Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Yao Ming

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  1. Yay, learned a new word today!

    Reminds me of a YouTube video genre that the kiddo loves--YouTube Poop. Also uses a sort of cut-up technique, if I understand the term correctly.

    The kiddo definitely helps keep me up to date on current internet culture. At nine, he's a lot cooler than I ever was! And reminds me of how old I'm getting. I continue to use the word "awesome" although it's become passe'. He tells me it makes me sound old. Oh well. Might as well embrace it.

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  2. I think awesome has made a comeback somewhat.

    Of course, you could try spelling it this was: Awsum.

    Then he might approve. Might not though.

    I think I translate everything to lolspeak now (Big Awsum!)

    "All your comment box r belong to us nao."

    Yeah flarf is the old cut up thing re-introduced like it's something new. Because the cut-ups often are language taken out of search engines.

    It's not new.

    The degree of silliness is sometimes seen as new, but those people who think that must not have read the Dadaists...are read the right ones.

    The only thing new about it is the level of careerism and seriosity attached to the venture. It's a very factitious art movement. It's really a career movement.

    Flarfists and conceptualists in poetry pretend to argue so they can make each other more "famous" (read: microfamous).

    They did this in the Whitney.

    That's how serious they are.

    I consider the Whitney the McDonald's of American culture.

    Serious.

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  3. Damn, is my brain broken.

    Are for "or."

    Was for "way."

    Oh well. You probably got what I meant.

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  4. There are some good flarf poems. But you need a GREAT deal of patience to find them.

    I really tried with the stuff.

    The main problem is that it's intellectual funny and not funny funny.

    It's like when really smart people try to act dumb.

    They don't know how to do it.

    They're just the other kind of dumb.

    It would be embarrassing if they weren't reaping such rewards.

    So I am happy for them for that.

    That they feel a sense of community and feel historical.

    Some of them even talk about their own historicity in interviews.

    I feel sad for them when I hear them talking that way.

    Because that lets me know they have a very deep misunderstanding of death.

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