...for a seller of stoves

[thiel]

Today we bought a new stove (to replace the waterlogged old one) from a man selling all sorts of electrical items out of a shop on Belleville. I entered with a rose, and was immediately transfixed by a wall of televisions broadcasting video-clips of East-European pop ballads - all close-ups of teeth, doves and hair in slow motion. But I snapped out

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[precious_junk]

Can I just ask...Do you purposely do each entry at 10:00?
Someone may have asked, but I always see 10:00!!
and I'm curious. Why 10??

[black_sunset]

wow, i never noticed that!

[thiel]

Which makes it okay, right? It's more about me than anyone else, I suspect.

[precious_junk]

I noticed that the first time I saw his journal...but I didn't ask until now. :p

[thiel]

Oh, well - I have a thing about uniformity and completeness, I suppose, but only about the most irrational and meaningless things. I would be distressed if I fell asleep without having given somebody a flower. I would also be distressed if my entries were dated at all sorts of idiosyncratic times. Plus, sometimes I have to post about a flower event a day after it happens, in which case I fiddle with the date, anyway, to keep the blog chronologically readable.

[precious_junk]

Ah, okay. Sounds to me like you've got a slight case of OCD. hehe.

[thiel]

You surprise me.

[precious_junk]

Oh, really? Why's that? lol