Comments on: The lies we tell ourselves

By: Mariya

Mariya — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:32:09 +0000

When I moved to Alabama I got to experience your “beetles”. I knew they were roaches though. Once I was kept up all night watching one walk around on my bedroom mini-blinds. I sat at the head of my bed and planned out how long it would take for me to pack all my stuff and leave. When I woke up in the morning, still crunched at the head of the bed, the roach was wandering in circles in my bathroom (turns out the roach was poisoned but I didn’t know the behavior yet). I dropped my biochem book on it and then spent two weeks walking around my biochem book when I needed to pee or brush my teeth. I almost flunked biochemistry since I couldn’t use my book to study.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:10:44 +0000

Oh sure, point out the flaws in my theory. I guess I’m developing quite the collection of stories with the same theme. There was that time in Chicago where I mistook a tornado for a windstorm and that time in Thailand where I mistook an earthquake for just being deliriously tired (I thought the shaking was in my head and went to bed while the hotel evacuated), and then that time in Madagascar when the rumbling heard in the distance didn’t cause any concern until the storm was upon us and we were left running through a rice field with lightning crashing around us. Yes, perhaps this theme points to more than just white lies. Naivety? unobservant? I don’t know, but I prefer my white lie theory just the same.

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:59:51 +0000

I’m not sure if it’s the little white lies or your top-notch observation skills: wind in chicago, earthquake in china, lightning in vietnam…