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About Me Member General Writer SaporousSerenade21/Male/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 3 Years
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Fri Aug 28, 2009, 8:02 PM
So this week I got the news that a friend of mine would be personifying cowardice by deleting his myspace account and activating his facebook. Unfortunately this man, desperately fleeing from a failed relationship, happens to be my best friend, so I reactivated my account as well. I should stop bashing him, because it could be good for me as well. I have a favouritism of myspace, yet I've only ever used the service for the past 4 years as a means to force vulgar internet fads and comments on people who either aren't online on AIM or don't like to use their email. I've got less than 10 friends and I'm already getting more action than most of that time. Fucking sigh...

Another excuse to avoid the fleshy kind of people came when I discovered goodreads in my foolishly planned 2 hour period between classes. I'm sure it's nowhere near new--it's incredibly developed! It's a site where you can post reviews on books, read other people's reviews, mindlessly indulge on trivia of books you've probably never read, slam your palm into your forehead when you see the global ratings of some books, and share quotes from various authors--although not from their prose/poetry, oddly; people like to be told how to live after all. I'm sure there's actually some kind of person-to-person interaction at some point, but golly I'm having fun just finally having a place to pontificate about how overrated Twilight and Harry Potter are while I suckle on Oscar Wilde's flamboyant moobs... For some reason I have a feeling that statement will be taken more seriously, or perhaps just more disturbingly, than I intended.

But seriously, their database is huge. For example, I was going to put in a quote from Goethe's Faust and, as I clicked to search for the title, there were dozens of titles from Goethe's letters and plays and just all variety of literary accomplishments. I'd recommend it to anyone who casually or seriously enjoys literature. Even though there are people who have fifteen of my lifetimes worth of books read, it was uplifting to discover that I'm not as illiterate as I'd thought.

I'll try to get some more updating done after I finish the busy work that my classes have me doing. Until then, here I am on goodreads [link] and if you have a facebook, just do a search for Doug Schmierer, because I have no clue how to link a facebook :(

  • Mood: Neutral
  • Listening to: Delirium--Truly
  • Eating: Chuck's Blvd Pizza--yuck! Boo for Dan's bday :P

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  • Current Residence: Reno, Nevada
  • Interests: The varying sensations of slamming my face into a desk corner
  • Favourite band or musician: Kamelot
  • Favourite artist: I adore Monet, but the canvas is not my world :P
  • Favourite poet or writer: Poet: W.B. Yeats - Playwright: Shakespeare - Author: Oscar Wilde
  • Favourite game: ever? Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  • Personal Quote: I'm not selfless, I only think on a grander scale of selfishness.
  • Tools of the Trade: Water, carbon, ammonia, lime, phosphorus, potassium, nitrate, salt, sulfur, magnessium, aluminum

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:icontiamopiu:
you are the first writer I've watched on here. :) great work. You live in Reno? I used to live in Carson City. :)

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I'm sorry, it must be hard to concentrate when you're surrounded by so many things that you could kill me with.
:iconsaporousserenade:
Wow. I'm honoured, really. Maybe a little easily impressed as well :D
What's your interest in writing? How'd you get into it and what do you look for now, etc? Perhaps I can make your deviantwatch with its click!

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As a matter of personal respect I have never quoted anyone I did not think was more clever than myself which has, until today, made me seem very foolish.
:icontiamopiu:
I really love poetry. I'm not the greatest at writing, but I like to read other people's work. Here on DA I usually just look at pictures and I haven't really seen many writings, until I stumbled upon yours :). I'm taking a college english course and we go into metaphors a lot. Its great

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I'm sorry, it must be hard to concentrate when you're surrounded by so many things that you could kill me with.
:iconsaporousserenade:
You stumbled across mine first, you say? Well.
...I'm sorry.

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As a matter of personal respect I have never quoted anyone I did not think was more clever than myself which has, until today, made me seem very foolish.
:icontiamopiu:
why are you sorry? I never felt like looking until I found yours! I really like your writing :D

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I'm sorry, it must be hard to concentrate when you're surrounded by so many things that you could kill me with.
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:icontumultuousleaves:
Come to give my long overdue support. Much love! <3
:iconsaporousserenade:
LOL! I can't believe you made an account here--and that its name is that, haha.

Well thank-you, sir. I'm glad I am worth the risk. I mean, there's no telling how many circle-jerking, ass-patting, pseudo-artists you had to brave before reaching me. Amirite? :P

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As a matter of personal respect I have never quoted anyone I did not think was more clever than myself which has, until today, made me seem very foolish.

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