hey lauren…
keith seems to not get that there is nothing to “get” about these intellectual conversations. conversations are those things that go both ways, not where you sit and listen to some dude pontificating about how his opinions are the best, but only subtly (or not so) implying that yours mean nothing. to me, if i am stuck in a conversation with somebody where the other person thinks what i say means nothing,then i’ll just shut up until they do because it’s a waste of time. perhaps the lack of good convo has to do with condescension… ’cause believe it or not, people don’t like to be called stupid for the choices they make. imagine.
sarcasm aside, i took immediately to the blogging thing and emailing ’cause i am able to write things so much more clearly than i am able to say them. writing is just another form of communication that was pretty much arbitrarily constructed by humans- like spoken language. so i always wonder why people see the interweb as a lesser form of communication…it’s the same bullshit, different pile.
it is also good to note that people don’t want to be in deep thought all the time. life is deep thought, whether it’s happy or sad, so avoiding brain twisters in social situations doesn’t necessarily speak lowly about the participants, it just says that perhaps we all think a bit too much. maybe blogging and email was a good way to break the cycle of message board-type hell where everyone was keith: pretending to want a
conversation when, in fact, only really after a soapbox to preach from. been there, done that.
and what the fuck is wrong with posting something to inspire thought in others? a single line or whatever. it seems such practices are only acceptible when it’s someone famous being quoted. well fuck that. besides, long diatribes don’t usually inpire thinking. the way i see it they don’t really allow for much freedom of discussion. they only let us know what one dude thinks, then we have two initial choices: agree or disagree. perhaps it’s a control issue…
wow. sunday ramble.
too long for comments section, but you know what i mean…
you wanna do karaoke sometime? fun!
a.
