Allison amazes me
Allison totally rocks. When she was here over the summer, she IM’ed with her school friend. For some reason, she saved one of the IMs in a word doc on the hard drive of our living room computer.
Jim found it yesterday & showed it to me today. The friend is asking Allison how to ask a guy out & Allison gives her some very mature, non-teenager, level-headed, funny but nice advice.
Some snippets:
Allison (2:47:09 PM): “There are three things you shouldn’t talk about in polite conversation: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.”
Allison (2:14:21 PM): you could try some, “have you ever heard of…” questions, but they might get annoying if used in large doses
Friend (2:14:43 PM): yeah
Friend (2:15:01 PM): like, have you ever heard of those things that… doi stuff?
Friend (2:15:05 PM): im so screwed
Allison (2:15:19 PM): it’ll get easier if it’s really meant to be
Friend (2:15:34 PM): oh, come on
Allison (2:15:34 PM): the best boyfriends are guys you’d want to be friends with
Allison (2:15:46 PM): (not that i’d really know…)
Friend (2:16:01 PM): i sorta am freinds with him.. how do you know all this, oh great allison? not sarcastic, i swear
Allison (2:16:22 PM): i read a lot of teen magazine
Allison (2:16:33 PM): and i’ve had lotsa imaginary bfs.
How did she get so aware of both herself & the world around her?
I haven’t a clue but I sure wish I was that aware back then. It might have helped.
Comment by muse — August 27, 2005 @ 4:30 pm