Comments | thiel: ...for a slow person

thiel

...for a slow person

Oct 18, 2006 22:00

There's something apocalyptic about the way in which crowds depart from the metro platform, all sense of community lost as individuals squeeze between person-shaped obstacles and sigh at one another. I'm quite good at this myself, actually, and often win the surface-bound race at Pyrénées ( Read more... )

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thiel October 18 2006, 19:11:24 UTC

What a ridiculous (and delightful) thing for him to say!

Do keep dating this man.

jackielynne October 18 2006, 17:17:59 UTC

You are an inspiration.

thiel October 18 2006, 19:11:49 UTC

...to good things, I hope?

Thank you.

jackielynne October 19 2006, 02:21:16 UTC

Of course!
Silly. :P

etienne October 18 2006, 17:24:03 UTC

I'm a fairly new reader to your LJ and just wanted to say that reading your daily updates is like receiving flowers, too.

xx

beautyisanimate October 18 2006, 18:01:33 UTC

reading your daily updates is like receiving flowers, too.

Yes!

thiel October 18 2006, 19:13:11 UTC

It's wonderful to hear this claim, when people make it, because it reassures me that my actions are having a broad and complex effect. Which is excellent.

knightlygoddess October 19 2006, 21:21:21 UTC

I second that! Every time I read your update I feel a little better inside. :)

redaryl October 18 2006, 17:30:43 UTC

This one is my favorite yet!

paraleipsis October 18 2006, 17:45:21 UTC

Mine too.

thiel October 18 2006, 19:13:35 UTC

Yay! I enjoyed it, too, actually.

nekosensei October 18 2006, 17:31:46 UTC

Aww...that's so sweet! I busted my knees twice, and those times, I was often the slow person. One time, someone tried to pick my pocket when I was in a stairwell. I was transferring trains, and the able bodied people had already made it onto the platform, leaving me alone in the middle of the stairwell. I felt something brush my hand, so I spun around and came face to face with a guy who was removing his hand from my purse. He had managed to open my purse, but he hadn't gotten the wallet out. Whoever he was, he probably thought that I was an easy target, but thought otherwise when I started cussing them out. At any rate, having been in that position twice, I know how it feels and I think it's awesome that you gave her the flower. With everything she has to put up with, she deserves it!

thiel October 18 2006, 19:16:13 UTC

Thanks for sharing this story - although it's sad to hear that you were the target of such nastiness. I'm pleased to hear that you would have appreciated a flower in a situation similar to the one in which this woman found herself.