What s the Matter Does your blood boil Does your heart pound Are you gasping for breath What is it about your sensitivity that causes you to behave in such and easily triggered and off balance manner You act as if you care not a whit for anyone but yourself Is it just an act Or is that your innate character Common Interests of Troubled and Conflicted Souls I see that you re idly floating speculative theories again with another of your legendary flights of fancy Rather than speculate without the benefit of evidence and reasoning why don t you interview me to discover the nature and extent of my interest in troublesome and troubled individuals such as yourself Are you a curious and courageous enough adventure writer to discover the unrevealed truth or do you prefer to remain safely ensconced in a cocoon of child like self delusion anonymity and utter indifference to the tragic harm caused by blindly acting out one s innermost fantasies Rest assured I am becoming increasing familiar with your legendary and oft disclosed lack of caring which seems to be a recurring issue in your life and recently published remarks And I appreciate that your dreadfully provocative remarks elsewhere may well be a transparent attempt to solicit the kind of caring that you apparently crave You have a keen sense of awareness of those who respond with a tiny measure of empathy and compassion to your repeated dare I say desperate cries for attention So it appears you ve chosen me as your antagonist respondent and reluctant mentor So be it I m flattered Not that I m necessarily up to the task but I ll give it a decent college try Of course I fully expect to fail I don t yet have the level of competence required to discover how to work and play cooperatively with individuals of your unfamiliar stripe Let s begin by crafting a mutually agreeable social contract setting forth the protocols of our budding and potentially troubled relationship What are your desires and objectives for this unfolding relationship Do you prefer comedy tragedy or bildungsroman Do you prefer functional or dysfunctional relationship Do you prefer highly emotional or emotionally subdued scenes in our continuing soap opera