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.: 6.16.2005
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My car didn't start this morning. That's not unusual, and I wasn't really surprised.
There are a surprising number of people who have blogs, or xangas, or livejournals, or AIM profiles in which they frequently spout off bizarre combinations of words and emotions that seem insanely insightful and make some deep emotion buried far inside of you want to leap up and grab your throat.
I've even done it myself. So have you, probably. Here are some examples:
"all i feel for you is nothing but wonderful
tonight the sounds of your voice flow in harmony"
"you make me feel like i belong under the sun"
"a new car
follow the train
very nice
kiss him good-bye"
These were just the first few I could find, but you get the idea. Lots of people have quotes like these in their profile, and then they'll usually choose one random word to use as a link to some website or other various internet presence. Half of them are out of context song lyrics, and half of them are made up on the spot.
The real issue is, does anyone have any idea as to what the FUCK they mean? I'm a pretty smart guy, but some of these for the life of me just have no meaning. It's obvious they're deep, they usually make me kind of depressed, but shit, I couldn't tell you why. Do the people who write them have any idea what they're saying?
I'm guessing no.
I've gone back to earlier blog entries and found random things that obviously had an explanation at some time, but now, years later, I can't remember what they mean. So obviously, if I can't decipher them, random people who read this thing aren't gonna know what I mean.
Just like I don't know what other people mean. I wonder if they realize that no one knows what they're talking about. It's not a bad thing, I guess. Makes them sound smart. Esoteric.
At any rate, I've decided to take up the habit in my own AIM profile. From now on, my blog link will be part of a clever song lyric or quote or bastardisation of the english language which, despite what some people may believe, will have no deeper meaning whatsoever.
Enjoy.
// posted by geoff @ 6/16/2005 11:02:00 AM 
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I do this all the time, actually. Usually it's some sort of twisted paragraph that is somehow, maybe in only one word or in the emotion only, that is connected with what's going on in my head at the time.
But the rest of the time, it's me sitting there and improving my writing skills (which the prior does, but screw it). Me sitting in a chair thinking... "hmm... it'd be cool if I used the word 'wretched' in a sentence."
What is the meaning behind the ones that do have meaning? Well if I went through the trouble of making it cryptic and undecipherable, there must be a reason. Mostly because I want to say something that may or may not be a stupid thing to say blatantly, so I layer it with tons of bullshit so that I can feel as if I've said what I want to said but not made it too obvious.
As for the profile thing, I just do it because I can't think of anything clever to say.
Damnit.
But the rest of the time, it's me sitting there and improving my writing skills (which the prior does, but screw it). Me sitting in a chair thinking... "hmm... it'd be cool if I used the word 'wretched' in a sentence."
What is the meaning behind the ones that do have meaning? Well if I went through the trouble of making it cryptic and undecipherable, there must be a reason. Mostly because I want to say something that may or may not be a stupid thing to say blatantly, so I layer it with tons of bullshit so that I can feel as if I've said what I want to said but not made it too obvious.
As for the profile thing, I just do it because I can't think of anything clever to say.
Damnit.
# posted by 
: June 16, 2005 7:06 PM
: June 16, 2005 7:06 PM
Just cause I make fun of it doesn't mean it's a bad thing. I've done it myself. It's just I was going back and reading some older entries, and I was like... I have NO idea what the HELL was going on back then. Obviously this means something, but I can't remember what.
It was kinda funny.
It was kinda funny.
I didn't say that you said it was a bad thing. That's just my opinion on the whole thing. It's either some secret that I want to let out but do so under layers of bullshit, or just bullshit in general.
And anyways, there are times when writing like that is a bit odd. I stumbled onto a xanga one time which was full of just... um... happy thoughts. Really cheerful lovey dovey type shit from a 20 year old black dude.
Scared the shit out of me.
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And anyways, there are times when writing like that is a bit odd. I stumbled onto a xanga one time which was full of just... um... happy thoughts. Really cheerful lovey dovey type shit from a 20 year old black dude.
Scared the shit out of me.
# posted by : June 17, 2005 9:59 AM
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