Of thinking I can't love anyone even if it's the Devil himself

[sovay]

On the one hand, I had to spend a portion of my afternoon inside a hospital—it was a scheduled appointment rather than a surprise, but nerve-racking all the same.

On the other, I found this hat.

Comments

[julian]

Hotcha.

(Not, obviously, the hospital part.)

[sovay]

Hotcha.

Thank you!

(Not, obviously, the hospital part.)

(It was the appointment that had been rescheduled twice since the late winter: it was abruptly moved up from July at the beginning of this week. Good for information, stressful for everything else. I could theoretically spend the next two weeks deciding whether to stress more over my results or the chance of COVID-19, but I am going to try not to.)

[rachelmanija]

You look fantastic in that hat and jacket.

[sovay]

You look fantastic in that hat and jacket.

Thank you! We're not quite sure whose hat it was originally, but it's mine now.

[genarti]

What an excellent hat, outfit, and picture! You look like a Baccano-style immortal who prefers the hat they've been wearing for decades now, thank you.

[sovay]

What an excellent hat, outfit, and picture! You look like a Baccano-style immortal who prefers the hat they've been wearing for decades now, thank you.

Aw! Thank you. (I am basically that way about clothes anyway.)

[gwynnega]

Sorry about the hospital. The hat is great, though!

[sovay]

Sorry about the hospital. The hat is great, though!

On both fronts, thank you!

[aurumcalendula]

That's a great hat!

[sovay]

That's a great hat!

Thank you! Its origins are mysterious (it turned up in a closet) and I like it.

[radiantfracture]

The excellence of this hat is unsurpassable.

[sovay]

The excellence of this hat is unsurpassable.

Thank you.

[thawrecka]

Excellent look! That looks like the outfit of an adventurer.

[sovay]

Excellent look! That looks like the outfit of an adventurer.

Thank you! It does at that.

[cmcmck]

I LIKE your hat! :o)

[sovay]

I LIKE your hat!

Thank you!

[shewhomust]

On the other, I found this hat.

Looks ro me as if that hat found you!

[sovay]

Looks ro me as if that hat found you!

I am very pleased that it did!

[sartorias]

That is a luminous piece of art behind you.

[sovay]

That is a luminous piece of art behind you.

The birds or the cats?

[sartorias]

Birds. I love the colors.

[sovay]

Birds. I love the colors.

They were painted by a local artist from Hawaii, I want to say Maui. My family took a vacation there in 1997. The birds were the major art my parents came back with. (I came back with books.)

[asakiyume]

It's a good hat! You look like you've just encountered a good Tarot card.

[sovay]

It's a good hat! You look like you've just encountered a good Tarot card.

Thank you! There were some aces in that run.

[nodrog]

Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.

- Steven Wright 


(When he appeared on the Tonight show, Johnny Carson - “Mr Hollywood,” who'd met them all - was at a total loss on how to introduce this man to the studio audience.  “Ladies and gentlemen…  Uh, Steven Wright,” was all he could manage.)

[nodrog]

Who won?

[sovay]

Who won?

The hat, obviously.

[nodrog]

Y' know, you should never play cards against a Sorting Hat.  You're doomed from the start, what I mean to say.