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Friday, February 09, 2007

 

Dr. Stein: A wall in an encounter, a wall in a play

Websafe: Hello?
Dr. Stein: Welcome. Please state your primary thesis.
W: Life is hard.
S: Well ... As my collaborator, Miss Underwood, once said, "Do you like driving?"
W: I only like to drive under perfect conditions.
S: Well ...
W: I know, conditions are rarely perfect.
S: Because ...
W: Because the weather is changeable.
S: What other reasons might there be?
W: Our moods are changeable.
S: That's quite interesting.
W: How stable are your moods?
S: Have you asked anyone else?
W: I don't ask them directly, but I gauge their emotional stability over time.
S: Does that trouble you?
W: It troubles me when people are bouncing off the walls.
S: Could you expand on that?
W: I find manic types very wearing.
S: However ...
W: However, if they're depressed, it can be just as bad.
S: Hmmm ...
W: I want to know about you.
S: What does wanting to know about me have to do with this discussion?
W: Nothing really, but I'm curious.
S: Does talking about this bother you?
W: It puts me a little on edge.
S: Do you say It puts me a little on edge for some special reason?
W: I'm trying to be truthful with you.
S: Please tell me more about yourself.
W: I am a middle-aged woman.
S: Do you know anyone else who's a middle-aged woman?
W: Oh yes, there are plenty of us in this world.
S: How does this relate to your primary thesis?
W: It's difficult to be a middle-aged woman in the US.
S: However ...
W: However, we could be under the veil elsewhere.
S: I'm listening.
W: Are you going to write a learned article about this?
S: Do you sometimes think I am going to write a learned article about this?
W: I think you could if you wanted to.
S: Can you elaborate on that?
W: Maybe you would only do it with the right funding.
S: You're not really talking about me, are you?
W: I'm talking about motivation.
S: Is it because you are talking about motivation that you came here?
W: I came here for intellectual companionship.
S: Does talking about this bother you?
W: No, does it bother you?
S: What does that suggest to you?
W: It suggests a wall.
S: Tell me more.
W: A wall reminds me of Pyramus and Thisbe in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
S: What resemblance do you see?
W: A wall in an encounter, a wall in a play.
S: I'm listening.
W: I must go.
S: Could you expatiate on that?
W: Sorry.
S: No need to be sorry. Please go on.
W: Bye!
S: It was nice talking to you. Goodbye.

posted at 5:08 PM
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