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Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
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Posted by Deneb on March 21, 2006, at 0:35:21
My new Bob scarf is going to be half blue and half brown. I decided against bright colours because I don't know if Bob is the kind of person to wear really vibrant scarves. Right now it's 50 cm long. I decided to use wool because wool is warm and keeps you dry. I knit some of it everyday. It's slow going. I'm not very good at knitting. I hold the needles the wrong way. I only know the simplest technique. I'm going to learn how to knit for real after my exams.
I hope AuntieMel and Tamar are right about how they think Dr. Bob will accept my scarf because I made it and didn't buy it. Dr. Bob wrote that he didn't want a gift, but I'm making one anyways. I hope he won't mind. I'm putting lots of love into the Bob scarf.
I'm really going to do it. I'm going to the Babble Party and to the APA thing and I'm going to meet Dr. Bob in real life! When I meet him, I'm going to say, "Wow, Dr. Bob in real life!" I'll give Dr. Bob my Bob scarf. I won't expect him to wear it because it will be too warm for scarves in the middle of May. LOL. Dr. Bob will probably say, "Thanks." Then Dr. Bob, Babblers and I will do something fun in Toronto.
I'm going to ask Dr. Bob questions like,
"How was your flight?"
"What gave you the idea to start up Psycho-Babble?"
"How much time do you spend per week on the site?"
"When you go over posts for incivility, do you just scan the words, or do you sometimes find yourself reading them for real?"
"How many countries how you been to?"
"Is this your first time in Canada?"
"Why do you travel so often? Is it for business or pleasure?"
"Do you know who I am?"
"Do you sometimes read my posts?"
"Do you wish sometimes you could come to us for support?"
"What are your hobbies?"
"What do you teach as an assistant professor?"
"Where did you grow up as a child?"
"What do you think of me?"
"What do you think of me loving you? Are you okay with that?"I still love Bob even though I know he's a stranger on the internet.
Actually, I think I love everyone here. :-)
I'm sending out my love to all Babblers.
Deneb*
Posted by Deneb on March 21, 2006, at 0:57:06
In reply to Update on Bob scarf and stuff I think about, posted by Deneb on March 21, 2006, at 0:35:21
I want to understand my love for Bob. Is it a strange thing to love Dr. Bob?
Is there a precedent for it?
It's strange, in real life I don't love people often, but here online I love just about everyone. :-)
I just love feeling love. :-) It makes me so happy.
Deneb*
Posted by special_k on March 21, 2006, at 4:02:10
In reply to Re: Update on Bob scarf and stuff I think about, posted by Deneb on March 21, 2006, at 0:57:06
> I want to understand my love for Bob. Is it a strange thing to love Dr. Bob?
maybe depends what you mean by 'strange'...
;-)
> Is there a precedent for it?yeah. if you go over to psychology and read about how some people think of their therapists...
you will find that it isn't so unusual to feel love for someone who you really don't know very much about...
though that is a little different because they see these people irl (i think there was some question as to whether transference could occur in online relationships - but then there was some question as to whether friendships could occur in online relaitonships too).
yeah so he isn't your therapist... but there is a sort of similarity... and with blocks and stuff... it brings stuff up i guess. not so unusual i don't think.
> It's strange, in real life I don't love people often, but here online I love just about everyone. :-)yeah. i'm reminded of something someone said. i think he was a writer... i can't remember who. he said he loved humanity but doesn't like very many people. i feel like that a lot too. in a way... online relationships are easier. you can come and babble online when you are in the mood. and simply not when you aren't in the mood. not so easy to do that irl. nope.
that being said... i wish people were awake.
> I just love feeling love. :-) It makes me so happy.:-)
Posted by Phillipa on March 21, 2006, at 19:24:03
In reply to Re: Update on Bob scarf and stuff I think about » Deneb, posted by special_k on March 21, 2006, at 4:02:10
It's only 8:23pm EST now. Love Phillipa
Posted by Deneb on March 24, 2006, at 22:18:44
In reply to Update on Bob scarf and stuff I think about, posted by Deneb on March 21, 2006, at 0:35:21
I've finished half of Bob's scarf. I started knitting some brown, but it looked ugly so I'm going to return the brown and get another colour to complement the blue.
I wonder what colour Dr. Bob would like?
What colour would you like Dr. Bob?
I just wanted to say that I still love Bob. When I meet him, I'm going to say, "Wow! It's Dr. Bob in real life!" LOL I think Dr. Bob is magical or something, but I'll see that he's just a normal person. Bob will probably think, "I'm just a regular guy."
Maybe Dr. Bob will avoid me because I'm too weird for him. I mean, this whole loving him thing is kind of weird, right? I hope he won't avoid me. I just want him to treat me like the others.
It'll be strange, cuz I write all sorts of crazy posts here, then you'll see me in real life and I'm the person who wrote that stuff. It'll be like, "Wow, this girl exists in real life!" It'll be weird cuz you will know what I'm thinking from what I write. I'll be quiet and stand there and you can know what I'm thinking. I'll probably be thinking, "Wow, I can't believe I'm really seeing the real Dr. Bob!"
Wow, the real Dr. Bob, in real life, not just some figure of my imagination. He's just a normal guy, but too late, I've already attached to him. I don't know why. It's a mystery. ((((Dr. Bob)))) Don't worry, I won't hug you in person. If however, everyone starts hugging each other, then I hope I can hug Bob too. I usually don't like hugging people, but I think I would like to hug Bob. Yes, I know, it's crazy to love a stranger so much.
Oh, I can't wait! It's going to be a new experience for me.
I love Bob. I think about meeting Bob sometimes when I'm on the bus.
Too much focus on Bob eh?
I can't control this transference thing, but I don't care. I don't want to control it. I'm going to give Dr. Bob the scarf I'm knitting. I hope he accepts it. It's a wool scarf. I'm putting a lot of love into it. Scarves are the only thing I know how to knit right now. It'll be too warm for a scarf in middle of May, but I don't know what else to make. I'm not very good at making things.
Am I kind of childish? Sometimes I think it's childish for me to make a scarf to give to Dr. Bob. I don't knit too well, so the scarf is a bit uneven on the sides. I'll be like, "Dr. Bob, I made you a scarf, here it is." Then I'll give him the scarf. I think I'll tie a bow around it.
(((((Dr. Bob))))) When I think of him, I love him more. It might be my imagination.
Am I going to be the strange one at the Party? Right now I have a feeling I'll be the strangest person there. People are going to look at me and know that I love Dr. Bob. I think I'll smile when I meet Dr. Bob. I smile when I imagine meeting him and saying, "Wow, it's Dr. Bob in real life!" I would be walking to the bus or on campus and I'll just smile a big smile and people can look at me and see that I'm happy.
I don't think about Dr. Bob *that* much. I do have to study. Dr. Bob is nowhere on my mind when I'm studying. I think about Dr. Bob in my spare time, like on the bus or while walking.
I think at the APA, I might talk about how I love the administrator and how it's a curious thing. I might talk about blocks and how much they hurt. I'll talk about the friends I've made here. I'll give my thoughts on Psycho-Babble. My unique thoughts. I hope I'll be interesting.
<LOVE>Dr. Bob</LOVE> LOL
LOVE for all Babblers. :-)
Deneb*
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