Comments | nynaeve: so much for brevity

nynaeve

so much for brevity

May 01, 2007 19:17

I've been exiled the past few weeks, battling the thesis and generally forgetting to enjoy life. Walking across campus today with Fran Healy crooning in my ears and a spring breeze swirling past reminded me just how good it is to be here, awake, alive. I'm now at work in Schoenberg Hall's music library, where the distant voices of a choir rehearsal ( Read more... )

music, ucla, thesis, books

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yunichii May 2 2007, 02:48:50 UTC

I wanna see Travis live! I'm jealous of you now :P
And omg, you're alive. Long time no speak.

nynaeve May 5 2007, 07:26:15 UTC

Fran mentioned that they'll be back in a couple months, so there's probably a full-blown summer tour in the works. :D

CONGRATULATION! gold star! aprendiz May 4 2007, 22:59:30 UTC

I'm glad to hear that you've received some positive feedback. While carrying on is still a challenge, at least you know that what you've been doing so far has been working and that you don't have to drastically rework anything.

No one's last words are ironic.

Hah, I like that. I'll have to remember that one, as my dislike for who-can-be-more-detached-and-sarcastic pissing contests sharpens...

"It's kind of like saying, 'Hey, that puppy is cute!' And then dissecting the puppy to see what makes it so cute."

There's certainly something to be said for that. The bad academics are those who continue rooting around in the puppy's entrails for even the slightest shred of evidence to support their arguments that it was actually not a puppy, but a kitten.

A WINNER IS YOU! nynaeve May 5 2007, 08:59:44 UTC

Woo, gold star! I feel special.

Hah, I like that. I'll have to remember that one, as my dislike for who-can-be-more-detached-and-sarcastic pissing contests sharpens...

I remember you ranting a bit about this a while back. Are you seeing a lot of this at school or in things you've been reading lately? Or both?

The bad academics are those who continue rooting around in the puppy's entrails for even the slightest shred of evidence to support their arguments that it was actually not a puppy, but a kitten.

True enough, but the point was that you shouldn't have to kill the puppy in the first place, much less dissect it to understand its value. Can't see the forest for the trees and all that.

Re: A WINNER IS YOU! aprendiz May 5 2007, 12:29:18 UTC

That icon is amazing.

I remember you ranting a bit about this a while back. Are you seeing a lot of this at school or in things you've been reading lately? Or both?

I guess both. It seems like an attitude that crops up in things I've read, and in people I know... I've had people apologize to me for, y'know, just talking to me about feeling bad about something, and I get kind of irritated. Not with them, but with social pressures that make them feel bad about taking their feelings seriously. Isn't that what friends are for? Why is it so bad to be affected by something? Why do we have to denigrate ourselves for feeling things? I think it's really counterproductive ( ... )

Re: A WINNER IS YOU! nynaeve May 5 2007, 20:43:17 UTC

Hmm, I was going to say that the apologies probably stem more from guilt over "wasting" your time with personal problems...but it's true that people often apologize for being "emo" too.

I recently saw American Beauty again for the first time since theatrical release. I'd forgotten this fantastic scene where Annette Bening's character closes the blinds of the house she's failed to sell and cries in frustration. Then she slaps herself until she stops crying, calling herself a weak baby and shrieking, "Shut up. Shut up! Shut up!" She pulls herself together, straightens up, and walks calmly out of the room, all business again. Really disturbing ( ... )

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