How depressing.
Aug. 14th, 2003 10:49 amI now know why everyone always thought I was annoying.
I mean, of course I always knew that people considered me annoying, and I even deliberately encouraged it. (When I wasn't encouraging them to run away in terror.) But I never took an objective look at my own behavior, from the outside, and said to myself, "Yes indeed, if anyone did that to *me* I *would* be highly annoyed."
I am now taking an objective look at a mischievous, young, trickstery creature who is not quite intentionally creating total havoc and whose strong emotional attachment to a friend of mine is leading that friend to be warped out of all recognition...
I confess. I was an asshole. Mea culpa. This is the most annoying thing I've had to watch in a long long time. And I'm *fond* of chaos-wreakers. As long as they don't mess with my friends' minds.
I mean, of course I always knew that people considered me annoying, and I even deliberately encouraged it. (When I wasn't encouraging them to run away in terror.) But I never took an objective look at my own behavior, from the outside, and said to myself, "Yes indeed, if anyone did that to *me* I *would* be highly annoyed."
I am now taking an objective look at a mischievous, young, trickstery creature who is not quite intentionally creating total havoc and whose strong emotional attachment to a friend of mine is leading that friend to be warped out of all recognition...
I confess. I was an asshole. Mea culpa. This is the most annoying thing I've had to watch in a long long time. And I'm *fond* of chaos-wreakers. As long as they don't mess with my friends' minds.
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Date: 2003-08-19 01:21 am (UTC)Hate Riker?
Date: 2003-08-19 02:10 am (UTC)At most, all I ever felt toward him was amused contempt. Hope that satisfies you.
Oh, by the way, you're off the hook. I can't find any universes where Voyager has a counselor who works night shift. And damn few where Voyager has a counselor at all. Now if we'd bet on the Enterprise, your arse would be mine, but since it was Voyager, you're in luck.
Re: Hate Riker?
Date: 2003-08-19 04:05 am (UTC)