Every experiment of interest in life will be conducted at your own expense
Discoveries of the week:Â
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Crystal Reports and horse manure have several traits in common
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I do not really like drinking all that much
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Other people’s relationships can be just as fucked up as mine generally are
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If I keep changing my life everytime I change my mind, I will never have one
I think I’ve realised why blogs are whiny streaks of birdshit on the windscreen of the internet. I swore to myself when I started this thing that it would never contain an expression of emotion, but the temptation to break that rule is pretty strong. It was pointed out to me recently that anyone who writes something on a public forum must desire it to be read, despite any vehement denials to the contrary. Perhaps I am just looking for attention.
I suppose the answer to that one is “so fucking what?� Is it some sort of victory for the human race that I’d sometimes like to actually express what I think instead of just running it through my head? Does it make me weaker to want someone to hear me sometime? Or just to be able to should they ever feel like it? I will freely admit to wanting to be heard, but I will also point out the difference between that and wanting to be listened to.
I don’t expect anyone to agree with me, or like me. The point of this is that it makes it possible for someone to know whether they do or not. The web-based publication of my ranting and my philosophical nonsense makes it possible, however astronomically unlikely, for someone to give a damn. Perhaps I’m more of an optimist than I would like to think.
August 8th, 2006 at 2:31 pm
“blogs are whiny streaks of birdshit on the windscreen of the internet” - haha, I like that
August 8th, 2006 at 3:25 pm
you’re funny - I like you :) !!!
But mostly will you be in London startish of September? (5th - 10th) If so must plan plans ;D *hugs* m=)
August 8th, 2006 at 3:31 pm
I really like the streaks of birdshit line :)
I wonder why you care so much what other people think… maybe you should go with the ‘So what?’ approach more instead of agonising over it… I’m just spouting though… I pretty much do the same though my answer usually devolves to ‘oh fuck off’ instead of a logically thought out argument. Score to you! :)
Lots of people give a damn… and just a thought but other peoples relationships can be more fucked up that yours… you just may not want to believe they can be.
August 9th, 2006 at 11:14 am
Presume an awful lot for someone who knows nothing about me don’t you? :) Nice condescension though.
I care nothing at all for what other people think. I write because I care what I think, and its a good way to record and process it. And I’m a bit more demanding than someone who accepts “oh fuck off” as an argument.
All relationships are fucked up. But as levels of fucked upness go, mine scored fairly highly back when I had them. So don’t tell me to think about it. A random line on a blog entry doesn’t mean I can’t imagine anyone being stranger than I am. That particular line meant that I had recently been struck by exactly that.
As for lots of people giving a damn, how on earth would you know?
August 9th, 2006 at 3:41 pm
Nje, possibly. That’s what total strangers do …
As for telling you what to think, I don’t think that’s possible … I was merely giving you my opinion on the matter - I only get blog entries to make my assumptions on.
I personally think that ‘Oh fuck off’ is a perfectly viable answer to certain questions, though i’ve never considered that as causing me to be an undemanding person. I’ll try it in arguments in future and see how far it gets me. :)
How on earth would I know. I don’t know maybe it’s having to listen to all common acquaintances go on about how great you are.
August 11th, 2006 at 10:17 am
I tend to rankle straight away at the implication that I am agonising over what people think :) which is perhaps evidence in itself that I do, but I just see it as an insult.
I can’t imagine who would go on about how great I was, I suppose diamond would have at one point, but alas that one has no doubt expired :) Perhaps I should hire a new PR person…
I have heard similiar sentiments expressed about you, how odd that we do not know each other but are good friends with so many of the same people. Perhaps it should be rectified at some point.
August 17th, 2006 at 12:02 am
Hehe, I love the way artemis says ” I don’t give a shit what people think about me”. THEN WHY DO YOU SAY IT SO DAMN MUCH? Artemis, we all love you, why do you try to run away from our love?
August 17th, 2006 at 8:51 am
Fear of imminent vomiting? :)
August 17th, 2006 at 10:11 pm
I was thinking today of the best job for you. It would be a chugger. You obviously don’t mind pissing people off, you like ranting at people about random shit, possibly aids in jamica or famine in siberia whatever these hungry fuckers are always pestering me about. It would really work for you. You’d get to do your whole HI IM ARTEMIS routine.
August 17th, 2006 at 10:51 pm
I am unfmiliar with Dublin scumbag slang, and am therefore not sure what precisely a “chugger” is. I infer that you mean one of those people who asks for money for random causes…?
Such a job would be essentially unsuitable for me I think… Firstly, the pay is shit, and secondly, I rather scrub toilets for a living than spend my time asking for something I have no right to. But thanks for your thoughtfulness, please do consider me in the future for all your random nonsense comments :)
August 19th, 2006 at 4:18 pm
Chugger = Charity Mugger People that work for concern etc. that try to get you to give them your account details to set up a direct debit.
people get well paid job to buy happiness. You wouldn’t need a well paid job to buy happiness because you’d already be happy harassing people on the street.
August 20th, 2006 at 10:29 pm
But I’m happy now :) Besides, I don’t harrass anyone. I write, and people voluntarily read it. Everyone who knows where this blog is has either asked for it or found it. I don’t enjoy annoying people, I enjoy expressing my opinion. Annoying people is just a fortunate and amusing coincidence :)
August 20th, 2006 at 10:29 pm
Actually, thats not true. I do enjoy annoying people. But just for my own amusement, I don’t need a cause.
August 20th, 2006 at 11:14 pm
It’s kinda like….well i won’t say that your mom reads this.
August 21st, 2006 at 9:26 pm
Hey Artemis you look like gynweth paltrow in sliding doors! Look at her sitting in the tube, that could be you!
August 23rd, 2006 at 12:41 pm
Oh Kevin go ashead and say whatever you wish. If it shocks, surprises, disgusts or insults I will be truly amazed. Gold star to you