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joystreet

Long entries at 3 am RAWK.

Apr 21, 2008 03:42

Today's April 20th (well, it was a few hours ago). Earth Day (well, some years). It's the day Kevin broke up with me at a rainy train station in New Brunswick at the very beginning of our week together in NYC ( Read more... )

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Comments 6

bujakalaka April 21 2008, 16:17:25 UTC

I always assumed that if a prof signs his or her emails with their first name that I should be calling them by their first name. Sometimes I've forced the first name anyway, since I've always been positive that at some point in our relationship, most of my professors and I will become close enough that the first name address will be appropriate and expected, and I really suck at changing what I call someone once a name has been established ( ... )

joystreet April 21 2008, 20:06:49 UTC

well, I guess if Dr. White and I are on hugging terms, I don't have to address him as Doctor, anymore. And if Prof. Lyke and I are now project partners, Jennifer would be more appropriate.

still.... I don't know. Maybe what's holing me back is some sort of clinginess to the initial nature of our relationships in which I saw or treated these people as idols. I still idolize these folks and see them as my superiors by leaps and bounds, so I still call them by those titles. They're like the cows my grandmother still regarded as sacred after she had moved on to Christianity.

bujakalaka April 21 2008, 20:29:21 UTC

holding* me back.

and for the record, I realize that I'm being fairly ridiculous about this whole thing. I'm too sheepish for knowing full well just how much these particular individuals esteem me. I probably just need to hear "Call me John/Jen/Elaine/Peter/etc" to make sure I'm not pushing anything.

anonymous April 21 2008, 18:00:53 UTC

perhaps in the guise of self loathing, you find the urge to project your lack of self confidence onto people in public who in passing and out of courtesy engage in a simple greeting, but as with people who are of shallow moral character, you decided to publicly slander displaying just how nifty you judge anyone not prescribing to the joystreet treatment. yours truly, adam(abadman)

joystreet April 21 2008, 20:12:11 UTC

I have no idea what you're talking about. I assume you're talking about the little paragraph about Ben and have absolutely no clue why you'd want to comment on that, so I'm left to assume that you're him, someone like him, or someone who likes him.

Your comment, though well-written and probably just as biting as you had hoped, doesn't hold any validity since you're speaking of an interaction between two people who have a negative history with which you presumably have no familiarity. why assume I'm acting harshly for such specific reasons? do you know me, or am I somehow strikingly reminiscent of someone who at some point wronged you?

Anyway, thanks for your comment buddy! Though I think you're pretty fucking bitter towards me and I have no idea why. Lighten up, lady, and sign in when you comment so that I'm granted the ability to send you a thoughtful reply.

anonymous April 21 2008, 21:04:04 UTC

while i am in agreement that as a third party in this matter i am at a disadvantage in fully grasping just how "negative" your particular interactions have been, yet as a an outside observer i have the unique ability to judge the situation with an absence of "negative" bias qualifying my latter comments as valid indeed.
yours truly,
just another asshole