I don't know, I somehow found I had more sympathy for Joel than previously, perhaps because of his self-awareness or maybe just because of the familiarity of the feeling, my brain tells me to say it, so I do. The internal struggle is very... hmm. Familiar, perhaps. Knowing that one is being manipulative, and not liking it, but doing it anyway.
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Date: 2005-09-30 05:42 pm (UTC)