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Pet Peeves + Opinions
My biggest pet peeve in writing is when people assume complexity = intelligence. No. Much of the time, complexity = douchebaggery because most people don't have a God damn clue how to write a complex sentence with complex vocabulary and have it make any sense.
Maybe it's because I have a hard-on for Kurt Vonnegut and writers who share a similar style, but simple, straightforward writing speaks to me so much more than insanely complicated writing. Is it just me, or are other people genuinely baffled by some of the writers academia falls in love with? It's one thing to stretch a language to its limits, but when it turns into the intellectual equivalent of wandering through a maze after your eyes have been ripped out and your legs have been beaten with a crowbar, then how is that enjoyable in any way?
Speaking of academia ... I have a friend who is taking an intercultural communication course right now, and my mind was blown at the amount of retarded doubletalk and superficial babble he had to work through to even get anything out of the professor's PowerPoint presentations. For Christ's sake, this is the communication department -- shouldn't it be required that people can clearly communicate ideas in a simple and effective way? Is this really expecting too much out of people??
The only logical explanation is the professor really wanted to seem intelligent. Either that or he got some sadistic thrill from seeing people struggle to understand what he was writing. Not to get too offensive or graphic with my descriptions, but you could practically imagine him whacking one off as he was mangling the English language.
I'm not saying that complex writing is inherently evil - it's just evil when a bunch of fucktards write "intelligently" and then think they're the second coming of William Faulkner. *fights off temptation to follow that sentence up with a really filthy play on words* Lord knows I've done this in the past. It was horrible then, and it's horrible now. If I ever write like a pretentious douchebag, then feel free to hunt me down and punch me in the nutsack, because I will have earned it. (Offer void to Desbreko, who would punch - and kick - me in the nutsack regardless of how I wrote.)
Nothing in particular brought on that rant. I was just reading The Writers Bloc, which got me to thinking a bit about my writing philosophy. BTW, kudos to SomeGuy for working baby punching into his latest grammar workshop. Excellent work, my friend.
On to the second part of this post: This week we're putting out the final issue of the year for the school newspaper. It's an annual tradition for the editors to load up the opinions section; they usually do it with a shitload of "OMG I'M GRADUATING AND IT'S AWESOME/SCARY/CRAZY" stories. At the beginning of the year, I vowed not to waste my space with any of that rubbish because 1) it's a lame cliche and 2) what the fuck would I have to say about graduation that would be of any interest to anybody reading the paper? If they wanted a load of crap about how great graduation is, they'd actually listen to the valedictorian speak a couple of weeks later instead of zoning out.
So I've been tossing around random ideas on what to write. My initial idea was a sarcastic thank you letter to everyone who has worked to make the paper awesome. Right now, though, I am thanking Jesus and nobody else. It starts off right with a bit of blasphemy, but I don't know where to go after that. Then I thought about a mock graduation speech where I say everything people actually want to say during graduation but don't because the dean would blow their brains out. But with that comes the fear that the dean might blow MY brains out.
I am low on ideas. What I want, I guess, is something I can look back on and say, "Shit, I'm glad that was the last thing I wrote for the paper." The more offbeat, the better, because I would have fun with that. Does anyone have any ideas? Feel free to pitch anything.
Sorry for Leaving You All Hanging ...
Yeah, I got the job. I'll be copy editing in about three weeks.
Praise be to the Shinmaru! Hail hail!
In other news, I'm so ready for the Lost finale, it's ridiculous. Please let Thursday come soon.
Interview
My interview at the Daily Pilot is in about three hours. Wish me luck!
Oh, and don't forget to watch my dodgeball videos if you somehow have assloads of spare time. Fun stuff!
Dodgeball II: Electric Boogaloo
You've all been waiting for this, am I right? Am I right?? *pretends you are all gleefully nodding your heads* So ... once again, dodgeball tournament. This one was held last Thursday and was put on by the Bronco Athletic Association...RE: Lost
- Big LOL @ Sun's dad. Take that, asshole. My siblings and I let out a collective, "OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH~" when Sun laid out the Korean bitchslap on her dad. Great stuff.
- Hurley *hearts* 15-year-old crackers.
- The look on Sayid's face when Juliet told him that Kate and Jack went tromping off into the jungle to chase after the helicopter was incredible. "OH OF COURSE THEY DID. DAMN IT ALL!!!!!"
- Is it ever not awesome when Richard Alpert makes an appearance? I think not.
- Jesus Christ is not a weapon. DO YOU HEAR THAT, CHRISTIAN COALITION?!?! DO YOU???
Dodgeball tournament was fun. A post, pictures, and a neat surprise shall be forthcoming. Might take a while, though, because I'll be busy the next few days. We shall see.
Punishers for life, yo. Peace out.
