I just had a 15 minute phone conversation… with someone 10 feet away.
Excuse me while I dissipate into individual molecules and drift away on the ventilation air currents.
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I just had a 15 minute phone conversation… with someone 10 feet away.
Excuse me while I dissipate into individual molecules and drift away on the ventilation air currents.
Wow. And I thought I was lazy for IM-ing my box office.
I send emails to my roommate, but I guess that’s not so much lazy as it is passive-aggressive.
I regularly IM people in the same room
During meetings. It’s like high tech passing notes in class, and the people running the meeting think you are paying attention and keeping detailed notes while you are making fun of their overuse of trite buzzwords.
-Skip
Re: I regularly IM people in the same room
How synergistic of you.
Speaking of synergy, when are you going to stop this anonymous stuff and start splaying your soul onto the screen in ASCII?
Maybe I already have.
But don’t share the URL because the postings are too boring.
-Skip
Re: Maybe I already have.
Tease.
Re: Maybe I already have.
See for yourself.
-Skip
PS You are the first person I have mentioned this to.
Could you come change the channel, please? I can’t reach the remote.
Whatcher watchin’ is just fine.
Also, if you wouldn’t mind just dragging the blanket up as you’re walking by anyway…
Note: these are things which were actually said to me, not things that I have said to anyone else.
Wow. You roomed with the pre-oil Tin Man?
No, but I was involved with him for longer than I should have been.
If he only had a heart.
Or a brain. Either one.
He must have had something interesting.
Money? Cool Car?
-Skip
Re: He must have had something interesting.
Neither. He was hot. Sometimes it’s okay if they’re just cute and stupid.
Re: He must have had something interesting.
Well, that counts as something interesting. Kind of like Ice Cream is Interesting as food. Not a substancial meal, but fun for a treat. But you would not want it as your only sustinance.
-Skip
Re: He must have had something interesting.
It was nice until it wasn’t.
Then it just flat sucked right out loud.
Re: He must have had something interesting.
I have been there, indeed, yes I have. (As chronicled elsewheres on the now infamous “settle” or “go for it” poll.)
Only substitute “She had red hair” for “He was hot.”
Re: He must have had something interesting.
I think he might have been the hottest man who ever talked to me on purpose.
I must have been blinded by his reflected glow, because my horseshit meter completely left me hanging that time.
Re: He must have had something interesting.
Is it not patently amazing how otherwise intelligent people can be completely flamboozled by a pretty face or even a nice shade of hair color?
And the sad thing is that there’s no guarantee one will learn from the experience. It’s hard-wired foolishness.
Re: He must have had something interesting.
I like to think I’ve learned my lesson. I’m sure not standing in the street anymore, that’s for sure.
For some reason, it took me a long time to divest myself of him. No matter how much I told him to go, he just kept staying. Who knows? Maybe I’m the smartest woman who’s ever talked to him on purpose.
Re: He must have had something interesting.
This Tin Man wasn’t by chance related to the Moores of Fayetteville, was he? ‘Cause my redheaded ex wouldn’t take “thank you kindly, no” for an answer either.
After 3 attempted breakups, I eventually had to load up an Accord with all the bits and pieces she “accidentally” left at my place and dump it on her driveway.
I’ll never figure out how one accidentally leaves a 20″ television somewhere, either.
Thankfully, these days I’m swayed by a pretty face with the gray cells to back it up. So, I’ll never know if I learnt my lesson well.
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No, he’s from California, and I’m not telling you how I met him because you might be drinking something and I don’t want you to spew it all over your keyboard and electrocute yourself.
I placed his things in a pasteboard box and mailed them to him. Why he left his passport at my house is beyond me, but he did.
Normally I’d consider the chunk of money he owes me a payoff for never contacting me again, but now he’s pissed me off, so I want both my money and for him to go away. My sister has offered to put a lien on his car for me, which would cause much merriment at a later date.
I figure eventually somebody’s going to think “Wow, she’s kinda cute. And she smells pretty. And she’s genuinely nice, though with a sometimes questionable disposition. A bit frayed about the right ankle and a terrible shoe and glove habit, but not so bad, overall.” Then I’m going to duck around the corner and get the drop on him.
Re: He must have had something interesting.
This all seems very recent, yes?
I’d vote for the car lien, simply because it can’t help but make for a good LJ post later on. Invest in the future, I say.
Plus, I’ve seen way too much of this ex-boyfriend owing friends of mine money business. It doesn’t sit well. No, ma’am, not well at all.
Then I’m going to duck around the corner and get the drop on him.
If you need someone to make wild hand gestures to distract him at the right moment, I’m here to help. I have many patented Wild Hand GesturesTM.
Re: He must have had something interesting.
It was over, for me anyway, aeons and aeons ago. He just periodically wants to hear me say “NO,” I suppose.
My sister, herself, is a good post.
If you need someone to make wild hand gestures to distract him at the right moment, I’m here to help. I have many patented Wild Hand GesturesTM.
The very moment I suspect someone is thinking those thoughts, I will let you know, that you might begin making wild hand gestures.
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I’ve given this some more thought and it’s just no good. I am the last person to know if some man is thinking those thoughts about me. I will also need to enlist the aid of an interpreter, who will be the person who contacts you for the wild hand gestures.
Just a delayed reaction. As you were.
Yours,
Susan, Empress of Missed Opportunities
Re: He must have had something interesting.
*flexes hands in preparation*
I shall eagerly await the signal from the Designated ManterpreterTM.
I hope this response hasn’t stemmed from a recent frustration of crossed-signals and missed-vibes.
Re: He must have had something interesting.
I hope this response hasn’t stemmed from a recent frustration of crossed-signals and missed-vibes.
Not at all. You just have plenty of time to think when you’re trying not to oversleep so you can get a number to meet The Former Leader of The Free World.