I was talking about cases where they log in temporarily, maybe for a couple minutes and then logging off. The site doesn't refresh for another 15 minutes or show to show them as offline so it's a bit misleading.
I actually do take up a position similar to Lawrence_Fox. I just feel like I lean more towards having a policy or at least a recommendation if not a slightly less black and white rule. Just clarifying, I understand that staff can't always help and shouldn't give people false impressions.
I feel like it's also a matter of community building. I felt like my largest failing as a staff member was that I wasn't a tangible presence. I didn't try hard enough to bring together the community and be a part of it and that was reinforced by the fact that no one could see when I was on, what I was looking at or what in god's name I was doing. I feel like staff members should be there both to show that they're watching and to show that they're accessible and there when they are needed. It helps people put trust in staff and get along with them. I hate to put a double standard on a group of people who are doing this out of the good of their hearts, but staff needs to be more, do more, than ordinary members like me.
Poetry is hard to teach from one person to another because it is a very, very individual activity. Something one person does might not work out for another person, so it's not only hard on the student who has to parse what to listen to and what not to, but the teacher who has to decide what is essential and what isn't. None of us here are really ready to be a teacher, the best we can be is concerned peers as they've shown. If you want any advice on how to improve your writing beyond what's already been stated I suggest you start reading poetry and lots of it. Not just newer pieces either. If you want to do modern you'd better look back at least to the Elizabethan era with Shakespeare and his contemporaries. If you can read anthologies from then to now you'll have an idea of what is done in many different styles and forms and you'll be far better equipped to incorporate it into your own writing. If you want any help finding things to read you can always do a little research on google and at your public library or I could scrounge up the beginnings of a list for you. I appreciate that you are willing to learn and I wish you well in your endeavor.
Used to go compete at karate tournaments. Used to be on swim team. Used to be on gymnastics team. Used to be on fencing team. Now does nothing. I think my favorite sport to watch would be hurling.
Aim for crazy instability.
No. I feel like the PM system is kind of clunky and when people want to talk they do so through other means. PM is better as a notification system anyways, I guess.
I haven't gotten PMs from anyone other than staff for a good long while.
http://i.minus.com/ibr0yae9fKRnm5.gif This is way late and I'm sorry.
Stop going to them.
Where do you find this utter dreck?
Amaury, kh-vids is not a blog.
You're probably actually just hopeful not optimistic. Where a hopeful person wishes for the best outcome, an optimist expects the best outcome. To always expect things to end up favorably for you is just plain silly and that's what optimism is. I prefer to prepare for the worst and hope for the best without tainting events with definite expectations.
I'm just pointing out that if you make an argument, you shouldn't make a flawed one. If you do someone will point it out and since the people who usually would aren't present it consequently fell to me. Also, optimism is by its nature an unrealistic view of the world. I think that has to fall under negative.
Because no one on Earth should have a reason to agree with him.
Confident under positive. Arrogance under negative. Those two things basically all mean the same thing and both are caused by conceit. Also, optimism is just as bad as pessimism if not worse.
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