I will sit in my company\u2019s unfinished office space with a woman I hardly know and tell her everything about me, from the most deeply personal details to the most inconsequential. During our interaction I will drink high-quality gin to facilitate the telling.<\/p>\n
We will have complete privacy. The unfinished space is full of old computers and broken furniture, and no one comes near this area unless they ask me first. I don\u2019t expect co-workers to approach me the night before Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n
I will speak of my favorite books, my favorite sports teams, the difficulty I have disengaging myself from sports-viewing so I can read the books that will be left unread on my bookshelf when I die.<\/p>\n
I will tell this woman I am constantly thinking about her, constantly thinking about the moment we will finally be alone, as we are at this moment. I will explain that the gin is an important part of this interaction, it has always been so in my imaginings.<\/p>\n
When I’m done with my story, she will have a very clear picture of the type of person I am.<\/p>\n
I will go on to ask her various questions and explain that I’ve been hoping to learn anything I can about her, from the seemingly unimportant details to the details she feels are most important. She may or may not provide this information.<\/p>\n
You will be upset when you learn of my plan. You will ask why I never show such interest in you and I will drink some gin before I answer.<\/p>\n
Eventually I will tell you that the passage of time works against people. We fall into patterns and routines and tend to watch each other in a detached sort of way that has nothing to do with the way we watched each other in the early days.<\/p>\n
You won\u2019t understand but I will ask you to understand. Please know that there is a strong motivation to proceed in the way I have described above.<\/p>\n
If it helps, you can imagine it like a movie scene: me standing in a doorway on a rainy night (holding a glass of gin), you asking why I have to go, me saying I have no good reason, other than my need to follow through with a plan I made long ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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