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i.
"I thought I made a mistake once, but I was mistaken."
"You've used that one before."
"I have? Damn."
ii.
"I'm not that fast."
"No you're fast. I'm older, more experienced, SMARTER - and you still beat me in our marathons."
"You're so humble, Doc. Humility is truly your greatest virtue."
"It's true."
iii.
"You can be Data."
"Why do I have to be Data?"
"You don't want to be Data? How about the doctor?"
"No, I don't like blood."
"It's the future. They don't have blood, everything is done by machines."
iv.
"How about the empath?"
"No way."
"What? You don't want to be the empath?"
"NO, that would be terrible!"
"Well, then you're Data."
"Okay. And you are?..."
"I'm the empath."
"Well, you are my part-time counselor."
"I AM the empath!"
"Yeah, you're even getting paid for it."
v.
"I've already heard mine."
"I want to hear it. I want to hear it with you. I want to have that symbiotic moment."
vi.
"You pulled a face like you were in trouble."
"No, I saw an e-mail from the chancellor and thought uh-oh, maybe I'm fired."
"More time to work on your publishing company."
"Now you're starting to think like me. I thought the exact same thing and you just said it. It's starting to scare me."
vii.
Here's a second story to digest over a danish. It's an old one. These are the kinds of pieces I was writing when I was just a little older than you are now.
Now I'm sad because I don't have a danish : (
viii.
"I've been adopted by sheep."
ix
"It's okay, I think I figured out what the problem was."
"What was it?"
"It was a uniquely female problem, Doc. Let's just leave it at that."
x.
"You never hear about women getting heart attacks. It's always old guys."
"You know, it's actually worse for women to get heart attacks. When the EMT guys get there, they don't always take the bra off. And sometimes they have that metal wire in there, so..."
"Man, talk about a uniquely female problem!"
xi.
"See, it’s perfect. You’re my eyes and I’m your ears. Write that down in your book."
xii.
"It's always a good idea to have a few suits."
"Wish I could convince my parents of that."
"YOU want to wear suits?"
"I told you, it sucks being a girl. I don't want to wear dresses. I want to get a nice pinstripe or something."
"Oh man, that would be awesome. You could wear it with one of your hats. You'd be a little Dorothy Parker, going around in your pinstripe suit and your hat, cutting everyone to ribbons with your acumen."
"Well, thanks?"
"You're welcome."
"I thought I made a mistake once, but I was mistaken."
"You've used that one before."
"I have? Damn."
ii.
"I'm not that fast."
"No you're fast. I'm older, more experienced, SMARTER - and you still beat me in our marathons."
"You're so humble, Doc. Humility is truly your greatest virtue."
"It's true."
iii.
"You can be Data."
"Why do I have to be Data?"
"You don't want to be Data? How about the doctor?"
"No, I don't like blood."
"It's the future. They don't have blood, everything is done by machines."
iv.
"How about the empath?"
"No way."
"What? You don't want to be the empath?"
"NO, that would be terrible!"
"Well, then you're Data."
"Okay. And you are?..."
"I'm the empath."
"Well, you are my part-time counselor."
"I AM the empath!"
"Yeah, you're even getting paid for it."
v.
"I've already heard mine."
"I want to hear it. I want to hear it with you. I want to have that symbiotic moment."
vi.
"You pulled a face like you were in trouble."
"No, I saw an e-mail from the chancellor and thought uh-oh, maybe I'm fired."
"More time to work on your publishing company."
"Now you're starting to think like me. I thought the exact same thing and you just said it. It's starting to scare me."
vii.
Here's a second story to digest over a danish. It's an old one. These are the kinds of pieces I was writing when I was just a little older than you are now.
Now I'm sad because I don't have a danish : (
viii.
"I've been adopted by sheep."
ix
"It's okay, I think I figured out what the problem was."
"What was it?"
"It was a uniquely female problem, Doc. Let's just leave it at that."
x.
"You never hear about women getting heart attacks. It's always old guys."
"You know, it's actually worse for women to get heart attacks. When the EMT guys get there, they don't always take the bra off. And sometimes they have that metal wire in there, so..."
"Man, talk about a uniquely female problem!"
xi.
"See, it’s perfect. You’re my eyes and I’m your ears. Write that down in your book."
xii.
"It's always a good idea to have a few suits."
"Wish I could convince my parents of that."
"YOU want to wear suits?"
"I told you, it sucks being a girl. I don't want to wear dresses. I want to get a nice pinstripe or something."
"Oh man, that would be awesome. You could wear it with one of your hats. You'd be a little Dorothy Parker, going around in your pinstripe suit and your hat, cutting everyone to ribbons with your acumen."
"Well, thanks?"
"You're welcome."
Literature
I'll Never Grow Tired
Tonight I'm going to stop you
on the porch, we'll stand toe to toe
the way we used to when
the pulse that thrummed
quick and strong through our veins
sang out our young, unbridled hope.
Our eyes will meet and,
just like the first time,
I'll take a moment to run my fingers
through your shining thoughts and
caress the sharp lines of your mind.
I'll lean forward and press my lips onto
the the flower-petal curve of your self-expression,
and that will be enough for you
to take me by the hand
and lead me up the stairs.
In the soft moonlight that filters through
the trees and our gauzy curtains
I'll unbutton your fears and slip them
Literature
we who are weary
we who were afraid of those dim evenings,
homesick for the soft rains which were
never ours,
are uncertain again of
the waning stroke of the moon.
we who embrace the wicked
leave the seasons to maneuver themselves
and wind into each other,
sure of their graceful oblivion.
we who are weary descend,
following our fingers as they are rising,
rising
following
escaping
the thick air before it can kill,
we who were once war personified,
worn down,
worn
warn them of our great coming.
and we shall not run,
but walk.
Literature
things I learned at 11 am while I was half-asleep
i
I’m spending most of my time
not crying, and I’m sorry,
but I don’t think I’ll ever love anyone
as much as aspirin, or lullabies,
or the cheap wine sold for two dollars a bottle,
or overly-apologetic letters bending over backwards
to make a point of themselves, or the pink petals
blooming on my wrists like flesh and blood miracles,
or the songs named after women
worth loving.
ii
Radical acceptance
is understanding
things may not change,
but you will have to.
iii
I am most alone
surrounded by people
and the buzzing in my head of words
that should have lost their meaning
back when I discovered
they never
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That's a rhetorical question of course - I keep these for my own benefit. Hopefully I'll be able to use them in something larger one day.
i. He can't keep track of everything he tells me, so I hear some things repeatedly.
ii. Humble pie is not his favorite.
iii & iv. He and his wife have been watching Star Trek. I think he's pretty into it. I don't understand most of his references because I've only seen the original, and that was a while ago.
v. Listening to the recording I did of one of our scripts. He sent it to me last night, so we'd both already heard it. It's cute to know he gets something out of the relationship as well.
vi. Perhaps I should stop spending so much time in the English department.
vii. An email exchange; he sent me a story to enjoy over a danish that I didn't have.
viii. I’ll leave the context up to you.
ix. I had a sudden weak spell yesterday while I was out. Told Doc about it. Later, I realized it was probably a hormonal thing.
x. I read that in an article somewhere on Cracked I think. You never see women getting heart attacks on medical shows, and when you do, the bra stays on because you can’t show certain things on television.
xi. He’s read me a few things over the phone, but I take things in better when I read them. So he e-mails them to me, then I call him and we discuss. Meanwhile, I read my newest things to him instead of sending them. We balance out.
xii. I can’t convince them to get me a nice pocketwatch for Christmas either.
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i. He can't keep track of everything he tells me, so I hear some things repeatedly.
ii. Humble pie is not his favorite.
iii & iv. He and his wife have been watching Star Trek. I think he's pretty into it. I don't understand most of his references because I've only seen the original, and that was a while ago.
v. Listening to the recording I did of one of our scripts. He sent it to me last night, so we'd both already heard it. It's cute to know he gets something out of the relationship as well.
vi. Perhaps I should stop spending so much time in the English department.
vii. An email exchange; he sent me a story to enjoy over a danish that I didn't have.
viii. I’ll leave the context up to you.
ix. I had a sudden weak spell yesterday while I was out. Told Doc about it. Later, I realized it was probably a hormonal thing.
x. I read that in an article somewhere on Cracked I think. You never see women getting heart attacks on medical shows, and when you do, the bra stays on because you can’t show certain things on television.
xi. He’s read me a few things over the phone, but I take things in better when I read them. So he e-mails them to me, then I call him and we discuss. Meanwhile, I read my newest things to him instead of sending them. We balance out.
xii. I can’t convince them to get me a nice pocketwatch for Christmas either.
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Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
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pretty awesome as always 