For Vermillion.
At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.
- PG Wodehouse
His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.
- Mae West
Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
- Wendell Johnson
posted by A_Shadow at
10/15/2006 10:03:00 PM
3 Comments:
I like the last one!! :) Although I'm thinking this baby is NEVER going to actually get here!!!
10/15/2006 11:32:00 PM
hey... thanks. Thanks for these humorous and insightful tidbits here, and especially for listening and filtering through my very very unmethodical ways of speaking.
About earlier (assuming that these were used in context to earlier), the thing is spelling out and reintroducing every element, concept, and series of events in a critical manner outloud does throw off my ability to commmunciate clearly when I'm defending every point I put across.
After a while I feel spent, disconcerted, and just plain confused about what the hell I just said after articulating in overdrive.
I put out all the efforts of straigtening my thoughts into a structure and wording that others can understand. Once I climb that mountain I feel so spent by all of the shuffling that I can't take direct rebuttles or even critiques right away without feeling a little too raw or out in the open. I admit this, and it may take some time on my end to amend why I have that opening in the first place...
As soon as I say it, I lose how I just explained it and slip back into the languageless way I think, so explaining myself or topics I feel strongly about becomes difficult undersome circumstances.
... and again, thanks even if I'm not quite ready or up for it sometimes, there are just some things I travel One thing that I really like about you is nothing is let go unquestioned. And I truly appreciate the way you interactively listen.
10/16/2006 12:07:00 AM
BTW, I had decided to use these for you long before any of that, and I appreciate your comments.
I suppose that is a potential failing on my part, the immediate rebuttle, but I suppose it correlates to the structure in my own mind.
If I wait until later to rebutt it, then I lose the meaning and sometimes the thought and the conversation...
I just suppose I like interjecting when I'm able to try to keep the situation less jumbled.
But, in the long run, the idea isn't that I'm rebuffing you at every turn, it's that I'm trying to give you my own little insights as well. You can take them or leave them and I should have no hurt feelings.
It's what I strive for, and it is your life.
10/16/2006 03:53:00 PM
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