how are you????

Why is it that EVERY time i come home for the holidays, the only conversation i manage to have with former classmates consists of"How are you? Oh, good, im good too! Happy Holidays." Or worse, the person with whom im involved in this mindless conversation takes it a step further by asking the dreaded"what have you been up to?". Of all ridiculous questions to ask, i mean, really, we havent spoken in (anywhere from 2 to 8) years, do you really expect/care to be filled in on of the goings on in my life? No, you dont, yet you and i will both waste anywhere from 2 to 5 minutes of our lives pretending we care!! And god help me if we get to that point in the conversation where we both realize we really are over it, but, cant find an out, so we banter on for unknown minutes probably not even listening to what each other are saying, searching the room for a familiar face to escape this high school flashback. Dont get me wrong, id say one out of every 5 peeps, i am sincerely glad to run into. Anyhoo, thats what happened last night. Just another night in fresno. I met up with my friends, we went to a couple of the local hot spots(like theres more than a couple, hah!!), and none to my surprise(aside from the folks home for the holidays, which made everywhere slightly more jumpin than usual) its all the same kids getting hammered and having to go home at 130(i was like, what, last call at 1230? where am i utah?). Gawd, im sooooo glad i left this blackhole of a town!! I mean, i DO miss my family and friends, but godddd, i freakin hate this town. Its like time has stood still since i left. The crazy thing is, it will always be like this!!! Its like the town moves on slo mo while all the rest of us are on normal speed!!! Oh fresno.