It's time for me to admit something that I have always kept secret. I don't really know why; maybe I'm maturing. Maybe my mind is disintegrating under the weight of all the doubts about my career. Maybe I'm so bored I'd say anything. Maybe I want to practice my one-handed typing (I'm getting pretty fast
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On the other hand, I appreciate what you're saying. As Elwood P. Dowd said in Harvey:
Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this world, Elwood, you must be" - she always called me Elwood - "In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."
I've always thought that was a fabulous piece of advice. Someday I'll follow it.
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Plus, I've watched your ability to adapt your thinking in a trice to new eveidence or a change of situation in everything from conversations through to training and back out the other side to tactics at Geek Night. I reckon you're clever. I fake a hell of a lot of the time and will claim as certainty that which merely seems logical to me rather than admiting ignorance.
Also, we're still young. If I met someone our age who claimed to have it all figured out I'd be so sceptical that I think I'd probably resent them.
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