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Author Topic: [MILK] There were 12 eggs here what did you do with them? (Happy thread?!)  (Read 16249453 times)

Elegy

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Re: [:3] Things that made you HAPPY today thread.
« Reply #21405 on: September 23, 2010, 04:18:02 pm »
This quote made me extremely happy today.

It's from Kurt Vonnegut's Jailbird. It's what you say when someone tells you they're lonely:

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Why don't you take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut? Why don't you take a flying fuck at the mooooooooooooon?
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Re: [:3] Things that made you HAPPY today thread.
« Reply #21406 on: September 23, 2010, 04:21:28 pm »
I think I need to tell that to myself every time I feel unhappy, because it's a lot more satisfying than most of the responses I've gotten.

Vonnegut is wonderful.
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Re: [:3] Things that made you HAPPY today thread.
« Reply #21407 on: September 23, 2010, 04:22:15 pm »
In my dorm, I have a shoebox that has every single one of his published books in it.

I would die for that man, I swear.
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Re: [:3] Things that made you HAPPY today thread.
« Reply #21408 on: September 23, 2010, 04:23:14 pm »
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We may not be as brave as Gryffindor, as willing to get our hands dirty as Hufflepuff, or as devious as Slytherin, but there is nothing, nothing more dangerous than a little too much knowledge and a conscience that is open to debate

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Re: [:3] Things that made you HAPPY today thread.
« Reply #21409 on: September 23, 2010, 04:25:33 pm »
Quote from: Elegy on September 23, 2010, 04:22:15 pm
In my dorm, I have a shoebox that has every single one of his published books in it.

o_O

I have... 3 or 4 of them now, I think.  Darn it, I really need to fill out my Irving and Vonnegut collections, unless they're like Steinbeck, in which case I have to pretend a good deal of their work doesn't exist.
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Re: [:3] Things that made you HAPPY today thread.
« Reply #21410 on: September 23, 2010, 04:27:05 pm »
Every Vonnegut I've read, even the bad ones, are golden.

(yes, even Deadeye Dick)
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« Reply #21411 on: September 23, 2010, 04:29:08 pm »
Quote from: Elegy on September 23, 2010, 04:27:05 pm
Every Vonnegut I've read, even the bad ones, are golden.

(yes, even Deadeye Dick)

The fascinating thing about him is that I always read a novel, and then am left with a strong emotion, but little recollection of what I actually read about.  Well, okay, I remember the catch phrases (HiHo!  So it goes.) but not much else.  Hm.
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Re: [:3] Things that made you HAPPY today thread.
« Reply #21412 on: September 23, 2010, 04:30:35 pm »
Yeah! That's my favorite part. He's so amazing at reaching the reader. No matter what the topic is, he will find a way, through his dark humor, to make you care about it on an emotional level.

Poo-too-weet?
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« Reply #21413 on: September 23, 2010, 04:49:38 pm »
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I dunno, you guys have survived Thomas the tank engine, golems, zombies, nuclear explosions, laser whales, and being on the same team as ragnarock.  I don't think something as tame as a world ending rain of lava will even slow you guys down.

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Re: [:3] Things that made you HAPPY today thread.
« Reply #21414 on: September 23, 2010, 05:54:10 pm »
Reasonableman commented on my Venture Bros/Homestuck art.  :3
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Re: [:3] Things that made you HAPPY today thread.
« Reply #21415 on: September 23, 2010, 06:20:07 pm »
Just finished my first creative writing assignment!  I'm quite proud of it.  There's a surprising amount of philosophy and information that can be crammed into a simple, no-frills, written-for-clarity description.

It's called "Things illuminated by a broken street lamp," which is pretty cornball in its teleological...-ness (-osity?  -ity?), but kinda clever if I do say so myself.

At the very least, I think it's better than the example given.  Hmph.

EDIT: Curses.  Direct result of writing: 4:30 in the afternoon and have yet to put on clothing.
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Re: [:3] Things that made you HAPPY today thread.
« Reply #21416 on: September 23, 2010, 06:28:19 pm »
Quote from: Vector on September 23, 2010, 06:20:07 pm
EDIT: Curses.  Direct result of writing: 4:30 in the afternoon and have yet to put on clothing.

I don't suppose you're going to post the writing for us to read it?  Also, damn you for reminding me that I have yet to make and significant effort at writing anything myself, after many many months of saying "any day now".
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Re: [:3] Things that made you HAPPY today thread.
« Reply #21417 on: September 23, 2010, 06:34:21 pm »
Yah? Well, today my writing exercise made my teacher laugh.

It made a public school teacher laugh
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Re: [:3] Things that made you HAPPY today thread.
« Reply #21418 on: September 23, 2010, 06:47:17 pm »
Vester, just curious, have you ever seen the film Waking Life?

Because...

If not, I have a film for you to watch.
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Re: [:3] Things that made you HAPPY today thread.
« Reply #21419 on: September 23, 2010, 07:01:25 pm »
Vonnegutian Wisdom for the ages.



I regret that I've only read a few of his books, and the only one I can keenly remember is "Slaughterhouse 5". He was a delightfully bizarre, irreverent, and poignant man.
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