24 Sep

From Wit to Writ

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A couple of weeks ago, I thought I’d be witty.

Okay, okay. I like to think I’m being witty ’round the clock, and realistically speaking, I’m probably way off. All beside the point. Go with the story. I need some suspension of disbelief here, kay?

See, we had a couple of prose paragraphs due in my Poetry class a couple of weeks ago. Yes, prose for poetry class. We were exploring the differences between the two. We had to write two descriptive paragraphs, one literal and one figurative, on the same physical object. The professor suggested using a room as our subject. I decided to be witty (and different, since I figured everyone would choose a room), and selected my bathroom scale as my object of choice.

Now, two weeks later, my professor has requested that we write a poem describing that same physical object. So I’ve gotta write a poem about my bathroom scale tonight. Everyone else gets to write a poem about their bedroom, or kitchen, or so on. I bet it’d be easier to write about those. More substance there. That’s what I get for being witty, eh?

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cssZenGarden has a few new designs up since I was there last. I’m still jealous. Go check ‘em out, and see what I ~would~ be doing with my time, if I could.

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I think my interview yesterday went well, but I probably won’t hear anything back until next week sometime. The job description given me consists of repairing PC’s, doing tech support over the phone, and developing instructional documentation. Heh. That sounds like a conglomeration of my last three job descriptions. :)

Oh, and check out the title I’d have: Help Desk Analyst. I’ve decided that the third word in any techie-title is completely superfluous. My current title is “Information Technology Assistant”. Before that, I was a “Technical Support Specialist”.

Hmm. Looking at these, I’ve decided the first two words are pretty interchangeable, too. I challenge some bored programmer out there to write a Geek Title Generator so I don’t have to. You can even call it that. Hell, call it the TGTG, which of course would stand for the “TGTG Geek Title Generator.” Yano, like how PHP stands for “PHP Hypertext Protocol.” That, my friends, is the geeky power of a good reflexive acronym.

Posted Wednesday, September 24th, 2003 at 8:00 pm
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Responses to “From Wit to Writ”

Mris
September 25th, 2003 at 10:12 am

I think a poem about a scale is going to be much more interesting (and possibly much more personal) than another “My bedroom” poem. I had to read a half dozen of them in my Intro Creative Writing class alone. The really good poets can pull them off, but how many people in your class are already really good poets? Better to be interesting than to tell the teacher that you have a white fridge and a couple dishes in the sink.

~E
September 25th, 2003 at 10:44 pm

Nonsense. There’s plenty interesting about scales. For instance their… and there’s always the… er, uhm… I’m glad it’s not me.

Well, you’re clever, you’ll figure something out. ;p

notMris
September 26th, 2003 at 6:14 am

I want my own computer back… but this is funnier than filling in my own info. :)

You shouldn’t have had a problem with a poem about the bathroom scale, though. Just be consoled by the fact that whatever you end up with, it’s bound to be more worthwhile than William Carlos Williams. (Maybe he wrote two paragraphs about the wheelbarrow?)

I had to write six mindlessly boring poems for my memorable Intro Creative Writing class, after the instructor had issued his Decree Against Anything Interesting. I got kicked out of the class before I got the assignment back, though, so I don’t know how it went over. I’m sure they make bathroom scales look fascinating; I’d post a couple, but I made quite certain to “write” them in a public computer lab, and not save the file, so I could disavow all claim to them should the Taste Police show up.

T