Explicati-mi. Cum asa?
La mine-n familie toata lumea stie teoria bunelor maniere, stie si sa estimeze corect importanta unei comunicari eficiente, dar ceea ce stie cel mai bine famelia mea e sa se certe in stil italian. Sti`-ma Han Tatar cum naiba reusim toti sa ne simtim atat de bine intr-o atmosfera atat de tensionata. Cateodata, din cauza ca toata lumea vorbeste concomitent, devine atat de imposibil sa mai porti o conversatie incat tot ce-ti ramane de facut e sa a)razi in hohote sau b)urli mai tare decat toti ca sa te faci auzit sau c)taci si admiri peisajul (din compilatia "You can observe a lot by just watching") si, in ultima instanta tot la a) ajungi.
Fragment din opera Interactiunea Monoloagelor:
-No, zi mah, fut-o Stalin de viata, daca ii corect. Am jucat 1x - am pus si x, sa fiu sigur, desi jucau acasa - si au pierdut 0-3. Apai sa nu blestemi... iara mi-a crescut tensiunea, aduceti-mi careva doctoriile pt hipertensiune! (bunicul)
-Da` ce ti-am zis?! Lasa-le incolo de pariuri, lua-le-ar naiba! Iar ne bagi pe toti in sperieti cu tensiunea ta! Inc-o data daca te mai vad ca joci la pariuri si te enervezi, nu stiu ce fac! (eu, predicand despre importanta pastrarii calmului,in cel mai putin calm mod cu putinta)
-...da mai, iara au marit astia pretul la benzina. In toata Europa s-a ieftinit, numa` noi suntem mai fraieri si am scumpit-o (un unchi suparat pe viata)
-Am fost ieri la inspectorat, mi-am depus dosarul pt gradul 1 (mama, facand pe carierista mereu pasionata de meseria de pedagog cu salar nanometric). Iara n-am vara libera, tre` sa stau sa invat. Bine ca Becali n-are nici liceul si invarte banii cu lopata. Halal viata corecta.
-....si am pus cota dubla, ca doar n-o mai pierdut de 11 etape...Nimic nu mai ii corect in tara asta, bine-o facut fata ca s-o dus.
-...bai, unde mi-e iPhone-u`?! (iar eu, incercand sa schimb subiectul, in timp ce debordez de un teribilism pueril)
- Mai mancati salata de boeuf sau aduc supa? (bunica, draga de ea)
-...Ce drag mi-e sa stau cu voi, m-am saturat sa stau singura, numai cu pisicile... (strabunica, noroc ca saraca nu stie romaneste si nu pricepe ca fiecare e cu aia ma-sii, ca altfel s-ar lua de cap)
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Oare cati dintre insi stiu ca NU femeia intra prima intr-un local, ci babatul? Probabil multi, doar ca nu i-am intalnit eu pe aia multi. Aproape de fiecare data cand ma duc cu un barbat - de cele mai multe ori acelasi si singurul - intr-un restaurant, ma confrunt cu aceleasi seculare 10 sec de impas.
-Hai, intra.
-Nu, tu primul.
-Vino mai odata, incerc sa fiu si eu gentleman si tu tot taranca ramai.
-Magarule!
...sau "how to ruin a romantic dinner in 10 seconds"
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Teoretic, cam 80% dintre femei spun ca nu sufera barfa, snobismul si mancarurile nesanatoase. Practic, incearca sa calci o femeie pe nervi si vei avea toate sansele s-o vezi practicand unul din sporturile sus mentionate (desfiintarea cuiva prin barfa, aruncat bani pe fereastra pe chestii inutile si exorbitant de scumpe sau ingurgitarea unor chestii letale pt silueta).
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Tot teoretic, cu totii suntem egali. Practic, conform teoriei orwelliene, some are more equal than others, si deci, "Eu pot, tu nu!" Teoretic, de cateva luni imi tot promit ca nu mai mananc langa laptop si ma asez ca un om normal la o masa. Practic n-o fac. Dar asta nici nu-i asa mare bai. Teoretic, daca altcineva face acelasi lucru, n-ar trebui sa comentez. Dar practica asta ne omoara...
-Nu poti si tu sa mananci ca un om normal la o masa, fara sa jegaresti laptopul ala cu ce ai in blid?
-Eh, pai daca am avut de la cine sa invat sa mananc, sa dorm si sa respir langa laptop, ce sa-i faci!?...
(pauza de cugetat daca sa ma simt cu musca pe caciula sau sa-i dau inainte cu tupeu cu morala de muiere cicalitoare. Optez, desigur, pt varianta 2)
-Hai, lasa nu divaga, muta-te cu farfuria aia la masa, sa nu mai vad firmituri pe langa laptop ca fac urat.
-Dacastiam ca e asa usor sa te fac sa taci, ma catapultam si singur demult. Dar asa...
-Magarule!
How it has come to this, I have never quite understood. Perhaps, i do. Logically, it is quite possible, in fact, inevitable that it came to this. I am sometimes tempted to be romantic -ok, rarely, but I sometimes am-(and for the sake of threading a perfect novel piece) to say that my heart don’t understand. But the truth is, my heart understands; in fact better than my mind. Months ago, even when laughter and conversation were ample, my heart had already began to beat the shuddery, shadowy beat. It is very much like music; if you were to listen carefully, you’ll hear the faint but definite background pulse going hand in hand with the main composition. That was precisely the case: the main tempo was the joyful, lighthearted beat (oh, how many times a day would I break into a laughter; crack a smile; lean on you and felt safe?) But vague and definite, the shadowy beat of guilt and uncertainty came along side the main tempo. Yes, my heart knew better; discerned better; in fact, much better than my mind would ever.
But it is precisely the sensitivity of the heart that makes it such a contradiction. It understands best for it is most sensitive to the changes in the tides of relationships: foreseeing these changes long before they occur; but yet, because of its sensitivity, it will hurt infinitely. The heart is a muscle, thus, it will ache; it will tire. The mind: a mass of nerves coldly detects, interprets and signals. It cannot tire or hurt.
And how i wished that my heart and my head worked together, flawlessly as a team: that the heart will sense and discern long before any disaster befall and the mind will logically persuade and convince the heart to evacuate from the place of danger. But alas! it is not so at all. The heart and mind, so often, so fantastically mix up their roles and play each other’s part that one is led to walk straigt into disaster, sit there in the middle of it all and not budge. The best part is: we tell ourselves, we have to endure and persevere through the pain. Now, you may wonder how is it possible that the heart and mind mix up their God given, divine roles? But is it not true? The mind does not properl our thoughts forward logically; instead it plays the nostalgic role of the heart and constantly stirs up memories of happier days, bad fights and should-have-been-long-forgotten-but-left-unforgotten pasts alike. And the heart? It illogically persuades and convinces us to make decisions and choose paths. No wonder we stay in the middle of crises to endure when all that we ever needed to do to stop the pain was to walk away.
Now, i have analysed the reason for pain; for sustained periods of gried and the factors that lead one to be “stuck in a moment” (U2) BUt is it of any practical use to me? Not quite. Except that i made a resolution to write this piece titled “Final Goodbyes” (Note: “goodbyes” not goodbye”. Because this is not the first time i said goodbye to this friendship or say it to you aprosophically and neither would it be the last. Until my mind and heart learn to play their own roles dutifully, uncompromisingly, and accurately, i will have to keep saying goodbyes)
“We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun”
How apt that everything is written in the past tense; but why then do we keep singing this song?
Because of the confusion of the heart and mind; that is why. And so we will just have to keep saying goodbyes.