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i remember now that feeling, of waiting for a letter or some other sort of response, from a girl. when you can't do anything, and the sweetness of the world has concentrated in that future response. i don't remember getting any meaningful reactions (and i fell in love constantly in childhood). and if i did get any, i would probably be disappointed, because i'm a moral perfectionist. no, i'm lying, i wouldn't be disappointed. but i don't remember any positive progress. for one thing, girls only look so frilly. they are as bad as any kids. and kids are just as bad as any people, and even worse as we know from william golding. but the worse thing was being a sick little pervert. i had such a funny mix of chivalry, perfectionism (aesthetic and moral), escapism and what else? it would be better to demonstrate with examples, but that would be too painful. trying to say bad things about oneself insinuating good things about oneself is someting i have been doing all these years. but as it is, you can't help trying to imply good things about yourself. because everyone is the center of their universe, and even if they are wrong, they are still right. they just don't know that they are wrong yet, and when they do, bingo, they're already right. some philosopher must have described this at great length, but i didn't read him. which leads me to another topic: how can i expect that people will read my posts (and that's what i expect), and how can they expect that i will read theirs, if i don't even read all the stuff great writers write, the writers that i really appreciate? like, paul graham is one of my favourite online writers, but i haven't read all his stuff. but now that i think about it, i do have my reasons. i'm too lazy. besides, i have things to do, like poke my nose and stare at my journal page. and that's only two examples off the top of my head




picture stolen from [livejournal.com profile] poemtree

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Date: 2006-01-16 01:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mcfnord.livejournal.com
cool words

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Date: 2006-01-16 01:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
oh thanks. i've been waiting for someone to reply to this editing it all the time. and the moment i decided to stop editing, i saw your comment

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Date: 2006-01-16 01:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mcfnord.livejournal.com
parts reminded me of situations i've been through, though it's been a while. life used to be full of expectations and hopes about girls and replies. and in hindsight, that does seem a bit silly. But under cynical wisdom about people in general there's still a deeper connection between people that is a great force for the world. we all want that, even after we've forgotten what it is.

i also agree and understand about how hard or meaningless it can be to want someone to participate in your own writing or art. that's just one of those things. it's best to forget and do your thing. it's surprising sometimes what people like. you can't really tell. the artist isn't the editor, or the curator, or the profiteer.

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Date: 2006-01-16 01:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
yeah, the stuff people like. i know only two modes: they either like something so weird, that it would be impossible to imitate, or they like your genuine creativity, that is they like what you like. and it's difficult to make something that i would like

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Date: 2006-01-16 01:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] robbzipp.livejournal.com
read what you want. I know I do. there's no way anyone can read everything.

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Date: 2006-01-16 01:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
but it's like, there are things that seem to be a more appropriate reading. but it's easier to read a friends page and news articles, as it's easier to eat fast food

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Date: 2006-01-16 02:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thirdjane.livejournal.com
I just noticed that we share the same birthday. Happy belated birthday.

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Date: 2006-01-16 02:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
and there is another news: you are exactly 10 years younger than me. i was born in 1974. that means i had a celebration on the day that you were born. i wonder what gifts they gave me

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Date: 2006-01-16 02:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thirdjane.livejournal.com
If they didn't give you a dog I would be very disappointed.

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Date: 2006-01-16 02:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
no, it should have been some typical boy's toy. like a tinplate car or a plastic car or a battery-operated machine-gun or something else. the big gift. plus a lot of small ones.

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Date: 2006-01-16 03:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poemtree.livejournal.com
at first glance i thought to myself "this looks vaguely familiar" before realizing that it is definitely my stomach.

i have other things to say but my jaw is feeling tight and uncooperative. you're not the only person who i disappoint.

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Date: 2006-01-16 03:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
i didn't get that last one, about disappointment. but ok let it be

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Date: 2006-01-16 04:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wickenden.livejournal.com
>trying to say bad things about oneself insinuating good things about oneself
>is someting i have been doing all these years.

mea culpa.

don, aka the cretin

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Date: 2006-01-16 04:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zzzing.livejournal.com
i think i'd like to have sex with that person

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Date: 2006-01-16 04:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
c'mon everyone is doing that

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Date: 2006-01-16 04:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wickenden.livejournal.com
I only notice me ;)

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Date: 2006-01-16 04:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
you'd like to have sex with anything female, you seminator (or whatever it's called)

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Date: 2006-01-16 04:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
i tell you, everyone. saying bad things about yourself is simply a form of apology

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Date: 2006-01-16 05:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wickenden.livejournal.com
you have been more self-revealing, of late.

But, what do I know?

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Date: 2006-01-16 05:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
i fell in love, over the internet. i don't know if it was for real, but it felt like it was for real. i've had a two days long trip and now that it's all over - a cold turkey. but somehow this feels good too. i can't explain, i only want to cry. and i cry actually

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Date: 2006-01-16 05:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wickenden.livejournal.com
hang in, hang on, be well.

d.

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Date: 2006-01-16 06:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mladshii.livejournal.com
Есть ряд вопросов
На картинке изображен мальчик или девочка? Талия, пупок и намек на жопу намекают на девочку, но где сиськи? Сиськи где?
И второй вопрос: когда вы влюблялись в детстве в девочек, вы были четырьмя кудрявыми (впоследствии лысыми) еврейчиками или малолетней лесбиянкой?

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Date: 2006-01-16 07:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
я не верю что вы настолько нечувствительны, что не поняли, что это как бы не для шутки пост и все такое

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Date: 2006-01-16 01:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zzzing.livejournal.com
i AM a female!

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Date: 2006-01-17 12:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mcfnord.livejournal.com
Are these your people (http://ljmindmap.com/h.aspx?n=vriad_lee)?

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Date: 2006-01-17 02:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
well, at least they displayed most of my relatives in huge bold letters

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Date: 2006-01-17 06:05 am (UTC)

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Date: 2006-01-17 06:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] purplesquirrel.livejournal.com
I, for one, enjoy reading your posts; and I also appreciate the pictures you post. Yours is one of my favorite LJs.

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Date: 2006-01-17 09:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
nice indeed

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Date: 2006-01-17 09:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
that's very, very good. and very timely

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Date: 2006-01-19 05:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crazy-on.livejournal.com
http://community.livejournal.com/sensuality_art/

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Date: 2006-02-24 10:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
damn! that was a good entry, you should have said that you appreciated it if only for the sake of objectivity

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