conversation with the brain
Oct. 29th, 2008 12:00 pmConscious Mind: <singing> Revise, revise, revise the book . . . .
Subconscious: Oooh!
Conscious Mind: Yes?
Subsconscious: This is what the book's about!
CM: Yes, we know that.
SC: Nononono. I mean, yes, but think about this.
CM: I did. Months ago. And that's about as far as I got.
SC: Get ready to go farther. What if [spoiler]'s motivation was Y, not X?
CM: !!!
SC: Uh-huh.
CM: OMG. That works. So well. And it fits with the --
SC: Uh-huh.
CM: Not sure where to first bring it up, but we can totally work that here, and all through this bit, and --
SC: <preens>
CM: . . .
SC: What?
CM: Except that we resolved that conflict based on the assumption of Motivation X. Just how is this supposed to work out if it's Y instead?
SC: . . .
CM: C'mon. You got me started down this road; you finish it.
SC: <ninja vanish>
CM: I hate it when she does that.
Subconscious: Oooh!
Conscious Mind: Yes?
Subsconscious: This is what the book's about!
CM: Yes, we know that.
SC: Nononono. I mean, yes, but think about this.
CM: I did. Months ago. And that's about as far as I got.
SC: Get ready to go farther. What if [spoiler]'s motivation was Y, not X?
CM: !!!
SC: Uh-huh.
CM: OMG. That works. So well. And it fits with the --
SC: Uh-huh.
CM: Not sure where to first bring it up, but we can totally work that here, and all through this bit, and --
SC: <preens>
CM: . . .
SC: What?
CM: Except that we resolved that conflict based on the assumption of Motivation X. Just how is this supposed to work out if it's Y instead?
SC: . . .
CM: C'mon. You got me started down this road; you finish it.
SC: <ninja vanish>
CM: I hate it when she does that.
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Date: 2008-10-29 07:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-29 07:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-29 08:18 pm (UTC)Though my SC tends to do the wizardy thing and vanish with a flourish and a puff of smoke first.
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Date: 2008-10-29 11:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-29 11:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-30 08:23 am (UTC)