Tay Tay's Clever

[Pixie Dust]

Le_Regard wrote:
Like if I saw you on the bus, and there was an open seat next to you, I would probably say hello and sit in it INSTEAD OF pretending I don't see you.

That seems like an acceptable level of intimacy from my own relatively damaged point of view.  Like we're "work friends".  We can probably be "work friends".  Like we don't know each other's personal lives but we see each other at lunch and complain about management together sometimes.

?

Sure.  That works for me.

[Pixie Dust]

Le_Regard wrote:
Like maybe if you needed a ride to work one day because your car is being fixed I could pick you up on my way just because we're going to the same place anyway, and we're just barely close enough that all we have to talk about is work stuff but also asking me for a simple favor like that, one human being to another, does not seem particularly weird, and although no way would you ever let me INSIDE your apartment, maybe you trust me enough that my knowing more or less what country it's in is not really a problem for you...

We're close enough where I would let you inside my apartment if I forgot something.  I don't see you as a safety concern.

Listen.  Realize that all I know about you pales in comparison to what's out there.  You're like a cute pitbull.  The real concern is rabies, not an aggressive breed.  You're a friend (ish), someone I wouldn't sleep with, but someone I prefer be on my side should a rabies outbreak occur.

[Le_Regard]

Pixie Dust wrote:
Le_Regard wrote:
I know myself well enough to know I'll get bored with this eventually and move on to something else.

But...

I don't even know what my angle is here.  I think it's as simple as you remind me of someone else.  And not just someone else, but all the very many "someone else"s that I've collected through the years.  Not exactly all at once, and not exactly one after the other, but all of them.

I don't know what "not ready for close friends" means, but I'm definitely here right now, and although it is certainly possible that I will let you down, and I really do mean this, I DON'T WANT TO.  I would really, really, really prefer not to, and that's probably a better deal than most people will give you up front like this.

I'll settle for somewhere in between "close friends" and "people you only know from Facebook"...?

I'm not terribly concerned about you becoming bored.  I self entertain well enough.  Also,  you're free.  My goal was not to monopolize your time.  My goal was to show you something beautiful.  I've done that.  What you do with that is entirely up to you.  Pick up that trajectory or let it end.  We choose the stories we want to write and you still have the option, at any point, to walk away.  This isn't Men in Black.  No one will white light you.  You have a gift.  It belongs to you now.  

I remind people of many people.  People like me are like that.  

Sure, consider us work friends.  That's impersonal enough to be enjoyable.

I am very happy to be work friends with you.

I'm also very sorry to maybe ruin something beautiful for you, but by the way this is maybe not my FIRST mystery cult.

Also please do not be troubled if I speculate to infinity about where we work, what our jobs are, who our boss is, and what sort of goods or services our company provides.

[Le_Regard]

I'm guessing "people like you" live under an almost crippling burden of having to explain to people wtf just happened to them all the time.

[Pixie Dust]

I expect speculation.  

Most of us have experience with a cult. Whether or not they realized it.

People like me often don't take the time to explain. Except in very special circumstances.

[Le_Regard]

Just to clarify, a cult is not necessarily a bad thing and only in more recent English usage has it become intrinsically a malevolent organization.

Old newspapers used to discuss the doings of "the Catholic cult" and "the Protestant cult".  Can you imagine that?

It's related to words like "culture" and "cultivate", as in "to cultivate a garden".

In the ancient world the idea of a Cult of Isis or a Cult of Mithras were very definitely not intended as slurs.

[Le_Regard]

On the contrary, they were expressions of the most sacred.

[Le_Regard]

[Pixie Dust]

What type of cult did you have experience with? A sacred or scandalous one?

I like that song, I already posted Call It What You Want. Did you just like her hair in this one?

[Le_Regard]

"Starry eyes sparkin' up my darkest night"

Beautiful.

This isn't nearly my favorite Taylor Swift song, but it just became my new favorite Taylor Swift video:

[Le_Regard]

I do see that you posted that on November 11th by the way, it's just easier to link to the video than to link to a post made on November 11th.  A little weird but I'm trying here.

[Le_Regard]

Pixie Dust wrote:
What type of cult did you have experience with?  A sacred or scandalous one?  

I like that song, I already posted Call It What You Want.  Did you just like her hair in this one?  

I noticed they were doing a fashion model thing in that video, but I noticed the dress more than the hair.

Not that there's anything wrong with being gay or anything but I'm not, and not that it's any of your business or anything but I wasn't really staring at her hair, no.

[Le_Regard]

You might like this:



Nega che-il chalaga means like, "I am the coolest", "I am #1 cool".

[Pixie Dust]

Le_Regard wrote:
A little weird but I'm trying here.

I know.  Its strange seeing what effort looks like on you.  You wear it awkwardly.

[Le_Regard]

It's particularly good if you get that in Korean pop music it's all about the group dynamic and the harmony between the characters who are all individually strong personalities themselves.

Like one will be "the cool one", one will be "the pretty one", one will be "the one that raps sometimes", you know?

With Korean girl groups there's always this implied struggle over who is the pretty one or who is the best hanging overhead and threatening to tear the group apart.

[Pixie Dust]

Le_Regard wrote:
Pixie Dust wrote:
What type of cult did you have experience with?  A sacred or scandalous one?  

I like that song, I already posted Call It What You Want.  Did you just like her hair in this one?  

I noticed they were doing a fashion model thing in that video, but I noticed the dress more than the hair.

Not that there's anything wrong with being gay or anything but I'm not, and not that it's any of your business or anything but I wasn't really staring at her hair, no.

Lol.  

I saw her wearing less dress and more frumpy sweater paired with a skirt.  

So you posted it to highlight her fashion choices....are you certain you're not gay?  That sounds like a very gay thing to notice.  

XP

[Le_Regard]

People say Koreans are great at following the rules but they'll never beat the West at innovation.  I don't know if that's true, it's just what people say.  But they've really nailed pop music down as a science.

[Pixie Dust]

Le_Regard wrote:
It's particularly good if you get that in Korean pop music it's all about the group dynamic and the harmony between the characters who are all individually strong personalities themselves.

Like one will be "the cool one", one will be "the pretty one", one will be "the one that raps sometimes", you know?

With Korean girl groups there's always this implied struggle over who is the pretty one or who is the best hanging overhead and threatening to tear the group apart.

That happens in other countries too.  Spice Girls, Nsync, Destiny's Child.  Sometimes the strongest one breaks off to pursue a solo career if the group is unable to harmonize.  Without the contribution from a power member the group is largely left handicapped.

[Le_Regard]

Pixie Dust wrote:
Lol.  

I saw her wearing less dress and more frumpy sweater paired with a skirt.  

So you posted it to highlight her fashion choices....are you certain you're not gay?  That sounds like a very gay thing to notice.  

XP

I'm not trying to get too far into this with you but I'll respond to that just because you asked.



I respectfully disagree that noticing what a woman is wearing sounds gay.

It's a stereotype that gay men work in fashion, I get that, but most men will freely admit that sometimes women are sexier with their clothes on.

[Pixie Dust]

Le_Regard wrote:
People say Koreans are great at following the rules but they'll never beat the West at innovation.  I don't know if that's true, it's just what people say.  But they've really nailed pop music down as a science.



Kpop is what's happening. I would call it a science too.

[Pixie Dust]

Le_Regard wrote:
Pixie Dust wrote:
Lol.  

I saw her wearing less dress and more frumpy sweater paired with a skirt.  

So you posted it to highlight her fashion choices....are you certain you're not gay?  That sounds like a very gay thing to notice.  

XP

I'm not trying to get too far into this with you but I'll respond to that just because you asked.



I respectfully disagree that noticing what a woman is wearing sounds gay.

It's a stereotype that gay men work in fashion, I get that, but most men will freely admit that sometimes women are sexier with their clothes on.

the symbolism was strong, sure.

You gave me room for a gay joke so I jumped at the opening.

[Le_Regard]

I really would like to steer this back to Taylor Swift, but seriously EVERYTHING has a car in it right now. 



Kpop is totally what's happening.  It's even big in Nepal.  That's weird even for me.

[Le_Regard]

The thing about SOUTH Korea is they are COMMITTED to a free market consumer economy.  COMMITTED.  Like the chicken is involved but the pig is committed.  Their pop music reflects this.

Do you want to see North Korean pop culture?  Give me a few minutes, that's not easy.

[Le_Regard]

This is an hour and a half long, so skip around.  You can't miss it.

[Le_Regard]

Do you see the tiles changing in the back?  That's not a computer screen, those are people with books of cards, and they all turn the page at the same time.  LIKE a computer screen.