E100: Bane of My Existence

Dvdgao9 (5:10:46 PM): Vikram Seth > any of these guys
Dvdgao9 (5:10:48 PM): my goodness
TisforT1MMY (5:10:54 PM): haha
TisforT1MMY (5:11:16 PM): i'm not sure there are many authors who are not > any of these guys
Dvdgao9 (5:11:40 PM): well, me for one
TisforT1MMY (5:11:58 PM): you could definitely do what they do
TisforT1MMY (5:12:00 PM): make up random terms
TisforT1MMY (5:12:06 PM): make it sound legit
TisforT1MMY (5:12:22 PM): "yes, im going to call this.... SUPERPHILOSOPHY"
Dvdgao9 (5:12:57 PM): hahaha
TisforT1MMY (5:13:01 PM): "what is superphilosophy? it's philosophy without actually thinking. By excluding the thinking part, the philosophy is therefore purer in form"
TisforT1MMY (5:13:03 PM): etc etc
Dvdgao9 (5:13:09 PM): true.
TisforT1MMY (5:13:16 PM): do i sound like i could belong in Norton's Anthology?
TisforT1MMY (5:13:36 PM): yeah. i rest my case!
Dvdgao9 (5:13:44 PM): "It is important to note that the beautiful transcends the imagination, superceding the natural tendency to transcribe the sublime"
Dvdgao9 (5:13:54 PM): eh? eh??
TisforT1MMY (5:15:06 PM): "yet, the ugly actually is superior to the beautiful because the shock factor forces our emotions out more efficaciously"
TisforT1MMY (5:15:20 PM): this is easy
TisforT1MMY (5:15:23 PM): lets write a book
Dvdgao9 (5:15:24 PM): hahaha
Dvdgao9 (5:15:25 PM): lets do it!
TisforT1MMY (5:15:26 PM): and make people take classes on us
TisforT1MMY (5:15:33 PM): and fail them just cause
TisforT1MMY (5:15:36 PM): we feel like it.
Dvdgao9 (5:15:41 PM): Horng: "On the Subject of Efficiency"
TisforT1MMY (5:15:46 PM): hahaha
Dvdgao9 (5:15:59 PM): Gao: "Essay on the Perplexing"
TisforT1MMY (5:16:38 PM): we'll get jenny and diane deanna carly to all chip in on this
TisforT1MMY (5:16:41 PM): and we'll have an anthology
TisforT1MMY (5:16:51 PM): we'll publish our own books
TisforT1MMY (5:16:54 PM): and mark up the prices
Dvdgao9 (5:17:00 PM): bible thin pages too?
TisforT1MMY (5:17:07 PM): yes, because they're cheap
TisforT1MMY (5:17:11 PM): and the students will HAVE to pay $200 for our book
Dvdgao9 (5:17:20 PM): hahah
Dvdgao9 (5:17:39 PM): we got to get some foreigners too with cool sounding names
Dvdgao9 (5:17:47 PM): de Berkenmuller
Dvdgao9 (5:17:57 PM): McAlifixander
Dvdgao9 (5:18:05 PM): Podsednik
TisforT1MMY (5:18:43 PM): LOL
TisforT1MMY (5:19:03 PM): and we need one name that is subtley perverse for comic relief
TisforT1MMY (5:19:18 PM): Deeck