ten points in time.
4.
"wow, do you always talk so much and say so little."
"all the time, its a hobby."
"well, good for you."
"no, good for you."
3.
"I turn 20 in June. I'm terrified."
"I'll be turning 30 before you even reach 25, so shut the fuck up."
"So how old are you?"
"26."
"Do you feel old?"
"I feel old, but I also feel younger than I've ever felt. Its like you're finally just seeing the vastness of it all - how much is to come, how little you know, how much time you have... then you also realise how little time there really is. Its weird."
"Uhuh. I need to go to the toilet."
"..."
"wow, do you always talk so much and say so little."
"all the time, its a hobby."
"well, good for you."
"no, good for you."
3.
"I turn 20 in June. I'm terrified."
"I'll be turning 30 before you even reach 25, so shut the fuck up."
"So how old are you?"
"26."
"Do you feel old?"
"I feel old, but I also feel younger than I've ever felt. Its like you're finally just seeing the vastness of it all - how much is to come, how little you know, how much time you have... then you also realise how little time there really is. Its weird."
"Uhuh. I need to go to the toilet."
"..."
posted by stu willis at
2:50 am
4 Comments:
Yeah, I never said that last bit, I merely signified in sympathy (cf. OED)
You decided you wanted to complain about something else instead.
I'm waiting for my quote. I'm pure Bartletts.
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Anonymous, at Sun Feb 12, 04:42:00 am AEDT
"If Barthes was right to mistrust language, then what the hell does the intention matter anyway?"
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stu willis, at Sun Feb 12, 11:16:00 am AEDT
None of the points in time are true verbatim, although they're reflective/refractive of particular moments. I've gone more for trying to capture the zeitgeist (and my intellecutalisation thereof).
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stu willis, at Mon Feb 13, 12:07:00 am AEDT
You would have excused yourself for the bathroom at 20 as well if some manic 26yo had backed you into a corner, flapping his arms and barking his take on one of life's many possible philosophies.
Actually maybe you wouldn't. But y'know.
David
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Anonymous, at Mon Feb 13, 12:45:00 pm AEDT
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