More DoC, ficcage

[ladyofsketchy]

I have not set foot outside the flat for two days, and even the last time I did, it was to see why there were seven fire trucks and an ambulance congregated on the street in front of the supermarket next door (turned out to be a massive reaction to a bit of smoke, but better that than the other way around). Consequently, I feel like my skull is

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[robyf]

It's somewhat amazing reading your writings and finding them very good... And then thinking about all the crap published by publishing houses!

[ladyofsketchy]

Oi! When are you going to start posting your own entries so I can reply to them? :)And don't flatter me; it'll go to my head and then I'll be so full of myself that even I can't stand it. XD

I have to agree with you, though, in that not all things that are cranked out by publishing houses are actually well-written. Did you follow that debacle over Susan Kuronen's "scandal" book, for example? If that leaflet is worth reading I'll eat my head.

[robyf]

I'm not a blog oriented person... And right now my life is quite boring: wake up, go work, come back home, doing works here (for example, installing a new power plug, moving the antenna cable, mounting some furnitures) and go sleeping; nothing interesting to write ;).

We had a kind of interesting discussion on lunch with colleagues time ago. We all agreed that since most people like to have only non-highbrow entertainments writer write mostly silly stuffs (same for cinema and tv). At least I find it somewhat sad!

[ladyofsketchy]

Hey, look at my blog; the only things I talk about are games and some random stuff my brain spat out after being deprived of human contact for too long. :D

I dunno... I somehow have the impression that this is also a problem with the perception of the people who select what will be written/filmed/shown, who think no one cares about serious stuff. I guess it's also about cost-efficiency; those who pay would rather go for something that'll elicit one or two tepid laughs out of most people than something that might alienate a number of the viewers even though others would love it. Controversy - which is an integral part of the "high-brown entertainment" - isn't believed to bring in big bucks.