeps from high school, I probably wouldn't worry too much about it.  Basically the more associated these shit talkers are towards the things you care about (i.e. work, community, sports team, club, church, etc.), the more attention it needs.  There is a difference between those you know that talk about you and those you know that work with you and talk about you. Although this may not resort to straight up pip slapping the fuckers, you gotta say something...and say it considerately...just so they know.

Well, I don't want to go on over what happened but I do want to talk about what this whole thing was about...trust.

I don't trust people right away but when I do meet people I always assume the best of them.  Trust to me is earned.  Almost automatic trust is given to my immediate family.  If you don't easily trust your family, then you'll have to trust friends...which unfortunately has been a rarity to me.  I trust my girlfriend, her brothers, and my roommate.  Everyone else is "sort of" trust...meaning...I can let you borrow 5 bucks but not 50. 

So for those who've been hearing all the bad stuff...check out the rest of this site.  Trust me on this one, I'm not a bad guy.