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The rest of the week he is taking up space
I am not sleeping enough to write thoughtfully about any of the things I would like to, good or bad. I just backed a Kickstarter from the Paleontological Research Institution because I think a stuffed plush Dunkleosteus is one of the nicest birthday presents I could give myself. The stack of library books beside my bed now contains a copy of Elizabeth Goudge's Green Dolphin Street (1944) and a matching DVD of the 1947 film is waiting on my desk because I have decided to do this thing to myself. It's true they aren't good, but I'm not actually sure these examples of AI-written poetry are Vogon-level bad; I've seen worse from teenagers who just discovered e.e. cummings.
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I hope you get sleep soon.
If I really wanted to torture you, I should have saved my middle school juvenilia poetry and mailed you the thick notebook I copied it into. :p It's just as well I didn't illustrate it as well. *shudder*
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The eurypterid was really tempting, but then I saw the Dunkleosteus. I don't know what kind of person doesn't want a fossil plushie!
If I really wanted to torture you, I should have saved my middle school juvenilia poetry and mailed you the thick notebook I copied it into.
That would have been really unfair, especially since I'm not sure my own terrible elementary school poetry has survived to the present day to retaliate with.
It's just as well I didn't illustrate it as well.
I illustrated at least one of mine for a classroom publication in fifth grade. It can't have been a good idea. There's a reason my journal is not full of my own sketches and art.
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Oh God, now I want to write ANDAN POETRY WARS.
I illustrated most of my stories from elementary school onward. This...may or may not have been wise. :p These days I figure if I ever make it to "good enough to make cracky cartoons with recognizable character designs," I'm probably fine.
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DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT.
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(I still remember when I wrote "The Pirate Captain's Daughter," which features pirates who use poetry-magic to navigate, a reviewer complained that the story didn't include actual poetry examples. I thought, given how terrible poets many epic fantasy writers are, she would have been GRATEFUL I didn't inflict my poetry on the reader! Haha.)
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hooray
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My birthday is October 9th; I'll be thirty-five this year. It's one of the pieces of personal information I don't strictly list on the internet, but since I announce the occasion every year on LJ/DW, it's really not a secret. Thank you!
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You should! They are certainly the sort of thing I would take home from a museum gift shop for a child, or anyone I knew, really.
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Thank you for this link! ^_^
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You're welcome!