I'm a quiet person. I don't have to fill the air with chatter just to fill it. I don't like to argue for sport. I like to listen to people and choose my words carefully. I generally keep myself to myself.
But, man, do I ramble on sometimes. I'm a nervous person, particularly around new people, and when I get nervous, I can blah blah blah like there's no tomorrow. And my voicemail messages are pretty notorious for their unnecessary verbosity ("So, um, yeah, I guess I'llll...call you back later. Or you call me. Or something like that. Ummm...yeah. Bye?") And sometimes when I write, all of those words that have been dammed up, corralled, quashed, and hoarded come flowing out, until I've divulged much more than I planned to. I'm so quiet sometimes, and yet sometimes I just don't know when to shut up.
It makes me think that I should regulate the locks and levees of my verbal expression a little better, so I can achieve some sort of equilibrium.
Posted by thevieve at September 12, 2005 10:22 AMNo need to regulate. Let the words emerge for their own sake. For your sake.
Posted by: ethan on October 25, 2005 12:30 PM