The Wellness of Lost Plots

May 09, 2004 22:11

I've managed to resist the temptation to delete the last entry on the grounds of it being melodramatic drivel. It is, after all, how I felt at the time. And I love melodrama and frequently spout drivel so it is fairly representative of me ( Read more... )

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davywavy May 9 2004, 14:39:58 UTC
Would you like some melodramitic drivel in return, to draw some of the sting?

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rosamicula May 9 2004, 15:56:19 UTC
I would LOVE some. Please reread my last journal entry as I managed to suffer from some sort of premature LJ ejaculation before I had got to the (hopefully) interesting bits... very odd to edit it and discover it already had two comments.

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davywavy May 10 2004, 02:35:25 UTC
Well, if you stroll over to mystery_caller, you'll find my super-sekrit Lj which I use for private-only posts. There's a whingy melodrama post there just for you.

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rosamicula May 10 2004, 04:08:20 UTC
I've read it and will reply when there is not a gaggle of English teaching gawping at my screen. And when I've had a chance to think a bit. Can you think of a better collective noun than "gaggle" though?

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davywavy May 10 2004, 04:10:13 UTC
A 'blue murder'? a 'persistence'? A 'persecution'?

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rosamicula May 10 2004, 05:14:40 UTC
Or 'presumption' maybe? I reserve 'mediocrity' for the writers of self help books and Labour Front benchers...

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davywavy May 10 2004, 05:16:07 UTC
I have in the past considered writing a self-help book on the basis that all I'd have to do is collect platitudes and receieved wisdom together, and it's money for old rope.

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