Blog Assignment One

I played around with a few of the works on the ecollection site, but I really liked Kenneth Goldsmith's Soliloquy.

Perhaps it is keeping with the voyeuristic tendencies that most Americans possess, but I watch reality television. A lot. Now, I partly blame the writer's strike for taking away most of my shows, but I also realize that I like how fascinating it is to just watch someone else's life.

Let's face it.

We're nosy people.

We can't help but eavesdrop on the breakup happening at the table next to us in the restaurant, or Facebook stalk people for hours on end. My lofty, intellectual reason for my nosiness is for my writing. There are countless ideas for essays and stories just floating around us every day.

The fact that Mr. Goldsmith transcribed everything he said for a full week was an amazing feat, for starters. Everything was so...random, for lack of a better word. There were a few common "threads", but it was like being with an ADHD person hyped up on three cans of Red Bull. (Oh, wait, that's like being with me. Haaaaah.) The stark poetry of such randomness was really fascinating. (And I just sounded like a big dork.)

I skimmed over the introduction, decided I liked the quote about words on a subway being like a blizzard, and started reading. Concerning the whole words-based-off-where-the-cursor-hovers thing, I was like, "Dude! He's totally making that quote reality!" Then, I went back to read the quote again, and realized that he said that's what he was doing anyway.

Dang it. I thought I was being smart.

The ecollection site is definately going to provide a few lovely hours of diversions.


PS. What if a woman had done this? Oh, lord. Women talk SO much more than men.

PPS. I kind of want to do it myself.