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Tuesday Aug 06, 2002

Aug 6, 2002
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I'm not exactly sure why I'm posting this, but I've been re-reading The Catcher In The Rye and this particular passage really kinda hit home on my passive aggressive personality. Just thought I'd share w/the rest of ya':

I wished I knew who'd swiped my gloves at Pencey, because my hands were freezing. Not that I'd have done much about it even if I had known. I'm one of these very yellow guys. I try not to show it, but I am. For instance, if I'd found out at Pencey who'd stolen my gloves, i probably would've gone down to the crook's room and said, "Okay. How 'bout handing over those gloves?" Then the crook that had stolen them probably would've said, his voice very innocent and all, "What gloves?" Then what I probably would've done, I'd have gone in his closet and found the gloves somewhere. Hidden in his goddam galoshes or something, for instance. I'd have taken them out and showed them to the guy and said, "I suppose these are *your* goddam gloves?" Then the crook probably would've given me this very phony, innocent look, and said, "I never saw those gloves before in my life. If they're yours, take 'em. I don't want the goddam things." Then I probably would've just stood there for about five minutes. I'd have the damn gloves right in my hand and all, but I'd feel I ought to sock the guy in the jaw or something - break his goddam jaw. Only, I wouldn't have the guts to do it. I'd just *stand* there, trying to look tough. What I might do, I might say something very cutting and snotty, to rile him up - *instead* of socking him in the jaw. Anyway, if I did say something very cutting and snotty, he'd probably get up and come over to me and say, "Listen, Caufield. Are you calling me a crook?" *Then*, instead of saying, "You're goddam right I am, you dirty crooked bastard!" all I probably would've said would be, "All I know is my goddam gloves were in *your* goddam galoshes." Right away then, the guy would know for sure that I wasn't going to take a sock at him, and he probably would've said, "Listen. Let's get this straight. Are you calling me a thief?" Then I probably would've said, "Nobody's calling anybody a thief. All I know is my gloves were in your goddam galoshes." It could go on like that for *hours*. Finally, though, I'd leave his room without even taking a sock at him. I'd probably go down to the can and sneak a cigarette and watch myself getting tough in the mirror. Anyway, that's what I thought about the whole way back to the hotel. It's no fun to be yellow. Maybe I'm not *all* yellow. I don't know. I think maybe I'm just partly yellow and partly the type that doesn't give much of a damn if they lose their gloves. One of my troubles is, I never care too much when I lose something - it used to drive my mother crazy when I was a kid. Some guys spend *days* looking for something they lost. I never seem to have anything that if I lost it I'd care too much. Maybe that's why I'm partly yellow. It's no excuse, though. It really isn't. What you should be is not yellow at all. If you're supposed to sock somebody in the jaw, and you sort of feel like doing it, you should do it. I'm just no good at it, though. I'd rather push a guy out the window or chop his head off with an ax than sock him in the jaw. I hate fist fights. I don't mind getting hit so much - although I'm not crazy about it, naturally - but what scares me most in a fist fight is the guy's face. I can't stand looking at the other guy's face, is my trouble. It wouldn't be so bad if you could both be blindfolded or something. It's a funny kind of yellowness, when you come to think of it, but it's yellowness, all right. I'm not kidding myself.
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ragingwhore42:
kickass-that's probably the best book ever. i love holden-i'd find the crumby moron that took his gloves and take a sock at him. dammit-i don't even have that book anymore-cause i let some dumbfuck borrow it and i never got it back. i should go to his house and take a sock at him! grrr!! ok yeah-good t-shirt idea-might even do it. what are you doing tomorrow night? i'm having a party-if you wanna come-send me mail-and i can e mail you directions and details and all that good stuff. yeah ok-that's so it. except for this-id you do want directions and such-you have to tell me where you're coming from-so i don't have to send idiot directions from everywhere. ok swimming time.
Aug 8, 2002
ragingwhore42:
you didn't come to my party! grrrr! oh well-it's ok-i thought it would be cool to meet you and hang out a bit. i'm drunk and tired-and there's still somewhere around 50 people either in my house or in my backyard-but i quit. i can no longer pretend i am sober enough to be standing. ok yeah so-goodnight-sucks you missed the party. it was fun-and the cops only showed up twice. maybe next time. oh and i'd love to borrow the book-but i should wait til i get back from california.
Aug 9, 2002

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