{"id":9504,"date":"2015-03-07T05:50:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T13:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=9504"},"modified":"2015-05-03T17:43:04","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T00:43:04","slug":"an-imaginary-conversation-about-unpleasant-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9504","title":{"rendered":"An imaginary conversation about unpleasant conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes talking to people just fucking sucks.<\/p>\n<p>Well. I am glad we had this little talk. Thanks for sharing.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, not you. Of course. I love talking to you, mostly.<\/p>\n<p>Mostly?<\/p>\n<p>Can we get back to ME now?<\/p>\n<p>Why yes, my Queen.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s funny you should call me that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Oh lord. Here she goes.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah yeah. So I was over in SE for some pho earlier and<\/p>\n<p>You drove all the way to 82nd?<\/p>\n<p>No, a friend did. Anyway. After lunch we<\/p>\n<p>Where did you go?<\/p>\n<p>HA&amp;VL. It was really good. It isn&#8217;t really relevant to the story though.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry.<\/p>\n<p>You are not.<\/p>\n<p>No, not \u00a0really.<\/p>\n<p>So after lunch, we went over to Fubonn to poke around the market.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s always fun.<\/p>\n<p>I love Asian markets. So we wandered around and in the section with all of the altars, I almost bought one.<\/p>\n<p>An altar?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>They were shiny.<\/p>\n<p>Ah.<\/p>\n<p>My friend said I could put a picture of myself in one and put the altar to myself in my entry to freak people out. Or, you know get them to worship me. Whatever.<\/p>\n<p>Uhhhhh.<\/p>\n<p>No, I didn&#8217;t get one.<\/p>\n<p>Are you sure?<\/p>\n<p>Yes. I mean, I know I don&#8217;t have a religion myself but I do try not to mock anyone else&#8217;s. Or start my own.<\/p>\n<p>That is a relief. I really wouldn&#8217;t want to have that conversation with you. Speaking of which, why do you think talking to people sucks?<\/p>\n<p>What?<\/p>\n<p>When you called you started on a rant about why talking to people sucks.<\/p>\n<p>I did?<\/p>\n<p>Yep.<\/p>\n<p>You shouldn&#8217;t have interrupted me.<\/p>\n<p>Why not?<\/p>\n<p>Because now I don&#8217;t remember why.<\/p>\n<p>Happy to have been able to help.<\/p>\n<p>Rant killer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes talking to people just fucking sucks. Well. I am glad we had this little talk. Thanks for sharing. Oh, not you. Of course. I love talking to you, mostly. Mostly? Can we get back to ME now? Why yes, my Queen. It&#8217;s funny you should call me that&#8230; Oh lord. Here she goes. 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