In French,
pomme means apple
de terre means earthen
but pomme de terre
just means potato.
By the way, this is my public blog! This is where I cross-post posts I've written that are more consciously targeted towards a public audience. The template is the same as my regular blog, though, in case you wanted to know.
Graceface here. Sagittarius. Singaporean. MGS'01-'10. MGS
Drama Society Society of Dramatic Arts '07-'10. ACS(I) 5.12'11 - 6.12'12. ACSIS '11-'12. !nk '11-'12
- Singaporean, but somewhat on the periphery of things.
- A little of a writer, editor, actress, student, etc., but mostly and above all a dreamer.
- An obsessive introspective of the self-centred and vaguely exhibitionist variety. Hence the blog.
- Obsessed with words and how they work.
- Ignorant and uncomfortably aware of it. Also in denial about it.
- Very young, very immature.
- Easily crushed by feeling.
I write because I can't break the habit.
Ghosts Made of Thought
Tuesday, 25 January 2011 18:11
Quote from Andrew Hussie's
Formspring, Andrew Hussie being the creator of a certain webcomic named
Homestuck. You can attempt to read that comic (and I'd say you should), but it will probably consume about a week of your time. It's pretty long.
Emphasis mine.
You always get tons of backlash from everyone; on the forums, the chans, here, everywhere! And well, I just wanted to say that regardless of who is right/wrong/an idiot, I sincerely hope your feelings never get hurt too bad. Sounds dumb, but I mean it. :(
I'm not even sure I do compared to a lot of other well known internet creators, but it doesn't matter.
Feelings-wise, I'm pretty much unflappable. You might as well register your grievance with a brick wall. And in some cases, negative opinions only fuel in-story "rebukes", but that has more to do with mischief on my part than actual retaliation. And I am prone to finding that funny, whereas OBVIOUSLY the critic will not, and will be inclined to register additional meaningless grievances. It's all good.
A statement that I think encapsulates my attitude is, all things being equal, which they aren't, why is this guy's opinion better than mine?
First of all, the situation is very, very far from being equal. I don't think much hubris is required to believe that ME vs. RANDOM INTERNET GUY is not close to a fair fight.
Second, even if the metrics tracking quality thought broke even between us, it is merely opinion vs. opinion. I'll side with mine, thanks.
Opinions aren't even real things. They are ghosts made of thought. But lots of people on the internet, especially grumpy ones, treat theirs as absolute reality. Which can be pretty funny to watch. Or terrible. Re: youtube comments.
If you're a creative type who struggles with how others receive your work, I might suggest embracing the attitude above. But before you go too far with it, you also might want to try real hard to be good at something first.
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Updated 29/8/2012
Short-Term
- Go to UStudios with ACSIS to celebrate the birthdays of Carolyn, Danyal and myself
- Go for Prom 2012
- Drink some amount of alcohol for my 18th birthday
After That (Small Things)
- Write a fanfiction if I haven't done that already
- Play MapleStory again
- Play Audition again
- Watch a series (Game of Thrones, House, Sherlock, an anime, I don't even know)
- Learn how to cook
After That (Big Things)
- Post-IB production
- Edit the only finished novel I've ever written
- Write that collab with Sheralyn
- Write something else?
- Apply for universities
- Apply for scholarships
Books to Read
- 1984 by George Orwell [unfinished]
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand [not started]
- Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman [not started]
- Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami [not started]
- Dubliners by James Joyce [the whole thing; unfinished]
- Ulysses by James Joyce [not owned]
- The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman [not owned]
- Watchmen by Alan Moore [not owned]
- V. by Thomas Pynchon [unfinished]
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy [a proper read; unfinished]
- The Coffin That Wouldn't Bury by Jeffrey Lim [unfinished]
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley [not started]
- Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson [not owned]