Frothers Unite! UK

Arnald wrote:Macunaima, for me continue to post your shit.

All the best.

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Monkeyborg wrote:

kawasaki wrote:tg;du

Is that Too German; Didn't Understand?

Macunaima wrote:
I haven't watched, say, Breaking Bad...

Macunaima wrote:

Christian With Erection wrote:

Macunaima wrote:
Honey, please.

You know, for someone who is an academic, you sure spend an awful lot of time here writing copious amounts. Do you have tenure? Or do they not do that in Brazil - I think tenure is an American thing.

Chris, I'm always personally surprised by people who think writing a couple of free-style paragraphs must be tough, laborious work.

In the average month, I write or translate close to 40-50 pages of "serious" stuff. Most of that gets edited down to 10 pages or so of publishable material. Now THAT'S hard work and it takes a lot of time.

Writing a response to you takes three minutes, tops.

Now, maybe if my life was filled up with a lot of other pop-cultural bullshit -- watching movies and T.V. shows, say, or following sports -- I wouldn't have time for even ten minutes a day to visit here or elsewhere. But gaming is pretty much my one pop cultural activity. I haven't watched, say, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, or the Euro play-offs. Even during thew World Cup, I was mostly doing research and to RELAX, I came here or to other gaming sites for a few minutes every day.

Another nice thing about the few things I do follow, including Frothers, is that I can follow them WHILE writing. So I can, say, translate 6 pages and say "OK, as a reward, I'll go read some posts on The Wargames Website for fifteen minutes". Or I'll go paint a few stands of infantry. Gaming fits in nicely with a writing and teaching career in almost all respects -- as long as it is pretty much your only hobby.

So I know it must be hard for someone who DOESN'T write for a living to understand how little time I actually spend on this, but trust me: it's pretty much zero. I waste FAR MORE time, per day, uselessly net surfing, trying to whip myself into a writing fugue. But that is a problem I'm sure I share with many different sorts of professionals. Actually, I've found that posting here and elsewhere HELPS me: ripping off a page of text over something that's not serious is a better way to kickstart serious writing than, say, cleaning your house, watching T.V., net-surfing, or any one of the million other things people do to get around writers' block.

How do you track your charges for time spend on frothers against your grant and/or general university accounts?

I study prostitution from a sex workers' rights perspective. Ergo, I get no grants. If I were on the anti-trafficking gravy train, I'm sure I'd have to worry about that much more. As is, I've found that translating pays more and is less of a hassle than grant writing, so I translate in my copious free time and I use THAT to fund my research. It's a hell of a lot more reliable than the federal government, let me tell you...

Must be fucking nice, I know you've worked hard for your degree and your work is in a worthwhile sounding area, but Jesus Christ, man.

The Jim Jones Cocktail Hour wrote:

Macunaima wrote:
I haven't watched, say, Breaking Bad...

You really should, it's an allegorical telling of Brazilian state politics. It's also very well written and is almost Shakespearian in the sweep and scope of the story arc.

Try and tear yourself away from watching Império, put your compulsive addiction to Brasil Urgente on ice for a few days and crank up the bit torrent. We know you aren't actually parading with Mangueira this week so you should have time to spare.