more uncertainty: the crisis continues

[auto-da-fey]

continuation of the UNSURE thread. Spill your ambivalences here.

[Greg Nog]

Eh.  I don't know if I should.  Maybe.

[auto-da-fey]

C'mon, I know this was a neutral borne of profoundly conflicting pluses and minuses, not just indifference:

NEUTRAL:  We saw McKellanCock.

[das kranke Tier]

Yeah, spill it w/r/t the doogan!

[Greg Nog]

Eh.  It was just hanging there, pendulous and pink.  It's not like it did any tricks or anything.  We did try to figure out whether it was real or not, though; I was willing to accept that it was a Boogie Nights kind of thing: "a big rubbah dick".

[das kranke Tier]

I'm unsure as to why it's so effin' quiet and boring around here today!

[Greg Nog]

I am sleepy.  Talked to an ex-girlfriend for a while on the phone last night, for the first time in a long time.  Today, low on sleep and high on weariness, I'm just kinda drained.

I dunno, someone say something about boobs, I'll try to make a juvenile joke about it.

[auto-da-fey]

I dunno, someone say something about boobs, I'll try to make a juvenile joke about it.

In high school, one of my best friends thought ZZ Top's "Pearl Necklace" was literally about a necklace. Does that give you anything to work with?

[Greg Nog]

It's not literally about a necklace???

Those clever beardsporters!

[RoyBiggins]

No, I'm pretty sure it's about a necklace.  Why?  What else would it be about?

[Greg Nog]

Maybe they're, like, fake pearls?  Like plastic?  Coated with iridescent paint?

[C of heartbreak]

I kept seeing ads in gmail for a physics book called "The Final Theory". I went over to Amazon and the reviews are pretty good and it sounds pretty interesting, but then I went to the guys website and it's full of strawman argument about how current physics is wrong. So now I'm wondering whether this guy is a complete kook or if he's just marketing to the mainstream by lying, or both. I mean it looks interesting but I don't want to waste time/money on somebody who's probably laughing all the way to the bank.

[elpollodiablo]

Greg and Brian please tell me you're not being fatuous and I can be the one to explain that particular euphemism to you

[das kranke Tier]

Greg and Brian please tell me you're not being fatuous and I can be the one to explain that particular euphemism to you

Seriously...I restrained myself yesterday...

It's a damn trap.

[Greg Nog]

It's a damn trap.

[KJ]

I dunno, someone say something about boobs, I'll try to make a juvenile joke about it.

In high school, one of my best friends thought ZZ Top's "Pearl Necklace" was literally about a necklace. Does that give you anything to work with?

A friend of mine has this joke: What's the difference between a member of ZZ Top and Santa Claus?

When a child sits on Santa's lap they don't say "Ew! Your beard smells of pussy!"

I don't know how to feel about that!

[SPACERACE]

if i ever heard a young kid say "smells like pussy" i wouldn't know what to think

[das kranke Tier]

I'd laugh like hell and then after pondering it, become highly disturbed.

[jebreject]

doesn't one of the kids in gummo use "smells like pussy" as an insult?

[Andrew_TSKS]

i was just about to mention that!

"your shitty-ass rabbit stinks! smells like... pussy! smells like an ASSHOLE! it SMELLS... like a PILE... of BULLSHIT!"

[diesel_powered]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070928/ap_on_he_me/killer_amoeba;_ylt=AkhjTNU3guTM14.DecMZL6ms0NUE

Did I mention I spent a couple hours in a lake today?

[maggiego]

It is all further proof that Arizona is yucky. Curse the land that birthed me!

[Andrew_TSKS]

ok, so, i am unsure. and what i'm unsure about involves a girl.

see, there's this girl i know, whom i met through a few other female friends who went to college with her, and we've known each other for about 4 months now. we get along well, and a lot of times when we're both at the same shows, we'll end up talking to each other quite a bit. i'm pretty sure she's more comfortable around me than she is around most of the people she knows in richmond (which isn't that many; she moved here after college, pretty sure she's only been here about a year now), and i find her really interesting and cool. she's intelligent and thinks critically about stuff, so i always enjoy our conversations and feel like i learn things from them. best of all, she's into record collecting and likes stuff like 60s french pop (which i am not into but think is pretty interesting and definitely not a generic interest) and more importantly, psych/garage rock (which i am MOST DEFINITELY into). lastly, she's a gorgeous specimen of womanhood and i find her incredibly physically attractive.

that's the thing, i think i've had a crush on her for a bit now, yet because i've been weird about relationships since my last serious one ended, i've had trouble even recognizing my own crushes. recently, though, i've been thinking about her more. she started a really nice job a couple of months ago, but she has to get up super early on weekday mornings to go to it, so she hasn't been hanging out nearly as much lately. which is a bummer. but a couple months ago, at random, she sent me a message on myspace to see how i'd been doing, and we messaged back and forth a few times. the one time i saw her since then was at a show, and we hung out the entire time she was there (she had to leave after two bands because it was getting late). then i posted a myspace bulletin yesterday saying that i'd cut all my hair off, and she messaged me almost immediately, again just to see how i'd been lately. also, she asked after the girls i met her through, if i'd seen them lately and how they'd been. which was strange, because she's been friends with them for years and i'd think she's in better touch with them than with me. but who knows.

here's the thing: i know this girl is really sincere and real, and i can tell that she likes me as a person and wants to be my friend. i also can tell that she isn't just this way with everyone. so, since i can feel that i have a bit of a crush on her, i sort of want to see if i can "hang out" with her, and see if something more happens. i have no idea if this is plausible at all, though, because although she's been single since i've known her, and isn't even casually seeing anyone that i know about right now, she is, as i said, gorgeous, and super-cool, and very intelligent, and therefore the kind of a-list catch that i tend to think a c-list dude like me has no chance with. on the other hand, it's funny--ever since i cut my hair, there's been a voice in the back of my head going "you know, you've always been awesome, but now you don't have to get past the whole long-hair barrier that is there with some girls. you'll be UNSTOPPABLE now!" so yeah, part of me thinks it's not unreasonable at all for me to make a play for her.

but so i wrote a message back to her yesterday, then came to these conclusions about having a crush and wanting to go for it w/her last night. so i figured that when she wrote back to me, i'd invite her to come out to a show that's happening later this week, more in a "come hang out, everyone will be there!" sort of way than any specific date type move, and see how that went over. but damn it, she hasn't written back! of course, there's no rush or anything on that, and maybe she just hasn't been in the right mood to write an email, or whatever, but now that i'm ready to get things going, this whole "the ball's in her court and she ain't hitting it back my way yet" thing is making me start having doubts--which basically means that the "dude, she's outta your league" voices are getting louder in my head.

right now i feel like i have a grumpy henry rollins sitting on one shoulder looking up from scribbling intently in his journal to tell me that women are just a distraction, all they will do is hurt me and get in the way of my work, while erik "mystery" von markovik sits on my other shoulder calmly explaining to me that confidence is key and that i should get in there and win her over. [i have no idea who represents the angel and who represents the devil in this scenario. perhaps neither.]

anyway, i am unsure. we shall see, i suppose.

p.s. i'm pretty sure the length of this post is less indicative of my overthinking the situation and more indicative of my general tendency towards unnecessary verbosity.

[aftm]

Haha that was a wonderful post. I would advise you never EVER listen to me in the way of advice  but seriously, tell me how it goes. It's only been one day, don't get worried yet.

[girl]

Go with this feeling:

"you know, you've always been awesome, but now you don't have to get past the whole long-hair barrier that is there with some girls. you'll be UNSTOPPABLE now!" so yeah, part of me thinks it's not unreasonable at all for me to make a play for her.

Not this one:

she is, as i said, gorgeous, and super-cool, and very intelligent, and therefore the kind of a-list catch that i tend to think a c-list dude like me has no chance with.

or this one:

the "dude, she's outta your league" voices are getting louder in my head.

But you know this already.