Comments on: Express Yourself http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/ Scattered values and the chance of philosophy. May contain funny. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:21:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: meesteryan http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-105593 Sat, 24 May 2008 10:38:07 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-105593 <i>I’m assuming your[sic] talking about your own here, Meester.</i> i see what you did there, you sly old self-deprecating fool. however, i know that you know full well that i meant my own. should "full well" have been hyphenated? I’m assuming your[sic] talking about your own here, Meester.

i see what you did there, you sly old self-deprecating fool. however, i know that you know full well that i meant my own.

should “full well” have been hyphenated?

]]> by: Jonners http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-102156 Fri, 16 May 2008 23:42:49 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-102156 It's good to see you back and on good form, Cliff. It’s good to see you back and on good form, Cliff.

]]> by: Sam http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101975 Fri, 16 May 2008 13:47:12 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101975 It's easy to get neurotic about comments - I've learned to seek validation elsewhere. I'm dreaming up ways of getting back on terms in the vlog wars, but unfortunately I'm bashful about walking down the street pointing my camera at myself and talking. There ought to be workshops about this sort of thing, or some sort of Union. Seriously. I may come up with some sort of strategic plan for my blog, transfer some of my work principles. I just don't feel like I get the best out of the whole process. It’s easy to get neurotic about comments - I’ve learned to seek validation elsewhere. I’m dreaming up ways of getting back on terms in the vlog wars, but unfortunately I’m bashful about walking down the street pointing my camera at myself and talking.

There ought to be workshops about this sort of thing, or some sort of Union. Seriously. I may come up with some sort of strategic plan for my blog, transfer some of my work principles. I just don’t feel like I get the best out of the whole process.

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101921 Fri, 16 May 2008 10:09:51 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101921 <i>i leave it too long between pointless but well-meant contributions.</i> I'm assuming your talking about your own here, Meester. Thanks as ever. i leave it too long between pointless but well-meant contributions.

I’m assuming your talking about your own here, Meester. Thanks as ever.

]]> by: meesteryan http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101909 Fri, 16 May 2008 09:35:15 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101909 i gave up blogging years ago. i just comment now. and pretty much only here. i find it liberating, although i do feel kind of guilty if i leave it too long between pointless but well-meant contributions. Cliff, i loved the last 2 paragraphs really a lot. i gave up blogging years ago. i just comment now. and pretty much only here. i find it liberating, although i do feel kind of guilty if i leave it too long between pointless but well-meant contributions.

Cliff, i loved the last 2 paragraphs really a lot.

]]> by: Katy Newton http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101717 Thu, 15 May 2008 18:33:41 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101717 Yes. I am doing well on (3), and I mean comment moderation rather than vlogging and Sam. Notice, for example, that I did <i>not</i> Facebook you demanding that I be uncorralled SOONEST this time. Yes. I am doing well on (3), and I mean comment moderation rather than vlogging and Sam. Notice, for example, that I did not Facebook you demanding that I be uncorralled SOONEST this time.

]]> by: sooz http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101670 Thu, 15 May 2008 15:42:18 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101670 I was attacked and pecked on the knee by a Swiss goose outside a mountain restaurant once (not it's breed - it's location) and 'boo' was not the first thought on my mind. 'Fucking boo you bastard' might have been. I forget. I was a bit preoccupied and I don't really think it was listening to me at that point anyway. I was attacked and pecked on the knee by a Swiss goose outside a mountain restaurant once (not it’s breed - it’s location) and ‘boo’ was not the first thought on my mind. ‘Fucking boo you bastard’ might have been. I forget. I was a bit preoccupied and I don’t really think it was listening to me at that point anyway.

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101653 Thu, 15 May 2008 14:47:48 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101653 3. Or worry when my comments go into moderation without explanation. Thanks Katy. In turn: 1. I will post when I'm good and ready and not when I'm neither, because if I'm not then it shows and I churn out rubbish. Also, no one expects more of me than I do of myself and that also needs looking at. 2. I will not mind when I put up a video post and no one comments, even if it confirms my worry that such forays are self-centred, ill-advised and generally awful. 3. Continue to fight Sam in the vlog wars whether he likes it or not. 3. Or worry when my comments go into moderation without explanation.

Thanks Katy.

In turn:

1. I will post when I’m good and ready and not when I’m neither, because if I’m not then it shows and I churn out rubbish. Also, no one expects more of me than I do of myself and that also needs looking at.

2. I will not mind when I put up a video post and no one comments, even if it confirms my worry that such forays are self-centred, ill-advised and generally awful.

3. Continue to fight Sam in the vlog wars whether he likes it or not.

]]> by: Katy Newton http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101608 Thu, 15 May 2008 11:32:15 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101608 Basically, I have adopted the following positions on blogging generally: 1. I will write when I want to and not feel bad if I don't, even if that does mean that the blog goes fallow for a couple of months or more. 2. I will be delighted when people I like to read <i>do</i> post, rather than aggrieved and tantrummy when they don't. In accordance with paragraph (2) above, I therefore declare myself delighted to see you posting again. Basically, I have adopted the following positions on blogging generally:

1. I will write when I want to and not feel bad if I don’t, even if that does mean that the blog goes fallow for a couple of months or more.

2. I will be delighted when people I like to read do post, rather than aggrieved and tantrummy when they don’t.

In accordance with paragraph (2) above, I therefore declare myself delighted to see you posting again.

]]> by: B http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101381 Wed, 14 May 2008 20:41:02 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101381 Pretty sad, I can confirm. Cheers for the welcome! Pretty sad, I can confirm. Cheers for the welcome!

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101063 Tue, 13 May 2008 21:41:03 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101063 I'm not sure how sad you were, but I'll say welcome and good on you for now. I’m not sure how sad you were, but I’ll say welcome and good on you for now.

]]> by: B http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101046 Tue, 13 May 2008 20:18:18 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-101046 I went round for a year at uni going 'BOOTOAGOOSE'. The theory being that I was too shy to say it when I was a bairn and was making up for lost time. How sad was I, eh? I went round for a year at uni going ‘BOOTOAGOOSE’. The theory being that I was too shy to say it when I was a bairn and was making up for lost time.

How sad was I, eh?

]]> by: ed r http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-100998 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:01:35 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-100998 For the record, I have never said boo to a goose. I did rescue a white duckling from certain death at the hands of a very angry swan once. I took the duckling home and put it in the back yard and fed it bread and sardines for a few months. When it was mostly adult I brought it back to the pond where I rescued him, and he promptly chased that swan down and harrassed the hell out of it. He'd do this quite often until one day the swan was gone. So while I suppose I raised a swan-hater, well, it WAS a rather bullying swan. For the record, I have never said boo to a goose. I did rescue a white duckling from certain death at the hands of a very angry swan once. I took the duckling home and put it in the back yard and fed it bread and sardines for a few months. When it was mostly adult I brought it back to the pond where I rescued him, and he promptly chased that swan down and harrassed the hell out of it. He’d do this quite often until one day the swan was gone. So while I suppose I raised a swan-hater, well, it WAS a rather bullying swan.

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-100958 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:40:27 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-100958 No, it was Kipling. Or Ravi Shankar. I sometimes get the two confused. No, it was Kipling.
Or Ravi Shankar. I sometimes get the two confused.

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-100947 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:06:31 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-100947 Thanks Gordon - Kind of you to say so. Have a break if you need it, but don't let the 'mehs' win. It's your road. Miss T - Yes. Yes I am. Small, mmm. Ed R - I thought that was some Eurovision song you were breaking into. Also Sredni Vashtar. Thanks all. Thanks Gordon - Kind of you to say so. Have a break if you need it, but don’t let the ‘mehs’ win. It’s your road.
Miss T - Yes. Yes I am. Small, mmm.
Ed R - I thought that was some Eurovision song you were breaking into. Also Sredni Vashtar.

Thanks all.

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-100937 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:37:02 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-100937 RIki-TIki-Tavi ring a bell? ;) CLiff! You've been missed! RIki-TIki-Tavi ring a bell? ;)
CLiff! You’ve been missed!

]]> by: Miss T http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-100920 Tue, 13 May 2008 11:28:20 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-100920 Hoorah! You are back. And you have lovely words with you. PS. Mongooses (yes, not geese, do not ask me why) are not very terrifying for they are quite small. Like meerkats, only small. Did I mention the small? Hoorah! You are back. And you have lovely words with you.

PS. Mongooses (yes, not geese, do not ask me why) are not very terrifying for they are quite small. Like meerkats, only small. Did I mention the small?

]]> by: Gordon http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-100905 Tue, 13 May 2008 10:02:32 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/05/13/express-yourself/#comment-100905 Glad yer back (I WAS still reading if not commenting). As for deleting the blog, yeah I get that too, about the same frequency as you. Right now I'm a bit 'meh' about it... it's just too much effort sometimes when many other things get in the road. But, like you, I'd miss it when it's gone.. Glad yer back (I WAS still reading if not commenting).

As for deleting the blog, yeah I get that too, about the same frequency as you. Right now I’m a bit ‘meh’ about it… it’s just too much effort sometimes when many other things get in the road.

But, like you, I’d miss it when it’s gone..

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