...however, it would probably get a B or C if it were being assessed by the killjoy teachers who marked my essays in high school - "Don't use 'I' in a formal essay" - pfft! The instructions were to DISCUSS; I often preface my discussions (formal or otherwise) with "I think" or "in my opinion" or "shut up and listen". For example: "In my opinion, Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov needed a shitload of editing to give it even a modicum of readability". See. I mean, this is only my opinion, it isn't gospel - is it so wrong for me to indicate as such? There are people (strange people, living in dark, dark caves of delusion) who would stridently disagree with my opinion on The Brothers Karamazov, who may even think that the novel could use more words (God forbid!). I believe they should preface their essays with "I think" or "In my opinion, Nicole is not only wrong, but she is also a raving idiot". But I digress...back to praising my blog (which is the point of this blog entry)...
I love my blog and it loves me. My blog's love is unconditional. My blog doesn't judge me. It doesn't lecture me if I use inappropriate language. It doesn't laugh at me if I misspell a word. It doesn't make snarky comments if I use incorrect grammar. It doesn't get all elitist if I experiment with my writing style (in fact, it encourages free form expression). And, most importantly, it doesn't grade me. There are no passes or fails with my blog; no ego-enhancing "A"s or ego-deflating "F"s. There is only the freedom to say whatever I like, however I like, without the fear that my blog privileges will be taken from me because I write verb-less sentences ...(well, unless I write incredibly offensive, verb-less sentences).
6 comments:
I enjoyed reading this entry. (And from now on I shall stop commenting [is that a verb? argh] the same thing every time.)
Please feel free to say whatever you like, Efrat. I encourage freedom of speech/commenting on my blog, and this includes verbless comments and repeated comments.
Well, at least I've got verbs...
(Just wondering, what kind of music do you listen to?)
I don't really have specific music tastes, I like listening to different kinds of music. Here in Melbourne there are a number of radio stations that play a variety of music, so I tend to listen to the radio alot. Of the CD's I own, the ones that I play the most are probably Pink Floyd, Sarah McLachlan, Metallica and REM.
I do not know Sarah McLachlan's music, which of her albums do you like listening to?
I hope you'll try listening to Opeth. I see you like Metallica, and they are not very alike but maybe you'll like them. They are one of my favorite bands, along with Ayreon - Ayreon are great. If you like fantasy and science fiction, maybe you'll fing their music interesting.
I probably listen to Sarah Mclachlan's first album, Touch, the most. It has a very melodic and otherworldly sound. I hadn't heard of Opeth or Ayreon (I had to look them up in wikipedia) but they sound interesting. I like some heavy metal music but the really full-on thrashy stuff I can't listen to for very long.
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