Re: my last week has been absolute fucking shite.

On Fri, 01 May 2009 14:53:39 +0000, Veronica Karlsson <ver...@gmail.com> wrote:

>metro-golden-meower wrote:
>> 
>> On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:00:20 +0000, Veronica Karlsson <ver...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> >Veronica Karlsson wrote:
>> >>
>> >> metro-golden-meower wrote:
>> >> > Veronica Karlsson wrote:
>> >> > >metro-golden-meower wrote:
>> >> > >> <psc...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >> > >> >"metro-golden-meower" wrote:
>> >> > >> >> this all reads like shit because i'm to fucking pissed off to say what
>> >> > >> >> i want too. fuck adhd.
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> >You always come through loud and clear despite the adhd. I'm sorry about
>> >> > >> >your meds, it's a bitch trying to get them to fit what you need.
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> i often just dump posts and replies because what i think i cannot put
>> >> > >> into words. its seriously fucking annoying. i know sometimes what i
>> >> > >> post makes bugger all sence to anyone.
>> >> > >
>> >> > >Your posts make sense. Humans are not computers. We have lots of
>> >> > >redundancy in our languages. Redundancy in this case is a Good Thing.
>> >> > >It means we use more than the minimum amount of information necessary
>> >> > >to get the message across. It's quite possible to have meaningful
>> >> > >conversations with people who can only say one syllable (yes, I have
>> >> > >met such people) as long as you are in the same room and can pick up
>> >> > >on the person's body language. Writn lang also contns lts f xtra info
>> >> > >so dropn a few letrs wont dmage th messge to mch.
>> >> >
>> >> > its not so much fucking up spellings, i find problems actualy saying
>> >> > in words what i want to say. its one thing to think something, its way
>> >> > more different to actualy say it in words.
>> >> >
>> >> > my social worker says i can be very articulate, i explained to him
>> >> > several times it takes a hell of a lot of effort.
>> >>
>> >> It's like when most people try to draw things. They have an image in
>> >> their head of what they want to draw, but the drawing that actually ends
>> >> up on the paper doesn't come anywhere close to the ideal in their head,
>> >> so they get disappointed and say "This picture sucks! I suck at
>> >> drawing!" and then they throw it away and refuse to try again.
>> >>
>> >> The ones who keep drawing are:
>> >>
>> >> 1. those who just don't care what the result looks like
>> >> 2. those who practice, practice, practice when they are alone
>> >>    until they reach the point where the image on the paper
>> >>    looks like the ideal
>> >> 3. those who realize that other people haven't seen the ideal
>> >>    and have only ever seen the picture on the paper, and thus
>> >>    judge the image in a very different way than the artist!
>> >4. Those who have some other, non-artistic, reason for
>> >   drawing, such as spreading a message and drawing is
>> >   just how they choose to do that.
>> >5. ?
>> >
>> >> I belong in the third category, and I think I must have been about eight
>> >> years old when I figured it out (and made a concious effort to look at
>> >> my own creations as if I hadn't seen the ideal image and only what is
>> >> actually *there*).
>> >>
>> >> This is also one of the things I like about ascii art. Because it's so
>> >> difficult to even get things to look like something, a proof of quality
>> >> is when other people can see *what* it is you meant to draw. Making the
>> >> picture pretty is something you *might* do, some time in the future. Or
>> >> Not.
>> >>
>> >> I suspect your relationship to writing (and not just yours, probably
>> >> much more people than you think) is like that. You have a thought, an
>> >> ideal "image", in your mind, and then you want to express it in words
>> >> and what ends up on paper (or pixels) isn't quite a 100% perfect match
>> >> of that ideal... Add to that a little bit of anxiety/complex/whatever
>> >> about your ability to work with language... (sort of like a painter who
>> >> knows he's both colour blind and has Parkinson's...)
>> >
>> >And the social worker only hears what you actually say, and has no idea
>> >of what your original thought looked like. He compares you to other
>> >people, not to what goes on inside your head.
>> 
>> it takes a lot of effort to deal and talk to people. most of the time i don't bother as i couldn't care less.
>> 
>> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilert_Pilarm
>> >
>> >Now listening to Best of Elvis with Eilert Pilarm! (Ask Knoxy to explain
>> >the Swedish expression "hellre �n bra"...)
>> 
>> i asked and she didn't know how to explain it. sara wasn't sure how to either.
>> 
>
>Hmmm... "Rather than good" (not sure how well that works in English)
>
>
>It is something that is said about people who enjoy singing and who sing
>a lot even though it sounds terrible. Also, some amateurs who don't
>sound terrible at all say that about themselves.

i think i know what you mean and don't know how to explain it.

-- 

                             _
                            /    _  |  _|  _  _
          |\/|  _ |_  _ _   \_| (_) | (_| (/ | )  |\/|  _  _        _  _
          |  | (/ \_ | (_)   _/            `      |  | (/ (_) |/|/ (/ |
                `                _.--'""""`--._         `     ' '   `
                              .-'     S  H  P  `-.
                            .'  J _.--'""`--._ X  `.
                           /  B .' ._      _. `. U  \
                     _    / R  /   |\`.  .'/|   \  R \    _  _   .        _  _
        |\ | | | |/ |_   J    /    |_\----/_|    \  N L  |_ |_) /_\ |\ | /  |_
        | \| \_/ |\ |_   | Z J    .'\|\/\/|/`.    L Q |  |  | \ | | | \| \_ |_
                         |   |    |> (.)(.) <|    |   |
                         |   |  =====:|__|:=====  |   |
                 _.--'"\ J   J  =====::\/::=====  F   F /"`--._
 .--.        _.-'      _\ \   \    \ \_/\_/ /    /   / /_      `-._        .--.
( `-|    _..'    _..._'.'  \   `-..'`      `. .-'   /  `.`_..._    `.._    |-' )
|`-.|_.-'.'   .-'    _)  .-'`.    `-.______.-'    .'`-.  (_    `-.   `.`-._|.-'|
|       (   .(   .--(_!-'    .'-._ .'      `. _.-`.    `-!_)--.   ).   )       |
 `-.__.-'\-._!'|'    \    _.'      | ==  == |      `._    /    `|`!_.-/`-.__.-'
          \    |      `--' \`---.__| (`--') |__.---'/ `--'      |    /
           `--'           \.`-._____\ \  / /_____.-'./           `--'
                           `-._______`-..-'_______.-'
                                     `-..-'

               Lt. Colonel/1st Virginia Volunteers/Cesium Brigade
                           Alcotrol Labs Dept of R & D
                              mhm  x v i  x  i i i

Related ASCII art in the Gallery

Explore these categories from our collection of 11,000+ artworks:

   _______
  |.-----.|
  || jgs ||
  ||_   _||
  `--)-(--`
 __[=== o]___
|:::::::::::|\
`-=========-`() 

     ,sSSs
   ,SSSS_/ ,_
   sS/`))\//
  sS//|_(_/      _,
  SS\\\  `""-.-'` /
sSS` jgs-==-'`'-._\

 ___________
|  _______  |
| |       | |
| |       | |
| |       | |
| |_______| |
|___________|

//O\\

|\/\/\/|
|      |
|      |
| (o)(o)
C      _)
 | ,___|
 |   /
/____\

|HHHHH/"\"\HHHHHHH|
|HH`\|_.-)'|/'dP,H|
|Hb.`\\_/_//'.oddH|
|HHHb|`.\/\,'|HHHH|
|HHHHHb/\/\/|HHHHH|
|"""""""""""""""""|
| |"" /\ \  / |"" |
| |__/--\ \/  __| |

Make your own ASCII art

Turn images, text or 3D into ASCII, or draw your own – right in your browser.