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By aleatoric_rhetoric
03 June 2007
Tell me this has no higher purpose and I'll tell you that you are missing the higher purpose, or that the purpose is that there is no higher purpose: and you'll call me young and then I'll age as I read your criticism.

He was a stresser because his hair was gray and his skin was moist--like a newt or toad or: he was a cashier because he needed money. Money doesn't grow on trees--he knew that: that was why he was a stresser--slightly rude and a little discombobulated as to how he carried the product over the proloctor. It dictated the price, and if you had a Von's card it didn't have to be what it said. It could be cheaper.
His hair was white and and gray: his skin was as milk chocolate as it could be without it being sexual. His eyes were fierce and saw right through everything haulting and calming and relaxing. His eyes were heavy metal and I forgot the name off his nametag.
But he tried to read my last name off the receipt and failed.
I once wondered how people with theoretically shitty jobs rationalized their existence, except it was a little guykid training to be a bus driver from his brother in Egypt. Then I told myself that everything was necessary--a great cosmic gestalt phenomena. But the realest thing in this life to me is the cosmoshrug--straight up skeptic rhetort of all of life's precious ethereals.

Fucking---realtalk. Realtalk.

There was a good looking woman at Circuit City--she glanced at me in a way where I think she is looking at me, but we know how those types of pretenses go, sometimes. But maybe, audience, give me a maybe and I'll tell you more about this lady.
Her hair was permed a little--brunette. Her eyes were precious: her face adorned them and I liked sneaking glances at them, but when I saw her stand a little too comfortably next to the Asian guy in the blue shirt, I knew that some reality snuck its way into my peering--the maybe's probability shrunk exponentially and I am left writing about her.
I called her a woman because she was probably a twenty something. Now, I have a friend who is talking very closely to a twenty something, so it isn't impossible. It isn't impossible at all.
Just didn't happen--I blame it on the deity of your choosing.

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Written by stevetroster (1549 comments posted) 3rd June 2007
"semantic antics"  
 
It appears that the only work you can be bothered to post a review against is your own. 
I shall therefore return the compliment. 
I thought this was...............................  

Written by Janie (265 comments posted) 4th June 2007
i didn't really understand this, people watching? some of the words you've chosen made it seem like you were trying too hard..i got the feeling you spent a long time re-working this from its raw state into what you have now (am i right?)..it comes across as pretentious and over worked..sorry.. just my thoughts..as a result you are left with an unconvincing narrator's voice, one of whom i can't connect with or identify with. 
 
don't try so hard and your narrator will come across much more natural IMO

Written by Phil (6713 comments posted) 4th June 2007
Sorry, what Jane said. Pretentious - or just far too clever for me. Either way, you're going to lose many readers. 
 
As for what Steve said, GW works so well because many are willing to read and review others. You ought to give a little more to the community. 
 
Phil.

Written by TwistedTales (548 comments posted) 21st June 2007
Umm...too morbid and random for me. It didn't take me anywhere, it didn't tell me anything and seemed too on the surface to me. Just didn't work for me. I think you went from a supermarket to some random girl who liked the character or something like that. I don't know how you could improve this or may be not if feel so. But for me, it just didn't click. Sorry. 
 
Regards, 
TT
8-11 Age Group.
Written by flook123 (35 comments posted) 22nd June 2007
Yup. Gotta go with the flow. Gibberish, No. Sorry. My mistake. Contrived gibberish. Try the children's site. They like this kind of thing. 
 
Lance

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