{"id":504,"date":"2006-04-12T12:22:18","date_gmt":"2006-04-12T20:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sixsquare.com\/?p=504"},"modified":"2007-11-20T10:54:22","modified_gmt":"2007-11-20T17:54:22","slug":"regrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sixsquare.com\/index.php\/regrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Regrets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking of dating…<\/p>\n

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I regret never calling back Tasha R. Why did I do that? She was smart, she was cute, she was funny. And I still have her list of book recommendations on my bulletin board (The Sun Also Rises, Orlando, Disgrace, The Bluest Eye, Kaffir Boy…) We had a fun date, even though our game of darts was interminable (we were playing it wrong) and then we parted and said we’d get back together. We never did. I blame myself (see above illustration.) At the time I was a bit overwhelmed by a new job (Amoeba) and a sudden plunge into debt by a bad boss (well -chronicled elsewhere<\/a>.) And I let it go. Very dumb.<\/p>\n

I regret never calling Tara P. back. She was super sweet and smart. She was (probably still is) a school teacher. Teachers are brave as a rule. Teachers in Los Angeles are superheroes. We met for coffee once. We met for drinks later. Jones is such a loud bar we had to shout our conversation. But again, I was pressed for time. I was working the two (three) jobs and I didn’t think it was fair to leave just one night a week available for relationshipping. So I just let it slide again. Lame.<\/p>\n

I regret letting Joy go. But then that wasn’t really my choice, was it. I suppose I had something resembling that choice several years ago, but who knew?<\/p>\n

I regret not living in San Francisco. Lauren’s about the best reason I can think of for wanting to live anywhere. But then that’s not choice. That’s just fate and coincidence and other large, blobby things over which I have no control. So I can’t really regret that either.<\/p>\n

I don’t, however, regret never calling Annie Wilkes<\/a> back. That whole thing with the sledgehammer was just too weird.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Speaking of dating… I regret never calling back Tasha R. Why did I do that? She was smart, she was cute, she was funny. And I still have her list of book recommendations on my bulletin board (The Sun Also Rises, Orlando, Disgrace, The Bluest Eye, Kaffir Boy…) We had a fun date, even though […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-drift"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t