Downward

[rinue]

I'm having one of those awful days where I feel like some kind of inhuman troll and dwell on everything I've ever misstated or misunderstood and every time somebody has looked at me funny and assume that I'm a terrible person who people find compelling but ultimately horrifying and alien. I've tried going to the cartoon museum and buying myself funny badges, but it hasn't helped. Nor has chocolate cake. I'll be going to a BBC comedy taping in a few minutes (about Blechley Park, no less), which might make a difference, but, really, what I could use right now is my friends.

I know this is stupid, but if you can, please say something nice about me in the comments - some time I helped you out or we had a fun time together. It can be little. Please, nothing clever and backhandedly nice about me being likeable despite something, or being powerful and evil; I couldn't handle it right now.

Comments

[oddment.livejournal.com]

When I was having a particularly rough time a few years ago, you made it clear that you were there to defend me even though I needed help and couldn't quite accept it (which I think is terrifically hard to do--just to persist in giving someone love when they react to it so weirdly); you've been more understanding about some more recent things than most people seem able to manage; I love that you put new things in my head, which is difficult for me to talk about because it seems to be something that most of the people I feel close to do, easily--just the exchange of images and ideas perhaps--and yet I'm afraid that describing it implies a fixed teacher-student relationship or an exploitive one, rather than a pure delight. I'm glad I know you.

(I hope you're feeling a bit better and realize fully I'm all kinds of late coming to this, but psh, I'd still like to have tea with you if and when some combination of travels and road-trips and coincident points on the map allows.)

[rinue.livejournal.com]

I am indeed feeling much better, thank you, not least because of this. It is good to know that the only reason we are not having tea and petit fours right now is because of the tyranny of geography. Shall have to invent some kind of teleportation device immediately - or in the future, provided I then also develop a time travel device and bring the teleporter back to to the present.

[rinue.livejournal.com]

Also, definitely likewise on the new ideas and thinking. I'm glad you are posting frequently again. It's great.