Comments on: On bewilderment

By: mig

mig — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:24:49 +0000

thank you, i will.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:23:34 +0000

You should read Italo Calvino’s “Mr Palomar” if you haven’t already.

By: marshmallow

marshmallow — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:18:41 +0000

i don’t know what would be a good alternative but “just fine” apparently is not a good one, because whenever i said it my english teacher would say, “why only ‘just’ fine? did you barely make it to ‘fine’?”

By: Jann

Jann — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:06:11 +0000

I find that

By: mig

mig — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:42:46 +0000

i’m damn glad you read it, too.

By: k

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:21:43 +0000

i’m damn glad i read this.

By: cj

cj — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 04:58:35 +0000

When I get that question, lately I’ve been saying “Grand” in a sort of sarcastic way… which can be understood any way the listener wants it to be understood. Most people don’t ask for clarification, which just confirms my belief that they don’t really care, but want to seem like they care. If they cared, they’d have a follow up question, like “How’s the new dog?” or “Did you win the lottery yet?” or “Did they finally hire those three people they were promising to hire for you guys?” I think the question “Was’up?” or “Suuuuup?” is so much better for these terse greetings in the hallways, as the response can be a simple head jerk and a “yo” in return. That way I can get back to my enslavement… I mean residency faster.

By: Kirsten Marie

Kirsten Marie — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:51:34 +0000

You should read Mark Haddons “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” if you haven’t allready. Highly recommendable, about those situations exactly.