17 sep 04
My Free Will Astrology for this week says this:
“The conversation didn’t get interesting until the end, after we ran out of things to say.” Blogger Michael Barrish (www.oblivio.com) wrote that about a date he went on. I’d like to recommend it as your guiding principle in the coming week. Your assignment is to choose a person with whom you will talk and talk and talk until you are all talked out. At that point, though, you won’t run along to your next appointments, but will dwell in the awkwardness as long as it takes for you to stumble upon a new way of being together. Furthermore, Scorpio, I urge you to apply this approach in as many other ways as you can imagine. Hang out in the pregnant silences on the other side of the climaxes.
Oh dear Lord. How awesome is that? “Pregnant silence” is one of my favorite metaphorical phrases. Anyone game?
Shannon / 18 sep 2004 / 4:55 p.m.
Like Richard - I have never before seen a silent pregnant woman … . . The analogy just cannot work. :)
Jason / 18 sep 2004 / 7:03 p.m.
That’s a pretty way to say uncomfortable silence, thus relating the unfortunate, yet common misogynistic view that pregnant women are likely to be bitchy and make everyone uncomfortable. The deconstruction of this speech leads me to believe that this Michael hasn’t had many successful dates, much less many female friends and thus is bitter. He also hates his mother. I thought it was pretty funny.
Matthew / 19 sep 2004 / 12:08 p.m.
sigh
Do you people have to deconstruct EVERYTHING?
I like pregnant silences. I don’t think they’re uncomfortable.
No, wait. I do. I just think they’re uncomfortable in a good way.
Richard / 18 sep 2004 / 2:10 a.m.
I must be missing the point of pregnant silence, when my wife was pregnant neither she nor her belly were ever quite.