I guess it HAS been a while, hasn’t it?
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Ever have a really big dust up, relationship-wise? Lotta things that all sides think they say don’t reeeeaaally get said.
Of course, some of the things that do get said are stupid, but that’s a whole ‘nother cartoon.
And the spaces where nobody says anything? That’s when your brain fills in all kinds of things you think you said, meant to say, or ought to say.
Now, what the OTHER people hear, or take away? Who knows.
So let’s all assume we know what’s going on here, and let’s worry that we’re wrong. Or right, depending.
Side note for you guys that read this far down the page: “Light Of Other Days” is a neat book. People discover the means of hearing how their past conversations really really sounded. Please, please, don’t ever let people really develop that technology. Yikes. Of course, I suppose a constantly running digital recorder could do something like that, but it’s much cooler in a science fiction book. Arthur C. Clarke rocks.
Sometimes I think Durnell’s style is just to set up everyone to be either happy or cranky, and then steer them another way. At least, if you do this half the time or more, you keep people on their toes. I suppose that’s part of an Emcee’s job- keep folks guessing and listening close. Keep ’em holding their breath and waiting on the other shoe to drop so they can’t interrupt. Baffle them with Bull… You get the idea.
I think one of these two people has caught the underlying spirit of the ‘Fest. That spirit, of course, is “I wouldn’t worry about it.”
I hadn’t really thought of that before, but it does seem to fit, right?
In case you were wondering where our Roller Derby Girl got her nickname ‘Docta Pain’… it wasn’t from the injuries she inflicted during Derby.
It was the emotional damage she would occasionally inflict at practices and in the penalty box (does Derby even have one of those?) amongst the other athletes. She’s not proud of it, and she blames her parents, of course, but every so often… she’s just gotta get that fix, man. She’s gotta see that look in their eyes when the gossip goes deep and dark. Oh, the Pain… Docta Pain.
When covered in multiple layers of different people’s vomit, and in the middle of very stressful conversations with people who are exhausted to the point of hallucination, it’s important to get clavicle-high in greenish spring water. Otherwise, things could get weird.
Now we’re back to the post-vomiting episode cartoons. Sorry about the mixup- I got all excited and wanted to get to the serious part of the story where people wrapped in bubblewrap were sliding around and talking about large, important life choices…
When you have to have a conversation that you don’t want to have, you know someone’s gonna butt in. And if that person can move his arms and legs around, I mean, dang! Some people, right?
Happy New Year!
It’s good to have these talks. Really get everything out in the open- get on the same page.
Troy’s Back!
You figured it out, didn’t you? Clever.
