misoverstood

the Way I figure it
there's only one Way to go
when you're writing about
Ways in which
your words fail to fulfill
and that is to Sputter,
to Have a friend Show you what it looks like,
to Point out how the reader misunderstood,
to Refute her reading of it, and then
to Acquiesce and Acknowledge that
you've Failed to Convey the import of the sentiment
and left instead a weak impression
on a vulnerable readership

so, what do you do?
swear a lot, take a karmic hit, and keep going

because you don't get a second first impression



i.e. I can see that I'm an ass and how you can see it as insincere. I can also see that I'm not "getting out" of this by saying you misread it, no matter what I do - but the honest truth is that it was not this:

DK: Well, you didn't sound seriously sorry for her because you were going to the prom with someone else.
DK: Almost as if you joked about it with the "ninja skillz."

It's not even because I was going to prom with someone else...

..well, whatever, I'm an ass.