Very relatable. Also, I'm a 16 on the scale but it's hard for me to count it up because aversion to certain numbers is part of my OCD and that always feels very ironic. Or maybe not. I can never remember what "ironic" is.
OMG, I can relate to that, too! I remember watching (or maybe reading) Phyllis Diller talk about her craft, and how deeply she thought about certain numbers before using them when writing jokes—like, for example, 78 in one joke is funnier than, say, 49—and I *felt* that. I do the same thing when I write hyperbolic numbers! I will literally write and delete different numbers until the right one *clicks.* I'll swap out a number because I like how the monosyllabic 8 textures a syllable of a neighboring word. Some may think it's weird, but I think it's fascinating????
Very relatable. Also, I'm a 16 on the scale but it's hard for me to count it up because aversion to certain numbers is part of my OCD and that always feels very ironic. Or maybe not. I can never remember what "ironic" is.
OMG, I can relate to that, too! I remember watching (or maybe reading) Phyllis Diller talk about her craft, and how deeply she thought about certain numbers before using them when writing jokes—like, for example, 78 in one joke is funnier than, say, 49—and I *felt* that. I do the same thing when I write hyperbolic numbers! I will literally write and delete different numbers until the right one *clicks.* I'll swap out a number because I like how the monosyllabic 8 textures a syllable of a neighboring word. Some may think it's weird, but I think it's fascinating????
Milky gel pens... that’s detail work damn
I mean business, babe!!!!!!
I read every word, not because I have OCD (well, not much), but because your wonderful writing drew me in.
JANE! I feel the same way about YOU! Adore you always and forever! Xx