My long lost friend, C (techy man), emailed me yesterday, aside from commenting. After the apologies and remarks of yearning and such, he said...
"I hope you don't cave in to someone you know you won't be content with in the long run, simply to appease loneliness for the moment. "the jaws that bite, the claws that catch" --you know, that old jabberwocky..."
I know all too well. That is why I am alone. I won't settle. Maybe that will come back to haunt me later, or perhaps it already is, I don't know. Have I become so rigid that one thought of question makes me run for cover?
Peanut butter hasn't made its way into my daily intake for....oh what seems a really long time. Long enough.
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Hmmm. Seems I have lost my train of thought.
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Apparently I need to clarify. C, is married and was nothing more than a friendship. Although, if the option was ever presented, I would definitely go for more...
6 comments:
This "C" sounds like a wonderful guy. I mean REALLY wonderful. He must be spectacular, and probably very good-looking too (anyone getting suspiscious yet?).
It can be haunting, alone-ness, but sometimes it is simply the price to pay to get what you really want.
By holding out now, you guarantee you won't get short-changed in the long run (haste makes waste; hasty love: soon hot, soon cold; faint heart never won fair lady; bird, hand, bush; and many more).
Based on my Human Nature studies at Stanford Medical, I'm going to guess that you have not become rigid, but rather, those situations where you might find yourself running for cover are an indication of the truth: that whoever you're running from does not have what you were looking for (further, the second-guessing is a known by-product of bouts of loneliness wherein we look back at a situation because there is nothing immediately in front of us and start wondering if it was really so bad. Typically, when we get to that point and decide to give it another go, we find that there was justifiable reason for the about-face the first time).
But that was just a neophyte observation from my days at Boston Medical, er, William and Mary Medical, no, let's stick with Stanford.
Ironically, in one of my elective classes, I wrote a thesis on peanut butter as a sole source of sustenance.
Unfortunately, in every one of the study groups, all the participants died after just a few weeks with nothing but peanut butter (I told them to add water but they wouldn't listen to me). Don't worry though, I got a good grade.
In other words, I can't make any recommendation pertaining to the amount of peanut butter to be maintained in the daily diet, but I will say this: if that's all you're going to eat, after the first week or so, have some water.
in parting: if you ever see the jabberwocky (for all you Lewis Carol fans out there)... feed it peanut butter, and hide the water (also, email me with the results, that would be a great subject for my next paper).
ok. I have read this numerous times and am still finding myself in a fit of laughter.
"C" does seem like a wonderful person doesn't he? And good looking? Ahem...this would bring me back to peanut butter and the need for such...protein.
My haunting would rival even the best remake of Haunted Hill. And my pockets are getting light. Luckily, peanuts are a cheap commodity. Ask Carter. (sorry)
"...bird, hand, bush; and many more..." Basket. Basket is one of them.
Human Nature studies...I am impressed. Although, not entirely surprised. I would agree on your analysis of my "running for cover". I wish I could offer a humorous quip of a contradiction. But you are right on spot, as usual. Ummm not that I have ever talked to you or anything. Just guessing.
I don't necessarily think I am rigid. Quite flexible really. My rigidity lies in the fact that I still haven't looked up how to spell double-entendre correctly.
At any rate, Peanut butter cannot be a sole source nourishment. Not that I know from example, hoped yet never experienced. But it can definitely be used as a supplement. Although, I have often considered writing my congressman about having it added to the pyramid.
I forgot to type that water is beneficial. But I would prefer a large pot(s) of coffee. How else to continue with the research?
And BTW...Soon hot, soon cold was a clear giveaway.
Thanks for stopping by. Really...
dang it! why do i have to be so memorable?
Perhaps, I just have a good memory.
but of course (wink wink)
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