3rd December 2007, 5:40 PM
That's hiLARious! Wait.. this is serious... Buy war bonds!
Sorry, I joke during serious situations to defuse the situation. I mean sure sometimes other things might be more helpful, but that's just how I react in tough situations. Oh, incidentally, I am SO sorry parents of little Timmy... Had I thought to I'd have tried getting him out of that burning apartment but at the time all I could think to do was describe scenes from Mr. Bean episodes loudly at the second story window...
lazy, I completely expect a little obession here and for it to last a few years at that, as it has. I wouldn't call it unhealthy at all. I only wanted to make it clear that I've seen what happens when this goes too far, as anything can, and how it ends up just making things worse when it does. I wanted to make that clear in no uncertain terms because it's the only way I can think of to potentially prevent such a mistake. That said, if you truly just want to resolve it once and for all and all that, and need to make that final detachment, then you have my support, as I said above.
Oh, one other note. Once this is over, it likely still won't FEEL like it's over. You probably already know that. Don't fall into the trap of "one MORE final goodbye". I mean sometimes I end up getting up in the middle of the night to make sure my door is locked because I'm not sure it's all the way done and eventually convince myself "YES already, stop doing that or you'll get OCD!", so I can COMPLETELY RELATE TO ALL YOUR FEELINGS due to that common thread. Really though, I just want to be a little brutal just to make absolutely sure. Take this seeming doubt of you as a challenge or something. It's also a toothpaste.
Sorry, I joke during serious situations to defuse the situation. I mean sure sometimes other things might be more helpful, but that's just how I react in tough situations. Oh, incidentally, I am SO sorry parents of little Timmy... Had I thought to I'd have tried getting him out of that burning apartment but at the time all I could think to do was describe scenes from Mr. Bean episodes loudly at the second story window...
lazy, I completely expect a little obession here and for it to last a few years at that, as it has. I wouldn't call it unhealthy at all. I only wanted to make it clear that I've seen what happens when this goes too far, as anything can, and how it ends up just making things worse when it does. I wanted to make that clear in no uncertain terms because it's the only way I can think of to potentially prevent such a mistake. That said, if you truly just want to resolve it once and for all and all that, and need to make that final detachment, then you have my support, as I said above.
Oh, one other note. Once this is over, it likely still won't FEEL like it's over. You probably already know that. Don't fall into the trap of "one MORE final goodbye". I mean sometimes I end up getting up in the middle of the night to make sure my door is locked because I'm not sure it's all the way done and eventually convince myself "YES already, stop doing that or you'll get OCD!", so I can COMPLETELY RELATE TO ALL YOUR FEELINGS due to that common thread. Really though, I just want to be a little brutal just to make absolutely sure. Take this seeming doubt of you as a challenge or something. It's also a toothpaste.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)