Example 1:<\/p>\n
I was babbling at Mitchell about Freedom Jam, and how they came to my high school, and how cool it was, and how Tom Caffey – of said Freedom Jam – found his name on my blog and emailed me 25 years after the fact to thank me for my support. Mitchell and I were driving, in Rhode Island, and I was so excited about this story – and Mitchell listened, silently. Totally supportive and into it, by the way … but he finally had to speak up. It went like this:<\/p>\n
Me: “So … when I was in high school – a ‘rock group’ called Freedom Jam came to an assembly and performed – and for a couple days there was Freedom Jam mania in school – I was all about Freedom Jam!! I was so into it! I featured Freedom Jam in a Diary Friday and whaddya know – Tom Caffey, the keyboardist of Freedom Jam emailed me – and he said …”<\/p>\n
Mitchell: (a quick interjection, when he could get a word in edgewise) “Stop saying Freedom Jam.”<\/p>\n
Example 2.<\/p>\n
Talking with Kate the other night, I said the following phrase, “He needs to make an honest woman out of her” about 5 times. In a row. The phrase was included in almost every sentence I said. Kate listened, patiently, totally involved, whatever, but, like Mitchell before her, she had to speak up.<\/p>\n
Me: (for the fifth time) “He needs to make an honest woman out of her!”<\/p>\n
Kate: “Please don’t say that again.”<\/p>\n
There are probably more examples of this but these are my 2 favorites. I love my friends.<\/p>\n
“Stop saying Freedom Jam.”<\/p>\n
Like – he couldn’t bear it. If he heard me say those 2 words one more time, his head was going to explode. Also, he said it so calmly and quietly. Not like he was pleading or exasperated. Just a calm quiet order. “Stop saying Freedom Jam.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Example 1: I was babbling at Mitchell about Freedom Jam, and how they came to my high school, and how cool it was, and how Tom Caffey – of said Freedom Jam – found his name on my blog and … Continue reading