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Quix's Random Bullshit Thread (Comments Welcome)

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Oh, I know you are. I loved writing something that fucked up and twisted.
What's wrong with me?
 
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I agree, your response would probably run to ten pages, XD
 
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Do you mean you could find less wrong with me on a bad day? Or you'd just be more concise? XD
 
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It was a rhetorical question, I think I already know the answer!
 
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Speak for yourself, Mali. I'm an expert at denial!

I must say, I'm amused, and a little surprised, at the number of people who've told me they keep an eye on my journal, and the sometimes unconventional workings of my mind. Feel free to comment, it brightens up my day, XD


Edit: Speaking of brightening up my day, I just received this email at work. "Hi all just to let you all know I am working from home today as on the Weekend I had a fall and found out yesterday I had broken my arm!

Now, I do realise a broken arm isn't funny, but if you knew the woman who sent it, you'd know why I found it slightly amusing, particularly considering that she was at work for the entire day on Monday, and didn't once mention a sore arm. She also did go on to say that she was perfectly okay!


And, from the great, and sadly deceased, Christopher Hitchens, who I admire for his forthright opinions, and brutal honesty, comes:

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Seriously, please read my fucking threads before messaging me! Three, one line approaches, within five minutes - bangs head repeatedly on desk -.

Okay, rant over. However because I'm now in that type of mood, here's some more Christoper Hitchens. XD


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RE: Quix's Writing Samples And Other Stuff (Comments Welcome)

How did you ever guess, Mali? XD
Though amusingly frustrated is probably a better descriptor. Sometimes all you can do is shake your head.
 
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Oh a little birdy...

That's what I do at work. Over the weekend, I was helping a lady and she liked all the drapery we had that didn't come in the length she needed. So then she proceeded to say that we never have product and we need to get product. I just walked away. I wasn't in the mood to hear them talk out of their asses. She saw that I disappeared and said 'Thank you!' and I was like 'Uh huh,' and proceeded to roll my eyes away from her and the cameras xP
 
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Does he have a name?

I sympathise, I could never work in retail, I'd be fired the first day. Probably straight after ripping down the 'Customer is always right' sign. Stupid is stupid, no matter who it comes from, XD.
 
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Hmm...I think I want to name him after a breakfast dish. Something you douse with lots and lots of maple syrup...

Yes thank you because believe it or not, the customer is not always right!
 
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You're skirting very close to the edge there, Mali!

And, no, the customer isn't always right.
 
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I was going to name him Waffles! xP

Because if that were true, then the customer would have knowledge and experience not only in retail but also in the merchandise and since we get people saying that they have no idea about some of the stuff we carry, it's a very faulty and incorrect belief.
 
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Waffles is a very nice name, I approve.

Exactly, they should change the signs to 'The customer always thinks they're right" instead. I wonder, do you know of anyone who is always right?
 
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Could it be flapjacks, or pancakes?

Never, unless you think it is?
 
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I'm bored! Slow Friday afternoon at work. I work in a sales orientated area, but not in sales, so how busy I am depends on the sales team. I love my job, pretty much because I'm my own boss, and need not take directions from anyone (which, to dramatically understate things, is something that doesn't agree with me; and even less with the person attempting to give me directions), but when it's quiet, its not the most intellectually stimulating, which is one of the reasons I turned to writing. Composing each and every post, for any story, is a challenge, and one I enjoy.

However, it's been pretty quiet on that front this week as well. Most of my partners are busy with college, exams or other life issues. I also had to drop a roleplay yesterday, which is something I always hate doing, but I wasn't sure where it was at, and had totally lost my muse. However, as I always attempt to do, it was done with respect, and we remain friends - will likely try again when time permits. On the plus side, it appears I've picked another up, which should be fun.

Another thing I've realised more and more lately - which has nothing to do with domination or submission - is just how difficult it is to find female writers who will portray a character with her own motivations, or independent agency, in a story. (For doing so, I owe my current partners a huge debt of gratitude). As I responded with, to a comment on one my threads yesterday, the majority of requests I receive from those willing/wanting to write a female character with an independent will and autonomous motivations, are from male writers. Whilst I appreciate the approaches, my preference is to write against females as to do otherwise defeats the very purpose of my requests.

Much in the same way that I think that reluctance/unwillingness/incapability of females to write independent beings, with their own motivations/goals/desires, perpetuates gender stereotypes, so do I think that female writers who feel the need to switch to a male character to play a 'dominant, initiator, or secure in their own skin' role, and male writers who need switch to females to play 'naïve, innocent or submissive' roles, only bolster the same stereotypes; not to mention the "male = perpetrator and intellectually superior, female = helpless victim and intellectually inferior", mentality; and continues to maintain nothing but a singular creative perspective.

And that's without even getting into the predictability inherent in constantly playing archetype against archetype, and the lessening of story possibilities; which the writing of characters with conflicting internal motivations, or those playing against type, has to offer up. This is fiction, and creative writing. Why?

What else? I think a lady at work is attempting to turn me into an alcoholic. Every time I agree to pay an advance on her commissions, I receive a bottle of liquor. I now have five unopened bottles of bourbon, and two of vodka, sitting at home waiting to be drunk. I tried refusing once; but that's more hassle than accepting (not that I tried too hard). Anyways, I think the price of buying me a bottle is a small one to pay; if I said no, she'd most likely be forced to reveal to her husband exactly how much had been lost at the casino.
 
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So sorry for my brief disappearance, it's about that time of the semester where I want to run away and hide from all of my responsibilities. xD I will try and get you a response this weekend!

That being said on the topic of customer service, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-kjerulf/top-5-reasons-customer-service_b_5145636.html this is an interesting article we discussed in one of my courses in relation to the hospitality field. I had a good laugh about it.

Enjoy your weekend!
 
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No worries, Silv. You did warn about a busy semester, and real-life always comes first.

Thanks for the link, I had a laugh at it as well. I understand the reasoning behind the sentiment, but I think retail/hospitality staff have it hard enough as it is, and shouldn't be forced to put up with unreasonable crap. Sometimes people just need to be told when they're in the wrong, XD.

I will, and I hope your weekend allows you at least a little free time to chill and relax.
 
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