freewrite 1: ramblings and golf terms
They say the best way to write is to free write, in a steam of consciousness sort of style. Well, Douglass Malloch did comment that “The biggest liar in the world is They Say,” and in most cases, it’s probably true (well, in my arrogant opinion at least). But then again, I was never very good at free writing, as I’ve always felt the need to go back and correct myself after a decent bit of writing. So we’ll see how this goes. Not really sure where this is going myself, just wanted to make an attempt. Alright. Breathes Deeply. Let’s get started then… I mean continue. A few days ago I was thinking (it happens every once in a while for almost everyone, even idiots like me), and I thought that perhaps referring to something as subpar should really be a compliment, as opposed to the insult it’s considered. Because, if you really think about it, the term par comes from golf, where the lower score one gets, the better. So the term subpar, or below par, should actually be a compliment. Ah well, not really going to change any minds on that one, though it will probably remain a joke amongst my family forever more. (Or we’ll all forget about it within a couple of months, except for me, because I’m weird like that. Right now I’m just picturing myself in 2 years referencing this, and needing to remind everyone of how the joke came to be.)
Alright, new segment. I just took a break for about an hour and a half (busy schedule, thought I had more time) and what I had so far wasn’t quite enough for me, so I figured I’d ramble a bit more. Hmm… just thinking about how happy I am that for me, stream of consciousness means typing out a my general stream of thought, and not all the random ideas which pop into my head in the meantime. If I wrote those, it would look something like ping-pong. pizza. no, don’t think about it,don’t think about, err alright terrible pun. wow this looks terrible why am I even thinking about this. Hey, I wonder if anyone besides for me ever has a random train of thought which they follow to completion and then just say: wait, that made absolutely no sense. Why am I still thinking about this? Focus ____, focus.breathe. Hey wait, why am I telling myself to breathe, this isn’t some sort of yoga? you know... and cut. Wow that was terrible. I don’t really know how to explain that or excuse myself, the best I can come up with is that my mind works in strange ways sometimes. For example, once I woke up extremely exhausted, and the first thought which popped into my head was: wow I’m not thinking straight. Wait - if I’m not thinking straight, does that mean I’m thinking in zigzags or in circles? Yeah, I don’t know either. Well, I think I’m going to stop here before you all start thinking I’m way too weird for your tastes. Yeah, yeah, I know, too late.
Note: each paragraph was individually written free-style as it popped into my brain. Nothing was edited more than 3 seconds after being typed (within 3 seconds it's a knee-jerk reaction and not really editing). I now feel like an idiot for writing "ah well" instead of "oh well." oh well. Photo selected afterwards because it reflected my frame of mind.
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