Comments on: On Profiles

By: Glinda

Glinda — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 19:22:21 +0000

Oh yay! Steal ahead:-) You rock!

By: Rose

Rose — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 05:08:03 +0000

Dylan,
I think miss Kyle might be right. Anyway the strange part of you is what makes you interesting. “Normal” people do not make poetry or paintings and generally seem to have no real fun. I think it was Mae West who said “Figure out who you are and exagerate it” something along those lines anyway.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 03:12:05 +0000

Well Glinda, as it happens, my least favorite word in the english language happens to be the word “Quaint” — which only means a harmless “pleasingly odd” but which is levied upon certain people and palces in my life with a painfully negative connotation that perhaps I’m just biased against being called strange. I do agree with you that its certainly better than being boring, usual, etc.

Perhaps you’re right “unapologetically myself” doesn’t really say anything at all, does it?

I really like the paragraph you suggested. Mind if I steal it? I sat down to try my hand at a similar paragraph this morning:

Dylan Kinnett is a twenty-four-year-old writer, heckler, and occasional adventurer. As a new recipient of a writing degree, he has tried his hand at poetry, fiction, playwriting, and hypertext, this newfangled blogging thing is one more trick up his literary sleeve.

I’m working up a new “about the author” page here at Noategories. Take a look

By: Glinda, The Very Good One

Glinda, The Very Good One — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:00:17 +0000

Oh, but Dylan~! I DO think you’re strange:-)
But that’s NOT a complaint. Being strange is unusual, isn’t it? And isn’t that better than not being unusual?

“unapologetically” sounds a bit too defensive and stubborn. And saying you’re “myself” doesn’t really describe you to those who don’t know you! Perhaps you don’t have to describe yourself so literally? Perhaps you can just mention what you do, what you like, and let people get to know you that way?

Something like “I’m the cooolest new media writer of today. I frequently drop to the bottom but am always saved by the bungee rope. I’m a Poetry freak and you can be one, too. I’m Dylan, your new favorite blogger. Pleased to meet you!”