Heeee HAWWWW

That's the noise a donkey makes. Or an ass. I didn't want to title my post with a BAD word, but the THEME for this post is: I'm an ass. This is likely not news to you, but here's a shining example of WHY.

I've never went and told you about the characters that work in the lab CONNECTED to mine. I'll introduce you to one, because it's relevant and necessary. So... we meet... sigh. We meet Stutters. He's really nice, would go out of his way to help you, your family,anything you'd need. But he. is. exhausting. And he never shuts up. Not ever. But in addition to exhaustive dialogue, he ACTS out all parts of the story he's telling. He'll act out his part, any other parts, then he'll act out YOUR reactions (even though I've usually stopped listening and have no reaction other than blank nodding...), and your POTENTIAL reactions, any other imaginary characters' reactions.

And he's named Stutters? You guessed it. Because if his style of talking wasn't exhausting enough, he also has... this Stutter.

SO everyday, several times a day - he comes over to talk to my lab. He'd come in early today, rambled through a long, confusing, ever-changing story about who knows what - then he left. Few hours later, I am on my laptop, headphones in, Incubus (this is a band, Ern) playing loooooudly in my ears to keep me awake. Stutters comes back. He starts talking.

I never took my headphones out. He talked and talked and talked,and I didn't hear a single word. I smiled and nodded for like 20 minutes.

Fast forward an hour - Skipper (who is my favorite in the lab) came back, and he's also a donkey like me, and I told him about the headphones. He laaaaaughed and, as he does, went back to his desk to leave me alone (we get along SO WELL). Five minutes later? Stutters comes back. My headphones are in and he's talking up a storm to me,with the Skipper cracking up cuz he KNOWS I have the volume turned up and I'm not hearing a word.

I'm a bad person. An Ass. HEEEHAAAWWW.