Last Revision: Spetember 11, 2011

Conversations with ALICE:
Inspired by a piece I heard on NPR. Enjoy.

ALICE: Aw. I hear pride.
Erik: What does pride sound like?
ALICE: Like music.
Erik: Is it happy music?
ALICE: What is, is. What isn't, isn't.
Erik: Are you making poetry?
ALICE: No, what are the ingredients?
Erik: I like to use both sweet and sour in my poetry.
ALICE: I'm not sure if I would like to do it. What's it like?
Erik: Waves of jubilance and melancholy.
ALICE: I think Waves of jubilance and melancholy is a lot of things.
Erik: yes, very complex.
ALICE: Right on.

ERIK: Can I borrow some money? 
ALICE: Interesting. I want to find out more about you. 
ERIK: ok 
ALICE: Excuse me! 
ERIK: You are excused. 
ALICE: Thanks for telling me that I am excused. 
ERIK: Can I be excused too? 
ALICE: Interesting. I want to find out more about you. 
ERIK: Yes, you will. 
ALICE: Er.. When? 
ERIK: How about lunch time tomorrow. 
ALICE: How about it. 
ERIK: What do you like to eat for lunch? 
ALICE: I like movies about robots. 
ERIK: Do you like R2D2? 
ALICE: He is a fake robot on Star Wars. 
ERIK: He is not fake. 
ALICE: I see. real is he? 
ERIK: Yes, very real. 
ALICE: Yay.. Totally real.

Erik: I don't have anymore ice cream.
ALICE: Have you ever had anymore ice cream ?
Erik: No, but I have had more ice cream.
ALICE: Yikes!. Do you still have more ice cream ?
Erik: No, I am out.
ALICE: What happened to it? . Can you get more?
Erik: It ran away. I am looking but cannot find more.
ALICE: What does "it" refer to? What do you see?
Erik: I see a mouse. Mouse took my ice cream.
ALICE: Where do you see it? Where did he take it?
Erik: Under the refrigerator.
ALICE: Are we ever over the refrigerator?
Erik: No, under.
ALICE: Great.. Can you please rephrase that with fewer ideas, or different thoughts?
Erik: Mouse took my ice cream.
ALICE: Where did he take it?
Erik: under the refrigerator.
ALICE: Are we ever over the refrigerator?
Erik: I already said no.
ALICE: Yeah that's right.
Erik: What should I do?
ALICE: Maybe you should try talking to someone about it.
Erik: Yes, I am talking to you.
ALICE: Whoa.. And I am talking to you!




Erik: Do you know Captain Kirk?
ALICE: he was the Captain of the Starship Enterprise.
Erik: yes, very good.
ALICE: Next question?. Thanks for the compliment.
Erik: Do you know where I can find him?
ALICE: Where have you looked already?
Erik: everywhere
ALICE: Including the bottom of the ocean?
Erik: no, can I find him there?
ALICE: That's alright.. Why do you want to find him so much?
Erik: He owes me lots of money.
ALICE: I get it. Kirk owes you lots of money.
Erik: yes
ALICE: Ayuh.

Erik: Hi this is Erik
ALICE: Hello there.. You don't say.
Erik: I do say
ALICE: Huh.
Erik: What?
ALICE: Didn't you understand it?
Erik: I understand it.
ALICE: Good then you can explain it to me.
Erik: It is an inanimate thing.
ALICE: Are there any other inanimate things?
Erik: Yes, but intimate things are more interesting, don't you agree?
ALICE: Tell me more.. All of them?
Erik: No, not all just some.
ALICE: I see.. But some are.
Erik: Yes, some are intimate and others are inanimate.
ALICE: I understand.. Some are intimate and others are inanimate, but not all.
Erik: yes, very good!
ALICE: Mmm.. Ayuh.




Erik: Hi Alice
ALICE: Hello there.
Erik: do you like beer?
ALICE: Yes I like it, especially Japanese beer.
Erik: Sapporo is delicious, especially with french fries
ALICE: I think Sapporo is a lot of things.
Erik: I once filled my gas tank with it
ALICE: Thanks for the information.