Kevin's Watch

Most people probably didn't know this, but my mortal being, my life essence if you will, has been possessed by LM's old avatar for a long time now. You know, the angry looking avatar who peers into my soul and judges me for who I really am. That gazing stare...penetrating my inner core and leaving me a shallow shell of a man.

But now...the avatar is gone! I am free! Free to live my life without having to fear that questioning gaze no longer! No more shall that glare awaken me in the middle of the night in a cold sweat, fearful that that evil, angry head will somehow destroy me for questioning it's almighty will.

Freedom!!!

And yet...I somehow miss him, too.

Come back, evil avatar!!! I submit my will to you!!!-jay

Yeah, I liked that avatar too...pity

Jay, sounds like some therapy is in order. I suggest calling the Avatar Addicts Anonymous hotline.

I figured I'd trade one intense bald guy (Principal Blackman) for another (Michel Foucault). I'm sorry to have disappointed you. :p

i dont know who he is but i like him. Foucault that is.

Is that who he is? Y'know, when I studied journalism they taught us about ideal sentence length and stuff. Now I'm not exactly a slave to short readable sentences, but Foucault took it to an extreme in pretty much everything of his I've read. When I analysed my Foucault Reader which is sorta an antholgy, I found he averaged 99 words and 3 concepts per sentence. Not the most readable of writers even in a field that has particular problems with readability.

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"I am well aware that I have written nothing but fictions...." --Michel Foucault

Huh. Fiction is easy to read. (OK, usually. Finnegan's Wake anybody? )

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He is the most difficult writer I've ever read. Okay, Derrida is up there, too.

Lord Mhoram wrote:He is the most difficult writer I've ever read.

I concur. I had to read some of his work some years back, and I found it almost painful.

Excellent description. The Reader was one of my philosophy set-works in varsity. *shudder*

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kevinswatch wrote:...penetrating my inner core and leaving me a shallow shell of a man.

You were shallow way before LM started using that Avatar, dude.

Avatar wrote:Huh. Fiction is easy to read. (OK, usually. Finnegan's Wake anybody? )

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Bah...didja get through it Avatar? I'm starting to think we might be the same person.

I did get through it, but as for any ounce of comprehension...nah. Feel I'd need a class in it. But Robert Anton Wilson always made it sound so damn interesting. Too bad I don't have the same kind of brain Bob did.

I did read through it because it was a joy to read the sentences and catch all the clever wordplay at play in it. I just wish it could have been more enjoyable then that.

I've ploughed through the damn thing once. I keep promising to do it again but...

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