I played sports at the YMCA Winners program when I was a kid. One of the sports was "floor hockey," which is played in a gym with foam sticks and no skates of any kind. You could probably also call it "stick soccer." Anyway, one night I had a game and both my parents were there. They were in the middle of a rather contentious divorce at the time. After the game they had some kind of altercation in the parking lot that ended with my dad being taken away in a police car. I wasn't there for that.
The thing I remember -- the reason I write this -- is hanging out in the lobby, entertaining myself with something or other while my coach sat there trying to keep me distracted from what was going on outside. I remember knowing something was strange, but I don't remember caring. I was willfully ignorant of the drama outside that ended up pitting my family against itself. I remember feeling happy. I remember being unusually focussed on whatever useless thing I was doing, totally ignoring the coach as he awkwardly tried to remind me that everything was fine.
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I don't buy it.
The thing you remember most vividly is entertaining yourself with "something or other" while being unusually focused on "whatever useless thing" you were doing? That's pretty contradictory, right? You didn't even mention what this thing that stood out clearest in your mind was. The scene involving your parents and your awareness of the experience making your coach uncomfortable is vivid. If you were blissfully ignorant, you portrayed it rather well.
I think you fool yourself. I think you did so as a kid, too.
I'm pretty stoned.
I had a whole slew of thoughts right now.
Surreal..
You may not buy it, but you sure as hell paid for it. Contradict that, stony, and pass the bong while you are at it.
though i think i may change "blissfully ignorant" to "willfully ignorant."
No bong. Actually, I'm using the pipe that you gave me. I had another one, but it got lost.
Oh, and I say go with the change. I prefer "willfully ignorant". Whenever the term "blissfully ignorant" came up, I couldn't quite agree with it.
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