"Don can be difficult" V Jane
Let’s see –Jane’s Proposition -"Don can be difficult”
I refute this.
Bombastic, opinionated, mouthy, inconsiderate, impatient, insensitive, lacking in intimacy (hey I’m a guy eh),
- maybe, but difficult – that’s a bit of a stretch isn’t it?
Well, OK I may have been a bit obtuse on occasion
Actually, quite a bit when I think about it – OK so more than I care to admit
Alright so I have required patient handling at times,
Yeah, I suppose
OK so most of the nearly 40 years we have known each other – but she can be a pain as well
The mood swings, the artist’s confidence issues, the tidying up thing –(I can never find my stuff), the unending to do lists, the wacky projects, you having most of the home work space etc.
But the killers are the logical arguments, and the infallible memory of every sin, mistake or faux pas ever committed,
And why must they be dragged out and remembered every so often – I know how Paul feels about the sponsorship thing
Anyway – I have some good points – I think – I’m not wracked by doubt, I can be decisive (and stomp all over peoples feelings without even realizing it) except about art stuff and ideas, and blogs, deciding on cameras
But difficult? Wouldn’t complicated sound better?
Difficult is so, so stubborn, so intransigent, so not listening, so hardnosed –
I don’t really think of my self as hardnosed – but I have to convey this persona at work a lot to stare down the contractors and get the “patching made good” – really really good, as good as the original or better and at no cost even if their families go hungry and they die – really hardnosed and tough, and not artsy fartsy – no nonsense, all business,
But, at the same time persuasive, and charming, and genuinely likeable – that’s it - a tough, but fair, firm, likeable persuasive good guy,
But someone you don’t screw around with – yeah – maybe a wee bit difficult!
Sometimes – but rarely.
I refute this.
Bombastic, opinionated, mouthy, inconsiderate, impatient, insensitive, lacking in intimacy (hey I’m a guy eh),
- maybe, but difficult – that’s a bit of a stretch isn’t it?
Well, OK I may have been a bit obtuse on occasion
Actually, quite a bit when I think about it – OK so more than I care to admit
Alright so I have required patient handling at times,
Yeah, I suppose
OK so most of the nearly 40 years we have known each other – but she can be a pain as well
The mood swings, the artist’s confidence issues, the tidying up thing –(I can never find my stuff), the unending to do lists, the wacky projects, you having most of the home work space etc.
But the killers are the logical arguments, and the infallible memory of every sin, mistake or faux pas ever committed,
And why must they be dragged out and remembered every so often – I know how Paul feels about the sponsorship thing
Anyway – I have some good points – I think – I’m not wracked by doubt, I can be decisive (and stomp all over peoples feelings without even realizing it) except about art stuff and ideas, and blogs, deciding on cameras
But difficult? Wouldn’t complicated sound better?
Difficult is so, so stubborn, so intransigent, so not listening, so hardnosed –
I don’t really think of my self as hardnosed – but I have to convey this persona at work a lot to stare down the contractors and get the “patching made good” – really really good, as good as the original or better and at no cost even if their families go hungry and they die – really hardnosed and tough, and not artsy fartsy – no nonsense, all business,
But, at the same time persuasive, and charming, and genuinely likeable – that’s it - a tough, but fair, firm, likeable persuasive good guy,
But someone you don’t screw around with – yeah – maybe a wee bit difficult!
Sometimes – but rarely.
1 Comments:
hey hey hey... i have been waiting for some more of your writing. and this is a really fantastic piece. you can write Dman.
i loved this in the moment when it was sent and i do still.
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