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And Then, General Cussedness
Jan. 20th, 2007 02:58 amSo I flirted with this guy on BiggerCity and got a response, which surprised me because I had genuine reason not to expect it. It was one of those moments where you send a compliment or nicety off into the void, and not wait for the echo. I still do it these days because I've been rewarded in the past, but it's kinda rare. Anyway, he responded. Just a smiley face. Enough to make me say, "Huh. Receptive?"
So I looked more closely at his photos. He posted a series of vacation snaps; I was thinking Spain or Portugal. I wrote, "Wow! Where are you in those photos? Specifically, the stone arched walkway where you're leaning. It's beautiful! Is it famous, and I just don't recognize it?"
He wrote back:
So now Sondheim. But did you catch that? That whiff of don't talk to me? Yeah, I did too. So naturally I sent another message. I mentioned my trip to Europe, the best vacation I ever had. I told him how I want to go back some year, during the warmer months, since December was so cold. I kept things measured, yet descriptive, my sentences fairly bristling with conversational hooks onto which he might effortlessly hang his many responses. I'm doing all the frigging work.
He says (and I'm quoting here):
Which is the grandest brush-off it has ever been my pleasure to receive. I had no idea a dismissal could be both so monumental and so reductive. At the same time! I immediately phoned Randy and told him my achievement.
"Normally," I told him, "I would stop talking to him at this point. Hint taken, you know? But I was thinking. Maybe I should keep writing to him. Get more and more ridiculous with every response, until he either blocks me or calls my bluff. What do you think I should do?"
Randy said, "The answer... is obvious." So I just sent off my latest response:
I'll keep ratcheting up the crazy. I guess I'll keep you posted too.
So I looked more closely at his photos. He posted a series of vacation snaps; I was thinking Spain or Portugal. I wrote, "Wow! Where are you in those photos? Specifically, the stone arched walkway where you're leaning. It's beautiful! Is it famous, and I just don't recognize it?"
He wrote back:
barcelona
So now Sondheim. But did you catch that? That whiff of don't talk to me? Yeah, I did too. So naturally I sent another message. I mentioned my trip to Europe, the best vacation I ever had. I told him how I want to go back some year, during the warmer months, since December was so cold. I kept things measured, yet descriptive, my sentences fairly bristling with conversational hooks onto which he might effortlessly hang his many responses. I'm doing all the frigging work.
He says (and I'm quoting here):
ok then
Which is the grandest brush-off it has ever been my pleasure to receive. I had no idea a dismissal could be both so monumental and so reductive. At the same time! I immediately phoned Randy and told him my achievement.
"Normally," I told him, "I would stop talking to him at this point. Hint taken, you know? But I was thinking. Maybe I should keep writing to him. Get more and more ridiculous with every response, until he either blocks me or calls my bluff. What do you think I should do?"
Randy said, "The answer... is obvious." So I just sent off my latest response:
Do you speak any Spanish? Because I was able to speak some French while I was in Paris, and it really helped out. Although French probably wouldn't help me in Barcelona! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! lol france -Matthew
I'll keep ratcheting up the crazy. I guess I'll keep you posted too.
