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  <subtitle>Much ado about the usual nothing.</subtitle>
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    <title>The eternal optimist</title>
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    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ <p>I apparently don't have as much of <acronym title="Don't worry, I'll explain soon.">my hearing back</acronym> as I thought.  Earlier this evening, Jeff came into the computer room:</p>
<blockquote><p>"That music's really loud."</p>
<p>"Hrm.  This sounds like my usual volume level..."</p>
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<p>Jeff shakes his head, gives me his best "I love you but you are one crazy deaf wench" look, and says no.  Apparently I was shaking a few rafters.</p>
<p>Oops.</p>
<p>So, in the midst of dealing with all the entertainment of a rabid double ear infection, I've been asking myself critical, important questions like, "What truly unimportant twaddle should I post next on cat.net?"  The cats have been charming, but not terribly postworthy.  I don't have photos taken of my newly-completed knitting projects, I've posted most of the trip photos I plan to post, and I don't have any new recipes to share.</p>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[ <p>I apparently don't have as much of <acronym title="Don't worry, I'll explain soon.">my hearing back</acronym> as I thought.  Earlier this evening, Jeff came into the computer room:</p>
<blockquote><p>"That music's really loud."<br /><br />
"Hrm.  This sounds like my usual volume level..."</p></blockquote>
<p>Jeff shakes his head, gives me his best "I love you but you are one crazy deaf wench" look, and says no.  Apparently I was shaking a few rafters.</p>
<p>Oops.</p>
<p>So, in the midst of dealing with all the entertainment of a rabid double ear infection, I've been asking myself critical, important questions like, "What truly unimportant twaddle should I post next on cat.net?"  The cats have been charming, but not terribly postworthy.  I don't have photos taken of my newly-completed knitting projects, I've posted most of the trip photos I plan to post, and I don't have any new recipes to share.</p>
<p>I should learn to trust in the online world.  The world of online IM'ers comes through when you least expect it. </p>
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<td align="left" colspan="2"><em>Session Start: Thu Dec 18 19:25:19 2003</em></td>
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<td align="right"><strong>lonesome37211: </strong></td>
<td align="left">we should hump each other silly</td>
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<td align="left" colspan="2"><em>*** Auto-response sent to lonesome37211: : Currently singing in the shower.  It's not pretty.  I can't carry a tune with a bucket.<br /><br />** This has been a recording **</em></td>
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<td align="right"><strong>Amy: </strong></td>
<td align="left">and why is that?</td>
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<td align="right"><strong>lonesome37211: </strong></td>
<td align="left">because we're both probably good at it and it would be highly pleasurable</td>
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<td align="right"><strong>Amy: </strong></td>
<td align="left">You're "probably" good at it?  What an overwhelming endorsement of your own abilities.</td>
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<td align="right"><strong>lonesome37211: </strong></td>
<td align="left">well, I haven't had sex with enough people to form a statistical norm... so I would have to say probably... I mean, I may "think" I'm good at chess, but until I've played enough people, how could I know definitively?</td>
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<td align="right"><strong>Amy: </strong></td>
<td align="left">Pity.  I'm sure that more women would find the sexual experience far more appealing if it were followed with a scientifically-objective questionnaire regarding the quality of their partner's performance. </td>
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<td align="right"><strong>lonesome37211: </strong></td>
<td align="left">well, while I certainly do enjoy "brainy" chicks, I tend to rely more on emotion and gut instinct in all matters sexual</td>
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<td align="right"><strong>Amy: </strong></td>
<td align="left">How do you make the leap between relying on emotion and gut instinct to propositioning women via instant-messaging systems?</td>
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<td align="right"><strong>lonesome37211: </strong></td>
<td align="left">the instant message is the medium, the proposition is the emotion... would a proposition over the telephone be much different?</td>
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<td align="right"><strong>Amy: </strong></td>
<td align="left">Well, given that both contain the intimacy and emotion of a heavy-breathing crank call, I think my answer would have to be 'no.</td>
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<td align="right"><strong>lonesome37211: </strong></td>
<td align="left">so you crave intimacy and emotion... that's telling</td>
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<td align="right"><strong>Amy: </strong></td>
<td align="left">Given the choice between those and a text-only hump-and-jerk, I think the decision isn't a terribly difficult one to make.</td>
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<td align="right"><strong>lonesome37211: </strong></td>
<td align="left">so you don't have intimacy and emotion in your life? Or enough of it?</td>
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<td align="right"><strong>Amy: </strong></td>
<td align="left">Why, are you trying to offer to provide?</td>
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<td align="right"><strong>lonesome37211: </strong></td>
<td align="left">well i do enjoy fulfilling the wants of others... i'm nurturing</td>
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<td align="right"><strong>Amy: </strong></td>
<td align="left">You've gone from offering to hump me silly to trying to nurture me.  Bit of a change in tactics there.</td>
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<td align="right"><strong>lonesome37211: </strong></td>
<td align="left">not at all... i think i offer both, and who says there can be no nurturing when or after i'm humping you silly</td>
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<td align="right"><strong>Amy: </strong></td>
<td align="left">Out of sheer curiosity, what kind of success rate do you have with these kinds of requests?</td>
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<td align="right"><strong>lonesome37211: </strong></td>
<td align="left">i've never had any success whatsoever online, but why not ask? As you can see, I'm an eternal optimist</td>
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<p>Indeed.</p>
<p>Now, if you'll excuse me, it's time to battle the side effects of my meds.  What I need right now is a comfy bed, a couple of kitties to cuddle with, and a cool washcloth to drape over my eyes, which are a bit swollen.  Now if I could just get someone to read me to sleep...</p>
<blockquote><p>Current music:<br /><br />
<a href="http://eastmountainsouth.com/" title="Their site">Eastmountainsouth</a> - 'You Dance' (thanks, <a href="http://idly.org/">Adam</a>!)<br /><br />
<a href="http://www.bnlmusic.com/" title="Their site">Barenaked Ladies</a> - 'Alcohol' (thanks, <a href="http://retrospecticus.org/">Chris</a>!)<br /><br />
<a href="http://www.astralwerks.com/royksopp/" title="Their site">R&ouml;yksopp</a> - 'Poor Leno' (thanks, <a href="http://noahgrey.com/">Noah</a>!)<br /><br />
<a href="http://www.hollymcnarland.ca/" title="her site">Holly McNarland</a> - 'Dallas' (thanks, <a href="http://gravitylens.org/">Heather</a>!)</p></blockquote>
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