vinylgirl's Diaryland Diary

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talking about the weather

They say you should never talk about religion or politics with people you don't know very well and I suppose they are right. So instead we always end up talking about the weather, how hot/cold it is, the amount of snowfall, the arrival of winter/spring/summer etc. We even do it subconciously when we get uncomfortable with another topic or if there is simply nothing else to say. But what is really wrong with silence? Why do we always have to be talking, even when we are talking about nothing? As the words about precipitation or temperature are formed by our tongue and drop from our mouth we all zone out and become detached from them. Nine times out of 10 we don't really care about what we are saying about the rain or the thunderstorm, but we feel the need to say it. Probably because we all desire human interaction and constantly seek to make some sort of connection even if it is subconciously.

She had already asked the uncomfortable opening question about his health, and he sloughed it off. He then proceeded to comment on the snow falling in the first week of April. The tension eased and they laughed about how peculiar it was.

I used to marvel at how each person who went through my register, when I was a cashier, would comment on the weather. And they all acted as if I never heard it before, but I could tell it was their way of clutching onto something comfortable in an awkward social situation. So I would smile and agree it was terribly hot/cold/odd that day.

If you want to learn the language of my heart:

Nothing is ever as good as it was
And what's good for your soul
Will be bad on your nerves if you reverse it

It's bound to melt your heart
One way or another
It's bound to melt your heart
For good or for bad
It's like a valentine
From your mother
It's bound to melt your heart

And we've lost the people we could have loved, and you...
What you know you have or what you think you aren't
It's never perfect

It's bound to melt your heart
One way or another
It's bound to melt your heart
For good or for bad
It's like a valentine
From your mother
It's bound to melt your heart

Are we killing time?
Are we killing each other?

It's bound to melt your heart
One way or another
It's bound to melt your heart
For good or for bad
It's like a valentine
From your mother
It's bound to melt your heart

When you're kissing someone who's too much like you
It's like kissing on a mirror
When you're sleeping with someone who doesn't get you
You're gonna hate yourself in the morning

It's bound to melt your heart
One way or another
It's bound to melt your heart
For good or for bad
It's like a valentine
From your mother
It's bound to melt your heart

xo Allison

4:18 p.m. - 04/05/2006

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