{"id":1404,"date":"2009-04-17T20:18:08","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T04:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2009-04-17T20:18:08","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T04:18:08","slug":"conversations-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/?p=1404","title":{"rendered":"Conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Me: I haven&#8217;t posted to my blog in a long fucking time!<br \/>\nComplacent Me: Yeah?  And?<br \/>\nMe: Like, a WEEK!<br \/>\nCM: So you gonna go in there and be all, oh, hey everybody, here&#8217;s why I haven&#8217;t posted in a week?<br \/>\nMe: No!  I hate it when people do that!<br \/>\nCM: So&#8230;<br \/>\nMe: I know!  I need something.  I need to take transit or something.  It&#8217;s been too long.  I&#8217;m off the horse.  I don&#8217;t even know where the horse IS.<br \/>\nCM: Yeah.  Horse.<br \/>\nMe: Anything?<br \/>\nCM: You are asking the WRONG you.  Try CreativeYou.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Me: I see the beauty and the wonder in the world around me!<br \/>\nCreative Me: That <a href=\"http:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/?p=1170\"> damn tree<\/a> is blooming now.  <i>Super.<\/i><br \/>\nMe: Hey.  What&#8217;s with the attitude?<br \/>\nCM: I&#8217;m fucking TIRED man.<br \/>\nMe: But you&#8217;re CREATIVE ME.  You have to be, like, inspired and stuff.<br \/>\nCM: I made you a baby.  Two, actually.  Two babies.  You&#8217;re WELCOME.<br \/>\nMe: But &#8211;<br \/>\nCM: That&#8217;s hard work.  I&#8217;m a slave to hormones.  Maybe you should wean.  Or stop weaning.  Anyway.  Have you checked with AngryYou?<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Me: Yo.  Wassup.<br \/>\nAngry Me: <i>Sigh.<\/i><br \/>\nMe: You not angry today?<br \/>\nAM: Am beyond angry.  Am done with pronouns.  Will raise ire next year.<br \/>\nMe: Not even angry about how you have no energy and haven&#8217;t slept in god knows how long?<br \/>\nAM: Why be angry?  No point.  Try Poignant.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Me: OK.  Last try.  PoignantMe?<br \/>\nPoignant Me: <i>Sweeeeetheart.<\/i><br \/>\nMe:  Yeah, so &#8211;<br \/>\nPM:  Oh, I HEARD about the whole blog thing.  Yes.  Terrible.  So.  Here.  You have this beautiful baby.  So beautiful.  And he is almost a year old!<br \/>\nMe:  Uh huh.  Fresco.<br \/>\nPM:  He&#8217;s darling.  And he is walking and he says GAH and he says NANA for banana and he doesn&#8217;t even shout much anymore.  Do you remember the shouting?  You thought it would never end.<br \/>\nMe:  Well he does still shout if you don&#8217;t get him his food fast enough&#8230;<br \/>\nPM:  Of course.  But hasn&#8217;t he taught you a lot about, well, EVERYTHING?<br \/>\nMe:  &#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nPM:  Hasn&#8217;t he?  Haven&#8217;t you realized that there is <i>value<\/i> in a strong personality and what doesn&#8217;t kill you, etcetera and also that you are the most content, all-embracing, otherworldly mother of all time?  Haven&#8217;t you?<br \/>\nMe:  I am not sure I have.<br \/>\nPM:  Oh.  Couldn&#8217;t you try?  Could you weave it in with a charming anecdote and maybe something about a filthy person on the bus?  Music!  Don&#8217;t forget music!  And a dear photo at the end.<br \/>\nMe:  I&#8217;m not sure that&#8217;s the lesson.  Or that I have learned a lesson.  Or that there IS a lesson.<br \/>\nPM:  Oh.<br \/>\nMe:  I think it&#8217;s just the exhaustion talking.<br \/>\nPM:  Yes, probably.  Maybe the hormones.  Because of the weaning.<br \/>\nMe:  Yeah.  Do you have anything else?  Anything in a spring renewal \/  new year sort of thing?<br \/>\nPM:  No, I pretty much only have the baby&#8217;s birthday thing.<br \/>\nMe:  Right.<br \/>\nPM:  Sorry.<br \/>\nMe:  Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Me: Internet?<br \/>\nInternet: Yes!NO!Drama.Tweep!Tweeple!Blogospheric synergizing!Monetize!Anthropomorphize!<br \/>\nMe: <i>Sigh.<\/i><br \/>\nInternet: Hereandhereandhereandhereandhereandhere!  People die.  People laugh.  LOOKIT!<br \/>\nMe: Yeah, I know, there&#8217;s a lot &#8211;<br \/>\nInternet: AND!ALSO!TSHIRTS!<br \/>\nMe: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Me: Hey Fresco?<br \/>\nFresco: Gah!<br \/>\nMe: It&#8217;s almost your birthday, hey.<br \/>\nFresco: Gah!<br \/>\nMe: What would you like for your birthday?<br \/>\nFresco: Nana!<br \/>\nMe: Banana?<br \/>\nFresco: NANA!<br \/>\nTrombone, whispering: He would like a firetruck FLASHLIGHT!<br \/>\nMe: Really.<br \/>\nTrombone: Yes!<br \/>\nMe: I&#8217;ll see what I can do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Me: I haven&#8217;t posted to my blog in a long fucking time! Complacent Me: Yeah? And? Me: Like, a WEEK! 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