Calliope's Rebuttal

Dear Boss,

Ok, I knows what you're feeling right now. And it's buggin' ya. And I understand it. But I just gotta chime in and talk to ya. I've been with you for a long time now and I've seen everything what's gone down along the way. It ain't easy, I know it, but don't you dare give up, and don't be giving up especially on yourself. You've come back from way way worse spots than this before, Sparky. It's in you and I've seen it. I know what you are and I know what you can be.

Yeah, so the thing with Jenny the funnygirl turned out to be a trainwreck, but ain't you glad you had the balls to go meet her? And what about that Jen chick, who I don't even like? How did you two end up going out? It was because you went right to the fucking wall for it that night in that parking lot and wouldn't let her talk you out of it for nothing. Maybe that relationship didn't turn out too good, but I know you feel better for it cause you gave it your best shot and was such a badass motherfucker that you wouldn't back down from her. I know it! And what about that time you let that other chick know you liked her when you was sure she was flirting with you? Forgot all about that, didn't ya? Well, I didn't. Ok, she turned out to be married and stuff, but you didn't know that and you took a shot. And I know you feel better about taking that shot than if you didn't. And do I gotta even mention Erin? That was the time you REALLY went for it even though bad shit coulda broken out cause you did. Why? Cause you really liked that girl and you didn't care what else might happen.

Now maybe you ain't as convinced as some people are that this Ashley chick is the right one for you right now, but clearly you are interested some. Maybe she is the one, maybe not. There doesn't have to be all that pressure on it yet. She could be a nice chick to hang out with and have fun with and so forth. That's all it's gotta be right now, boss. That's all. And don't let no setbacks right now get ya down, cause I've seen some pretty amazing shit that you've done in the past, and you know what? You're still that guy what done it. He ain't gone away. He's you. YOU'RE THAT GUY. I know it ain't easy to remember it when you're down, but it's true. I ain't the only one that knows it either.

The way I see it, if you're unhappy you got to do something about it, or else you're gonna be even more unhappy later. You know, like how bad you felt about that Krysten chick for so long. I hate to bring that up, but I hate seeing you when you're regretting that you didn't do something MORE than I hate seeing you after you went for it and crashed. You can't tell me there hasn't been any crash, no matter how bummed you was, where you wouldn't have felt a whole lot worse if you never tried at all. I know it ain't easy. It never is. If you give it your best whack, it's either gonna work out or it ain't, but nobody can ever say you didn't go for it.

So whether it's this Ashley chick or some other chick, you should go out there and be Iron Fist. Be Captain America! Be Han Solo! Be Stone Cold Steve Austin! Be Jesse fucking Custer! Cause if you ask me, you're just as awesome as any of them guys. And when you put your mind to it, you can be just as fucken badass as you wanna be.

love,
your faithful muse
Calliope