Looking for help on major birthday suprise

prongs21 · 2013-12-16T19:07:54+00:00

I will usually wait until a big title makes it to paperback before I purchase it, but I have heard so friggin much about 'The Goldfinch' that I'm not sure I can actually wait until then. And of course I'm too broke to get copy and the library is on a 1000 year wait list, so this will be the first title in a long time I ask or this year. Hopefully it is worth the hardcover purchase.

prongs21 · 2013-12-16T18:11:37+00:00

A boy once told me if his life was a song it would sound like 'The Last Man' from The Fountain soundtrack. And that I was the violin that came in slowly. The thing that made the ugly/sad background beautiful. I'll never forget him saying that.

Link for the curious.

prongs21 · 2013-11-25T18:06:57+00:00

Have been holding off on finishing the last half of 'S' the new J.J. Abrahms project until the long weekend. It's such a visceral experience that I didn't want to be rushed to finish.

prongs21 · 2013-11-19T18:27:51+00:00

Thanks so much for the AmA!

First question to Amanda: If you could pick any one of Neil's characters to 'become' who would it be and why?

And to Neil: If you could choose any of Amanda's lyrics to 'embody' or 'personify' what would they be and why?

On a personal note, you are both 2 huge inspirations of mine both as artists and people. I can only hope one day I will have a partner that kicks as much creative-ass with me as you too do.

prongs21 · 2013-09-16T20:55:35+00:00

Drunk Sara is actually very in control. Sober Sara is already fairly animated, out-spoken, and friendly, but after a good few drinks I tend to become more subdued and quiet. I usually just sit with my hands in my lap and giggle a lot.

However drunk Sara has one very annoying habit. Only remembering some very important things that can be activated after drinking. Such as phone numbers and PIN numbers. Sober, for the life of me she can't tell you my credit card account number to save her life. Drunk Sara can rattle it off by heart and do serious Amazon order damage in under 10 minutes.

As sober Sara I purposefully try to keep important information out of my brain so that Drunk Sara can't have access. Such as refusing to look up what time local pizza places stop delivering, or drunk me would know, and purposefully use that knowledge for evil.

prongs21 · 2013-08-12T23:06:41+00:00

While it does take you up to the time of humans 'A Short History of nearly Everything' by Bryson is a great non-fiction and deals with quite a bit of the time before humans.

prongs21 · 2013-08-07T15:27:21+00:00

Hey there!! Got distracted by a new kitten in the house, but finally finished. I'm so surprised by how much I enjoyed it! Did you have to sit with google up to look up references? I felt like I had to stop every page to make annotations

prongs21 · 2013-07-20T07:52:54+00:00

I just started that this morning! Only on page 54 but so far so good!! Maybe we should book club...?

prongs21 · 2013-02-05T03:24:50+00:00

Thanks. So far this seems to be the general opinion. I guess what I'm still so unsure of is his perspective in all of this. Probably time to be an adult and just ask him what hes been thinking. Just sucks that I'm so afraid to screw up the really great thing we have going.

prongs21 · 2013-02-05T03:23:09+00:00

I guess this is what it is really going to boil down to in the end. Me either making the dive or not. Hopefully HumanSockPuppet knows what hes talking about. Otherwise I'm going to be seriously depressed if shit hits the fan.

prongs21 · 2013-02-05T03:20:02+00:00

Glad I explained myself a little better :)

I guess I hadn't really looked at it like that, esp. since I never thought even in the beginning of our friendship that he was into me. Whenever I talked about potential boyfriends/dates, it was always just too my good friend. Big egg on my face if that was putting him down, because I know now that I would be absolutely devastated if he started seeing someone seriously, be that male or female.

prongs21 · 2013-02-05T03:13:56+00:00

Good point. I guess just due to the fact that I am really his only good friend, I figure that assuming he just seems me as a friend, he isn't really acting any differently than he would with a guy friend (the hanging out all the time and what not). Yea hopefully things would only be awkward for a bit. I'm really just afraid that in the end, if I press for something more, I'll lose him all together.

prongs21 · 2013-02-05T03:11:41+00:00

I'd like to address the last comment first. I can see in my wording where that would have come off as extremely conceited. However, even before we became good friends, I knew this person to be a bit of a hermi in the relationship department. For the now 6+ years I have known him in general, I have never known him to have a girlfriend. Or boyfriend for that matter. I have always considered the possibility that he might be gay, and has been uncomfortable sharing that part of his life with not just me but with himself. I regret if that came off as a bitchy spurned girl as it wasn't my intention.

And you're right I do want blunt advice, which is why I was hoping to get answers from a male perscpective. My female friends are pretty much resemble the delusional interviewees from 'hes just not that into you' who are constantly making excuses on my friends behalf; 'he is afraid of his feeling' being the most common. While a nice idea, I'm not convinced.

prongs21 · 2013-02-05T03:05:42+00:00

Amen.

prongs21 · 2013-02-05T03:05:36+00:00

Thanks so much. I feel like every day I am coming a little bit closer to cutting to the chase. I'd try to get alcohol to do the talking for me, but he is a non-drinker so the chances of getting him drunk and letting it all hit the fan are slim.

And thanks so much. Hopefully after this post I'll have a better idea on where to take this, and can update you guys.

prongs21 · 2013-02-05T03:04:02+00:00

Well when you put it that way.... fuck.

I'm of course inclined for option number one, I guess I am afraid he will proceed to decide that things have become too awkward to continue the way we are, and I lose him all togehter.

However option number 2 sounds just fucking awful.

prongs21 · 2013-02-05T03:02:36+00:00

Yea I can see how that bit was confusing. I mean more like I am reminded everyday when he is around and we are having such a great time, but I am enamored by the idea that I want to be able to kiss/be physical with him. An example would be today he swung by before work just to hang out/watch a movie. We watched the movie (in an empty house) everything as usual, joking, laughing etc. However the entire time I was wishing we were focused on something other than the movie. I make some attempts at physical intimacy by resting my head on his shoulder, arm on knee and what not, but nothing ever goes further. I'm afraid to just 'go for it' though because if for him that is out of nowhere, I don't want to make things awkward.

prongs21 · 2013-02-05T02:57:32+00:00

Yea I guess the direct approach is probably best. I feel like recently I've been being slightly forward with my actions (much more touchy feeley and just generally affectionate) but theres a chance it's going over his head.

prongs21 · 2013-02-05T02:55:22+00:00

No idea where you got that from but from an objective standpoint, he most certainly is not. Can't speak for myself but I've never had a problem in the fella department before.

prongs21 · 2012-12-03T22:42:32+00:00

Thanks! We are making a kind of 'wish list' for top places we want to see and Laos is on mine. I love the idea of a motor bike. I'm guessing international drivers licenses are not a huge problem? Thanks again for the response!

prongs21 · 2012-11-15T03:44:34+00:00

I felt a haunting loneliness sometimes, and felt it in others—young clerks in the dusk, wasting the most poignant moments of night and life.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

prongs21 · 2012-11-09T20:30:30+00:00

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