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Stream of Conscious Musings...
Nov. 29th, 2004 02:50 pmNow that I'm here, up on my little soap-box, I haven't a clue what I should talk about. Except how not to let this become a soap-box. ( bit about livejournals and soap boxes )
So what should I write about tonight? Clearly feel this overwhelming urge to write about something or wouldn't be boring you with all this verbage, now would I? (Assuming you are reading this and haven't moved on to something more interesting - hey admit it, we all do this on our friend's lists, scan. "Nope.
Nope. Whoa that's way cool - click. Nope. Oh nice and short. Way too long, doesn't that person understand the notion of a "cut-tag"? Ooooh. Cool. Glad that person doesn't get cut-tag. Why did they friend's lock that post? Shrug. Oh, dang the html isn't working again for them is it? Nice icon. Ohhh, now I see why they friend's locked it, must go back and read that. Damn. They don't allow comments. Oh, that's so sad, wish I had their email address so I could send them a little gift." And so on. Have to say this much about livejournal - it has completely changed how one writes a journal entry. ) Hey, I warned you that this was Stream of Consciousness....which brings me to the question: have you ever done stream of consciousness writing as an exercise? What is it? It's basically writing down whatever comes into your head without editing it, which, ahem, is sort of what I'm doing now. Actually come to think of it most of my livejournal entries have a stream of consciousness feel to them - the entries where I'm not pontificating that is. Only question is, will I delete this entry before you get to read it? I have a tendency to do that too. Did that last night. I get self-conscious. Start seeing all the ways someone may interpret or misinterpret what I've written and well, freak-out, and delete. Which I can do here and couldn't on posting boards (unfortunately or fortunately depending on one's point of view) No one ever said writing was safe. Or easy.
Speaking of writing - I saw the flick Sideways on Friday with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cjlasky. I heartily recommend it with the following provisos (or is that advisories). 1) It is a GUY movie. And I mean GUY with a Capital G. If you watch anything through a gender filter or perspective, you might want to turn it off before seeing this film. OR pass on it. It may offend you, but keep in mind it is meant to be a "guy" movie sort of like those 1970s movies with Jack Nicholson - such as Five Easy Pieces, Carnal Knowledge or The King of Marvin Gardins. 2). It is a character film about two guys on a road trip through the Napa Valley. And yes, there is nudity, sexual content, and foul language. Not for kids. Very 30/40 something in it's appeal.( Vague Spoilers on Sideways concerning writing )
The other thing I did this weekend was go to CW's Birthday PArty, was nice to see CW again. And she reminded me of why I left evil company, which seems to keep getting worse. ( ramble on work, old work place, unemployment, how online helped me. )
I also watched some of the Buffy S1 DVD that cjlasky loaned me.( brief ramble on DVDS )
Okay, rambled enough for one night. Off for dinner, Buffy DVDs, and daytime soap operas. (Yeah, I know they are crap, but they are enjoyable crap - sort of like eating iced brownies courtesy of Betty Crocker. )
So what should I write about tonight? Clearly feel this overwhelming urge to write about something or wouldn't be boring you with all this verbage, now would I? (Assuming you are reading this and haven't moved on to something more interesting - hey admit it, we all do this on our friend's lists, scan. "Nope.
Nope. Whoa that's way cool - click. Nope. Oh nice and short. Way too long, doesn't that person understand the notion of a "cut-tag"? Ooooh. Cool. Glad that person doesn't get cut-tag. Why did they friend's lock that post? Shrug. Oh, dang the html isn't working again for them is it? Nice icon. Ohhh, now I see why they friend's locked it, must go back and read that. Damn. They don't allow comments. Oh, that's so sad, wish I had their email address so I could send them a little gift." And so on. Have to say this much about livejournal - it has completely changed how one writes a journal entry. ) Hey, I warned you that this was Stream of Consciousness....which brings me to the question: have you ever done stream of consciousness writing as an exercise? What is it? It's basically writing down whatever comes into your head without editing it, which, ahem, is sort of what I'm doing now. Actually come to think of it most of my livejournal entries have a stream of consciousness feel to them - the entries where I'm not pontificating that is. Only question is, will I delete this entry before you get to read it? I have a tendency to do that too. Did that last night. I get self-conscious. Start seeing all the ways someone may interpret or misinterpret what I've written and well, freak-out, and delete. Which I can do here and couldn't on posting boards (unfortunately or fortunately depending on one's point of view) No one ever said writing was safe. Or easy.
Speaking of writing - I saw the flick Sideways on Friday with
cjlasky. I heartily recommend it with the following provisos (or is that advisories). 1) It is a GUY movie. And I mean GUY with a Capital G. If you watch anything through a gender filter or perspective, you might want to turn it off before seeing this film. OR pass on it. It may offend you, but keep in mind it is meant to be a "guy" movie sort of like those 1970s movies with Jack Nicholson - such as Five Easy Pieces, Carnal Knowledge or The King of Marvin Gardins. 2). It is a character film about two guys on a road trip through the Napa Valley. And yes, there is nudity, sexual content, and foul language. Not for kids. Very 30/40 something in it's appeal.( Vague Spoilers on Sideways concerning writing )The other thing I did this weekend was go to CW's Birthday PArty, was nice to see CW again. And she reminded me of why I left evil company, which seems to keep getting worse. ( ramble on work, old work place, unemployment, how online helped me. )
I also watched some of the Buffy S1 DVD that cjlasky loaned me.( brief ramble on DVDS )
Okay, rambled enough for one night. Off for dinner, Buffy DVDs, and daytime soap operas. (Yeah, I know they are crap, but they are enjoyable crap - sort of like eating iced brownies courtesy of Betty Crocker. )