Comments on: Writing, c’est moi http://bookfraud.com/2005/02/15/writing-cest-moi/ At least 65 percent not depressing. Tue, 15 May 2012 03:32:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bookfraud http://bookfraud.com/2005/02/15/writing-cest-moi/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Bookfraud Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:44:00 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=17#comment-75 ~English Prof re: "I am fashion" -- I was thinking more of flaubert or catherine ("I am Heathcliff") but the sun king's "L'état, c'est moi" works nicely too.<br /><br />do you think p-diddly was thinking of M. Bovary, wuthering heights, or louis xiv when he said he <b>was</b> fashion? an egomaniac, yes, but not necessarily a dummy.<br /><br />~l boros: if you weren't such a wuss, you'd at least sin enough to make it to the eighth circle. ~English Prof re: “I am fashion” — I was thinking more of flaubert or catherine (“I am Heathcliff”) but the sun king’s “L’état, c’est moi” works nicely too.

do you think p-diddly was thinking of M. Bovary, wuthering heights, or louis xiv when he said he was fashion? an egomaniac, yes, but not necessarily a dummy.

~l boros: if you weren’t such a wuss, you’d at least sin enough to make it to the eighth circle.

]]> By: English Professor http://bookfraud.com/2005/02/15/writing-cest-moi/comment-page-1/#comment-74 English Professor Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:20:00 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=17#comment-74 "he said, 'I am fashion.' This did not raise my hackles but Wife thought it one of the most unintentionally hilarious quotes ever."<br /><br />Right up with there "I am the state," eh? And you see what that got the good king! “he said, ‘I am fashion.’ This did not raise my hackles but Wife thought it one of the most unintentionally hilarious quotes ever.”

Right up with there “I am the state,” eh? And you see what that got the good king!

]]> By: L Boros http://bookfraud.com/2005/02/15/writing-cest-moi/comment-page-1/#comment-72 L Boros Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:06:00 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=17#comment-72 Bookfraud said... ~L Boros: no thanks for your negative thoughts. go to hell, you bastard. <br /><br /><br />bf ---- you know it. level 7; feels like heaven. Bookfraud said… ~L Boros: no thanks for your negative thoughts. go to hell, you bastard.

bf —- you know it. level 7; feels like heaven.

]]> By: Bookfraud http://bookfraud.com/2005/02/15/writing-cest-moi/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Bookfraud Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:24:00 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=17#comment-66 glitzy: thanks for the link. It just takes one person to launch a book. maybe i'll just post the damn thing and somebody will notice. glitzy: thanks for the link. It just takes one person to launch a book. maybe i’ll just post the damn thing and somebody will notice.

]]> By: Glitzy http://bookfraud.com/2005/02/15/writing-cest-moi/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Glitzy Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:11:00 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=17#comment-65 I heard <a HREF="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4502278" REL="nofollow"> this</a> on NPR this morning and thought I'd share it with you. I haven't read the excerpt yet. I heard this on NPR this morning and thought I’d share it with you. I haven’t read the excerpt yet.

]]> By: sic http://bookfraud.com/2005/02/15/writing-cest-moi/comment-page-1/#comment-64 sic Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:53:00 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=17#comment-64 I work at a job that pays well, but provides absolutely no mental stimulation or opportunity for growth or advancement. Previously, this would have made me crazy and I would have quit out of sheer frustration. I wanted to for the first few months after starting here. But then I started pouring all my free time and unused brain power into my writing.<br /><br />What a difference! I don't think I could handle going back to a job that challenged me, since it would take energy away from my writing. I work at a job that pays well, but provides absolutely no mental stimulation or opportunity for growth or advancement. Previously, this would have made me crazy and I would have quit out of sheer frustration. I wanted to for the first few months after starting here. But then I started pouring all my free time and unused brain power into my writing.

What a difference! I don’t think I could handle going back to a job that challenged me, since it would take energy away from my writing.

]]> By: Michelle http://bookfraud.com/2005/02/15/writing-cest-moi/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Michelle Thu, 17 Feb 2005 02:15:00 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=17#comment-63 Hey BF, i have 3 Social Science papers due in the next 3 months. How bout i do all the research and you can do the writing....who knows you may get inspiration and make a sad and sorry University student very happy :) Hey BF, i have 3 Social Science papers due in the next 3 months. How bout i do all the research and you can do the writing….who knows you may get inspiration and make a sad and sorry University student very happy :)

]]> By: Bookfraud http://bookfraud.com/2005/02/15/writing-cest-moi/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Bookfraud Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:38:00 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=17#comment-62 ~Bees Knees: thanks for your understanding and support.<br /><br />~L Boros: no thanks for your negative thoughts. go to hell, you bastard. ~Bees Knees: thanks for your understanding and support.

~L Boros: no thanks for your negative thoughts. go to hell, you bastard.

]]> By: L Boros http://bookfraud.com/2005/02/15/writing-cest-moi/comment-page-1/#comment-61 L Boros Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:26:00 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=17#comment-61 aw don't lissen to her. be as hard on yourself as you want! life is short. aw don’t lissen to her. be as hard on yourself as you want! life is short.

]]> By: Ms Bees Knees http://bookfraud.com/2005/02/15/writing-cest-moi/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Ms Bees Knees Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:39:00 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=17#comment-59 Don't be so hard on yourself... even jotting down a shopping list is writing in my book. Don’t be so hard on yourself… even jotting down a shopping list is writing in my book.

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