Rants

[jack]

I now occasionally post private journal entries, often rants. It's strange that it seems to relieve my feelings to write it, even if no-one will see. But then I remember my resolution to try to rewrite them as greenenders, though I haven't had a great deal of success.

Today, we will represent my frustrations as animated mime.

*spiky orthogonal demon, about a foot tall, jumps up and down in front of computer, weeping*
*computer doesn't do anything*
*violins play*
*demon grips keyboard, pounds on spacebar with feet*
*violins make a "shutting down without saving" wawaaaaa noise*
*demon bangs head repeatedly into wall*
*computer lights up with data*
*demon rubs head ruefully and sits down to work*
*violins play ragtime*
*demon hammers away furiously*
*demon shakes fist at sky, punctuated by violent chords from violins, cursing the universe for being uncooperative*
*computer reformats demon*
*violins slide into honkytonk and then silence*

Well, that was surreal. At least it didn't have any phone menus in. I could see a frustrated cartesian demon representing me (a la the icon missnext made for me), though I don't think I could draw it even as well as the cuddly gruff dinosaur, nor would it be as inspiring. I do not have a tag for surreal pseudomime. I think I'm glad.

OK, after all that, I do feel better.

Comments

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

That's really rather cute. I can picture it in my head as a cartoon. :-)

Hope you got the computer sorted out, though!

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks! I had no idea if anyone else would see it, but thought it was worth trying.

More website. It's not really possible to sort it out, one must focus your will to cope with it or go elsewhere...

[dragonwoodshed.livejournal.com]

Genius. I want animated mime in my blog. I may try that later when the boredom of my life kicks in again...

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

LOL. Thank you! Unfortunately, representing it in text is the limit of my skill, I don't even know if an animation is possible, let alone be able to draw it myself :)