A Brief Explaination on How Good Is Good Enough.

One of my friends was very kind to ask me exactly what was going on in the post “How Good Is Good Enough” and I honestly didn’t think through it very well at the time. After rereading it I can certainly see how it could be confusing, so I am taking a few minutes to try to explain it.

Despite appearances, this was not written to my mother, girlfriend (hope I don’t have one for a long time) or to any real person. One day this past summer (winter for you Americans) I read through a great deal of oratory and shortly thereafter, Poe’s “one desired affect” article, and decided I would take a whack at it myself. So I dreamt a dating couple (I BTW, do NOT support dating, but at the moment that is superfluous information). The female is mood-swingish as all teenage girls are and she has had it up to here- J- and is angry as a similarly sized monkey. The male is also frustrated; he first reacts impulsively, but later bares toward reason—even to the extent of admitting to the fact the problem at hand maybe, in part, his own fault. However, she has made up her mind; she is leaving. She doesn’t want anything more to do with him. However, he resolves that whatever her choice maybe, he will not hinder her despite the pain it will cause him.

I really don’t there is much more I can say without going back through it verse by verse, so I’ll leave it at that for now.