Writer's Wing

If you will allow me any of my own wants, emotions, beliefs or actions, then you open yourself, so that some day these ways of mine might not seem so wrong. To put up with me is the first step to understanding me. Not that you embrace my ways as right for you, but that you are no longer irritated or disappointed with me for my seeming waywardness. -from the introduction of "Please Understand Me"

Thursday, January 20, 2005

Theoretical Theories and Poetical Poems

yes, i realize i just posted, but i remembered two things i've been meaning to post for a while, so i might as well do it now. firstly, i posted several poems on deviant art, they should all be under my recent deviations- saraikristi.deviantart.com. I love you abby for reviewing each and every one- thank you so much.
secondly, i have a theory about a best friend's role when their friend is involved in a breakup. this theory involves two scenarios: 1. the friend initiated the breakup because they no longer had romantic feelings toward their boy/girl friend, or 2. the friend was on the receiving end of a breakup, especially one where their boy/girl friend left them for something else. Now these theories are in no way necessarily true or tested. that's very important to remember. just a thought i had after observing one of each case.
SCENARIO ONE
let us presume that the friend who initiated the breakup wished to remain friends with their boy/girl friend, but their boy/girl friend is having a hard time with that and is very upset and basically ignoring the friend. Here, the best friend takes the responsibility of insisting that the boy/girl friend is being a complete and total jerk. While this is most likely an unfair portrayal, it competes with the image in the friend's mind, who, still being sympathetic towards the boy/girl friend, is likely to remember their boy/girl friend as more saintly than they really were. These two opposite images cancel each other out, leaving a more balanced portrayal of the boy/girl friend in the friend's mind.
SCENARIO TWO
i am too lazy to type out a neew scenario, so i shall just say that in this setup, the friend's boy/girl friend broke up with them for any number of reasons, but this works esp. well if it was for another person. then, the best friend does the same thing for the same reasons and...thats all. ta da. future philosopher at work.


we humans are a doltish lot. we want what we cannot have, miss what's right in front of our noses, and buy platform shoes on impulse when we know we'll never wear them more than once.

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