Monday, February 1, 2016

An Exercise in Free Association

As I look back at my previous posts, the one thing that stands out about them is that they all were written under varying degrees of free association; I had a topic, and for the most part wrote out my actual thoughts/thought-process in relation to the aspect of the topic I was addressing. I find this process enjoyable, and that it usually yields entertaining results, so I figured that I would start out without a topic in mind and just write what comes to mind for a page or so. I figure this will either be amazingly awesome, or it will be a painful exercise that will never be attempted again. So for science, onward and upward (what?). 

If you think about it, all of the great projects were started with the mindset of "this will be legen-wait-for-it-dary", or "this is going to backfire horribly, somebody will die, and we'll be tried in the Hague." Why is the Hague called "The Hague?" It's just a city, like anywhere else, so why does it get a "the?" Why isn't it simply "Hague?" Those rebellious Dutch, that play by their own rules (or at least I think it's the Dutch. It might be in Belgium, but I'm pretty sure it's in the Netherlands. Even the country name does that too; might explain it.). If you look at the last two periods with the parenthesi in between, it kind of looks like a nose. That could be a fun game actually: what does this random collection of keyboards syllables look like to you? Actually no, that sounds awful, and anyone who attempts to make other people play that should definitely get dragged in front of the Hague for crimes against humanity by means of incredibly boring, poorly conceived and/or thought-out "games" (could you even call that a game?)

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. (Such a good movie. The minute I found out I was going to start a blog, I said to myself "at some point, you're going to make this reference, and hopefully people will get it). 

Well, I've taken up about a page talking about nothing. I know: I'll just make this the Seinfeld blog, a blog about nothing. Would honestly probably be amusing. I'm kidding of course, there are lots of things to talk about. I hope you at least got a laugh out of this post, and have become aware of some of the great unanswered questions in life.

4 comments:

  1. This was a great post for laughs! I like your thought processes here, and genuinely appreciate the reference to "The Shining". I hope to see more of this on your blog in the future!

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  2. Maybe I should try something like this in the future. Could be fun.

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  3. I also enjoyed it. Loved the Seinfeld reference...one of the all time brilliant shows!

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  4. I also enjoyed it. Loved the Seinfeld reference...one of the all time brilliant shows!

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