Things I thought about blogging today
Feb. 9th, 2007 12:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pjthompson❶ When I pulled the random quote out of the file it turned out to be this one:
Random quote of the day:
"Anyone who thought that slaying armies was easier than fixing your own internal emotional mess hadn't had enough therapy."
—Laurell K. Hamilton, Seduced by Moonlight
I thought, "Gee willikers golly gee, the way I was raving and caving about LKH the other week, people are going to say, 'Hey Pam, wtf? Why you quoting LKH?'" And then I thought, "I guess I'll have to put a disclaimer, like, 'Yeah, I'm posting a quote by LKH! You wanna make something of it?'" And then my brain clicked in and I said to myself, "Um, Pam, nobody really cares."
❷ So then I was looking around for a picture to illustrate the quote and I typed "slaying armies" into Google Images and most of the stuff I got was boring as hell, so I tried a few more phrases until finally one of the selections was Picasso's Guernica. And I thought, "Oh yeah! That's a great painting. I'll use that." And I downloaded it and I was getting ready to do my thing. Then my brain clicked in and I said to myself, "Um, Pam, that's way too high class a painting for that quote. Think about it." And I agreed I was right. So I downloaded a picture of Xena, Warrior Princess instead.
❸Then I thought, "Not that Xena isn't a classy broad," and I thought about how important Xena was in breaking down some barriers in Teeveeland and how she made lots of girls and young women feel empowered. And I thought it might be good to ruminate on that 'cuz like it was a really silly show that had a really big impact and how that's usually how change happens. When you approach problems head on with clubs and shouting, backbones tend to stiffen and resistance increases, but if you slip something in under the radar, with silly attached, people might actually listen.
❹Then my brain clicked in and I thought, "You know, there's a dark side to that, too. I mean, it's great that girls and young women, and boys and young men, grow up feeling empowered. But fear is a good thing, too. Not the cringing in a corner kind of fear, or the 'Om gittin' ma gun, Martha!' kind of fear, or the 'I'm going to beat you up because you're different' kind of fear. Those are all unhealthy kinds of fears. Healthy fear makes you realize that you really aren't a six foot Amazon with muskels and 'tude carrying a big sword. Healthy fear makes you know you've got to protect yourself, not get too cocky and put yourself in harm's way—because the rest of the world isn't necessarily watching the same TV shows you are." Then my brain clicked in and I thought, "Um, Pam, everyone knows that already. You're stating the obvious."
❺So then I thought about playing malicious tricks on a couple of jerks from a message board I read; or better yet, post something really sarcastic to the board, like one of those posts that's really ironic and skirts the edge of serious so people aren't really sure if you're kidding or not. Then my brain clicked in and I said, "Um, no. You don't need to waste your energy, and you really don't need the bad karma. Besides, irony is dead. Most people will just figure you're being completely serious and you'll start another stupid and endless discussion about whether apples should be oranges or oranges should be apples, and why squirrels only take one bite out of fruit and then throw it down on the ground without eating the whole fruit and commenting on its goodness."
And then my brain kicked in and I realized I was too exhausted to write any kind of post at all.
Random quote of the day:
"Anyone who thought that slaying armies was easier than fixing your own internal emotional mess hadn't had enough therapy."
—Laurell K. Hamilton, Seduced by Moonlight
I thought, "Gee willikers golly gee, the way I was raving and caving about LKH the other week, people are going to say, 'Hey Pam, wtf? Why you quoting LKH?'" And then I thought, "I guess I'll have to put a disclaimer, like, 'Yeah, I'm posting a quote by LKH! You wanna make something of it?'" And then my brain clicked in and I said to myself, "Um, Pam, nobody really cares."
❷ So then I was looking around for a picture to illustrate the quote and I typed "slaying armies" into Google Images and most of the stuff I got was boring as hell, so I tried a few more phrases until finally one of the selections was Picasso's Guernica. And I thought, "Oh yeah! That's a great painting. I'll use that." And I downloaded it and I was getting ready to do my thing. Then my brain clicked in and I said to myself, "Um, Pam, that's way too high class a painting for that quote. Think about it." And I agreed I was right. So I downloaded a picture of Xena, Warrior Princess instead.
❸Then I thought, "Not that Xena isn't a classy broad," and I thought about how important Xena was in breaking down some barriers in Teeveeland and how she made lots of girls and young women feel empowered. And I thought it might be good to ruminate on that 'cuz like it was a really silly show that had a really big impact and how that's usually how change happens. When you approach problems head on with clubs and shouting, backbones tend to stiffen and resistance increases, but if you slip something in under the radar, with silly attached, people might actually listen.
❹Then my brain clicked in and I thought, "You know, there's a dark side to that, too. I mean, it's great that girls and young women, and boys and young men, grow up feeling empowered. But fear is a good thing, too. Not the cringing in a corner kind of fear, or the 'Om gittin' ma gun, Martha!' kind of fear, or the 'I'm going to beat you up because you're different' kind of fear. Those are all unhealthy kinds of fears. Healthy fear makes you realize that you really aren't a six foot Amazon with muskels and 'tude carrying a big sword. Healthy fear makes you know you've got to protect yourself, not get too cocky and put yourself in harm's way—because the rest of the world isn't necessarily watching the same TV shows you are." Then my brain clicked in and I thought, "Um, Pam, everyone knows that already. You're stating the obvious."
❺So then I thought about playing malicious tricks on a couple of jerks from a message board I read; or better yet, post something really sarcastic to the board, like one of those posts that's really ironic and skirts the edge of serious so people aren't really sure if you're kidding or not. Then my brain clicked in and I said, "Um, no. You don't need to waste your energy, and you really don't need the bad karma. Besides, irony is dead. Most people will just figure you're being completely serious and you'll start another stupid and endless discussion about whether apples should be oranges or oranges should be apples, and why squirrels only take one bite out of fruit and then throw it down on the ground without eating the whole fruit and commenting on its goodness."
And then my brain kicked in and I realized I was too exhausted to write any kind of post at all.
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Date: 2007-02-09 09:20 pm (UTC)and then I nodded at how wise you were with the trick 'em with the silly because a lot of people get their news from SNL and the Daily Show and the like and that is certainly working for them.
and now I have to check my email. 'scuse me.
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Date: 2007-02-09 09:39 pm (UTC)You're excused.
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Date: 2007-02-09 10:25 pm (UTC)