(no subject)
Without any important events going on in my life (other than classes beginning today, if you're the kind of person who finds those sorts of things important) I have come up with a new goal (replacing, in effect, the multitude of clearly-enunciated goals that previously comprised my life): getting my letter published in The Economist.
The Economist has a really nondescript letters page. It just says "Letters" at the top and there are a bunch of letters, most of them from wealthy English business professionals. They all have the same format:
SIR--
[letter]
Name
Job (if important)
Location
And they all begin brilliantly:
"SIR--It might interest you to know that not a single serious study has ever been able..."
"SIR--You pointed out the desensitising nature of Hong Kong living..."
"SIR--Or is it madam? As a male engineer..."
But I don't really know what to write about. I get the feeling the people who write The Economist and generally pretty smart and know what they're talking about. I also assume that what they publish are only small portions of much longer letters. I could take offense at one of their vaguely racist/sexist/classist articles, which are in constant supply, but they probably have a special trashcan just for letters regarding those topics (not that my letter would be handwritten).
So we'll see. Writing this actually kind of deterred me. And now I have to go to class.
The Economist has a really nondescript letters page. It just says "Letters" at the top and there are a bunch of letters, most of them from wealthy English business professionals. They all have the same format:
SIR--
[letter]
Name
Job (if important)
Location
And they all begin brilliantly:
"SIR--It might interest you to know that not a single serious study has ever been able..."
"SIR--You pointed out the desensitising nature of Hong Kong living..."
"SIR--Or is it madam? As a male engineer..."
But I don't really know what to write about. I get the feeling the people who write The Economist and generally pretty smart and know what they're talking about. I also assume that what they publish are only small portions of much longer letters. I could take offense at one of their vaguely racist/sexist/classist articles, which are in constant supply, but they probably have a special trashcan just for letters regarding those topics (not that my letter would be handwritten).
So we'll see. Writing this actually kind of deterred me. And now I have to go to class.