Fri 28 Apr 2006
Diana-Cindy Simul-Post Experiment
Posted by cindy under Cilly Stuff , Mental States at 1:59 pm[7] Comments
Diana and I are deep into an email conversation in which I’m probing her about the mystery dude who was making eye contact at her from across the room at her recent work-related dinner, as written about in her recent post. I guessed that he must’ve been cute since she uncharacteristically made repeated eye contact with him and smiled back at him. Her description of him was, in part, “…he was cute and had a very nice smile, although i am sure he is older.” I asked whether she’s found that more older men have been interested in her lately, and she thought about it and responded that she’s pretty much always had her share of “very young and very old.” Then she asked about me. Now that we’re forced to evaluate and summarize the ages of people who have been interested, she concluded that her range of admiring fans have been from 22 to 38. She laughingly noted that it’s a huge range. Then she thought of me and my history, of which she’s well aware. And laughed at my 22? to 50s. Ick.
That of course begs the question, which she opened up in a statement: “you must have different qualities that make you desirable to the young and the old. ;)” I wrote back half-jokingly, “Asian fetish and groundedness for the young; brains, youth and humor for the old.” Her response to that came back nearly instantaneously and reads, “or hot, sexy girl for the young; and the mature, witty, hot, sexy young woman for the old.”
That brought a big smile to my face as I wrote back, “I like that better, haha”, and just as I was thinking, Hmm, how do I blog this without looking conceited?, she responded that this conversation warrants a place in the blog. “Yours or mine?” I asked her. She said both, since we have different writing styles. So here we go. I got an email from her like 10 minutes ago saying she’s done with hers already. I said that apparently, my post is longer than hers.
That brings another interesting point between she and I. She noted how “brevity is [her] middle name”, such that when she writes an long post, people know something’s up and that it’s an important post. I, on the other hand, ramble on — aimlessly at times — saturating my posts with detail (show it, not just tell it, my 5th grade writing teacher used to chant), such that when I have an unusually short post, people know something’s wrong because I’m withholding information. Haha.
Okay, I’m gonna go read her post now and probably feel stupid about mine.
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Addendum –
Diana’s most recent email as I was writing this post:
“ramble faster. i am dying to read urs.” HAHAHA!
this is so funny: if i were to read yours 3 months from now, i can be reminded of every detail of the conversation. if i were to read my that far down the line, i will only understand the jist (important, nevertheless).
mine is slightly more self-serving, too.
the fact that I posted this at all was pretty self-serving. 😀
“Look, here’s a whole huge post just because Diana paid me a compliment I really liked! Now I want the whole world to read it!”
Well, in part, anyway.
i do notice in my legal writing, sometimes i don’t have enough “meat” when it comes to the facts. i never skimp on the legal arguments and supporting case law, but i do sometimes fail to restate the relevant facts.
You can blame that on the technical (lab) writing you did in college under your major, where you’re reporting findings instead of making a persuasive argument supported by findings.
It would seem like you have recovered from your recent bout of depression. I’m glad to see that you are finding amusement in the little things in life again.
me, too. but mental balance and emotional stability seem increasingly harder to find and maintain.
With one comes the other, the secret is attaining the elusive mental status. Here’s me acting like Dr Phil,”so how does that make you feel (said in Southern drawl)”.
On the real though, glad you are feeling better. Right now i am going through what you were going through.