2010
Time
he food here is awful”.
“Yes, and in such small portions”
For me a version of this joke plays out every day. Instead of food, my version is time. It’s really my fault. It’s not that I don’t have time, its that I don’t have time that completely belongs to me. That is also my fault. So the new resolution is to not give away my time.
My time is precious to me. If you need me, get on the schedule. Don’t be surprised or disappointed if I say no. Rolling the die.
I do make one or two exceptions… you know who you are.
Oh and the surprise was sent out in the mail today. I hope it brightens up someone’s day.
2010
I like to rephrase that
The following is an actual IM conversation between an old friend (female) and myself. As she’ll be reading this, I like to stress that I used the term “old” as in “have known for a long time” and not as in “aged”. Her name has been changed so that her future husband will not know the power she possess.
Shortly before the beginning of this thread, I sent her a link to a Meredith Vieira biography on Hulu.com.
Buttercup: so she should hvae walked away from her husband as other women did?
Charles Lin: no
Charles Lin: wow
Charles Lin: you really take whatever you want to hear and use it to stick it to people
Charles Lin: you’re ready to raise children
Buttercup: LOL
Buttercup: cant stop laughing
Charles Lin: you and my mom are like the jedi master
Buttercup: no no
Buttercup: YOU said that most people would walk away in my cases
Buttercup: so was just confirming what you said??
Charles Lin: yes, but I said it in context
Charles Lin: you take it out of context
Charles Lin: the context is why you find yourself in difficult relationships
Charles Lin: at no point was that a judgement or whether you should walk away
Charles Lin: i simply pointed out that most women would.
Charles Lin: Im by no ways trying to imply that you should or meredith vieira should either
Buttercup: OK. Clear now.
Charles Lin:geez
Buttercup: Thanks for the accusaion followed by the clarificaiton
Charles Lin: I should record this…
Charles Lin: I can use this again
Buttercup: you should
Buttercup: then you would be prepared when you have kids
Charles Lin: no, more like being prepared to have a wife
Buttercup: it wouldbe like a training
Buttercup: no no
Buttercup: being a bully parent
Charles Lin: only women have this sort of power
Charles Lin: its some kind of mother to daughter training you receive
Charles Lin:seriously, I’ve never heard a guy start an argument with “You said….”
Buttercup: hm I recollect someone citing crap from a decade ago
Charles Lin: as in “you said I look fat”, “you said you like your mother’s cooking more”, “you said you dont have any female coworkers”
Charles Lin: could be the start of a comedy bit
Buttercup: and you said i said a bunch of stuff from 10 years ago
Buttercup: who remmebers this shit
Charles Lin: haha
Charles Lin: and there ya go
Charles Lin: “and you said I said a bunch of stuff from 10 years ago”
Charles Lin: haha
Charles Lin: priceless
Buttercup: oh wait…rephrase
Buttercup: you cited me from 10 years ago
Charles Lin: sorry, recording the entire thing
Charles Lin: haha
Buttercup: good. do that
