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"When we describe the Moon as dead, we are describing the deadness in ourselves. When we find space so hideously void, we are describing our own unbearable emptiness." ~ D.H. Lawrence "Is the meaning of life defined by its duration? Or does life have a purpose so large that it doesn't have to be prolonged at any cost to preserve its meaning?" "Living is not good, but living well. The wise man, therefore, lives as well as he should, not as long as he can... He will always think of life in terms of quality not quantity... Dying early or late is of no relevance, dying well or ill is... even if it is true that while there is life there is hope, life is not to be bought at any cost." ~ Seneca "People will tell you nothing matters, the whole world's about to end soon anyway. Those people are looking at life the wrong way. I mean, things don't need to last forever to be perfect." ~ Daydream Nation "All Bette's stories have happy endings. That's because she knows where to stop. She's realized the real problem with stories-- if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death." ~ The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes "The road now stretched across open country, and it occurred to me - not by way of protest, not as a symbol, or anything like that, but merely as a novel experience - that since I had disregarded all laws of humanity, I might as well disregard the rules of traffic. So I crossed to the left side of the highway and checked the feeling, and the feeling was good. It was a pleasant diaphragmal melting, with elements of diffused tactility, all this enhanced by the thought that nothing could be nearer to the elimination of basic physical laws than deliberately driving on the wrong site of the road." ~ Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita "It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend." ~ William Blake Think about it Musicalities! Kill that boredom!
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Jhonen Vasquez's site Overheard in New York Passive Aggressive Notes Submarinechannel.com Superdickery UHpinions Whirled | Youthful impatience, perhaps? Thursday, March 3, 2011 I feel like I had to pry the information out of my prof when I asked how I could improve on that particular paper. The gist of it is that I need to clarify more... which I found a bit... uh... stupefying I suppose? When I explained the situation to Alice, she concluded that he just has "reading comprehension issues." :P Here's an excerpt from my paper, and what he told me about it: The �what� in �what drives me crazy� is not specified, so it could be any object, action, event, characteristic, etc. Let us imagine that it is being poked. Apparently the "it" in the second sentence isn't specific enough, and readers might not realize that I'm referring to the "what" of the previous sentence. He suggested I make it more obvious, and change "it" to "the what" so as to avoid confusion. Would it be condescending of me if I were to say that these hypothetical confused readers of mine are dumb as rocks? I mean, seriously. If I write... I have an apple. Let's say it's red. ...The average person is not going to be going "Huh? I don't get it. What's the red object?" ---Anyway, enough about that.--- I talked to him again today about my comics. He thought they were good, but didn't say anything I hadn't heard before. Same old "you've got talent" and "you should pursue this" stuff. He DID mention that he knew some people in the field, and said he would talk to his wife about me (His wife is a graphic designer or something). I guess that's helpful, but I didn't really gain anything insight or learn anything new from the discussion. Ah well. I should probably submit something to the school paper... --- I think I made a potential friend yesterday morning. My dad dropped me off at school early (around 10:10?)because it was raining (and my prof's office hours are 10:30 - 11:20, which is before my class with him), so I had some time to kill. I was sitting on a bench in the area under the cafeteria, browsing through my Beat Poetry book, and this guy came over and asked if he could sit on my bench. I gave him permission, and he sat there for about two seconds, then started asking about my book. It developed into a conversation about writing fiction, then comics, and majors/future plans. After awhile I told him I had to go meet with my prof, and he asked if he could walk me there. I said yes, although the distance was pretty trivial, and outside the prof's office building he asked where I hung out on campus. Since I just go home after my classes, I told him I didn't hang out anywhere because I don't have friends at school, and he said I could hang out with his group. We exchanged phone numbers, then I left. The whole thing reminded me vaguely of Nathan. I don't THINK this guy has been watching me or anything, but it's possible I guess. It's also possible he was hitting on me, but he didn't give that impression. In any case, I'm not attracted to him, so it doesn't matter much... 5 Comments. From a teacher's perspective (granted, I teach in high school, not college), I never, ever give full points to any assignments or papers. It's a psychological hang-up not based in any reasonable sphere of reality, although I could think of a million excuses if confronted by a student. You teacher's "clarity" issues are probably similar. » Someones_Muse on 2011-03-04 01:44:32 The first time someone DIDN'T tell me those things about my writing ("you have talent," "this is what you're meant to do," etc.) I realized that I wanted nothing to do with writing. That's the really important point. When you find someone who will see your work instead of just reading it, things get real. Hehe. Hey, friendship is always welcome! We can hope that he hasn't been creeping up on you like that. And lastly...yeah, you made it pretty clear. I guess the point of writing a paper in life is to teach someone who doesn't know, though, so I also understand your prof's point. » Unicornasaurus on 2011-03-04 01:57:06 Oooh, girl, he was TOTALLY hitting on you. But hopefully not stalking you, that would be a bummer. I guess I get the point your professor was making, but it sounds like in this particular instance it was pretty trivial and not worth a markdown. And he could have at least told you in his markups, rather than you having to come ask him yourself. My biggest pet peeve in college was when professors knocked off points but didn't explain WHY. How is a person supposed to learn and improve without critical feedback? » Amelie on 2011-03-04 07:33:48 My teachers/professors would destroy us for using the word "it" at all. » thaitanic on 2011-03-05 07:40:52 Biased I might be biased cause when you put it that way it does make a little more sense to be that price, but some characters can go for 200-300$ a piece » hiddenagenda on 2011-03-06 01:31:30
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