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- shellie0
For my sketch writing assignment this week, we had to write a genre spoof. Disney movies don't age well. So, in my version I flipped a classic fairytale retold in post "Weinstien Scandal" world, where the prince must ponder the prequisite considerations for conscentual touch on an unconcious princess before saving her life. I also wrote the entire thing in rhyme bc why not make it harder on myself.
I'm really looking forward to my table read this afternoon.
It's also weird that just after writing that i got a message from my own harrassing fuck. Spooky.
- cool idea. there is a wonderful "epic" style poem written by alexander pope that spoofs the oral greats like the illiad.Gnash
- the Rape of the LockGnash
- http://andromeda.rut…Gnash
- also written in rhymeGnash
- (i love Pope, btw. one of my fave writers)Gnash
- pure goldshellie
- wow! how's your guitar practice?oey
- the output jack literally just fell out today. i doing like a 10 year old who just got a guitar but i guess that's where it starts.shellie
- *sound like.shellie
- Disney coperataized fairy tales. Checkout the old Russian ones and even Angela Carter's books. Also Joseph Campbell is now on spotifymugwart
- garbage0
Get on the bus, sit down across the aisle from a middle-aged man. He has a stack of crumpled, identical postcards that I assume he hawks to tourists at the market.
He seems a little off, but I pay him no mind. Just seems like a weird old man. Ballcap, clean clothes, dad shorts.
He produces a quart of heavy cream and begins to chug it. Several stops later he's finished the whole thing. He starts waving his arms and it looks like he's shouting. I take off my headphones and he's.. shout-whispering to himself?
And this was not English. This was not a language that exists anywhere but in his own head. It was mostly coos and boops. And then I realize that there's a reason he can't sell those damn postcards.
(Do we have a Public Transit of the Day thread? That could take off.)
- Gnash0
any of you danes doing the Royal Run?
http://www.theroyalforums.com/64…
- oey0
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- Bennn0
but seriously, where's Georges?
- more like "what's his username now?"sarahfailin
- in the White House I guessoey
- georges = omgutopian
- say something if you're here georges, whats your new username if its the caseBennn
- He's probably off building a time machine/ death ray with 4 raspberry pies tapped together with duck tape or something!mugwart
- georges is not omg. I seriously doubt that G uses multi user namesGnash
- lol @mugrenderedred
- 'I seriously doubt that G uses multi user names'
Err, we're talking about the guy who refers to himself as I, II, II and IV.Continuity - III*Continuity
- ya, but those are just his different device logins. he's not hiding himselfGnash
- did anyone ever meet him in person? I always thought he was omg and they'd just found some random guys blog and played it off like they were him.kona
- He sarcastically supported Trump even though he doesn't live in the states. He just likes stirring the pot.garbage
- there is no way he is omg... they read completely different and their opinions are different... OH... and George used to post badass projects all the time...PonyBoy
- ... as himself (under the same name he'd provide the opinions that so many of you whine about)PonyBoy
- He never supported Trump but he did warn us all about him winning. He also predicted Europe going far right, which may or may not happen.fadein11
- Why post as yourself for so long then 'hide' under another user w/nearly the same opinions THEN come back and post as yourself (still opinionated)?PonyBoy
- It's also funny to me that the only users WHO MUST BE SOMEONE ELSE are the ones w/opinions that aren't pure lefty swill... but often saturated w/REAL THOUGHT!PonyBoy
- What's funny is George for the last 2+ years was RIGHT while be shredded by so many of you on here... Trump WON. :/PonyBoy
- be = being (last note)PonyBoy
- fade... George most certainly is / was a Trump supporterPonyBoy
- ... not just a 'sarcastic' supporter either. He'd post articles / videos etc w/actual reference to 'good things' Trump was supposedly going to providePonyBoy
- ^ exactly. many of you are right. but I really felt disappointed but that's my own problem. that Trump stuff and the anti-feminist stance.oey
- georges wasn't anti-feminist.Gnash
- i like georges, he's a good person. Come back georges!Bennn
- yup G is coolGuyFawkes
- mugwart0
I enjoy writing and so maybe I'm a bit bias/snob but I just dont' get this whole fan fiction world/genre.
Its amazing that something has affected you deeply but why spend all that time and head space on someone elses idea? Isn't it more cool, socially beneficial to be inspired and create your own thing (not copying of cause!)
Good friend is really into a game and spends nights reading the stuff... just dont get it.
- i would imagine it's a good way to hone your skills.Gnash
- when I first started to learn to draw i would copy old masters endlessly. I still draw eyes the way Pontormo did.Gnash
- "I still draw eyes the way Pontormo did"hans_glib
- I get that, completely, I get writing in the style of Steven King then trying to mimic the style of Poe. But to use other characters and create additionalmugwart
- stories! but that said I'm glad people still enjoyed it. Their free Will of cause!mugwart
- autoflavour0
I am trying to write this reflective essay for uni and its completely fucking with me.
I just do not have answers.
its all about leadership and how I will use these new tools to improve my future, and usually I could just bullshit my way out of it, but this one I can't even get 1000 words out..
need 2500
its fucked as its weighted 50% of my mark..
I have been trying to remain open minded about it, but the further I go into it, the more a crock of horseshit it becomes..
not to mention, its the last essay of the semester, so the sooner I finish the sooner I can chill for a few months, so the pressure to smash something out is high.
- leadership in which sense auto?oey
- you know I really regret not visiting you while you were still in Berlin...oey
- Masters degree?monospaced
- go pick up this book now:
http://designingyour…Gnash - the whole module is on leadership, different styles and methodology.. and as a long term freelancer, its nothing I really have needed to focus on..autoflavour
- yep masters..autoflavour
- yeah we had to read some of that in class gnash .. it was a nightmare. where do I want to be in 5 years? who the fuck knowsautoflavour
- I sure as hell don't.. in many ways doing this masters was a way to stall in the hope that I could work it outautoflavour
- my friends who received masters degrees all say that you must have these goals in mind before you start the program, or else it's just for the titlemonospaced
- you might consider this essay to be about the reason you want and need the degree in the first placemonospaced
- don't trust best-sellers!!!oey
- talk about agile practices!mugwart
- https://www.youtube.…stoplying
- you could structure your thoughts first and ask your questions to the author:
https://twitter.com/…
write an essay comparing his answers with yours.uan - Try using the negative to shed light on the positive. Ie: What would terrible leadership look like? What would it lead to? Now write about the opposite of thatmonNom
- in 5 years we will all be shoveling coal and carrying stones in the sundrgs
- https://www.youtube.…rabattski
- The answers you seek lie here: https://www.youtube.…spunji
- autoflavour2
Identify what drives your practice / career – your own values, desires, potential and capacities in relationship to what you have learned about leadership
Consider your own practice / career in relationship to your field – which of the big issues and questions surrounding leadership in the sector are relevant to you?
- not to mention I'm doing this masters as I'm trying to transition away from my current sector.. or lack thereof..autoflavour
- honestly this essay has really taken me to some dark places tonight.. its forcing me to look at things I don't have answers for and its affecting me a lotautoflavour
- poor petal I know.. essay stress I can handle, essays that cause serious existential crisis .. not prepared forautoflavour
- Can you write about the uncertainty this subject is causing you to experience. Part of leadership is to identify problems not necessarily having all the answerseryx
- ^^ aren't these questions meant to probe deeply into your 'psyche'?mugwart
- my advice, from someone with no degree, is to get a clear paper and focus on one word truths and build off from that. Forget the exam pressures (lol) for anhourmugwart
- Initially my student loan made me start making moneyrobotron3k
- I dread to think what you had to do to pay off your student loans :)fadein11
- thanks for all your feedback.. new day, new attempt at getting this shit doneautoflavour
- kona15
The last two days have been the highest of high and the lowest of low.
Monday evening I'm pretty sure our cat of 16 years had a stroke in the middle of the night. I stayed up with her and made her as comfortable as I could. That morning things just didn't seem to be improving with her and we had to put her to rest. By Tuesday afternoon I just felt emotionally drained and numb.
Then Wednesday morning we get a phone call that my wife's cousin, who had been missing for over a month had been located in California and was safe. I honestly thought she was gone forever and if she was ever found she'd be dead. We don't know all the details but holy fucking shit she was found.
- what a f*cking rollercoaster of emotions...geez!oey
- jesus kona, what a roller coaster of a week... glad they found herOBBTKN
- damn man! glad your wife's cousin was found safe. Maybe time to adopt a new family animal.capn_ron
- Man, that range of emotions can be hard to process. Hang in there.garbage
- all the best, sorry about your loved pet but happy to hear your wife's cousin is safe.fadein11
- jesus. Was it you to whom saved someone's life this year as well?mugwart
- (so happy shes found - nice news and I'd love to hear the story)mugwart
- so happy to hear your cousin is safe dude! and so sorry to hear about your pet...exador1
- I have 2 cats and dread the day it's their turn, I'm sorry for your lossernexbcn
- Thank goodness she's safe. Hope she's in good shape, as well. sorry about kitty. 16 years is a good, long lifeGnash
- glad she's safe, kona <3PonyBoy
- kona has the best blog postsdrgs
- yes mugwart. saved my neighbor who had ODd earlier in the year. From what little I know about our cousin, someone who recognized her fromkona
- our constant facebook posts saw her on the street in cali (she's from illinois) and called the police. the cops took her to a mental hospital for evaluationkona
- she hasn't spoken a word to anyone yet. her mother should have landed early this morning from her flight out to see her. It's all so surreal.kona
- So fucking glad. Think if you are near anyone from QBN you deserve at least one beer from them!
Hope next year is less dramatic for youmugwart - :(pango
- i'm glad to hear she's OK kona.notype
- Any more news on her condition?mugwart
- Nothing. Her mom's still out there and we haven't heard anything back.kona
- Small update. Someone took her. A fucking monster took her and she was able to escape once in Cali. Fuckin hellkona
- Fuck.... hope one of us in Cali could lend a hand...pango
- oh god :/ so sorryGnash
- Can any of us help?notype
- Any updates?garbage
- Bennn0
and where's scarabin?? He use to be here all the time
WHATS HAPPENING EVERYON E IS LEAVIIIING!!!1! OR WHUT!
- he eloped with Georges and are having hot gay biracial goth sex on a private beach in bora bora_niko
- yep I was wondering the sameautoflavour
- busy boys. It's buddha I'm worried aboutGnash
- lurking in the few spare minutes i get each day. don't worry, scarabin sees allscarabin
- HEEEY! :DBennn
- notype0
Anyone who's ever been under anesthesia (the one where you go under/cocktail of drugs:/ ), any tip to stay healthy/safe leading up to and after that the doc may not tell you about?
- An anesthesiologist that will be with you to make sure you are okay. They are well trained and you should be friendly to them and no drinking the night before.robotron3k
- i don't remember having any issues before or afterGnash
- hope it does well. good luckGnash
- Colonoscopy?ArmandoEstrada
- Not much you can do really. It hits people much harder if they're not used to alcohol and drugs. If you are it'll be a breezeset
- I woke up thinking I'd been on a night out and found myself in a hospital. Started hitting on the nurse before it all came back to me.set
- Was completely fine and left within an hour. My sister on the other hand who is clean living yoga teacher had major panic attack...set
- ... and didn't feel right for about a week hahahaset
- lolGnash
- I puked blood when I woke up.DRIFTMONKEY
- what robo said
don't worry about itdoesnotexist
- fate6
Planning to move to LA.
Trying to get rid of all this junk and down size all my belongings. All the while my stomach is in knots screaming "Don't do it! This is a mistake!"
Really heart wrenching, though the cold, hard logic of this being a positive move is tough to deny. I've lived in Indiana my whole life. I currently reside in a very shitty little town. So this is a massive improvement in terms of career opportunities, quality of life.
But fuck if uprooting your whole life and rebuilding your professional network from scratch isn't daunting.
- yeah its worth it tho.. less is more and new adventures etc..autoflavour
- +sun +oceanGnash
- you will get tons of new crap, don't worry.eryx
- you'll be fine, dude... :)PonyBoy
- you'll love it man, get the hell out of hicksville before it's too late.GuyFawkes
- Did it 19 years ago. Still here.ArmandoEstrada
- I want to move to LA too. Fell in love w/ Santa Monicasureshot
- do it!sureshot
- welcome to a very shitty large townfuturefood
- no, I'm kidding...sounds exciting.futurefood
- Don't do it! This is a mistake!pango
- Did it (obviously not with LA) and my stomach told me not to. Should've listened to him.mekk
- went to L.A. worked, got fucked, went back miss it every winter ;DArchitectofFate
- Follow your user name!mugwart
- Where are you moving from? LA has a lot of downsides (prepare to spend an hour + going anywhere), but I like it.MondoMorphic
- Sell everything, go, don't look back!robotron3k
- Terre Haute, Indianafate
- i lived in Santa Monica for 13 years and the Hollywood hills for one. moved to ny august 2016. thinking of moving back to west side of LA next monthshellie
- beach. hiking. snowboarding. mild winters and an untouched job market. there are thousands of agency and entertainment creative jobs for you thereshellie
- a lot of the YouTube content mills are out there too. nobody knows you so its a nice clean slate. leave your small pond, the ocean is where its at.shellie
- suggestion: sublet short term until u know where in LA u really need to be. will all ur jobs be east or west. it matters. commute wise it will effect happinessshellie
- finding a gig in LA is way easier than other cities, especially if you've got your shit together.brandonp
- In 2011, I sold EVERYTHING I own in London and moved to NYC. Best thing I ever did. Follow your heart and good luck. FYI Good people always find good people.nylon
- Courage.stoplying
- Bennn0
Any of you have a long nail on his pinky finger?
Saw a couple in the metro yesterday, both had long pinky nails, they looked super normal people, with a 4-5 years old kid.
Internet says people do this a lot in Asia and its for scooping boogers in nose and ears.
Serioulsy? Its disgusting... Its like showing to the World that scooping your boogers is one of your hobby, wtf!
- wasn't that a 70s cocaine thing?Gnash
- ^oey
- 80's too, well at least in the village where i grew upoey
- coke nail 4 lifesection_014
- Old Mediterranean and South Asian blokes do this to gouge juicy morsels from dem lugholes.detritus
- drug thing. We had to take a photo shoot of some hair dresser with a nail like this. He claimed for parting hair. We Loled!mugwart
- It means you don't do manual labor, you're a baller.robotron3k
- its not for picking ones nose lolfadein11
- It's a reptilian thing.Maaku
- guitar nail!ArchitectofFate
- https://pbs.twimg.co…Bluejam
- 2 to 1 odds Pango has a pinky nail.utopian
- @Bluejam ^^ that explains her coke OD; she's been pinky-ing blow since the 70schukkaphob
- scooping boogers its a booger excuse, that's for scooping coke and pushing it up your noseMiguex
- I've seen too many skanky orange-tinged pinky nails grinding aging ear canals to know that they're not exclusively for old school cokeheads.detritus
- @bluejam: flol, that's great. She never gave a fuck, did she?detritus
- The couple I saw yesterday was super normal young family with a kid, no way they were coke addict. I say its booger scoop.Bennn
- Here's a list of reasons to have a long pinky nail > http://www.straightd…Bennn
- lol det haha... i have always used a larger finger but I do have large nostrils.fadein11
- I have long nail on my middle finger. I use it to scratch my butt.pango
- i have one extra long middle finger i use for flipping people offscarabin_net
- lol@ pangoMiguex
- imbecile1
Pulled this iPhone X out of it's box and instantly felt like I was going to break it. It has a solid build weight to it but it's so smooth and polished that you're just one sweaty or wet hand away from its first drop.
- Gardener8
not records for a change, but am well chuffed with this
lenticular 3D poster of Hendrix I won at the auction today,
but it is kinda huge!
- since19793
Shit no one cares about now:
MTV changed in the mid-90s because the people that ran it went from the equivalent to the "art class kids" to the equivalent to the "popular kids".
It hasn't looked back. And now it's a pop-trash brand.
- *of thesince1979
- they didn't sell out, they bought inimbecile
- Preachsection_014
- The CIA took overset
- imbecile3
tonight, after enjoying quite the rousing performance by openers, royal republic (better) and headliners, theory of a deadman, we were involved in an accident wherein we were not able to avoid a deer.
as it appeared from the left we attempted to brake avoiding a collision, however we were not successful, impacting the animal's hind quarter with the passenger side front corner.
this caused the deer to wrap around the passenger side of the car, its body crashing in the door, its head smashing the passenger window, causing it to shatter into the vehicle.
once the accident was over; a three point antler lay strewn across the dash (which the dog is now proudly gnawing on), my hair and lap covered in glass, her hands still clenched to the steering wheel staring forward in disbelief.
passenger door wouldn't open, front end leaking every fluid as I phoned 911. They were able to place my cell phone to a mile marker on the turnpike having an officer and tow truck to me in 30 minutes.
another 30 minutes later, the car was at the body shop and we were home safe with friends... at 3am
- as someone who's done quite a,lot of travel by ground, ive narrowly missed suicidal deer. thus, is my worst nightmareshellie
- im glad you guys walked away from thatshellie
- canada:
http://nationalpost.…Gnash - Fuckin deer. I've hit three. Once, I was at a dead stop and the stupid piece of shit ran into my car.section_014
- ^ lolGnash
- Damn sorry man...Turnpike? Are you in Jersey?stoplying
- kansasimbecile
- since19792
In my attempts to be funny, witty, whatever, I have been saying nasty things and I feel remorseful today. Even though they are internet comments I feel bad and want to apologize to the universe for sending such negative karmic waves out there.
- thanks man. no heart feelings. i understand. I forgive you.oey
- I'd perhaps lay off the non-useful criticism of people's work in the 'recent work' thread - not productive, sounds spiteful and somewhat uninformed.detritus
- i thought it was a critique forum. my bad. i didnt really like that work. looked like a million things ive already seen.since1979
- No, it's not a critique thread as I've found out any time I've suggested my thoughts on a work. That aside, there's never a need for unbacked-up negativity.detritus
- I just didnt like it. not gonna apologize for that. Its a generic font and then its the trendy multicolor multiapplication thing. Maybe I should be more descripsince1979
- Since it was first page its more inviting to leave an opinion. I didnt even go to thread.since1979
- Good on you since1979 cause Instant Karmic gonna get youkona
- I'll take it from hereset
- ^ LOL!oey
- imbecile0
sometimes i want to downvote a response but upvote a note. it's very conflicting.