So I was arguing with this woman earlier and she got mad and hit me with a really good verbal shot I had not previously heard before. (and I have heard a few by now...)
She was arguing about something and all of a sudden she stops and switches gears. (I shuddered)
She pauses for a sec and says really slowly, "have you ever had a moment in time where you thought you were truly great and/or awe inspiring"?
And then she shakes her head slowly from side to side and goes "any moment at all, in time, anything".
I just shrugged and calmly stated that "the other night when she was speaking in foreign tongues whilst we were in the middle of the throes of love, that was probably the closest I've been, sugar". And she let me off with a hmppff and the noise of her sucking her teeth like a tiger trying to remove a piece of meat from between her teeth.
But the truth is that the question is a "little burr under the saddle", so to speak. It makes me think. It makes me want to re-evaluate and be able to quantify that distinctly and put that question to rest, as I can't really answer that quickly and concisely. It's an irritation.
I have fun, I do what I do. I don't worry about it too much.
I kind of think "it's not a thing". As in "All the world is a stage and be are but actor's bleh.. http://allpoetry.com/poem/8449743-All-T ... hakespeare
And "Great"? What is that really? When you have a really stellar show, were you "great" there for a sec? Or is it more? Is it just another delusional question that people evade to keep their soul whole for yet at least 1 more show?
When you write that one tune, were you "great" for a fleeting moment?
When you wrote the cd? Maybe your last performance?
Or is it like the you must sell 1,000,00 copies to be great like Elvis et cetera?
I think that "great" is relative to who you are and what you are doing. I.E. Different people achieve different forms of "great" depending on who they are but maybe that's an excuse.
What do you think>?
(I think I am going to kick her when she sleeps tonight/stick my knee in her back. Muahhahahaaaa "Gee honey, I have no idea where you got that shiner, but it's a doozy". lol)
She was arguing about something and all of a sudden she stops and switches gears. (I shuddered)
She pauses for a sec and says really slowly, "have you ever had a moment in time where you thought you were truly great and/or awe inspiring"?
And then she shakes her head slowly from side to side and goes "any moment at all, in time, anything".
I just shrugged and calmly stated that "the other night when she was speaking in foreign tongues whilst we were in the middle of the throes of love, that was probably the closest I've been, sugar". And she let me off with a hmppff and the noise of her sucking her teeth like a tiger trying to remove a piece of meat from between her teeth.
But the truth is that the question is a "little burr under the saddle", so to speak. It makes me think. It makes me want to re-evaluate and be able to quantify that distinctly and put that question to rest, as I can't really answer that quickly and concisely. It's an irritation.
I have fun, I do what I do. I don't worry about it too much.
I kind of think "it's not a thing". As in "All the world is a stage and be are but actor's bleh.. http://allpoetry.com/poem/8449743-All-T ... hakespeare
And "Great"? What is that really? When you have a really stellar show, were you "great" there for a sec? Or is it more? Is it just another delusional question that people evade to keep their soul whole for yet at least 1 more show?
When you write that one tune, were you "great" for a fleeting moment?
When you wrote the cd? Maybe your last performance?
Or is it like the you must sell 1,000,00 copies to be great like Elvis et cetera?
I think that "great" is relative to who you are and what you are doing. I.E. Different people achieve different forms of "great" depending on who they are but maybe that's an excuse.
What do you think>?
(I think I am going to kick her when she sleeps tonight/stick my knee in her back. Muahhahahaaaa "Gee honey, I have no idea where you got that shiner, but it's a doozy". lol)
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