Why is it that i continually find myself in here at such ungodly hours?

I don't know, I should be working on my drawing for constructive design.

Instead I'm posting on the community thread.

So how's it going, ER, The pit is treating you bad? :p

[QUOTE=TojesDoLan]I don't know, I should be working on my drawing for constructive design.

Instead I'm posting on the community thread.

So how's it going, ER, The pit is treating you bad? :p[/QUOTE]


I'm actually not getting a lot of pit flameage recently. I think it comes with a thousand posts or something :p

I was goin to crit every song on the first page tonight but i don't have the energy. I'll probably do them tomorrow. Also, ozzfest05 keeps posting songs that i'm critting with several hundred words and yet he posts two line replies to everyone's stuff. It's pis[SIZE=2]s[/SIZE]ing me off to be honest. I tried to call him on it the other day and he just got b[SIZE=2]i[/SIZE]tchy and didn't listen. I'm waiting for Morrisey to give me a crit on my poem, afterwhich i'm going to work on the song for the lyrical challenge.

Out in the real world i'm bored as hell, hence the almost constant logged on status and lack of sleep. I've got nothing to do till university starts back(if i passed my exams and got back in) except work on some stuff for my band. We're just getting started again after kicking out a guitarist and bass player, so at the moment it's me and the drummer. We're gonna get a few songs written(or i am) and then we'll audition a few band members. The fun never stops :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=EmergencyRoom]I'm actually not getting a lot of pit flameage recently. I think it comes with a thousand posts or something :p

I was goin to crit every song on the first page tonight but i don't have the energy. I'll probably do them tomorrow. Also, ozzfest05 keeps posting songs that i'm critting with several hundred words and yet he posts two line replies to everyone's stuff. It's pis[SIZE=2]s[/SIZE]ing me off to be honest. I tried to call him on it the other day and he just got b[SIZE=2]i[/SIZE]tchy and didn't listen. I'm waiting for Morrisey to give me a crit on my poem, afterwhich i'm going to work on the song for the lyrical challenge.

Out in the real world i'm bored as hell, hence the almost constant logged on status and lack of sleep. I've got nothing to do till university starts back(if i passed my exams and got back in) except work on some stuff for my band. We're just getting started again after kicking out a guitarist and bass player, so at the moment it's me and the drummer. We're gonna get a few songs written(or i am) and then we'll audition a few band members. The fun never stops :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]


LOL

Yeah I know what you mean. Online, I'm not having that much reputation going on. The pit will always be the pit. Ikikdababy will still think my name is Dan. anyhow, I still try my best to keep up with things. Maybe I should do more controversial threads, more often.

Real life is not as sucky. This new girl entered the phys/math program, so I can see more a[B][I][/I][/B]ss, If you know what I mean. :naughty:
Anyhow, I'm building my life up after this strange relationship (which never was a relationship "per se" But it was crazy as whell, and painful as hell) with this girl, and I'm trying to meet some people. This weekend looks promising, as there's a lot of partying involved, and maybe a couple of fights in there. I'm having the worst time of my life drawing with stylographs and pencils, As this Constructive design class I'm having is tough as hell.

Yeah. Telling your life on the internet. :lol:

[QUOTE=TojesDoLan]LOL

Yeah I know what you mean. Online, I'm not having that much reputation going on. The pit will always be the pit. Ikikdababy will still think my name is Dan. anyhow, I still try my best to keep up with things. Maybe I should do more controversial threads, more often.

Real life is not as sucky. This new girl entered the phys/math program, so I can see more a[B][I][/I][/B]ss, If you know what I mean. :naughty:
Anyhow, I'm building my life up after this strange relationship (which never was a relationship "per se" But it was crazy as whell, and painful as hell) with this girl, and I'm trying to meet some people. This weekend looks promising, as there's a lot of partying involved, and maybe a couple of fights in there. I'm having the worst time of my life drawing with stylographs and pencils, As this Constructive design class I'm having is tough as hell.

Yeah. Telling your life on the internet. :lol:[/QUOTE]

Songwriting and lyrics brings the emo out in people :lol:

Good luck with the chicks. BTW, i think tht's the first time i've ever seen that smiley :naughty: used in this forum. :thumb:

Poets are not horny people, I guess.

And yeah, it's the vibe about it.

Next Topic: Favorite writer?

Everyone can join. :)

[QUOTE=TojesDoLan]Poets are not horny people, I guess.

And yeah, it's the vibe about it.

Next Topic: Favorite writer?

Everyone can join. :)[/QUOTE]


At the moment it's John Milton because i'm reading "Paradise Lost". Last week it was Jeffrey Deaver. I'm eclectic in my reading tastes and go through about three books a week on average.

I'll post that tomorrow, I have to go get some books and stuff. But Currently Nietzche is the best I can think of.

Anyhow, pliz review my newest poem, I'll double crit for that, OK? :p

/a[B][I][/I][/B]ss kissing.

I'll review your older stuff tomorrow, Or I can owe you some crits. :D

My favourite writers are John Irving and John Steinbeck, if you're talking about novelists.

Favourite songwriters are Morrissey and Billy Bragg.

edit: and I'll get around to your songs guys, I swear. I'm just not in a critiquing mood at the moment.

[QUOTE=morrissey]edit: and I'll get around to your songs guys, I swear. I'm just not in a critiquing mood at the moment.[/QUOTE]


Appreciated. :thumb:

In all honesty, I don't have any songwriters I hugely admire... Although I have to admit I do have a soft spot for Kris Roe from The Ataris - he's got an ability to write heartfelt stuff without it being too cheesy. Unfortunately he doesn't vary subjects much.

Novelist-wise, I'm a complete Terry Pratchett geek. There's just something in his humour that cracks me up - he can do subtle jabs just as well as blatant cheesy puns which aren't that funny but you smile anyway. Plus his daughter is HOT!

Tojes, if you were looking for favourite songwriters then i'd have to go for Morrisey, Pete Doherty, Roger Waters, Malcolm Middleton, Thom Yorke, Josh Homme, Bob Dylan, Paul Banks, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez/Cedric Bixler Zavala, Trent Reznor and probably a few others i've forgotten.

My favorite writers are Ben Gibbard and Conor Oberst.

There are certainly far worse writers to emulate than those guys.

*swears to e-punch the first kid to come in and say Kurt Cobain*

Kurt Cobain.

/braces self

haha, remember, I never punch women...









[COLOR=DimGray][size=0](because getting beat up by them afterwards is humiliating)[/size][/COLOR]

OK let's see. I love descriptive writing, so my first choice has got to be Fedor Dostoievski. William Golding did a terrific job depicting human nature, and I can't remember right now... But those poets that wrote sonnets and such that have certain guidelines for metric and such, apart of the fact that what they wrote was so flawlessly beautiful. I'll come back with the names.

As for songwriting, I think Mikael Akerfeldt has a great songwriting, despite being death-metal, which is supposed to be gore and sh¡t (literally), Also Brandon Boyd has his ways to write some really cool stuff.

New critiquing system = uber-detailed crits, but takes f'n aaaaages... I think I'll save those crits for the guys I know will make use of them. :)

[QUOTE=Jason101]Novelist-wise, I'm a complete Terry Pratchett geek. There's just something in his humour that cracks me up - he can do subtle jabs just as well as blatant cheesy puns which aren't that funny but you smile anyway. Plus his daughter is HOT![/QUOTE]
Have you read the one he did with Neil Gaiman, "Good Omens"? It's pretty funny, in a dark, apocalyptic way. Especially the part where the representatives from Heaven and Hell not only leak each other, but the human race, and are sad that they'll have to see it go.

gah, I nearly bought that the other day... I'm travelling to Sheffield in a few days, and needed something to read. I got The Da Vinci Code instead, because it was three quid cheaper.

[QUOTE=Jason101]gah, I nearly bought that the other day... I'm travelling to Sheffield in a few days, and needed something to read. I got The Da Vinci Code instead, because it was three quid cheaper.[/QUOTE]
Okay, that was actually a good choice, because "The Da Vinci Code" is an [i]amazing[/i] book... though Dan Brown can't write a chapter that goes over 500 words, or his teachers will give him bad marks.

/anyone who's read the book gets it

Also, one of the best jokes in "Good Omens" is the claim that any tape/record left in a car for more than a fortnight turns into a "Best of Queen", and how Aziraphale and Crowley relaxed to J. S. Bach's [i]Mass in B-minor[/i], vocals by F. Mercury.

lol...


I didn't really like the Da Vinci Code much...

It was okay, but all the characters were huge cliches except Sophie. Langdon is about as interesting as a Bread Sandwich.

(yeah, I read the book already... :upset: )

Wow, you're fast.

You didn't even like the plot twist at the end with who really was the bad guy? Or the fascinating use of real architectural stuff and how that was worked into the plot?

I liked the architectural stuff... that was clever writing, but I'd already spotted the plot twist. American Writers are still in the dark ages for the most part - the Englishman is still [i]always[/i] the bad guy. :p

[QUOTE=Jason101]I liked the architectural stuff... that was clever writing, but I'd already spotted the plot twist. American Writers are still in the dark ages for the most part - the Englishman is still [i]always[/i] the bad guy. :p[/QUOTE]
Hmm... maybe it's because I read too much British stuff and Golden Age Sci-Fi that I was unaware of that rule... I read way too much Douglas Adams and Isaac Asimov.

I haven't read any Asimov - is he any good?

Do yourself a favor and do one of these things:
a) Buy the Foundation Trilogy
b) If you like said trilogy, buy "Foundation's Edge"
c) Buy "The Complete Asimov: Vol. 1"

The Foundation Trilogy is actually a collecton of short stories that form a cohesive plot. "Foundation's Edge", which is book four, is a single story. "The Complete Asimov" is not at all complete, but as a whole is a collection of short stories. However, Vol. 1 contains some of the best Sci-Fi short stories ever. You may or may not like him.

nice... may be worth a shot. I've found Sci-Fi to be a bit of a minefield - it's either very good or very bad.

I keep trying to start writing myself, as it's something I've always loved, but I just never get the time, you know?

[QUOTE=Jason101]nice... may be worth a shot. I've found Sci-Fi to be a bit of a minefield - it's either very good or very bad.

I keep trying to start writing myself, as it's something I've always loved, but I just never get the time, you know?[/QUOTE]

I nearly developed decompression sickness when i read the last few pages because i've just been in the pit and you guys are talking literature :lol:

I write a little. I've probably got about 40 pages of a novel written. Doubt i'll ever get published though.

And as for sci-fi, i just reread William Gibson's Neuromancer and it's such a brilliantly written book. If you haven't read it as of yet i'd suggest it. :thumb: