(Also a good poet or prose writer once in a long while, but the barren stretches sure do seem long to me!)
I can't even remember the topic of my IB History Internal Assessment paper now. Is that reassuring? I hope so.
Things like that make me ignore spell check on a general basis. Oh, you've reminded me of something that one of my erstwhile professors talked about not long ago - egregious heteronormativity in a set of current OED definitions. Sadly, the details have fallen down my personal memory hole. I guess at least the OED includes "homoerotic"...
I believe you have successfully summed up Jack Kerouac in a single sentence. Good for you!
But, God, yes. The more research I did on Jack Kerouac the more I wanted to shove a potato in his exhaust pipe (not a euphemism). By the end up the project I absolutely hated the guy; I was literally growling as I typed up the conclusion. Though I discover a love for Allen Ginsberg, though, so this project has not been a complete wash.
But... it's a word. How do you not have a word in a dictionary, no matter obscure it may be? And calling it "obscure" is stretching it; I can safely say that I use "homoerotic" far more than I do "puerile", and yet the latter is in SpellCheck, and the former isn't.
I believe you have successfully summed up Jack Kerouac in a single sentence. Good for you!
Ha - I do try!
The more research I did on Jack Kerouac the more I wanted to shove a potato in his exhaust pipe (not a euphemism). By the end up the project I absolutely hated the guy; I was literally growling as I typed up the conclusion.
Ahaha. You know I'd say the reaction's warranted!
Ginsberg >>> Kerouac.
And calling it "obscure" is stretching it; I can safely say that I use "homoerotic" far more than I do "puerile", and yet the latter is in SpellCheck, and the former isn't.
Hey, same here - and I don't think it's an obscure word either.
Jack Kerouac: misogynistic jackass unsuccessfully repressing homoerotic tensions!
Date: 2008-12-20 03:49 am (UTC)I can't even remember the topic of my IB History Internal Assessment paper now. Is that reassuring? I hope so.
Things like that make me ignore spell check on a general basis. Oh, you've reminded me of something that one of my erstwhile professors talked about not long ago - egregious heteronormativity in a set of current OED definitions. Sadly, the details have fallen down my personal memory hole. I guess at least the OED includes "homoerotic"...
Re: Jack Kerouac: misogynistic jackass unsuccessfully repressing homoerotic tensions!
Date: 2008-12-20 11:26 pm (UTC)But, God, yes. The more research I did on Jack Kerouac the more I wanted to shove a potato in his exhaust pipe (not a euphemism). By the end up the project I absolutely hated the guy; I was literally growling as I typed up the conclusion. Though I discover a love for Allen Ginsberg, though, so this project has not been a complete wash.
But... it's a word. How do you not have a word in a dictionary, no matter obscure it may be? And calling it "obscure" is stretching it; I can safely say that I use "homoerotic" far more than I do "puerile", and yet the latter is in SpellCheck, and the former isn't.
It simply boggles my mind.
Re: Jack Kerouac: misogynistic jackass unsuccessfully repressing homoerotic tensions!
Date: 2008-12-21 12:10 am (UTC)Ha - I do try!
The more research I did on Jack Kerouac the more I wanted to shove a potato in his exhaust pipe (not a euphemism). By the end up the project I absolutely hated the guy; I was literally growling as I typed up the conclusion.
Ahaha. You know I'd say the reaction's warranted!
Ginsberg >>> Kerouac.
And calling it "obscure" is stretching it; I can safely say that I use "homoerotic" far more than I do "puerile", and yet the latter is in SpellCheck, and the former isn't.
Hey, same here - and I don't think it's an obscure word either.