So, new series (this year it's all about the series) starting today. It's pretty much exactly five years since I first purchased an iamsparticus domain name, and while this site existed before then on another host – indeed the blog section of this website (which is pretty much the only section but whatever) goes back to 31st May 2001 –, it seems like a natural time to take a look back through history at what life was like five years ago1. Each Sunday we'll2 probably try and pick up on the entry five years ago and see if we can't be a bit self-depreciating. Or maybe I'll be a bit more sympathetic to myself. We'll see. Enough with the introductions though! This time five years ago (It's short, so I'll quote it all).
"And it makes me wonder"
I am going to write a song called "nice pyjamas though (it seemed like a good idea at the time)" it will be about 4 mins 30 long, sound most like a track of Radiohead and "The Bends", probably "High and Dry", it'll sound quite nice on just an acoustic guitar and it'll contain the word "Smut" and "Onion Skin" in it. Or maybe I will make "Onion Skin" into a seperate song. I think I will, and it'll be shorter, or maybe longer, but less rock and roll, or maybe more so. Anyway it's irrelevant because I won't actually write them. Because I'm not very good at song writing
Two things you should know about this entry. First, it's very well written for myself five years ago, there are no allcaps, no excessive use of the word 'like', no spelling 'because' 'coz'3,4 and correct capitalisation throughout. Not only that, but it actually made me smile wryly at the end. Second, I wrote this entry at 1.30am after having just walked back from my friend's house which I walked to from my other friend's party because, while we were on MSN at my other friend's party (we had the best parties) my other friend (the one I walked to the house of) starting ignoring me. Possibly. Or possibly she lost connection, or maybe she just went downstairs to make some toast. Whatever. I fancied her, was convinced she was ignoring me, and decided to do something about it. I won't go into details, but Kate's comment probably explains as much as is necessary.
Today's learning outcome; If it's well written, it's only because there is enough embarrassment in the issues surrounding it to make any literary embarrassment unnecessary.
1 I had this awesome idea the other day for a museum of the recent past, which was devoted to anything made in the last fifty years, minus the last ten. I'd go view it.
2 We are the Queen.
3 A habit, which while once was prevalent among everything I wrote, I realised the horror of one day and dropped it never to use it again.
4 Another habit of mine, though one that I've just started is using the Oxford comma. Deal with it.
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How can you use the Oxford comma and still get their and there confused?