You Mean Everyone Doesn't Read Tracy's LJ? Or, Context is Everything

[akirlu]

So, the other day I read an entry in replyhazy's journal, complaining about not having even seen a Wisconsin quarter yet, and wanting one for her set. When I emptied out my pocket change that night, I happened to remember, and decided to take a look through our laundry quarters to see if we happened to have one for her.

libertango stuck his head into the kitchen and asked if I were checking for Wisconsin quarters. "Yep." "Find any?" "Nope." I didn't think too much more about it, figuring Hal had Tracy on his "friends" list too.

The next evening I was over at Andy's house and dropped a quarter on the floor while fetching something else out of my pockets. "Quick," he said. "You'd better check if it's a Wisconsin quarter." "I checked all mine last night," I explained absently, retrieving the quarter. "My, you do lead a full life." I didn't think about this too much, other than to wonder what's so very sad about the caprice to do a small favor for a friend. If I thought about it at all, it was to register surprise that Andy was following LJ.

At home later that evening I had some reason to mention Andy's remark to Hal. "See, everybody listens to NPR." Um, what? "There was a long piece on how there are mis-strikes on the Wisconsin quarters, from both mints but not all coins. One just sold on eBay for $300."

Well, snerg. I am retroactively miffed to find that people were assuming that I went through my quarters out of avarice.

Comments

[replyhazy.livejournal.com]

You mean I'm not famous and people don't hang on my every written word?

Well, shoot. I'm bummed now.

I hate it when reality intrudes into my tiny fantasy world. :-)

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

And the truth of the matter is, is that it didn't strike me odd that Hal and Andy might have also been alive to your desire to fill in your quarter collection. So clearly, you're famous to me. For whatever that's worth.