I don't have any cardamom
I got a letter from my grandfather telling me not to be first in my class because only Jews are first. I wrote him and told him I wasn't first, but even if I was, there are no Jews here. We have a few Catholics, but they're not too smart, actually. I don't think you can be smart and Catholic at the same time.
-- "Love Letters", A. R. Gurney.
Thoughts rob me of sleep, but not for long. There is pleasure in dozing with the knowledge that there is sun on the wall just outside the bedroom window, and that in half an hour when I get to the point of rousing myself, half the red bricks will be bathed in gold.
Yesterday was a day for peculiar IM conversations. Take for example:
dude: i was just saying to myself usually girls like you are pretty hard to be around ....lol ( i suppose) i am sort of like you but in MALE version
me: and what does 'girls like me' mean? :)
dude: usually i am a pretty goood judge of caracter and just the fact you told me you were a poet means that you have a strong since of knowing what you want and where your going so ,.. to make it short you are one of the 5 %
dude: welcome to the club
me: *chuckle*
dude: if you didnt understand what i just said tell yourself this 5% control, 5 % know the that the other 5 % control but cant do nothing and 90 % ignore everthing
me: ahh. right.
me: well i don't know whether I know what I want and where I'm going.
me: so perhaps i'm not who you think i am?
dude: well you are young then
dude: and by the way age does play a big role
me: no
dude: depends the amount of IQ behind those eyes
me: ah, how much do you think i have ?
dude: not more than 18
me: tsk.
dude: and tell me then how old are you really ??? for sure your the same range as me
dude: whats up with you and your age ?? do you have issues ?? lol
me: nawww, i'm just tired of the fact people start asking about my age within 30 seconds of saying hello
me: it gets very dull.
dude: dull ...
dude: ahhh
dude: ok
me: anyway, i think after a certain age, age doesn't matter anymore.
dude: you are such a cliche
me: thank you very much ...
I'd taken to saying "I'm a poet" yesterday whenever someone asked me "what do you do?". I think tomorrow I might just say "I am a cliché."
Posted by sniffles at February 11, 2003 05:10 PM