"Ambivalent toward" should not be confused with "having made peace with."

Today a robot friend and I browsed at a store with tees made for me.

one of them was along the lines of

I?

NY

and I liked it very much but not for $38.

If Only It Worked This Way

Joshua: so fug

what u wants for your bday

Sent at 10:46 PM on Tuesday

me: oooo

i dont need anything

Sent at 10:49 PM on Tuesday

Joshua: i see

so what do you want

me: a rain check

My brother and mom are in town next week to visit and help me move to my new apartment!

Just a New York Poem

Nikki Giovanni

i wanted to take
your hand and run with you
together toward
ourselves down the street to your street
i wanted to laugh aloud
and skip the notes past
the marquee advertising "women
in love" past the record
shop with "The Spirit
In The Dark" past the smoke shop
past the park and no
parking today signs
past the people watching me in
my blue velvet and i don't remember
what you wore but only that i didn't want
anything to be wearing you
i wanted to give
myself to the cyclone that is
your arms
and let you in the eye of my hurricane and know
the calm before

and some fall evening
after the cocktails
and the very expensive and very bad
steak served with day-old baked potatoes
after the second cup of coffee taken
while listening to the rejected
violin player
maybe some fall evening
when the taxis have passed yo uby
and that light sort of rain
that occasionally falls in new york begins
you'll take a thought
and laugh aloud
the notes carrying all the way over
to me and we'll run again
together
toward each other
yes?

Top 7 Jackson

I Want You Back
You Are Not Alone
ABC 123
Ben
Billie Jean
Smooth Criminal
Heal the World

and yours?

What is a date???

Your thoughts, finger wags and wrist slaps are welcome.
Iris: but then what's the point?

12:40 PM of just one casual fun date

me: whats the diff with hanging out?

Iris: so is it hanging out or is it a date?

me: im not sure... whats the difference?

hanging out... on his tab

Iris: haha..

12:41 PM there are more emotions attached to a date i guess

i think a date feels like it could go somewhere other than friendship

hanging out is platonic

unless it's a PSEUDO DATE

me: lol omg too many word i just dont know

when i go out with girls we call it a date12:43 PM Iris: that's difft! that's just joking!

me: mehhh?????????

Iris: it's not a legit date with girls!

me: appointment??

its not a legit date with him

Iris: rendez-vous!

12:44 PM are there feelings attached?

me: no!

just fun!

Iris: then it's not a date at all right?

me: im gonna go look up date in the dictionary

Iris: lol

12:45 PM me: to go out socially on dates: She dated a lot during high school.

6. an appointment for a particular time: They have a date with their accountant at ten o'clock.
7. a social appointment, engagement, or occasion arranged beforehand with another person: to go out on a date on Saturday night.
8. a person with whom one has such a social appointment or engagement: Can I bring a date to the party?

12:46 PM Iris: okay but what about the connotations of the word "date"

me: thats the thing, i just dont know

12:47 PM hes basically saying... can i book you for a weekend

Iris: hmmm..

well okay what else did he say

does he think it's a date

12:48 PM me: he says he has no intentions of anything more than a good time and enjoying each others company

12:49 PM Iris: so..that's not a date right?? i am confused now..

me: what IS a date?

Iris: i have no idea!!!!

me: me neither

hahah sorry.

12:50 PM Iris: that doesnt sound like a date..right?

12:51 PM me: HAHA iris i dont know what a date is

i dont know if ive ever been on one

is it just a hangout where you evaluate the possibility of further hangouts at the end and have an awkward goodbye?

12:53 PM Iris: YES.

that sounds about right

1:04 PM me: i mean can it just be a platonic interest?

like hey robin can i buy you dinner?

tomorrow? we should catch up?

like that

yo i go on dates with vivian?

am i just conflating terms here

1:05 PM Robin: see

dates with girls are fun hangouts

1:06 PM like us hanging out would be called a casual date by some but a hang out by others

so to minimize confusion

I only apply the term date

1:07 PM to a time spent with a person of the opposite sex where the intentions are to get to know them better

me: well yeah!

Robin: and where it's made clear

me: isnt the intention always to get to know someone better

Robin: of course

but asians suck at being straightforward

they beat around the bush too much

1:08 PM a white dude woulda come up to you and said

hey can I take you out on a date?

an asian guy says

lets hang out!

it's a murky area

because it gives both parties deniability

but also leads to confusion

as in are we on a date or what??


Vivian: I think a Date is a hangout with romantic intentions on both sidesme: so like

what we do

As if we're not enough veiled already

One of two classes I'm taking right now is called Jewish Law and Ethics. Something my professor said yesterday is still bouncing through my brainiums:

"Reading the Bible in English is almost like kissing the bride through the veil."

-- Roy Mittelman

Your two dads.

Franklin: ooh

your mom!

me: YOUR TWO DADS!!

And then I lol'ed like I usually do at my own lame joques.


*SIGH* Killed the giggles.

Norman: 

i dont understand ur joke

he has gay parents?

or his mom is really a guy

?

me: no

none of the above

Norman: you're making fun of God?