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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

52 here. I think I get more annoyed with certain phrases the older I get. Like I said, not enough to be actually aggravated, but certain phrases raise my hackles every time, and ‘whenever’ is a big one.

It may be because there’s someone on a podcast I regularly listen to who does this, or it may be because I’m a writer and am more keyed in to errors like this, or it may be both.

I may also be inebriated.

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[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Oh I get that big time. I was listening to Dan Cummins do a podcast about Julius Caesar recently and every time he said Pompey like “Pompeii” I screamed at my speakers, “IT’S POM-PEE!!! GODDAMNIT! IT’S POM…PEEEEEE!!!”

But he prefaces his episodes by saying, “I’m gonna mispronounce the fuck out of these names.” So I calm the fuck down and carry on haha.

I’m a writer too (or I was, and then life said, “oh, you didn’t wear a condom? Here are some babies. Here’s a lot of them, you’re a dad, not a writer. You’re as bad at being a father as you were at being a writer too. Enjoy!”)

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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You’re a writer of what? Gimme!

Do you have a book published or…?

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[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Songs and poems. Never published anything, just entertained myself really.

If you’re interested I’ll share something with you. I’d be happy to read something you wrote.

It was my whole identity before these kids.

Crazy thing is, I was almost done raising them. The kid that was my youngest will be 15 very soon. I required total isolation to write, and naturally, that wasn’t happening.

When her mother and I split I ended up with a woman a lot younger than me. She wanted kids, I love raising them, so we’ve had two. One turns three this month and the other turns two next year. I’ve started all over.

I don’t regret it. I’m exhausted, but I don’t regret it. It’s been a lot of fun. My back don’t hold up like it used to, but I do my best. I’m a million times more patient this time around.

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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

Congratulations on your new family. It sounds like you’re happy now despite all you’ve been through, and that’s really what it’s all about.

I’d love to read your songs and poems, if you’d DM them to me. I’ve recently got back into music and lyrics myself, and I wrote a sci-fi novel (Blue Are the Hills on Amazon, Lilly Piper).

I get it; my son is 25 now and was 18 when I got back into writing. Teenagers are exhausting.

eta: I absolutely suck at writing covers and marketing blurbs, so please have mercy.

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[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I’ve been looking for something to read. I have specifically been looking for something sci-fi to read after burning myself out on Asimov’s robots. Don’t get me wrong, I love the stuff. I should’ve taken a break though. I don’t have an Amazon account, but my daughter does. I’ve bookmarked it for when she comes home.

I feel stupid calling myself a writer after sobering up a bit. I haven’t written anything in over a decade (not seriously. I used to take myself seriously but I lost that somewhere in time. I don’t miss it. I was a mess), but I used to write outlines obsessively :p. Still, I’ll get some of my favorite lyrics together and link a couple of those old songs later today.