School and all the crapness
Jun. 27th, 2003 02:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
silversolitaireToday I had 5 hours of work where I considered killing my boss several times. She was driving me nuts, the bitch. I had a long list of stuff to do and managed to do nothing at all since she kept involving me in absolutely menial tasks just because she's too stupid to print documents or send emails herself! And then she kept flittering around me while I had to print on those plastic sheet thingies and then I messed it up twice because she annoyed me and then she complained about me wasting stuff. I sent her out and kicked the HP Deskjet when nobody was looking because it drove me nuts too! >_<;;; I was so tempted to just leave the fucking place. But I went to my sacramentals class after all and it was really interesting, so I didn't regret that.
Wore my brace all day and that made my leg hurt muchly. Really annoying that is, especially in the heat.
On the bright side, I handed in the first part of my story in Creative Writing class. On the not so bright side, Richard insisted on reading it out loud to the class >_<. I was so sick and nervous I wanted to jump out of the window. But he's never read out anything before, so it's really an honor, I guess. He knew it'd be worth it. But I felt really uncomfortable... but then I got nice comments. Most people liked it. I got the sheets back with comments and all.
I thought it was really interesting that people had completely opposite views about my story at times. For example, some people really liked that scene with the park where it starts to rain and the musing on how lonely people don't run in the rain. Personally I didn't think it was that special, but people went crazy over it. Some however thought it was kinda overused, which I found surprising since I've never read anything quite like that before o.o. One said that the cigarette smoking bit was overdone. I guess that's true. Whenever someone does some serious brooding, he whips out the cigarette. But I like that, dammit! I like making my characters smoke... I'm bad. Most people disliked the last sentence "Who would have thought that five days later, I'd be dead." I guess that's true, too. They thought I did enough foreshadowing for that and it was kinda blunt.
Also, most people seem to think that the main character is lethally sick... Hmmm... gotta look out for that. And two people thought I was ripping off American Beauty >_<. So not true. I wasn't thinking about that at all. I barely remember the movie. And I kinda liked that sentence... It's the big mystery how he can talk when he's dead. Oh well...
Someone said that the paths that run through the park like veins was a clichee! >_< I don't share that view. Two thought the main character was a girl o.o; and everybody stumbled over "prussic blue". Is it really THAT odd? I was thinking about Prussic Acid. that's what it's called, no? I made it up, but I thought it made sense.
Oh, and NObody picked up on that guardian person bit. Ah well... they will eventually ^_~.
Most people said this doesn't sound like a short story but more like the beginning of a novella or novel ^_^; Well, they're not this far off. The short story will end there. But the whole idea goes deeper.
Hmmm... many people said the tone was "subtely sarcastic" or ironic or slightly funny o.o. didn't think it was. And Richard wrote on it "very vivid and definitely writerly" XD I liked that. Made me proud...
Oh well, don't mind me, just rambling... I should go to bed... soon.
Wore my brace all day and that made my leg hurt muchly. Really annoying that is, especially in the heat.
On the bright side, I handed in the first part of my story in Creative Writing class. On the not so bright side, Richard insisted on reading it out loud to the class >_<. I was so sick and nervous I wanted to jump out of the window. But he's never read out anything before, so it's really an honor, I guess. He knew it'd be worth it. But I felt really uncomfortable... but then I got nice comments. Most people liked it. I got the sheets back with comments and all.
I thought it was really interesting that people had completely opposite views about my story at times. For example, some people really liked that scene with the park where it starts to rain and the musing on how lonely people don't run in the rain. Personally I didn't think it was that special, but people went crazy over it. Some however thought it was kinda overused, which I found surprising since I've never read anything quite like that before o.o. One said that the cigarette smoking bit was overdone. I guess that's true. Whenever someone does some serious brooding, he whips out the cigarette. But I like that, dammit! I like making my characters smoke... I'm bad. Most people disliked the last sentence "Who would have thought that five days later, I'd be dead." I guess that's true, too. They thought I did enough foreshadowing for that and it was kinda blunt.
Also, most people seem to think that the main character is lethally sick... Hmmm... gotta look out for that. And two people thought I was ripping off American Beauty >_<. So not true. I wasn't thinking about that at all. I barely remember the movie. And I kinda liked that sentence... It's the big mystery how he can talk when he's dead. Oh well...
Someone said that the paths that run through the park like veins was a clichee! >_< I don't share that view. Two thought the main character was a girl o.o; and everybody stumbled over "prussic blue". Is it really THAT odd? I was thinking about Prussic Acid. that's what it's called, no? I made it up, but I thought it made sense.
Oh, and NObody picked up on that guardian person bit. Ah well... they will eventually ^_~.
Most people said this doesn't sound like a short story but more like the beginning of a novella or novel ^_^; Well, they're not this far off. The short story will end there. But the whole idea goes deeper.
Hmmm... many people said the tone was "subtely sarcastic" or ironic or slightly funny o.o. didn't think it was. And Richard wrote on it "very vivid and definitely writerly" XD I liked that. Made me proud...
Oh well, don't mind me, just rambling... I should go to bed... soon.
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Date: 2003-06-27 06:34 am (UTC)"An insoluble dark blue pigment and dye, ferric ferrocyanide"
something like this.. Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3 :)
and about the comments.. it's so funny.. there will always be people that will like something and other that will dislike the exact same thing. judgment is so subjective and relative. that's one of the reasons why i find literary criticism more ridiculous than not..
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Date: 2003-06-27 06:46 am (UTC)Well yes, literary criticism is quite fruitless when it's just about some guy saying "Oh this book sucked so hard", but you see it's not a final judgement. It's just like TV guides. You find someone who has a similar taste as you and trust their judgement since they have more time to bother with this than you. If a certain movie or book critic keeps bashing things you really like you can already figure that you have totally different tastes. But if you find someone praises things you like as well, then it might be worth it to check out things they suggest.
Of course this is completely different from literary studies for example ^_~
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Date: 2003-06-27 07:20 am (UTC)it's funny, because it says here that hydrocyanic acid (HCN) is called 'prussic' because it was first obtained from Prussian blue.
it's just that there are people, whose "job" it is to review plays, books, records or movies.. they very often pass resolute judgments and have the arrogance to think themselves experts in the field. and even get paid for that, which is beyond my comprehension.
i don't know, but i rarely pay attention to critiques; when i want a review - a simple synopsis is enough. and when i don't have the time or will to read, see or hear the thing for myself - i don't like my mind made up (or even influenced) by someone else. it's a form of prejudice..
>>>But if you find someone praises things you like as well,
>>>then it might be worth it to check out things they suggest.
i can agree with that, though.. ;)
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Date: 2003-06-29 05:35 am (UTC)I'm glad you got some praise from rick the dick. You'll like that! *hugs*
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Date: 2003-06-29 06:16 am (UTC)Yeah, until we know whether I really need surgery or not... *purrs*
I'm glad you got some praise from rick the dick.
Don't call him that! T_T He's always been very encouraging!
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Date: 2003-06-29 06:31 am (UTC)I didn't mean it in a bad way! I meant it in a sexy way!
Bosses are idiots.
Date: 2003-06-30 07:49 am (UTC)My boss does this too. This is the same man who has called me at home, twice, to ask what our email password is - you know, the one he set up himself. You gotta wonder if stupidity=promotion.