Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Oh the joys of destruction! or Why people should say "asshat"

With how differently people think and communicate I am always surprised that we manage to get along at all. When having a spat(my polite way to say argument because who wants to admit to being in an argument) with my girlfriend I am amazed at how sometimes it feels like everything I say is wrong. It's not really, I know that on an intellectual level but until we can find a common ground and I can say what I mean and not whatever it is that actually comes out my mouth I wonder how it is anyone gets along. Even this probably isn't coming out right because I might make it seem like I miscommunicate all the time. I don't just so you know. I just don't understand how at one moment I can think someone is just fine and the next I might think they are an asshat or something. They do some sort of Jekyll and Hyde scenario in my mind. I like to think they are a different person because I don’t want the former tainted by the latter.
When I miscommunicate with my girlfriend I have faith we can figure it out(and we always do) and things end up even better then before but not so much with the rest of the world. I think my mind has taken all the miscommunications I have ever had and put them in a frame. Then it hung the frame right next to “past mistakes” on the wall of my mind just so I can stare at it every time I try to think. I feel so molded.
I could start a revolt but I am not sure how to begin. Maybe I could go smash some frames against a wall. If it doesn’t help my communication skills at least some people will be too scared to talk to me and I will never notice. That and I get the satisfaction of breaking something.


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3 comments:

Sam said...

Steph....

Asshat. (Splendid!)

I could ramble on about philosophical ideas of how we require the human language to create thought processes about others, and this sucks because en vogue words we are taught to use generally don't produce "good" thoughts... but I would probably be breaking blog etiquette in having a comment exceed the length of a blog post.

But yeah, great first post!

Erin said...

Dude, it is so gauche to call an argument an argument, good call.

Let's break stuff. Yay blog!

P.S. Since I'm your sister, we always have to talk, so let's not bother trying to make sense, we are forced to too much of the time.

Anders said...

I just want to say, I feel like my relationship with my girlfriend works exactly the same way.

You guys being in love makes the world a better place.