..................I can't even finish this. Sorry if I sound like an asshole now, but this question is just so cliched now. Is there really anyone here who hasn't already come to terms with the fact that there may not be a God and we may only exist until tomorrow, or that all of our hopes and dreams are indeed limited by chance and some times we just have bad luck? I mean, really, who needs to ask this? Didn't we all ask this question of ourselves in like, 2nd grade and just realize it's unanswerable, so just don't worry about it?
We probably all have come to terms with our beliefs regarding this sort of thing, but if we communicate them and change them, find a middle ground we all agree on, then we suddenly have what I would dub 'The Cult of the Belt.'
We probably all have come to terms with our beliefs regarding this sort of thing, but if we communicate them and change them, find a middle ground we all agree on, then we suddenly have what I would dub 'The Cult of the Belt.'
And then we round up the undesirables, and exterminate them, creating a master race of Orange Beltians, and then we-
Living the human trip. Reaching for peak experiences. Yes, everyone comes to the point where life is inherently meaningless. But then, maybe, come to the point where you realize you're capable of creating your own meaning, realize that freedom and the responsibility that goes with it. Learn not to fear that freedom. Learn not to fear death. Death is as sacred as life.
You may not ever do anything grand in your life, but that's not such a bad thing. What's worse is the expectation that what you do must have meaning to someone other than your self. Learn to let your self die, and move on.
Being creative. Creating. Being human. Humaning. Learning.
How to Write Good
The first set of rules was written by Frank L. Visco and originally published in the June 1986 issue of Writers' digest.
The second set of rules is derived from William Safire's Rules for Writers.
My several years in the word game have learnt me several rules:
1. Avoid Alliteration. Always.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat.)
4. Employ the vernacular.
5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
6. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
8. Contractions aren’t necessary.
9. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
10. One should never generalize.
11. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”
12. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
13. Don’t be redundant; don’t use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.
14. Profanity sucks ass hell f*&$ing balls.
15. Be more or less specific.
16. Understatement is always best.
17. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
18. One word sentences? Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is to be avoided.
21. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
22. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
23. Who needs rhetorical questions?
24. Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas.
25. It behooves you to avoid archaic expressions.
26. Avoid archaeic spellings too.
27. Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.
28. Don't use commas, that, are not, necessary.
29. Do not use hyperbole; not one in a million can do it effectively.
30. Never use a big word when a diminutive alternative would suffice.
31. Subject and verb always has to agree.
32. Placing a comma between subject and predicate, is not correct.
33. Use youre spell chekker to avoid mispeling and to catch typograhpical errers.
34. Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.
35. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.
36. Don't never use no double negatives.
37. Poofread carefully to see if you any words out.
38. Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
39. Eschew obfuscation.
40. No sentence fragments.
41. Don't indulge in sesquipedalian lexicological constructions.
42. A writer must not shift your point of view.
43. Don't overuse exclamation marks!!
44. Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.
45. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
46. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
47. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
48. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.
49. Always pick on the correct idiom.
49. When writing lists, don't ever make numbering mistakes
50. The adverb always follows the verb.
51. Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.
52. If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be by rereading and editing.
53. And always be sure to finish what
Now, if you happen to gain happiness from hurting others, thats a different story... you should really go see a shrink about that to try to get that fixed, cuz everyone else's happiness should be just as important as your happiness.
I don't think I've ever gone that far, and if I have, it would totally be completely accidental.
My Kitty makes life worth living! Yaaay!! She's so goshdarned cute. Whenever I open the front door to come in, she's sitting on the couch about 3 feet away waiting for me. It's adorable.
A sense of obligation really. I only got one life to live, may as well give it a fair shake.
Life has taken me to some curious places so far and thinking about my past self inevitably makes me feel dumb. Might as well keep accruing experience, gain some levels and maybe I'll get to the end boss someday. I'm sure I'll at least encounter some more marvels along the way.
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We probably all have come to terms with our beliefs regarding this sort of thing, but if we communicate them and change them, find a middle ground we all agree on, then we suddenly have what I would dub 'The Cult of the Belt.'
the cat
potato pancakes
raspberry season
pretty dresses
orange-belters' birthdays
makes it all worth it.
And then we round up the undesirables, and exterminate them, creating a master race of Orange Beltians, and then we-
oh, too far in the futute?
You may not ever do anything grand in your life, but that's not such a bad thing. What's worse is the expectation that what you do must have meaning to someone other than your self. Learn to let your self die, and move on.
Being creative. Creating. Being human. Humaning. Learning.
From: http://www.plainlanguage.gov/examples/humor/writegood.cfm
And other things I can't think of at the time.
I don't think I've ever gone that far, and if I have, it would totally be completely accidental.
That's a good reason. Unless heaven just feels like that 24/7, but we all know I'm not getting into heaven.
Crushing dreams and theology makes life worth living.
My Kitty makes life worth living! Yaaay!! She's so goshdarned cute. Whenever I open the front door to come in, she's sitting on the couch about 3 feet away waiting for me. It's adorable.
Life has taken me to some curious places so far and thinking about my past self inevitably makes me feel dumb. Might as well keep accruing experience, gain some levels and maybe I'll get to the end boss someday. I'm sure I'll at least encounter some more marvels along the way.
And seeing them driven before you?