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mhuzzellI'm back in St Andrews. Isn't that special. I realised, when Rhi asked, that I actually have no particular plans to leave the bubble until mid-August. But I'm sure I'll get out sometimes. I always do. In the meantime I will content myself with sweet, sweet internet. Except not really, because Albany Park won't let me connect on my laptop, so I'm typing from their computer classroom. Which is all fine, I suppose, except it means I have to either be doing this or something else, none of the usual flitting back and forth between my computer and whatever else I happen to be doing. But that's just me complaining.
Anyway, a bit of explanation for the last entry: Rob was telling me how LJ was for emo-kids, and I went to my Friends page to disprove this. As I was successful, he countered (sorry, F-list) with: 'Okay, all LJs are either emo or pretentious'. Now, I don't think this is true, but before I could point out the many LJs that are neither, I realised that my own is actually both. I mean, I don't think it is particularly emo, and it's not pretentious because it's genuine--but I can see how it might come across that way. Just looking at the titles in my 'Recent Entries', nearly half of them were quotes from things. Most were song lyrics (which is kind of emo), two were lines from poems and one was a literary reference (which is kind of pretentious).
So Rob said I should try to do an entry quoting nothing but tabloids (which, as this would require actually reading them, meant I ended up quoting nothing), and using no words of more than two syllables, so as not to sound pretentious. Bonus points for actually describing something with a high potential for pretension, such as the Tate Modern. This was a difficult task, as 'Liverpool' itself has three syllables. And describing the Maritime Museum was right out. Still, it was interesting, thinking about something I don't usually think about when writing. Like writing form poetry, restrictions can allow for creativity. I didn't do as much with it as I probably could have--that might have seemed a bit pretentious :-P
At this point I had planned to write an actual 'update', but I don't think I will. It would have been mostlyemo whining, anyway. I'm way behind on my philosophy reading, but I can't concentrate on it; I've got a lot on my mind right now. I've allowed myself this break from it, though, because my textbook is currently pressed and drying in the sun. I've spent the last few days accidentally destroying the poor thing. First some sharp thing in my bag ravaged the spine, then today I spilled tea all over it. I'ma go see if it's dry now.
Anyway, a bit of explanation for the last entry: Rob was telling me how LJ was for emo-kids, and I went to my Friends page to disprove this. As I was successful, he countered (sorry, F-list) with: 'Okay, all LJs are either emo or pretentious'. Now, I don't think this is true, but before I could point out the many LJs that are neither, I realised that my own is actually both. I mean, I don't think it is particularly emo, and it's not pretentious because it's genuine--but I can see how it might come across that way. Just looking at the titles in my 'Recent Entries', nearly half of them were quotes from things. Most were song lyrics (which is kind of emo), two were lines from poems and one was a literary reference (which is kind of pretentious).
So Rob said I should try to do an entry quoting nothing but tabloids (which, as this would require actually reading them, meant I ended up quoting nothing), and using no words of more than two syllables, so as not to sound pretentious. Bonus points for actually describing something with a high potential for pretension, such as the Tate Modern. This was a difficult task, as 'Liverpool' itself has three syllables. And describing the Maritime Museum was right out. Still, it was interesting, thinking about something I don't usually think about when writing. Like writing form poetry, restrictions can allow for creativity. I didn't do as much with it as I probably could have--that might have seemed a bit pretentious :-P
At this point I had planned to write an actual 'update', but I don't think I will. It would have been mostly
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Date: 2007-04-01 10:02 pm (UTC)Does Rob resent the amount of time you spend online?
:-)
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Date: 2007-04-02 01:09 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-04-02 01:36 pm (UTC)So far I've been using phonetically spelled thai. Do I count as pretentious?
Oh, and I'm Aikman's-ing tomorrow evening. Fancy coming along? I should be there in the cellar bar about 8, scribbling away in a corner. I'll text you.