A Sudden Revelation
May. 10th, 2004 03:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanOkay, so over in ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tbr_bookshelf, lizbetann quoted a line which includes this gem -- "usefully annoyed," about listening to another person talk.
And I thought "yeah, that's it. All my best friends annoy me usefully.
That's how I draw the line between people I don't like (they annoy me to
no purpose), people I'm fond of (they amuse and/or entertain) and my friends,
who annoy me usefully."
This really does explain a great deal about my psyche. Not to mention my
friends. Oh dear. And yet, really, it's sort of devestatingly honest and complimentary, I'd think. If you value people for their ability to keep you from mental sloth or emotional/moral complacency...
(or vice versa)
tbr_bookshelf, lizbetann quoted a line which includes this gem -- "usefully annoyed," about listening to another person talk.And I thought "yeah, that's it. All my best friends annoy me usefully.
That's how I draw the line between people I don't like (they annoy me to
no purpose), people I'm fond of (they amuse and/or entertain) and my friends,
who annoy me usefully."
This really does explain a great deal about my psyche. Not to mention my
friends. Oh dear. And yet, really, it's sort of devestatingly honest and complimentary, I'd think. If you value people for their ability to keep you from mental sloth or emotional/moral complacency...
(or vice versa)
