{"id":9641,"date":"2015-03-26T05:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=9641"},"modified":"2015-05-03T17:43:04","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T00:43:04","slug":"an-imaginary-conversation-about-just-wondering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9641","title":{"rendered":"An imaginary conversation about just wondering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t you ever wonder?<\/p>\n<p>Wander?<\/p>\n<p>No, wonder.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>About what?<\/p>\n<p>Things&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Things?<\/p>\n<p>Things!<\/p>\n<p>Any specific things?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not following you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t you wonder? About things? Just in general? Like while you&#8217;re walking around?<\/p>\n<p>What in the hell are you talking about? And don&#8217;t sigh at me. Explain.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But I like to sigh. It&#8217;s like a tiny little meditation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is almost entirely unlike meditation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s like the cleansing breath you take before you start.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Is there some reason for any of this?<\/p>\n<p>For wondering about things?<\/p>\n<p>No, for your questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No. Why do you ask so many questions you already know the answer to?<\/p>\n<p>Why do you ask so many questions that make no sense?<\/p>\n<p>Because I wonder. And if I wonder, I ask.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you should cut down.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On wondering?<\/p>\n<p>No, on questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But if I stop asking questions, then I&#8217;ll hardly talk at all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>.. &nbsp; &#8230; &nbsp; &nbsp;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>You want me to stop taking, too?? But I just started!<\/p>\n<p>No, no. Keep talking. Work on making more sense.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You aren&#8217;t very whimsical.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sure I am.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not so much. That&#8217;s OK. I love you anyway.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Love you, too. Now shut the hell up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Good night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shhhh.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t you ever wonder? Wander? No, wonder.&nbsp; About what? Things&#8230; Things? Things! Any specific things? Yeah! I&#8217;m not following you&#8230; Don&#8217;t you wonder? About things? Just in general? Like while you&#8217;re walking around? What in the hell are you talking about? And don&#8217;t sigh at me. Explain.&nbsp; But I like to sigh. It&#8217;s like a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9641\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An imaginary conversation about just wondering<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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-9641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imaginary-conversation","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-2vv","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10605,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10605","url_meta":{"origin":9641,"position":0},"title":"An imaginary conversation about gray days","author":"Michelle","date":"October 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Some days I just really wonder. 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