People Are Awkward
We talked.
To my surprise, it was not as awkward as it naturally could be,
Or perhaps as it naturally should be, especially during the awkward moments that followed an all-to-common topic that should probably be uncommon or otherwise less-common in natural discourse.
Next, I realized how awkward it was that it wasn’t awkward.
Of course, such an awkward thought of the awkwardness of the lack of awkwardness made me feel awkward.
In fact, at that point, I probably even began acting awkwardly.
Then, I had the realization that the realization of the awkwardness of the lack of awkwardness was making me feel awkward and probably act awkwardly.
At last, I decided to stop thinking about it and just revel in the awkward lack of awkwardness of the otherwise naturally-awkward situation, which otherwise would have been awkwardly awkward if I had not stopped thinking of its awkward and unnatural lack of awkwardness.
Get over it—people are awkward, and that, itself, is awkwardly not-so-awkward.



November 1st, 2010 at 2:20 pm
lol .. a very awkward topic!!!
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:34 am
OK, I get the meta-conversation concept. A “conversation about a conversation.” What do you call a ‘feeling about a feeling?’ A meta-feeling?
You are so funny, Pat. Needed a laugh this AM. Prayed for you last weekend