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Monday, March 10, 2008

cherries

being in the computer lab doesn't come in handy for people who are trying to create wonderful, meaningful, emotional posts. doesn't come in handy at all.

but you should have seen me yesterday!all emo and shit. it was crazy!i was dying to blog, but i couldn't because the broadband connection still hasn't been set up yet at the apartment. and there i was, trying frantically to get across to someone(someone as in, random sesiape reading the blog), to tell them the day i had and how it made me felt. someone shoot me.

now that it's now and not yesterday, things have toned down, and i still want to tell a random sesiape things, but between now and then, i've become aware that whatever it is i was trying to say yesterday will sound unbelievably like idiotic, self-pitying crap. which it always is, btw.

so yesterday i tried to substitute the blog and instead just type it as a normal, microsoft word document. and it was cool and everything, but it didn't feel 100% satisfactory. because that's the whole point of a blog, isn't it? a public blog. you post with the hope that whatever it is you write, there's someone out there who can identify with it and comprehend, and maybe even laugh sympathetically. the idea that someone out there understands is enough to make things slightly better.

if someone wants to tell me off and say i'm blogging for the wrong reasons, then i apologize. i'm sorry.

would you like to know what it feels like?

it feels like sitting with the nicest, friendliest bunch of people, and still feeling alone. and you want to burst into tears, because you've gone through this a bunch of times and you've sworn or at least conjured the longing to change things and make it better, but apparently you haven't or you can't. and you fully comprehend that this is probably what drives people away in the first place, but you don't understand what is it that you're doing wrong. what is it? what are you not doing correctly?

and, at the back of your mind, you worry if it's going to be like this the next time. and the next. until you stop making effort at all.

well, there you go. a snippet of insanity. or irrationality, whatever.

5 comments:

whilewhiting said...

salam.

hey, havent seen you at all at uni. maybe there's just too maybe people to notice anyone. huhu.

well, writing at microsoft word could be a good substitute, jut write it there and post it the next day at the comp lab. it works for me. :D

hope your classes are going well. mine starts the craziness already. no more honey moon year.

:):):)

mostlyepiphanies said...

Exactly! I so totally get what you mean. Feedback from people on your post is one of the many highlights, if no THE highlight of writing in the public eye.

Sometimes I get this rush of ideas, or emotions, or angst or witty observation that I felt compelled to share with people,to put in words.

Then, no internet connections.Haih.Thoughts go out the window.Whif.Whoof (ok, this is dog-like right, i didn't mean in this way).

So yeah, internet!!!!!

Anyways, on the social awkwardness bit, (is is right? or did I misinterpret it?) I've been down that road a multitude of times.Still am!And I'm in my second year.

I guess I'll keep on trying though,and if you somehow feel tired sometimes,then give it a rest and resume later.

Anyways all the best yeah!Knock em dead!

Chinny said...

*pats atiqah* dun cry dun cry =P tagged you btw =D don't have to rush though since you still haven't got your broadband yet =|

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A said...

annna: copy paste is the way to go! :D tulah, our routes don't coincide with each other.

my classes and tutes are ok. 14 hours only, so takde crazy2 :P the fact that you have so much more hours makes me feel guilty!haha. i don't have the right to complain about homework or tak cukup mase.

aijud:haha, indeed, it is THE highlight. though you try to convince yourself you're writing all this for yourself.

lol, whif, whoof!a funny yet appropriate description,if i do say so myself.

social awkwardness. sigh. ah, well. i'll keep on trying too, yo. gimme five.

chinny:aww, so nice, you gave me a virtual pat on the back. made me stop crying right away,haha. yay, tagged. i'll get to it soon :)

old lady:hahahahahahaha, wui ling, if you're old, i'm old too! hey, you should have told me u blog now!! aiya. i'm linking u up,k?:D

don't break your neck ah. hopefully by next week we'll get online access. and thanks for the tag! i'll do it soon.