Comments | byelka58: The prompt that never fails: Things People Say.

byelka58

The prompt that never fails: Things People Say.

Jul 27, 2009 23:28

Today I was solicited at the Target by a thirteen-year-old boy. I was walking along one section of the main path, turning my head from side to side to survey the cross aisles (and avoid collisions), when my gaze fell for a split second upon a pair of youths, with their khaki shorts and summer hair and general air of avoiding the nearby stands of ( Read more... )

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byelka58 July 29 2009, 12:46:21 UTC

Yeah, neither of those situations has much to recommend it. But - and this is probably the new "serenity now" - at least I'm not a 13-year-old trying to amuse his friend by hustling grown women at Target. Who could ask for anything more?

gabbiana July 28 2009, 13:20:03 UTC

On the subject of terrible similies, I have decided that people and our relationships therewith are like that anecdote of the frog in the boiling water: Length of exposure to the individual matters a great deal more than the inappropriateness of whatever he/she says. Because we all know that I would totally make the penis joke, and the only way I figure it, the reason I'm not as irritating to you as your boss is is because I've been around since high school, slowwwwwwly acclimating you to my weirdness ( ... )

byelka58 July 29 2009, 13:06:32 UTC

Well, if you can't make Thanksgiving, you could always accept the standing invitation to watch the LSU-Arkansas game the next day; the attractive side of the family always throws a big party (and cheers for the wrong team).

To which lengthy duds have you been recommending me? Perhaps you aren't doing a very good job, because it sounds like I should be fighting off a steady stream of overlong clothing, or tall losers, and neither of those things has happened yet. (Really I can only think of three long books you've wanted me to read, and JS&MN cancels out Joyce, so you're still doing okay.) And no.

I've been working for many days to build a mix CD for you, but I'm so dishearteningly terrible at those... I think it's going to wind up shipping, if it ever does, with a lengthy explanation of what I was trying to do (see: Ulysses) (also: if I were smarter, I'd just give you all the CDs as printed), for which I expect at least partial credit ( ... )