From 9fce418b46c9f0894f429384ef9e3dabaeffbeb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:36:17 -0700 Subject: Change file hierarchy and rewrite makefile - File hierarchy is now as follows: - / - appendix/ < appendix source files - backlinks/ < backlink sources & builds - hapax/ < *.hapax source files - scripts/ < scripts, like *.js, *.hs, etc. - templates/ < templates for outputs - text/ < source files - trunk/ < assets, like css, images, heads, etc. - index.html - *.html - Makefile --- text/question.txt | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+) create mode 100644 text/question.txt (limited to 'text/question.txt') diff --git a/text/question.txt b/text/question.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4f02258 --- /dev/null +++ b/text/question.txt @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +--- +title: Question +genre: prose + +id: question +toc: "Question" + +project: + title: "Buildings out of air: Paul in the Woods" + class: paul + order: 19 + next: + - title: Sapling + link: sapling + - title: Reports + link: reports + prev: + - title: Window + link: window + - title: Punch + link: punch +... + +"Do you have to say your thoughts out loud for them to mean anything" Paul asked Jill on his first coffee break at work. +It was in the city and his mother told him she wouldn't drive him so he'd had to take the bus. +Number 3 he thought it was. +[He couldn't quite remember.][remember] +Jill said "Sorry what?" +Paul realized that she hadn't really noticed him there in the break room as he was hunched behind the refrigerator a little and she was busy pouring coffee and exactly two tablespoons of both milk and sugar into her mug before she put the coffee in. +He decided to repeat the question. + +"How do you think" he asked. +"Like everyone else I guess" she said "I have a thought and if it's important I write it down." +"Do you have to say them out loud for them to make sense?" +"Are you asking if I talk to myself?" +A pause. +"I guess so" he said looking down. +He had a feeling this was a bad thing. +"Sometimes" she said and walked out of the break room. +She didn't understand the importance of his question. +She popped her head back in a moment later and his heart leaped in his chest. + +"How's your first day going so far" she asked. +"Can you understand everything okay?" +"Yes" he said "you were right it's pretty basic." +"Good" she said. +"Paul?" +"Yes." +"Do you have to say all of your thoughts out loud to remember them?" +He shook his head. + +Only all of the time, Paul thought to himself but didn't speak. + +[remember]: riptide_memory.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81