Claire Swazey
Spokeshole, fence sitter
As I mentioned a few months ago, I used to have this odd on again off again relationship with Alanzo, and things got really bad between us. Even lost a friend over it- other than Al, I mean.
So for quite a while, it was no longer on and off- it was just off. But one day pursuant to posts here (a couple years ago) and on another venue around the same time, I suddenly got him. Not to sound like little Miss Freud but yeah, I saw him as the eternal mischief maker (and I am NOT saying that as any kind of poke against him at all) and suddenly all the stuff I'd been thinking for a long time just disappeared. We made our peace. Then, a couple times later, he'd get maybe a bit not too thrilled and ask me to please put him back on ignore, and I'd just smile to myself and think "I can never be mad at you again". And that was true.
He'd like have to come to the house and kill my husband or cat or something like that, in order for my heart to change.
So where am I going with this? He's kind of the eternal trickster. I do not see this as some malevolent force. I mean, as a benign but rather challenging to deal with force of nature.
He is a force of nature. He is benign, as I said, but that does not mean that it's gonna be a cakewalk all the time, with this guy. But he's a good guy, he did me a solid (more than one, but this was pretty recent) and I accept him for what he is, whether or not I agree with every given thing that he does.
That being said, I am not telling anyone whether or not he should be banned or unbanned. That is not and never has been my call.
Whether or not he comes back- let's continue to think our friendly thoughts of him, those of us who are fond of him. Being an irritating New Agey type, I think that sort of thing does matter.
So for quite a while, it was no longer on and off- it was just off. But one day pursuant to posts here (a couple years ago) and on another venue around the same time, I suddenly got him. Not to sound like little Miss Freud but yeah, I saw him as the eternal mischief maker (and I am NOT saying that as any kind of poke against him at all) and suddenly all the stuff I'd been thinking for a long time just disappeared. We made our peace. Then, a couple times later, he'd get maybe a bit not too thrilled and ask me to please put him back on ignore, and I'd just smile to myself and think "I can never be mad at you again". And that was true.
He'd like have to come to the house and kill my husband or cat or something like that, in order for my heart to change.
So where am I going with this? He's kind of the eternal trickster. I do not see this as some malevolent force. I mean, as a benign but rather challenging to deal with force of nature.
He is a force of nature. He is benign, as I said, but that does not mean that it's gonna be a cakewalk all the time, with this guy. But he's a good guy, he did me a solid (more than one, but this was pretty recent) and I accept him for what he is, whether or not I agree with every given thing that he does.
That being said, I am not telling anyone whether or not he should be banned or unbanned. That is not and never has been my call.
Whether or not he comes back- let's continue to think our friendly thoughts of him, those of us who are fond of him. Being an irritating New Agey type, I think that sort of thing does matter.