tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post8275262924931824592..comments2024-03-29T00:56:07.277-07:00Comments on The Adventures of Notorious Ph.D., Girl Scholar: A useful exerciseNotorious Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-20999827532355821142010-04-25T17:34:02.260-07:002010-04-25T17:34:02.260-07:00Hey – how about writing in order to believe?
I ju...<i>Hey – how about writing in order to believe?</i><br /><br />I just managed to actually publish something which began because someone challenged me to make a paper out of an idea I had which I wasn't sure was true. Either I was right, or I've fooled enough people that there's no difference.<br /><br />More to the point, I <i>never</i> know what I really think until I've written it. My first drafts are <i>never</i> where the inspiration is. That's either before, when I'm scribbling plan chunks, or later, after I've left it for a week or so and come back and found that now I know what I <i>meant</i> to say.<br /><br />In summary: first drafts are grunt work, but that euphoria you describe so well is why they're worth sweating out, and I wish I met it more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-35413576546247241592010-04-25T09:35:05.013-07:002010-04-25T09:35:05.013-07:00Smoked caciocavallo is the cheese I was thinking o...Smoked caciocavallo is the cheese I was thinking of:<br /><br />http://danielcosta.ca/?p=204<br /><br />Apparently, it can be made from sheep or cow's milk.<br /><br />Have I mentioned that I love fucking cheese?Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-23654796427873767202010-04-25T08:46:30.494-07:002010-04-25T08:46:30.494-07:00I'm with the Comrade: I feel that I do a lot o...I'm with the Comrade: I feel that I do a lot of unconscious processing of ideas even when I'm not actually composing on the page. Or at least, I do when I'm in a writing space generally. <br /><br />And: that's a truly amazing picture. I adore it!squadratomagicohttp://squadratomagico.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-67239211877872212182010-04-25T08:46:16.686-07:002010-04-25T08:46:16.686-07:00I'm with the Comrade: I feel that I do a lot o...I'm with the Comrade: I feel that I do a lot of unconscious processing of ideas even when I'm not actually composing on the page. Or at least, I do when I'm in a writing space generally. <br /><br />And: that's a truly amazing picture. I adore it!Phul Devihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001424066432419292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-70432206476019095942010-04-25T07:13:18.912-07:002010-04-25T07:13:18.912-07:00My experience has been that, even when I think I&#...My experience has been that, even when I think I'm procrastinating, my mind is actually churning over what I am going to write (to some extent consciously, and to some extent unconsciously. So when i do finally sit down and start writing, a lot of the work has already been done, and the writing flows very well.<br /><br />Corollary to this, I don't sweat it or get mad at myself if I find myself "procrastinating" instead of writing. BTW, omphaloskepsis is a cool-ass word. I never heard of that before now.<br /><br />Sheep's milk cheese is so awesome. There is this one cheese that I love that is an Italian sheep; it is formed into a gourd-like shape, and then smoked while hanging, so it ends up looking a lot like this, because they hang the cheese from a string tied around the base of the neck:<br /><br />http://www.abnormalarts.com/gourd_pin_tutorial_005d.jpg<br /><br />YUM!Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-66024309191919493682010-04-25T04:55:46.283-07:002010-04-25T04:55:46.283-07:00This is a great post. I keep a notepad by the bed ...This is a great post. I keep a notepad by the bed just in case - it has the added advantage of really disturbing either my SO or the dog, depending on the night's sleeping arrangement, when I start flailing around for it (and the light switch) in the dark. The scary part of that is occasionally waking up and reading notes I don't remember writing - it's some sort of weird twilight zone between my conscious and subconscious. The other thing I do, when I feel I HAVE to write but don't have a clue where I'm going is just write. Usually I'll end up with several pages of complete crap but I seem to be able to get to something coherent eventually. And mornings are absolutely the best before the clutter of the day can screw with my thought processes.Curt Emanuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531034596024372214noreply@blogger.com