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[electricland]

Strangely, whenever I say "I had issues with the structure of this section, so I got out the scissors and cut it up and rearranged it and now it's much better"

...people always take a few goes to realize that I mean actual scissors and actual cutting.

I dunno, it works great for me, but few other people seem to do it. I learned it from my mother.

Went with monkeycommando to hear Warren Ellis speak last night. As, apparently, did someone hearing-impaired, because there were two sign language interpreters trading duties. Sadly, I missed the sign for "rectal tsunami," but I'm pretty sure I can now sign "spliff."

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[thebitterguy]

You were there? I didn't see you.

Did you ask any questions? I was the one who inquired on the GF show.

[monkeycommando.livejournal.com]

Where were you standing? Near the bar, stage left?

Right at the Stage left big speakers, by the couches and windows.

[thebitterguy]

Yep, that was me. Big bald guy.

Shit. Now I feel like a tool.

[monkeycommando.livejournal.com]

Why? Oh, because you didn't see ELL?

Well I still don't know what you look like, but I was relying on, uh aural-spatial memory to try to think of where that question came from.

[thebitterguy]

Oh, I thought you meant that you guys were standing right next to me there, since I was by couches/windows.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

I guess we were! monkeycommando is expressing himself poorly. Actually we were ON one of the couches before the talk and during the intermission.

I think we get to share equal toolage, since clearly I overlooked you too. Although in my defense I was trying to figure out if the sign language interpreter closest to me was my cousin K (I'm pretty sure not, but I only got a good look at the side of her head, so I'll have to ask her).

[electricland.livejournal.com]

hey, I didn't see you either! don't feel like a tool! Unless you want to.

[pretentiousgit.livejournal.com]

Hey, I learned that one from my law professor in Gr. 9!

.... the cutting things up thing. Not the ASL for "spliff".

[electricland.livejournal.com]

I am not alone!

If the interpreter on the left does turn out to have been my cousin K, I will ask her about the sign.

[rubberneck.livejournal.com]

But what about 'rectal spliff'? Errr...

I don't use scissors, but I often diagram tricky sentences. Usually I do so in my head, but I can also draw them out if need be (let's see if this works):

subject or subject phrase | verb or verb phrase | direct object
\adjective \adjective \prepositional phrase

I still think it's an extremely valuable technique, to tie the verbal into the spatial like that, crosswiring the brain.

[rubberneck.livejournal.com]

Well the spacing of the second line sucks, but the underline tag works!

[electricland.livejournal.com]

I like it!

[raithen.livejournal.com]

I love the scissors trick - I've used since, well, 2nd year uni at least, but I think possibly back to highschool.

and it saved me while at QUeens. I remember at some points not being able to walk across my living room floor (I mercifully lived alone) because I had 3 or 4 different papers laid out for structural editing. IT was FUN! FUN! I tell you. Sadly, scissors do not help with intros or conclusions. OR writers block...

hrm. I might be obsessed, slightly....

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Sadly, scissors do not help with intros or conclusions.

They do if you print out your failed drafts and make snowflakes out of them!

[raithen.livejournal.com]

LOL.

Indeed. So, another productive avoidance technique? References.

*hangs head*

[raithen.livejournal.com]

171 citations (So far).

5 pages of references. ::Boggle::