Comments | freakycheeseman: Reflections on a Night of Sober Partying

freakycheeseman

Reflections on a Night of Sober Partying

Oct 27, 2007 13:13

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jadedoto October 28 2007, 00:15:10 UTC

Everything, after your very first statement makes for an extremely interesting essay. Knowing you, the writing style is very different from what I'd expect, except for Revolutions which was similar in style ( ... )

freakycheeseman October 28 2007, 00:38:12 UTC

Yep, all real. I even got most of the dates right, I hope. Thanks for the "shadowing me with your camera" comment- that made me very happy.

bladegryphon October 28 2007, 18:10:12 UTC

It's been a while since I saw any of your writing -- nice to read some of it again. This is an amazing piece you have here.

freakycheeseman October 29 2007, 02:47:42 UTC

Thanks. It was a wild night.

coidzor October 28 2007, 19:44:13 UTC

Ned, I love you man.

I really needed to read something like this after last night.

Maybe I'm just weird myself but it actually made some sense to me, despite it only being in the semi-real unconscious meaning-sense.

freakycheeseman October 29 2007, 02:47:28 UTC

Last night?

What exactly do you mean, it made sense? Were you able to follow the basic plot throughout, the individual plot in each section, or understand the themes and messages of the entire piece?

coidzor October 29 2007, 02:54:27 UTC

I had a rough night tell you more later.

Well, I was able to follow the plot throughout as a culmination of your real experiences that made you think as you were stuck in the cold and alone with nothing but your self, the cold, and the abyss to deal with. I think I was able to see where you were going with the alcohol and drunkenness, and I might just agree with you about that there only being one drunken college student the world over (or at least in our culture).

I really liked the "drunks are like zombies" analogy though. That was really good I thought.

freakycheeseman October 29 2007, 02:56:45 UTC

Close. The cold was real; I didn't have a way to get home, and had to walk for about four hours.

There's another theme, which isn't as well developed, and I can't quite describe.

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coidzor October 29 2007, 02:39:05 UTC

Your writing is always so interesting to try to format so that it looks good when I print it out...

Say... I still have your writing portfolio from school... When do you want that back?

freakycheeseman October 29 2007, 02:46:11 UTC

Huh?

Whenever's good. I would like it, though.

oxeador October 29 2007, 13:08:03 UTC

Believe it or not, I can relate. I know what is like to be a teetotaller in a world that equates social time with drinking. You may try to share that world, but unless you give in you will be there "in body only, but not in soul". Like in the dance class. At least, this is how I read it.

Excellent writing, my friend.

freakycheeseman October 30 2007, 22:30:14 UTC

I'm not so sure. I mean, there's two sorts of social drinking- the light, kinda fun, few beers/cocktails/whatever kind, and the kind that is expected to result in vomiting, hangovers and memory loss. The first I'm fine with, and wouldn't mind participating in at all, with any crowd I'd want to be around to begin with. The second consists (mostly) of people I don't want to hang around with at all, and I can't even really be there in body.

As for the dance class, I definitely feel like I'm there in body, mind and soul; I'm just behind.