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Random small update junk.
I couldn't get on JF all day. I was going through withdrawal! Actually, I was incredibly bored and missed the wank. I was so bored that I decided to change my user info over on LJ. I have too many random trolls who are ready to jump all over me and don't even take the time to read what I have to say about things. Ad hominem anybody? It's terribly annoying. Like I've said before, at least read the message before you shoot the messenger! Anyway, just for the heck of it, I'll repost my new bio info over here for posterity.
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Mission Statement: My mission is to be bald. Baldly honest that is. I will review fanfics, write essays on certain writing trends and attitudes and otherwise comment on the world around me all while staying true to what I know and trying to make my statements as clear and useful as possible. I will not bow to the will of others simply because they disagree and will not be swayed by the ignorance of trolls and flamers.
Given the recent influx of people who are more willing to attack me as a person than listen to what I have to say, I figured I should define my "mission" a little more. I'm not out to save the world. I'm just out to point out and comment on what I see around me. I hope that some people find this helpful. In fact, I hope that people will actually take the time to listen and think about what I say. Just because you don't like me, doesn't mean I don't have anything to say. I have a lot to say, either take the time to listen or go away and keep your snide remarks to yourself. Due to the annoying trolls, anonymous comments will be screened. People are free to say whatever they want in my journal, but if you don't have anything useful to add, then I will remove the comments at my leisure.
I hold quite a few beliefs that others don't agree with. I believe that if you're going to try your hand at something, you should at least make the effort to do it well. This applies to all things, but I apply it often to fanfiction. I think that if you're going to try your hand at writing, you should at least make an effort to do it well so that you can be proud of what you've produced and that your readers will enjoy it. For some reason, people don't think that's a very good way of looking at it. However, let's say that you were learning to bake cookies. If you burnt your cookies, you cannot give them to people and say "Tough shit, eat them and like it!" You throw them away and try again. If they're brown around the edges or a little too mushy, that's fine, as long as you tried and you're willing to improve it the next time around. All of life should be like that. Even hobbies, which you do for the simple joy of doing them, should be given a good healthy effort. So what I'm saying is, if you can't be bothered to at least try and do it well, don't do it at all. If you don't like that, too bad.
This journal is a learning experience for me and whomever else decides to read it. I shall be stretching my wings as I branch out into critical analysis of stories and other technical junk. Take the ride with me, I think it will prove most interesting. If you feel a sudden overwhelming need to contact me, the comments are open and there's always aim, given that you're not a lame little flamer hiding behind your anonymity. Open your mind and enter my journal as I tell it like it is.
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