Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 08:48:59 EDT From: late tinking Subject: EXERCISE: Where did the time go? [oops - somehow, it turned into Friday, and I haven't even sent out the Wednesday rererereminder about the FAQ? okay, do one, then send this exercise, then sleep a bit, get on a great silver bird and fly out of the sunset into yesterday (we leave at 6 pm, fly east away from the setting sun, and land at 11 am the day we left. I wonder if I can call myself before I leave?)] Let's try something simple. Pick three characters. Flesh them out a bit, get a feeling for them. Got them in mind? Make a list, with A, B, and C... The situation - A is interested in B. B is interested in C. Sadly, B is not really interested in A, nor is C really interested in B. Got that? A wants B. B doesn't want A. B wants C, but C doesn't want B. In case you're wondering, I don't have the slightest idea about the relationship of A and C - you can twist and turn that one yourself. Oh. The exact nature of the interest - from simple rutting lust to the most gentle desire to see someone's etchings - is also up for grabs, plunders, and other mixed confessions. Do it up right, have a bit of contrition, maybe a penitent dissolution, or even a razzle-dazzle erection from below... And, now, let's try picking a number (one to six?) 1. trapped in a stopped elevator 2. traveling in a bus to another town 3. sitting with each other at a posh restaurant 4. in a hospital waiting room 5. sitting in a church pew during a loooong service 6. on the banks of a lovely river, watching a thunderstorm roll in So, your three friends (at least two of whom would really like to get to know another one a bit better, but - there's a slight problem of unrequited interest) are in this situation. Tell us a little about what happens, the way they look at each other, the way they talk, the way they drop the silver on each other's toes... By the way, instead of telling us who likes who, and who couldn't care less, leave that as your little secret - and show us who has what kind of interest, just by the way they respond, the little touches, the strokes and filibusters of their social tete-a-tete- a-tete. Be reading you! tink (coming soon to a town near you, far, far from here) (in case anyone is a bit confused - I'm now in the U.S., about to go to some meetings in California. The above was written while still in Japan, but there was this little problem about getting a telephone connection that stayed connected for longer than 15 seconds - so you get this a bit late, a bit bewildered, and more than likely a bit sleepy - later, philabusters and other rusting towns, as I'm tired now. look it up, the correct spelling is filibuster:-)