I just realized what the title of this entry is, and I kind of love you. That song is amazing. XD;
It can be difficult to figure out what's appropriate and what's not, especially if you've had your head bitten off before--but it's really easy to go overboard. I have this friend who had a brain tumor when she was young, and recently she showed me some pictures of the tumor. She seemed really excited about it. It had dots on it that looked like a smiley face, and she uses it as one of her LJ icons. Clearly, she was proud of the thing. My first impulse was to say it was awesome, because it looked awesome, and she was so happy about the pictures...but I did question whether or not that was an okay response. I decided in the end that I should go with my impulse, since I knew this girl and I knew that was what she wanted from me. But, it was confusing. It's like any aspect of social interaction, really, it's hard to know how to act with what person so you don't look like an idiot.
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It can be difficult to figure out what's appropriate and what's not, especially if you've had your head bitten off before--but it's really easy to go overboard. I have this friend who had a brain tumor when she was young, and recently she showed me some pictures of the tumor. She seemed really excited about it. It had dots on it that looked like a smiley face, and she uses it as one of her LJ icons. Clearly, she was proud of the thing. My first impulse was to say it was awesome, because it looked awesome, and she was so happy about the pictures...but I did question whether or not that was an okay response. I decided in the end that I should go with my impulse, since I knew this girl and I knew that was what she wanted from me. But, it was confusing. It's like any aspect of social interaction, really, it's hard to know how to act with what person so you don't look like an idiot.