(I got body-checked in Jossverse for using it -- the DSM IV got thrown at me and everything)
Until the DSM-IV-R comes up with a good term for "crazier than a shithouse rat," I'ma stick with "psychotic."
Sometimes, pedantry is really really annoying.
That's my girl, large and in-charge. Okay, teensy-weensy and in charge.
Gunn ,'Just Rewards (2)'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Steph L. - Jul 06, 2004 6:53:48 am PDT #4664 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Dana - Jul 06, 2004 6:54:58 am PDT #4665 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Okay. Can I stick with "fucking nuts"?
§ ita § - Jul 06, 2004 6:55:34 am PDT #4666 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
did you use the "it takes one to know one" agrument?
I think it's like Catch-22, but inverted. As a psychotic, I'm not in touch enough with reality to diagnose others.
Until the DSM-IV-R comes up with a good term for "crazier than a shithouse rat," I'ma stick with "psychotic."
Toss in a bit of "his reality is not like our reality" and I'm right there with you.
P.M. Marc - Jul 06, 2004 7:01:04 am PDT #4667 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Plus, simply based on having read Jude, I could predict nearly the entire plot of Mayor of Casterbridge. Any time you think someone's spouse is dead, they're not, so they can come back into the character's life and torment them. Any time there's a situation where someone's livelihood depends on the outcome of a certain event, it's not going to go well. Rinse, repeat, slit your wrists.
You know, it's possible Hardy was my gateway drug into melodramatic genre fiction and TV. I just applied the formula to Angel and giggled.
Nutty - Jul 06, 2004 7:04:11 am PDT #4668 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Well, you could say that Jude is a CHAMPION, but I don't know of what.
DavidS - Jul 06, 2004 7:09:36 am PDT #4669 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Announcement: I am twelve chapters into Wuthering Heights.
Just remember, P-Cow, it's a very punk rock novel. Sort of like Sid and Nancy.
I'm willing to concede that ita, msbelle and Teppy are all psychotic.
sumi - Jul 06, 2004 7:11:24 am PDT #4670 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
You know, I believe that the term that ita was looking for is "Bat-shit Crazy".
Surely, Bats put the Bat in that phrase.
billytea - Jul 06, 2004 7:13:00 am PDT #4671 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Okay. Can I stick with "fucking nuts"?
Sure. Your free time is your own business.
Dana - Jul 06, 2004 7:14:26 am PDT #4672 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Your free time is your own business.
Hey, man. I used the air quotes. You can't mock me if I'm properly punctuated.
Well, you could say that Jude is a CHAMPION, but I don't know of what.
Ow. Brain hurts. Does that mean Arabella=Buffy and Sue=Cordy?
billytea - Jul 06, 2004 7:20:13 am PDT #4673 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Hey, man. I used the air quotes. You can't mock me if I'm properly punctuated.
Hi, I don't think we've met. MockyMock McMockerson of the MockReady clan, formerly of DimMock Castle on the shores of Mock Ness. At your service.