{"id":10605,"date":"2015-10-05T06:20:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T13:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=10605"},"modified":"2018-04-09T19:27:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T02:27:48","slug":"an-imaginary-conversation-about-gray-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10605","title":{"rendered":"An imaginary conversation about gray days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some days I just really wonder.<\/p>\n<p>Wonder? About what?<\/p>\n<p>Everything.<\/p>\n<p>Everything? That is a lot to wonder about!<\/p>\n<p>It is!<\/p>\n<p>Why do you feel like that&#8217;s your job?<\/p>\n<p>My job? I don&#8217;t. I just do it recreationally.<\/p>\n<p>For fun.<\/p>\n<p>More of a calling, I suppose.<\/p>\n<p>Like the priesthood.<\/p>\n<p>But with sex.<\/p>\n<p>Of course. There would have to be sex.<\/p>\n<p>I am not giving that up&#8211;not even to wonder!<\/p>\n<p>Do you have some sort of point to this wondering?<\/p>\n<p>Do I need to?<\/p>\n<p>Not necessarily.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t sound convinced.<\/p>\n<p>It seems a little pointless to spend your time worrying.<\/p>\n<p>Wondering.<\/p>\n<p>Not worrying?<\/p>\n<p>Worrying is different. That tends to have a point.<\/p>\n<p>I see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t, but that&#8217;s OK.<\/p>\n<p>So what were you wondering about today?<\/p>\n<p>Gray skies. Or really, clouds.<\/p>\n<p>Like what they are made up of?<\/p>\n<p>No&#8230;but I could wonder about that!<\/p>\n<p>What then?<\/p>\n<p>You know how sometimes you see a cloud formation that looks like something?<\/p>\n<p>Like a dragon?<\/p>\n<p>Or a castle, or a naked lady, or whatever..<\/p>\n<p>Sure. We all see things in the clouds.<\/p>\n<p>How far away do you think two people can be and still see the same cloud?<\/p>\n<p>Mentally or physically?<\/p>\n<p>Exactly!<\/p>\n<p>Huh. I wonder. So if we stand together and look up..<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d see the same clump of clouds in the same shape and stuff.<\/p>\n<p>But we wouldn&#8217;t necessarily see the same cherub or train or whatever in the sky.<\/p>\n<p>No. But if we were standing a mile apart, would we even see the same clump of clouds, or different ones?<\/p>\n<p>At some point they would be different, because they are moving.<\/p>\n<p>It would depend on which way the air currents were going. And where each of us was standing.<\/p>\n<p>That is a lot of thought to give to clouds passing.<\/p>\n<p>And perspective. It&#8217;s interesting. I got a kink in my neck.<\/p>\n<p>From perspective.<\/p>\n<p>No, from looking up at the sky.<\/p>\n<p>I can work that out for you!<\/p>\n<p>I was hoping you&#8217;d say that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some days I just really wonder. Wonder? About what? Everything. Everything? That is a lot to wonder about! It is! Why do you feel like that&#8217;s your job? My job? I don&#8217;t. I just do it recreationally. For fun. More of a calling, I suppose. Like the priesthood. But with sex. Of course. 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