From discussions today and comments and whatnow, I guess there's three reasons to have a girlfriend..or be in a relationship:
(1)To have someone to call my own (kester)
(2)As a sort of conforming thing [all guys have a girlfriend or whatever] (natty)
(3)To have something interesting and normal to do over the weekends (calvin)

I was pretty much tugged back and forth between utter happiness and uncomfortable sadness today. I'm confused now, dont know really what I am.

Me and a friend.. two friends.. talked about women at troy today. We came to the conclusion that there just arnt any available women that we would like to date. They are all either devoted to school, strapped down by their parents, or taken. I set my goal for next week to find as many available women that I would like to date as possible. Heh, all part of the 'james seriously needs a girlfriend manuever'.

Kristal (i think that's right?) said that alot of people in high school just like to play around with relationships and the lot. Me and a friend discussed that very thing yesterday. I think it would be very nice to be in a more casual, fun, no-love-involved relationship. At the very least have someone to take to the prom.

Oh, another friend today talked about his love life with me. This would be someone who actually does have someone he cares about who care about him deeply. He showed me an entry in his girlfriends journal that eventually caused the two to get back together after a year of being apart. I enjoy that kind of romantic stuff, it was fun reading, even funner being let in on something as private as that.