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A very nice essay, Steve! (Reply to this comment)
by bonnieleigh
I think you are wise to concentrate right now on your degrees and the film-making in general. I know you are not looking for a line-by-line critique (I'm sure your professor enjoys doing THAT task for everyone!) but there are a few places that could use subtle improvement. It is nice to leave the reader wondering about some things, but you've left us hanging a bit too much about the accident. Did someone else get killed, especially a child? You give us these horrible hints that something like that happened, but then you show us your huge concerns about whether you will be able to restore your vehicle to its cosmetic beauty. Are you really that shallow? If not, you should have let us know.
Regardless, it was a very nicely written piece overall, and very easy to imagine as a short visual piece!
bonnieleigh
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Mar 17 '06
2:28 pm PST
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Re: What the heck are you writing this here @ EP's (Reply to this comment)
by firstcontact21
Thanks for the comments. I posted this to see what kind of feedback I would get on it. In addition, Epinions / Shopping.com doesn't own the copyright, it's stated clearly in their user agreement regarding content submission that the writer retains copyright of original work but allows the site to use it in promotion of their site:
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This has become a fairly standard agreement on almost all websites that exist where you can post content to (Tripod.com grants similar rights for example).
Anyway, I've actually made a few pennies off of my work as published here. Eventually I'll seek publication elsewhere, but right now my life is too wrapped up in finishing my degrees and dealing with the hell my student union is in.
- Steve
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Feb 08 '06
12:20 pm PST
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This was... (Reply to this comment)
by misc_el
So beautifully written. Thank you for sharing this. I am so sorry for your loss.
XOXO
Elaine
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Jan 31 '06
11:20 am PST
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This was......... (Reply to this comment)
by kamel622
.....very well written and kept me reading and crying and wondering how things came out after the accident.
I'm so sorry for the loss of your father. Losing our parents is so hard and watching their deterioration is also a difficult part of life. As I get older I fear the things my children (ages 23 - 37...hardly children) will have to live through with me. The other day I apoligized to my oldest and told her I'm sorry for anything I may do as an old person...smart girl that she is, she said she was sorry for having been a teen ager. That made me smile.
Anyway, this was excellent and I feel as if I've gotten to know you a bit better.....Make it a great day......kath
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Jan 31 '06
6:21 am PST
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by firstcontact21
Can't watch a movie version eh?
Yeah, I guess I wouldn't want to read King Lear right now either. I picked up Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and Pelle the Conqueror from HMV at 12:50am this morning (the one in downtown Vancouver, formerly Virgin Records is open to 1am on Mondays so you can get your new release fix. I came very close to getting Zefferelli's Otello but decided to wait on it (looks like I made a wise choice as amazon.ca has it for $2 cheaper).
So I may watch one of those two new titles.
For help understanding Shakespeare, I highly recommend Harold Bloom's Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. Great read. Anything by Bloom is worth reading, including Hamlet: Poem Unlimited and How to Read and Why.
Thanks again for the comments,
- Steve
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Jan 31 '06
2:43 am PST
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