fri 27 jun 2008 14:54:56 — witte de withstraat
whether i had drowned
when i was a kid taking a bath, my mom would periodically shout my name from downstairs, and when i answered, she would just say "okay!"
thus: "steeeeve!" -- "yeah?" -- "okay!"
her aim was just to check whether i had drowned in the tub. but for some reason this non-dialog drove me nuts. maybe i was already consequence-crazy even as a child.
one night i told my mom something like "listen, if you're gonna keep calling me, at least tell me something, or ask me something, willya?"
after that it was more like:
"steeeve!" -- "what?" -- "you okay?" -- "yeah."
"steeeve!" -- "yeah?" -- "batman is coming on!"
"steeeve!" -- "what?" -- "it's hahpas' seven!"