: not a blog

28 dec 06

A little angry about this, aren't we?

i had no idea which document inspired this question, until i brilliantly figured it must be have been the most recent that'd been posted when this question was received. problem is, i'm working on a few, and had received three questions between my writing the "i am angry" answer and the receipt of the "you are angry" question. i re-arranged the answers, out of chronological order of receipt, so that this question would follow the one to which it refers.

it seems so long ago -- i don't get slammed with submissions very often, so i'm not prepared when it does happen. it's only midnight -- i can finish the four, if i don't sweat quality too much. problem is, i tend to go back and obsessively fix style and grammar. i'm doing it now, in fact, as i re-read this paragraph. it's a sickness.

the asker is referring to when i played cyber-detective on the guy who registered tired.com, and mentioned once explicitly and once implicitly, that successful people make me angry.

so i've answered the question already -- imagine i had written that "oranges are spherical", and then a few days later got a question "so oranges are spherical, are they?". when this happens (it happened a couple of times with the rotten potato question, i believe), i have to use my psychic powers to determine what the submitter really meant.

in all of these cases, the submitter was asking me to ellaborate. they wanted to hear more about the potato, and more about my being angry (or more about spherical oranges). so, i'll oblige, even though you should really learn how to ask for what you really want. it's an important skill to have.

i wish i were more successful, especially in my "field", and so become jealous when i am reminded of people who are. i read about this mike person, and i wonder what goes on in his head.

i'm not so much angry as depressed and bewildered, really. i don't want to deliver pizzas anymore.