The Contingency Plan

pizza with penelope

pizza was on the menu tonight. i indulged with penelope, we've been close friends since we were four years old and were best friends for around ten years. we grew apart when we were around 16 years old, most likely to establish our own lives and identities, but have remained good friends ever since.

i know i shouldn't make substitutes and compare people, but i find her more trustworthy and dependable than sophie. she's not as volatile and doesn't have as many 'issues'. perhaps i just don't have as many expectations.

anyhow, it's our tradition to go to a popular pizza parlour in paddington called arthur's (highly recommended to anyone in sydney). arthur's definitely boasts some of the best pizzas in sydney, but it's always busy and full of the fashionistas that live in the area, so we took our family sized delicacy to the unussuming pub next door for an instant seat, cheaper drinks and spent the next few hours catching up.

like me, penelope seems to be going through a bit of a crisis. she's miserable at work, doesn't have anywhere permanent to live, is fighting with her brother and her best friend (as she went to bible study instead of her birthday) and her love life lacks lustre.

you'd never think it from the surface though. she's absolutely stunning (former model), works as a successful fashion buyer and just seems to have things under control. it's so easy to think that of people though.

i'm starting to wonder whether this whole 'mid-twenties crisis' concept is bullshit. perhaps i'm just going through a shit time and need to get my act together. it's often easier to have a challenge with a label.