writing as inquiry

Q: Should I really drink an energy drink at eleven o’clock, after I
have already had a good quart of coffee throughout the afternoon?

A: Nah, probably not. Well, maybe. Yeah, definitely should. Mmmm…tastes like smarties. Smmmarties. Ooh. Oh! OK! Whew! Zzzzzzip! Maybe I shouldn’t have had that smartie-tasting– Oooooh, do I have another one? (Hey, that was another question, not
an answer.) (Who says you can go around answering a question with a
question?) (Hey, that was another one!) (Shut up!)

Q: Does “prurient” mean what I think it means?

A: Yes. (Celebrate with more caffeine.)

Q: Can this thing spell-check in different languages?

A: It can. (More celebration.)

Q: Besotted? Am I really going to say besotted? I mean, really, right after I just said prurient?

A: Of course. Fuck off. It would behoove you to fuck off.

Q: Mmm…why [twitch] am no I not going to sleeping [twitch] now?

A: Awww, crap.

6 Responses to “writing as inquiry”


  1. 1 Omnipotent Poobah

    You’ve found out the secret…that case of ADD isn’t helped at all by caffiene, is it?

  2. 2 clarabella

    beware of neon green urine from the energy drinks! seriously, it happened to someone i, umm, know, yeah, someone i know.
    ok, i know besotted, but i had to look prurient up. you should definitely use both. and behoove. i love being behooved!

  3. 3 vague

    OP–dammit, I think you’re right. Talking to myself isn’t helped much either. By which I mean not talking to myself, or something.

    C–Thanks for the warning, and the encouragement. I did wind up using both prurient and besotted–in the same sentence! Wonder if my advisor will think it’s over the top…will find out tomorrow.

  4. 4 The Anti-Brain

    I wanted to keep an undergraduate engineering student as a pet once. I was even going to change their name to “Igor”; as in: Throw the switch now, Igor!” to which would come the reply: Yes, Master!”

    Alas, the potential human rights violations outweighed the potential benefits of my own personal slave.

  5. 5 Jeremy

    How did you get caught in that situation with no liquor to rectify it?

  6. 6 vague

    I dunno, man. I have been “Being Good,” and thus not drinking on school nights. Actually, that’s a complete lie. I amdrniking rigt noe.

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