A Mild Obsession
Jun. 17th, 2009 09:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
porphyryTypically, I am a pretty cheap person who can talk herself out of buying almost anything I don't have to (unlike Malkhos who has no problem spending money).
Still, I have my weak points. I develop mild obsessions. The latest is Royal Doulton fine china in the Old English Country Rose pattern. I can't help it. It would look beautiful in the hutch of my buffet. It's just--well, me.
I found a set online which could be much more expensive than it is. I have bookmarked it. I'm trying to talk myself out of it.
So who, of all people, is also trying to talk me out of it?
"Why do we need that?" says Malkhos.
"I don't know," I say. "To eat from like civilized people. To take our tea in the afternoon in good style."
"I can just see it," he says. "'Here, Madeline, here's your hot dog on fine china.'"
"Be quiet," I say.
"Or, "'Andrew, let's put your Pop Tart on this fine plate,'" Malkhos continues.
"You're probably right," I say. "But I still want it."
Oh, the difficulty of the idee fixe! It just doesn't respond to reason.
Still, I have my weak points. I develop mild obsessions. The latest is Royal Doulton fine china in the Old English Country Rose pattern. I can't help it. It would look beautiful in the hutch of my buffet. It's just--well, me.
I found a set online which could be much more expensive than it is. I have bookmarked it. I'm trying to talk myself out of it.
So who, of all people, is also trying to talk me out of it?
"Why do we need that?" says Malkhos.
"I don't know," I say. "To eat from like civilized people. To take our tea in the afternoon in good style."
"I can just see it," he says. "'Here, Madeline, here's your hot dog on fine china.'"
"Be quiet," I say.
"Or, "'Andrew, let's put your Pop Tart on this fine plate,'" Malkhos continues.
"You're probably right," I say. "But I still want it."
Oh, the difficulty of the idee fixe! It just doesn't respond to reason.
