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[just_displaced]

Ten Things I Worry About:

1. War. Specifically nuclear war, but war in general qualifies, I guess.
2. Hurting someone.
3. My thoughts.
4. What if everything we experience is actually just in our heads and in reality nothing is real.
5. Reality and what defines it. Is it different for different people?
6. What happens after we die.
7. Dying a virgin.
8. Is it really important to wear matching socks? Who decided that? Is that completely arbitrary? Who decides what "matches" anyway?
9. Being stuck in the City forever.
10. Making lists because what if they're not actually the top ten things I worry about and there's something else I want to put on it but the list is already made?


[Cursed with Listmania, of course, and not thrilled about this being shared.]

Comments

[just_displaced]

Yeah, I can see that. I'll try to avoid it. Dying on a date, I mean. Although with my luck, now that I've said it, I will.

Yeah. I'm kind of aggressively abnormal.

[anunluckypenny]

Good idea--to avoid dying, I mean.

I don't know about aggressively.

[just_displaced]

You should see the way I am at work sometimes. Back home, I mean. Or maybe you shouldn't see it.

[anunluckypenny]

From what I've seen, you're passionate about things, not aggressive. There's a difference.

Okay, unrelated, but do you want to try for a third date? Possibly?

[just_displaced]

Passion's a great word. I'm brimming with passion. Overflowing. Exploding.

[Oh no, he's going to sound way too delighted about this, but...]

Yeah. Yeah, I'd really like that. A lot.

[anunluckypenny]

Good! Then we should do that. Do you want to go to the Blue Light or somewhere for dinner?

[just_displaced]

Somewhere for dinner'd be a lot of fun. And hey, that must mean I'm kind of comfortable around you, right? Dinner's kind of more anxiety-inducing than going to a bar, usually. But I don't feel too anxious about it. Mostly.

[anunluckypenny]

If you'd feel more comfortable going to a bar, that's totally okay, too. And I hope I don't make you anxious. I know you don't make me anxious.

[just_displaced]

No, no, I mean... normally I would feel more comfortable going to a bar, but around you, I don't, so I guess you don't make me anxious.

[anunluckypenny]

That's a good way to start a third date--no one being anxious.

[just_displaced]

When do you want to do it? Go on this hypothetical third date, I mean. Which I guess isn't really hypothetical anymore.

[anunluckypenny]

It's way past hypothetical now. How's Wednesday night work for you?

[just_displaced]

Wednesday's perfect. Phenomenal, actually.

[anunluckypenny]

More phenomenal than any of the other days of the week?

[just_displaced]

Any day of the week would be pretty phenomenal, I guess, if you picked it for a date.

[anunluckypenny]

You'd probably pick a good day of the week yourself.

[just_displaced]

Yeah, that's one thing I can say for myself: I'm pretty great at picking days of the week.