Comments on: Sometimes I’m someone else http://downinme.com/2008/09/08/sometimes-im-someone-else/ “bad writing is characterized by obfuscation, showboating, narcissism, lack of a moral core, and style over substance." Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:09:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ani Smith http://downinme.com/2008/09/08/sometimes-im-someone-else/comment-page-1/#comment-2008 Ani Smith Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:42:50 +0000 http://downinme.com/?p=215#comment-2008 Jem: Mr Jem! (Um, Ms Jem? Oh dear, how terribly embarrassing. No offense intended, the medium, you understand.) Are you saying I lack gentility?! ;) Jem: Mr Jem! (Um, Ms Jem? Oh dear, how terribly embarrassing. No offense intended, the medium, you understand.) Are you saying I lack gentility?! ;)

]]> By: jem http://downinme.com/2008/09/08/sometimes-im-someone-else/comment-page-1/#comment-2002 jem Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:26:24 +0000 http://downinme.com/?p=215#comment-2002 This is beautiful, more gentle than some of the things you write, which perhaps fits with the title. I like the contrasts in the description and the suggestion of what they might show about us as individuals. This is beautiful, more gentle than some of the things you write, which perhaps fits with the title. I like the contrasts in the description and the suggestion of what they might show about us as individuals.

]]> By: Ani Smith http://downinme.com/2008/09/08/sometimes-im-someone-else/comment-page-1/#comment-2001 Ani Smith Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:17:15 +0000 http://downinme.com/?p=215#comment-2001 Jack: I did wonder who was making that racket. Jim: Nah, to me music and nature are one. And I don't want the second paragraph to flow, because the ideas behind it certainly don't. Lore: I like your view of the details very much. AUW: Yes, losing oneself happens all too rarely. Thank you for your restraint. This is not that sort of blog, after all. Jack: I did wonder who was making that racket.

Jim: Nah, to me music and nature are one. And I don’t want the second paragraph to flow, because the ideas behind it certainly don’t.

Lore: I like your view of the details very much.

AUW: Yes, losing oneself happens all too rarely. Thank you for your restraint. This is not that sort of blog, after all.

]]> By: An Unreliable Witness http://downinme.com/2008/09/08/sometimes-im-someone-else/comment-page-1/#comment-2000 An Unreliable Witness Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:01:52 +0000 http://downinme.com/?p=215#comment-2000 Sometimes I'm someone else too. But not often enough, for my liking. [This comment is in lieu of one which would simply contain sheer filth in response to Jack's mention of French horns. See, I can show some restraint.] Sometimes I’m someone else too. But not often enough, for my liking.

[This comment is in lieu of one which would simply contain sheer filth in response to Jack’s mention of French horns. See, I can show some restraint.]

]]> By: Lore http://downinme.com/2008/09/08/sometimes-im-someone-else/comment-page-1/#comment-1999 Lore Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:12:55 +0000 http://downinme.com/?p=215#comment-1999 The aerial view is rarely enchanting. Details are always holding my attention. The aerial view is rarely enchanting. Details are always holding my attention.

]]> By: Jim Murdoch http://downinme.com/2008/09/08/sometimes-im-someone-else/comment-page-1/#comment-1998 Jim Murdoch Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:45:54 +0000 http://downinme.com/?p=215#comment-1998 Two things: the symphony bit is out of place. I get it but could you find a way to say the same thing using a nature metaphor? Also, I like the second paragraph but try it as a single sentence. I think it might flow better and, yes, it does change the flow of the whole piece but...well, see what you think. Two things: the symphony bit is out of place. I get it but could you find a way to say the same thing using a nature metaphor? Also, I like the second paragraph but try it as a single sentence. I think it might flow better and, yes, it does change the flow of the whole piece but…well, see what you think.

]]> By: Jack http://downinme.com/2008/09/08/sometimes-im-someone-else/comment-page-1/#comment-1997 Jack Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:05:13 +0000 http://downinme.com/?p=215#comment-1997 The orchestra of my life is missing a cor anglais and inexplicably has seventeen French horns. The orchestra of my life is missing a cor anglais and inexplicably has seventeen French horns.

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