{"id":9181,"date":"2015-01-28T05:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=9181"},"modified":"2015-05-03T17:48:06","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T00:48:06","slug":"an-imaginary-conversation-about-nerves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9181","title":{"rendered":"An imaginary conversation about nerves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow is going to be a long day at work. <\/p>\n<p>It must be crazy with the upgrade coming up. <\/p>\n<p>No, in my team we&#8217;ll actually be busier after the upgrade. I suppose everyone will be. <\/p>\n<p>So why will it be a long day?<\/p>\n<p>Nerves. I&#8217;m supposed to have one of those things&#8230;you know&#8230;where you go out with someone. <\/p>\n<p>A date?<\/p>\n<p>Is that what it&#8217;s called?<\/p>\n<p>I think so. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll Google it later. <\/p>\n<p>Where are you going on this thing that might be a date?<\/p>\n<p>That is where the nerves come into play. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be fine. It&#8217;s just a few hours. <\/p>\n<p>Right. If it happens. <\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think I have ever met someone so worried about being stood up before. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a legitimate concern, and it happens a lot. <\/p>\n<p>Things come up for people&#8211;stop looking at me like that, it&#8217;s true. <\/p>\n<p>Yes. Things come up. And we have these things we carry around with us. They are used to communicate. We can talk to each other with them or send messages. <\/p>\n<p>That is true. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s being stood up I object to.  Not someone calling to tell me they need to reschedule. <\/p>\n<p>Has this guy done that before?<\/p>\n<p>No. I haven&#8217;t actually met him yet. <\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t you think you should give him the benefit of the doubt? He probably won&#8217;t stand you up. <\/p>\n<p>No, but he hasn&#8217;t confirmed the time and place either. <\/p>\n<p>That is a bit of a concern. Maybe you should check with him. And you&#8217;re giving me that look again. Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because I tried that. No reply. So there&#8217;s a bit of concern. <\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let it get to you. <\/p>\n<p>Oh, I&#8217;m not. I&#8217;ll just be irritated if I brush my hair for nothing. <\/p>\n<p>The people at work will appreciate it. <\/p>\n<p>The people at work will be too busy noticing my workplace inappropriate cleavage to pay any attention to the hair. <\/p>\n<p>Is cleavage appropriate on a first date?<\/p>\n<p>Cleavage is always appropriate. <\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s appreciated by the men you work with I&#8217;m sure. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a good thing something is!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow is going to be a long day at work. It must be crazy with the upgrade coming up. No, in my team we&#8217;ll actually be busier after the upgrade. I suppose everyone will be. So why will it be a long day? Nerves. I&#8217;m supposed to have one of those things&#8230;you know&#8230;where you go &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9181\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An imaginary conversation about nerves<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-imaginary-conversation","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellejolin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2470-0.jpg?fit=341%2C391&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-2o5","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6200,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=6200","url_meta":{"origin":9181,"position":0},"title":"an imaginary talk about shit and ideas","author":"Michelle","date":"June 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"How do you find something different to write every day? 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