aw. you just made it worth it, sitting and typing all that out from the book. although.. i typed it out for me.
i'm under the impression that books.. really good books.. should be shared. that's brilliant writing right there. one of the funniest things i've ever read. Seamus Deane's a poet, and it sure manifests itself in his prose.
I'm absolutely addicted to classic literature (specially from the 19th and early 20th century, before modernism really finished fleshing out)
and I despise most new writing (read: popular fiction)
so when I see a piece like this (of the caliber I'm used to seeing) it blows me away. People just don't write like this nowadays. Where the hell did this guy come from? I have to pick this book up. The control here, the vocabulary...even the pacing of the sentences fits perfectly with the teacher's mentality, as if the whole thing is written from inside his mind (even where he's not talking, but there are descriptions). It's just so terse, so tight and elegant and directed.
“Yes, Sir. To the wrong sum.” “The wrong sum? THE WRONG SUM? This is ecstatic. You surpass yourself. Explain, we’re all agog.”
Damn, that's just so freaking dynamic. I had no idea dialogue could contain so much motion.
but where do they go from there?spoudaiosMay 14 2005, 22:12:32 UTC
because a good friend of mine's the mediator. or whatever they're called. i have already told her, how banal i think it is. i have also told THEM how banal i think they are, in a mock application that set a lot of backs up.
basically.. internet entertainment's at an all time low. i've read all of scarygoround, all of pennyarcade, almost all of ozyandmillie.
like yafro, this is a novelty. one which will, albeit, wear off quickly. and when it does, i'll be done with them. but for now, for the novelty of it. human interaction. i could quote Donne at you and say no man is an island, but that's inaccurate. we're seventyfive percent water, this microcosm of ours. ALL men are islands.
My feelings towards the backward motives and contridictory everythings of that LiveJournal community (I specify only because the necassery dynamics for a real community are not present nor is the lacking justified by something greater) are more apathetic than contempt-ridden. However, I feel embarrassed to say that if I were to back out now it would appear as a lame attempt to "save-face" before the jury is called back to read me their tally.
I am happy that I may not belong there. Is that horrible?
And finally, with no introduction to this thought other than it somehow stemmed from whatever was going on in my head above...I am definitely not an elitist. Intimate. But definitely not an elitist. I won't feel any better about myself after having their acceptance confirmed.
I am very bored at work. The only person I care to talk to has an accept that's too hard for me to follow!
zoomzoomthe_susurrusDecember 18 2005, 23:52:07 UTC
back when i caved in to a fit of vanity i was looking for entertainment and such. you were among two of the only interesting people, and then i find literature! literature that i hadn't seen, and was glad to see oh man so. thinking of adding you as friend. will not do it unless agreed to. (it feels terribly like a violation, does it not, when some random thirteen yr old melodrama-queen decides to stalk you? i want to cry out 'no no no! we are not friends! get off my internet!' but it's hard.) enough of anecdotes. yes or no? T
Re: zoomzoomspoudaiosDecember 19 2005, 05:18:55 UTC
i went through a fuckthisshit phase towards the end of summer, and deletored everyone from my friendslist. just kept the community. so adding me to your friends list would be pointless, because i don't update anymore. however, if "adding you as friend" translates to "want to get to know you better", then.. smokeyoulikeablunt@hotmail.com.
unless you really are thirteen. in which case plz no ):
also, all i remember of you other than i don't think i found you attractive, is i was thrilled the word susurrus was in your vocabulary.
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you just made it worth it, sitting and typing all that out from the book.
although.. i typed it out for me.
i'm under the impression that books.. really good books.. should be shared.
that's brilliant writing right there. one of the funniest things i've ever read. Seamus Deane's a poet, and it sure manifests itself in his prose.
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and I despise most new writing (read: popular fiction)
so when I see a piece like this (of the caliber I'm used to seeing) it blows me away. People just don't write like this nowadays. Where the hell did this guy come from? I have to pick this book up. The control here, the vocabulary...even the pacing of the sentences fits perfectly with the teacher's mentality, as if the whole thing is written from inside his mind (even where he's not talking, but there are descriptions). It's just so terse, so tight and elegant and directed.
“Yes, Sir. To the wrong sum.”
“The wrong sum? THE WRONG SUM? This is ecstatic. You surpass yourself. Explain, we’re all agog.”
Damn, that's just so freaking dynamic. I had no idea dialogue could contain so much motion.
Anyways, blah, I'm rambling.
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Why did we apply to that ridiculous community?
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or whatever they're called.
i have already told her, how banal i think it is.
i have also told THEM how banal i think they are, in a mock application that set a lot of backs up.
basically.. internet entertainment's at an all time low. i've read all of scarygoround, all of pennyarcade, almost all of ozyandmillie.
like yafro, this is a novelty.
one which will, albeit, wear off quickly. and when it does, i'll be done with them.
but for now, for the novelty of it. human interaction. i could quote Donne at you and say no man is an island, but that's inaccurate. we're seventyfive percent water, this microcosm of ours. ALL men are islands.
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I am happy that I may not belong there. Is that horrible?
And finally, with no introduction to this thought other than it somehow stemmed from whatever was going on in my head above...I am definitely not an elitist. Intimate. But definitely not an elitist. I won't feel any better about myself after having their acceptance confirmed.
I am very bored at work. The only person I care to talk to has an accept that's too hard for me to follow!
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oh man
so. thinking of adding you as friend. will not do it unless agreed to. (it feels terribly like a violation, does it not, when some random thirteen yr old melodrama-queen decides to stalk you? i want to cry out 'no no no! we are not friends! get off my internet!' but it's hard.) enough of anecdotes.
yes or no?
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so adding me to your friends list would be pointless, because i don't update anymore.
however, if "adding you as friend" translates to "want to get to know you better", then.. smokeyoulikeablunt@hotmail.com.
unless you really are thirteen.
in which case plz no ):
also, all i remember of you other than i don't think i found you attractive, is i was thrilled the word susurrus was in your vocabulary.
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