Best Lj School Listing EVAR!!!
And I'm so bummed I didn't think of it myself.
Just keep in mind that the real school will have to be at least three times this size...
While I'm here, I beleive I'll post my one word review of the Family Guy movie: Meh. As we observed during the special features, "mildly amused" pretty much sums it up. Some very funny moments, and a slightly better plot than we often get on the TV. But all in all, I didn't laugh as much as I expected it to do. You'd think people would have learned from South Park that shocking us with vulgarity is fine but it's still absolutley critical that you be funny.
Myself, I only do funny in a casual way. I would never attempt to do it professionally. In all seriousness, I think that comedy writers tend to be more screwed up emotionally than people who do horror. No, I'm not basing this on anything but my own impressions. But I think horror writers (the good ones, not the book equivalent of a slasher movie) are more prone to be introspective. They probably have a better understanding of insanity just because they need it for thier work. Comedy writers, OTOH, are funny to keep from dealing with overwhelming things plaguing them in real life: repression, rage, intense fears, all kinds of crap. I guess I suspect this because that's what I use comedy for in real life, but my writing is totally separate from that. My writing is much more sarcastic than funny, which I guess sarcasm is just wit with a bunch of anger thrown in for good measure. Anyone feel me on this?
Just keep in mind that the real school will have to be at least three times this size...
While I'm here, I beleive I'll post my one word review of the Family Guy movie: Meh. As we observed during the special features, "mildly amused" pretty much sums it up. Some very funny moments, and a slightly better plot than we often get on the TV. But all in all, I didn't laugh as much as I expected it to do. You'd think people would have learned from South Park that shocking us with vulgarity is fine but it's still absolutley critical that you be funny.
Myself, I only do funny in a casual way. I would never attempt to do it professionally. In all seriousness, I think that comedy writers tend to be more screwed up emotionally than people who do horror. No, I'm not basing this on anything but my own impressions. But I think horror writers (the good ones, not the book equivalent of a slasher movie) are more prone to be introspective. They probably have a better understanding of insanity just because they need it for thier work. Comedy writers, OTOH, are funny to keep from dealing with overwhelming things plaguing them in real life: repression, rage, intense fears, all kinds of crap. I guess I suspect this because that's what I use comedy for in real life, but my writing is totally separate from that. My writing is much more sarcastic than funny, which I guess sarcasm is just wit with a bunch of anger thrown in for good measure. Anyone feel me on this?

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