"the thing that always bothered be about ani difranco was this... she works hard enough to put out a new album almost every year, right? on top of that... she is super busy touring all the time too... so my question is... when does she find the time to involve herself in all these intense romantic relationships?"

"maybe she doesn't have a lot of crazy relationships."

"i was thinking that."

"maybe she is just that intense. i firmly believe that sometimes the smallest interaction can often carry with it some pretty intense after-effects. maybe i'm speaking from experience... but sometimes the smallest instances have inspired me to write the most intense pieces. intense people have the capacity to make anything intense."

"hmm."

"you know what kills me though? the way we are often made to feel guilty about these intense reactions. ashamed even. crazy. unjustified in feeling certain things. because someone tells us our feelings are unwarranted. that our reaction is far bigger than the instance that caused it. i just don't think thats a good measure. really... i'm beginning to really question all these units of measurement that have been handed down. why the fuck would i follow someone else's measure of what i'm allowed to feel?"