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Looks like I may have a ton of these, so this is collection 1 of Reflections |
| Was watching some recaps of this season's TUF 18 I feel a bit odd every time I enjoy a good fight and picture myself in it. Mark used to say he never understood my fascination with fighting. Makes me think that's only because he's so afraid of his 'beast'/inner demons. We all have them. I may have never been physically abused but I have the mental scars that can prove way more just as damaging. Thus: "It's not physical pain that scares me, it's the emotional scars left behind that give me nightmares." -Me Not literal nightmares, daymares actually.... Anywho, I googled this phrase to ensure I had the right to coin it as my own. Found some similar and would like to share: He never physically hit me, but the psychological blows left scars just the same." -Lisa Arends http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-arends/ptsd-after-divorce_b_2519897.html ION ▼ |
In response to Review of "MixedEmotions"  :'an exceptional talent with a future in writing' thanks so much, what an amazing compliment  "(the reason for conjoining the title's two words is lost on this reviewer)" it retrospect it's kinda lost on me too, I remember enjoying the juxtaposition of 'dE' being next to each other (lower vs. uppercase) and I think the feel of the poem translated into how close the words were....idunno my mind does abstract odd things w/o my permission sometimes "uncertainty about a workplace romance."..." Enamored with a co-worker," The 'workplace' is only one-sided, the speaker is actually a regular customer of the intended, I should have made that clearer or hinted somehow but I like it as is now... "eye rhyme" Never thought to describe them as such, I like it "a helpful exercise is to have someone cold-read the piece aloud" Good idea "Favorite wording - If only you really had hung the moon, / then I would be justified, / if when you smiled I swooned." Glad to hear you say so, I modified the 1st line a couple times, still think I like it better without "really", but if I took it out I'd change my mind, again. "- Nancy Ann, a WDC friend wrote," First off, it fascinates me that you enlist the reading of others, for that you have my thanks; this a regular occurrence for you or just random? Any who, I like Nancy's idea, I may do that! "- Edna, a poet said, "Short lines do not fold prose into poetry. " Edna thinks it should be written more narratively? Think that's what she's saying. I can see that....for sake of contest and I think style though I like as is "- A third friend, Arlene, emailed, "Still another starting-out poet who guesses what a rhyme is" Lol, u can assure Arlene there was no guess work, I have no delusions of grandeur or amazing poetic skills and HELLO "puppy love" come now, where's Leney's sense of loose punery (yes I made that word up)? ;-P "Reflection: what emotion or image should arise without effort for readers?" I would say: a sense of 'I know what you mean' and 'bit dramatic, but yea, I feel ya' "Bucolica's lecture on the value of a well-crafted title " Very true, what would be some of your suggestions? Question: typically, who is your target audience? I suppose it changes with each item I write; oddly enough, when I feel compelled to write (without prompts or prompting) the main audience is me; what interests me?, what would I want to read?, what's something I want to look back on years from now and enjoy the re-reading of? Writing for WDC has changed/encouraged that a bit, first by writing for judges, I don't spend a lot of time reading their judging styles but if I write for a contest I generally want to win and tend to write with the judge in mind (if I know what they like) and of course by following rules/guidelines. With "MixedEmotions"  my audience is every single other person that has struggled with unrequited love, it's basic, it's strong, and it's real; I merely want to let this audience see my side of the struggle and I hope they can relate in a way that they have not been able to relate/explain to others before. |
Adventures in Office Land: And now from "Earn GPs for getting Interactive! CLOSED"
been having a lot of 'desktop worthy' weather lately, it's what I call beautiful cloud free skies that tend to make the grass look greener/nicer, like the standard windows desktop background Thought process: from Adventures in Officeland - 3rd day at Wellpoint a.k.a. Cube Station I appreciate and LOVE my job, but life's (and this week the weather's) too beautiful to be stuck in a cubicle and away from the windows....those big beautiful windows..... Day 3 - Inadvertently cut off a co-worker on way to work (thankfully he was good natured about it) then trapped myself inside the revolving door. *palm*forehead* I should write about that..... Day 4 - Granny had emergency surgery to drain an infection in her throat....not good for an 83 yr old but she pulled through! ANYWHO, I overslept til 9:58 AM!!!*Shock**Worry**Sick* Thankfully this company is soooo relaxed, I'll make up the hours but MAN! First week on the job..... Week 2, Day 6 - Co-worker talks about how she was going to make a pumpkin cheesecake but didn't. I mentioned how I went to Wal-Mart over lunch and thought about buying mini-cupcakes to share at the office. She proceeds to tell me about how her dessert was going to be low-fat and how so many people just don't know that you can make low-fat cupcakes at home with apple sauce instead of oil and blah blah blah.... she's nice and all, but gets a lil more conservative/nit-picky by the day. So glad I met her, she's practically writing future characters for me. Bigsmile Welcome to my brain vault worker-muse/overtly conservative/opinionated charicature stereotype |
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