So, you know when you read lyrics that someone's put on their AIM profile or away message? Don't deny it, you know you compulsively check everyone's profile and away message, whether you actually talk to them or know them or not. It's amazing how connotative those lyrics can be, because we judge their meaning on the basis of who put them up there. It's easy to dismiss a line or two as emo, or whiny, or trying really hard to be artsy or alternative if it's someone you easily dismiss as simple. But what if someone else had put those same sappy lines in their away message, someone you admire, someone you aspire to be like or who you just think is pretty fabulous in general? If they put the bad poetry in their information, it wouldn't be whiny or sappy or emo. It'd be sophisticated and thought-provoking.
Just something I caught myself doing. Thought I'd share.
It was Mozart's 250th birthday on Friday. I hope you celebrated.
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