Comments on: Seinfeldian

By: Deron Bauman

Deron Bauman — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:06:39 +0000

I’ll help her look.

By: Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:55:18 +0000

Deron, maybe your neighbor was looking for Chloe Sevigny.

By: Deron Bauman

Deron Bauman — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:33:45 +0000

whatever you want to call it.

By: Michael Grant Smith

Michael Grant Smith — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:28:45 +0000

You fellated a cop? That’s an icebreaker all right. All I did was thank one for not giving me a speeding ticket.

What were you trying to get out of?

By: Deron Bauman

Deron Bauman — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:31:47 +0000

Hi neighbor. One time I fellated a cop. Friends? Like that, Michael? By the way, when I googled fellated to see if I'd spelled it correctly the free dictionary asked: looking for Chloe Sevigny?

By: Michael Grant Smith

Michael Grant Smith — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:13:41 +0000

I knelt and did the “I’m not worthy” bow to a cop once when he let me off with a verbal warning instead issuing a speeding ticket. He had me fair and square and I could not afford the points on my license. His only reaction to my gesture was one of mild annoyance. How that scene must have looked to other motorists passing by on the busy highway.

Maybe sharing a vaguely disturbing anecdote like that one would break the ice with your friend?

By: Deron Bauman

Deron Bauman — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:06:35 +0000

another option is possible as a reason for her distance but I’d have no way of knowing what it was. I’m pretty sure it was the incident and I’m pretty sure we’ll find a way around it. she’s good people.

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:59:54 +0000

You could invite her over for dinner.

Make something nice and ignore the incident. Like Cindy, I generally like be direct, but in this instance, she might be embarrassed about whatever it is she thinks you witnessed, and bringing it up might create a situation where she has to explain herself (causing even more embarrassment).

Without knowing your neighbor, it’s hard to say which option is better.

Is it possible that her standoffishness is unrelated to this incident?

(Some dotted red line is telling me ‘standoffishness’ is not a word, but I’m choosing not to listen).

By: Cindy Scroggins

Cindy Scroggins — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:27:51 +0000

I tend to be more direct than most people, but what I would do is write her a little note on pretty paper or a card and leave it in her mailbox, telling her that you just wanted her to know that the sight of her, caught for an instant in your headlights in a what appeared to be a significant moment, was a beautiful sight for you, and one that you thank her for.