Soliloquy
I could not believe it when I first read it. Soliloquy: A talking to oneself; the discourse of a person speaking to himself, whether alone or in the presence of others. It gives the illusion of being unspoken reflections. There was a word for what I do. It fit so perfectly it was as if the word was custom made for me. Of course it's used in plays and not real life. But what is life if not a big play? Quoting someone I can't remember right now. The word was still perfect.
In portuguese there is an expression, falar pelos cotovelos, roughly translated it means to speak trough your elbows, now that I think about it it doesn't really make sense, but anyway, it's is used a lot in Brazil to qualify a person that speaks a lot and it was probably the expression I have heard more in my life, to describe me, I mean. It's like I was born without control over what I speak. Now, after years of training I am able to not say everything I think and to keep some of my more superfluous thoughts out of my mouth.
As Scott Westerfeld's character said in So Yesterday: 'Sometimes the facts in my head get bored and decide to take a walk in mouth. Usually, this is a bad thing.'. No need for comments. I'll just tell the little bored facts to make a little detour and instead of going to my mouth going to my hands and then here. And instead of talking to someone who is either not listening or not interested I'll soliloquy, which is way more satisfactory seeing there's no one to interrupt you or give you those looks. And I can speak through my elbows as much as I like, no matter how weird that might sound.
In portuguese there is an expression, falar pelos cotovelos, roughly translated it means to speak trough your elbows, now that I think about it it doesn't really make sense, but anyway, it's is used a lot in Brazil to qualify a person that speaks a lot and it was probably the expression I have heard more in my life, to describe me, I mean. It's like I was born without control over what I speak. Now, after years of training I am able to not say everything I think and to keep some of my more superfluous thoughts out of my mouth.
As Scott Westerfeld's character said in So Yesterday: 'Sometimes the facts in my head get bored and decide to take a walk in mouth. Usually, this is a bad thing.'. No need for comments. I'll just tell the little bored facts to make a little detour and instead of going to my mouth going to my hands and then here. And instead of talking to someone who is either not listening or not interested I'll soliloquy, which is way more satisfactory seeing there's no one to interrupt you or give you those looks. And I can speak through my elbows as much as I like, no matter how weird that might sound.