tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post5556018564234191282..comments2023-10-12T11:37:47.156-04:00Comments on ABSURDIST PARADISE: Coming Back Slowly to Our Regularly Scheduled ProgramEarnest Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01947000435270263070noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-48261525879145118182007-04-06T00:43:00.000-04:002007-04-06T00:43:00.000-04:00God, you capture the regression-to-the-teens beaut...God, you capture the regression-to-the-teens beautifully. I am similarly horrified by myself. It happens especially around my mother. It's awful. At my father's house, it's not that I am a snarky asshole, but that I lie around eating chips and watching sitcoms for days on end.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, welcome back! Good luck with scary work!Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033740943173352249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-10043718397217082942007-04-05T21:32:00.000-04:002007-04-05T21:32:00.000-04:00oh good, i was starting to feel bad, like how can ...oh good, i was starting to feel bad, like how can you be so nice, tutor all these people, and still write funny blogs? i'm glad there is hate in you yet....gwoertendykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00542058287462910446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-67189671787047552992007-04-05T20:40:00.000-04:002007-04-05T20:40:00.000-04:00I regress to about age 13 whenever I first go home...I regress to about age 13 whenever I first go home to the fam as well. I thought that was a little weird of me but one of my undergrad profs once described the exact same thing, so maybe it's more universal.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad that you have a BFF named Hate-Filled Dissertator; that makes me smile ... er, uh, no, makes me <I> pissed, </I> absolutely malevolent and full of anger. (How does one congratulate on on achieving the proper level of jaded bitterness to survive grad school? heh.)<BR/><BR/>Good luck on getting the chapter done. You can always follow my strategy: I will take a nap, and then, a miracle will occur eventually and *poof* the chapter will come into being.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-12279653129499440002007-04-05T18:41:00.000-04:002007-04-05T18:41:00.000-04:00Thanks for the good cheer, AH. I assure you -- I ...Thanks for the good cheer, AH. I assure you -- I am full of hate. I just ran into Similarly Hate-Filled Dissertator and she said she thought of me when she thought of hate and misery. (Maybe I shouldn't, but I just took it as she feels my pain.) But the way I produce is by writing crap. Total crap. Like non-academic crap where I ask myself questions about what I'm talking about. And then I get sort of into it. I figure I can translate in academese later. So I've got oodles of pages. But very little that's publishable/passable. We'll see. Strangely glad to be back, since I understand the chaos here. Great to see you!Earnest Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947000435270263070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-54198289531549485832007-04-05T13:29:00.000-04:002007-04-05T13:29:00.000-04:00welcome back, ee, i missed you@ maybe i'm just no...welcome back, ee, i missed you@ maybe i'm just not getting it, but it seems like you write WAY faster than i do, are way more productive, and generally are a kinder and happier soul...god love you!<BR/><BR/>thanks for the cheer it was much enjoyed!gwoertendykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00542058287462910446noreply@blogger.com