Josh: I started a new blog today.
The Girl: Yeah?
Josh: Yeah. Basically it's for politics. And also, to talk shit about Michele.
The Girl: Who's Michele?
Josh: That chick in New York that does A Small Victory.
The Girl: Oh. That seems like kind of a strange use of time.
Josh: Yeah. I know. Everybody needs a hobby.
The Girl: You've got, like, six hobbies.
Josh: Well, now I've got seven.
The Girl: Why does she bug you so much?
Josh: Generally speaking, it's not her so much as her readers that really get on my nerves. In her case though, the main thing is that she used to be normal. And then she just, I don't know-- flipped out at some point.
The Girl: How do you know she used to be normal?
Josh: I went back and read some of her archives. It's just weird. 'Cause even after 9/11, she still seemed pretty grounded. Then she just kind of... I don't know. Got really militaristic. I haven't read the entire archive to try and figure out what the trigger was.
The Girl: Hm.
Josh: It just bugs me. Like, if a rational person can just lose their mind like that, I want to know what causes it.
The Girl: It sounds like something that would happen if she got a new boyfriend or something.
Josh: I think she got married at some point in the last three years.
The Girl: Well, that could be it.
And it turns out new evidence supports The Girl's take. Go figure.
Posted by Joshua at May 21, 2004 10:17 PMSo that's the secret to changing people's minds? Dating them?
We're doomed.
Posted by: flamingbanjo at May 22, 2004 12:13 PMJosh, we're all waiting for you to lose YOUR mind and become a Republican too. But, I won't hold my breath. :-)
--s