{"id":368,"date":"2009-01-27T16:16:49","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T07:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kilcher04.net\/?p=368"},"modified":"2009-01-27T16:16:49","modified_gmt":"2009-01-27T07:16:49","slug":"why-why-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journal.kilcher04.net\/?p=368","title":{"rendered":"Why Why Why"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why do you think I let you get away
\nWith all the things you say to me?
\nCould it be I like you
\nIt’s so shameful of me, I like you<\/em><\/p>\n

—————–<\/p>\n

Yesterday, me and two of my friends were chatting up a storm while on board the train home. We had just finished gobbling up some food at Kingdom of Teppan in Machida.<\/p>\n

I forgot how the convo got to this but anyway, we suddenly found ourselves asking whether there should be a reason why you like (or love) somebody (I didn’t start it, I swear!) or not. A flurry of answers came in the discussion that ensued. And of course, I came up with mine.<\/p>\n

“You don’t need to actually have a certain reason,” I shrugged. “You just do, I mean, you just like a person. That’s it.”<\/p>\n

“But there’s got to be something,” chimed one of the girls.<\/p>\n

“…like maybe he’s got a sense of humor or whatever,” J popped in.<\/p>\n

“But what if something drastic happens to the person,” I asked. “And then he gets depressed et cetera, then he loses the reason why you like him in the first place.” I raised a brow and continued to chase through the flurry of thoughts running inside my head. “But then again, there are levels to the like<\/em> state, ya know. And those levels are connected to certain reasons, i.e. you like a good basketball player because he\/she has a killer jumpshot. But then, that *like* is sort of shallow, like when you like this actor or this singer or whatever. Ugh, but then again, who am I to judge which is shallow or not?”<\/p>\n

“I dunno, but can’t you accept the fact that some people do like other people because they look good, because they smell good?” added another voice in the group. I think it was P.<\/p>\n

“Or heaven forbid, because they have great hair?” I laughed. “Nah, I’m not generalizing. And I probably don’t cover the whole spectrum of the question anyway.” A pause reigned over us. “And it’s probably not fair to say that you don’t need no reason to like anyone but …” I paused again. “…I guess there comes a time when, yes, there are really reasons, but you can’t just pinpoint exactly what those are.”<\/p>\n

“So, you cannot identify the thing that made you like the person so you just say, no, there’s no reason, you just do?”<\/p>\n

“Maybe,” I shrugged again. It is a mannerism ya know. “Or maybe there’s just too many reasons and you cannot pick one reason above all the others.” I continued. “Or maybe I’m too lazy to actually think about it and pick a reason.”<\/p>\n

“We’re leaning on the last option, if you must know.”<\/p>\n

“Beeyotch,” I laughed. “Yeah, I know, I know, too lazy, sue me. Whatever.”<\/p>\n

“Maybe you just like the person as a whole,” suggested P.<\/p>\n

“Or maybe I just like the notion of liking someone and not knowing what on earth the reason is,” I grinned. “Makes the story more exciting eh? Aah, the stuff of rom-coms.” And then a thought pops into my mind, “or maybe, it’s just one of the things in Munchhausen\u2019s Trilemma<\/a>, ya know, you like someone because you like someone…”<\/p>\n

“Eeeww, nerd alert!”<\/p>\n

“Shut up,” I whacked P and blurted out laughing. We laughed for quite awhile and then totally forgot what we were arguing about.<\/p>\n

“Okay, here’s a thought-provoking question for you, P,” I asked with my poker face on.<\/p>\n

“Shoot.”<\/p>\n

“It’s bloody cold outside,” I feigned exhasperation. “Are we taking a cab or walking?!”<\/p>\n

—————–<\/p>\n

You’re not right in the head and nor am I
\nAnd this why
\nThis is why I like you, I like you, I like you<\/em><\/p>\n

—————–<\/p>\n

Half of this is true, half of this is fiction, and half is pure B.S. Now if you know Venn’s Diagram, you can visualize what I just said (and no, it ain’t 3\/2 people). It’s just a matter of perspective and point of view most of the time.<\/p>\n

Song is I Like You<\/em> by Morrissey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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