one of the many reasons his NDP membership application was declined

[jawnbc]

jawnbc: Wot u gonna do today?
querrelle: Grrr....
jawnbc: It’s not an interrogation...
querrelle: well it sounds like one.
jawnbc: well, it never is. You hear it as one. But it’s not. Ever.

jawnbc: So wot u gonna do?
querrelle: I don’t know!
jawnbc: Well why don’t you do something fun? You’re working (as in on a bike licensing course) this evening...
querrelle: *grumbles*
jawnbc: How about the (Vancouver) Aquarium? You can see whales and dolphins and seals, all deprived of their freedom and joie de vivre?
querrelle: But you can’t taste them...

Comments

[bix02138.livejournal.com]

i get that a lot.

me: whatcha doin?

him: <silence>

me: huh?

him: (defensively) nothing.

me: ok, ok. <backing off>

him: <silence>
i hate always being the chipper, engaged one.

[jawnbc]

Oh Max is often very chipper. It's just he's looking for work and it's hard not to hear "what did you get up to today?" as "prove to me you're really trying to get a job you feicin' leech." Or something like that.

[bix02138.livejournal.com]

ah...
i get the "why are you quizzing me?" challenge a lot, when i simply ask "what's up?"