Hopping

[ciphergoth]

If it helps, imagine that this was posted to DeadJournal. In other words, it's not a statement of what I really think, but of what parts of my brain sometimes say to me.

Sometimes I feel as if I'm walking down the street, and nearly everyone else is holding one leg behind their back and hopping to their destinations. When I sit down with them in the pub, they talk about how their knees hurt because they hopped all the way from the other side of town. And I have to remember not to say "Well, have you considered walking with both legs then?" because people already know I'm one of those weird bipedalists, and they don't want me shoving it down their throats all the time.

I know that's not the way it really is. I know that other people's choices in these matters are sacred. It's just that this is how it sometimes feels...

Comments

[ladycat.livejournal.com]

But if I walk with both legs then they both give way and I collapse in a heap on the floor and find it very hard to get up again. Even if I were using both legs I'd prefer my partners to hop, not many people are as self assured as you m'dear.

A complete aside: When I'm feeling better poke me about the language of fans. It's something I think you might like.

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I'm not sure the analogy will stretch very far before it snaps...

I don't mean to put pressure on any of my monogamous friends to defend their decisions. I haven't presented any kind of argument as to why one might be better than the other: I've assumed it as a premise of my analogy! I'm not talking about the way things really are, just the way I feel sometimes.

And yes, that would be great! When are you in Edinburgh?

[ladycat.livejournal.com]

End of July for about a month. If I pull myself together before then...