for Sarah, because she asked
Oct. 17th, 2002 07:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
coyotegoth...I have the occasional habit (IRL and on the Net) of occasionally beeping my friends' noses- a light touch of same* with an index finger, as I say "beep." This actually has three meanings, the applicability of which depends on context:
1) It's a generalized gesture of affection and respect.
2) It's a way of consoling someone who's hurting; of saying, "Yes, it _will_ be all right, even if it doesn't seem like it right this very second."
3) If there's ever been any bad feeling- or even simply the perception of same- between us, then after matters have been squared, a nose beep can mean, "Yes, it's forgiven; it's over. What's more, I'm not going to dig this matter up and throw it back in your face three years down the line when I'm pissed at you over something else- unless of course, you've simply done the same damn thing all over again."
...there. Also, I have a new hat (after calls to Penn Station and Harrisburg Amtrak lost & found proved fruitless); a size 8 black Stetson. Oh, and welcome to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
endogenousardor; it is doubtless due to the brain-stretching quantities of his posts and those of my other LJ friends that I need such a big hat :)
* It isn't always a nose touch- with one person, I beep her chin, because nose beeps remind her of someone who's gone. Also, some of my friends simply don't like hands in their personal space; in this case, simply meeting their gaze and saying "beep" has the same effect.>
1) It's a generalized gesture of affection and respect.
2) It's a way of consoling someone who's hurting; of saying, "Yes, it _will_ be all right, even if it doesn't seem like it right this very second."
3) If there's ever been any bad feeling- or even simply the perception of same- between us, then after matters have been squared, a nose beep can mean, "Yes, it's forgiven; it's over. What's more, I'm not going to dig this matter up and throw it back in your face three years down the line when I'm pissed at you over something else- unless of course, you've simply done the same damn thing all over again."
...there. Also, I have a new hat (after calls to Penn Station and Harrisburg Amtrak lost & found proved fruitless); a size 8 black Stetson. Oh, and welcome to
endogenousardor; it is doubtless due to the brain-stretching quantities of his posts and those of my other LJ friends that I need such a big hat :)* It isn't always a nose touch- with one person, I beep her chin, because nose beeps remind her of someone who's gone. Also, some of my friends simply don't like hands in their personal space; in this case, simply meeting their gaze and saying "beep" has the same effect.>
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Date: 2002-10-17 11:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-10-18 12:38 am (UTC)My boyfriend does that as well... *shakes my head* There are more of you strange nose beeping people.
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Date: 2002-10-18 01:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-10-18 01:23 am (UTC)and what if you miss?
what then?
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Date: 2002-10-18 01:18 pm (UTC)Nose noises!!!
Date: 2002-10-18 04:16 am (UTC)Oooh...and our friend, Erich, does Atari noises. :)
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Date: 2002-10-18 09:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-10-18 01:20 pm (UTC)*plaintive quiver of lower lip*
-Giggle-
Date: 2002-10-18 10:12 am (UTC)-Big Hugs And Mucho Smoochies!-
*nose beep* *nose beep* *nose beep*
:)
Re: -Giggle-
Date: 2002-10-18 01:21 pm (UTC)*hugz and beeps*
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Date: 2002-10-18 01:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-10-18 01:42 pm (UTC)'N
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Date: 2002-10-18 02:03 pm (UTC):)–
*smile*
Date: 2002-10-18 01:43 pm (UTC)'N
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Date: 2002-10-18 04:52 pm (UTC)