Dec 13, 2009

A Writers Circular Logic


I write . . . therefore . . . I am
I am . . . therefore . . . I must have purpose
I must have purpose . . . therefore . . . I set goals and objectives
I set goals and objectives . . . therefore . . . I am singularly focused
I am singularly focused . . . therefore . . . I am easily distracted
I am easily distracted . . . therefore . . . I must have Netflix, Gamefly, Dish, and the internet
I must have Netflix, Gamefly, Dish, and the internet . . . therefore . . . I am in debt
I am in debt . . . therefore . . . I need a real job
I need a real job . . . therefore . . . I must have a decent education
I must have a decent education . . . therefore . . . I would have attended an institution of higher learning
I would have attended an institution of higher learning . . . therefore . . . I would have partaken in the college experience
I would have partaken in the college experience . . . therefore . . . Many of my brain cells have bitten the dust.
Many of my brain cells have bitten the dust . . . therefore . . . I can’t remember what my next point is
I can’t remember what my next point is . . . therefore . . . I make notes
I make so many notes . . . therefore . . . I write
I write . . . therefore . . .

5 comments:

  1. GW...I should have known you'd have difficulty with this, you're more of a linear thinker. Maybe this will help.

    I write . . . therefore . . . I am. I am . . . therefore . . . I must have purpose. I must have purpose . . . therefore . . . I set goals and objectives. I set goals and objectives . . . therefore . . . I am singularly focused. I am singularly focused . . . therefore . . . I am easily distracted. I am easily distracted . . . therefore . . . I must have Netflix, Gamefly, Dish, and the internet. I must have Netflix, Gamefly, Dish, and the internet . . . therefore . . . I am in debt. I am in debt . . . therefore . . . I need a real job. I need a real job . . . therefore . . . I must have a decent education. I must have a decent education . . . therefore . . . I would have attended an institution of higher learning. I would have attended an institution of higher learning . . . therefore . . . I would have partaken in the college experience. I would have partaken in the college experience . . . therefore . . . Many of my brain cells have bitten the dust. Many of my brain cells have bitten the dust . . . therefore . . . I can’t remember what my next point is. I can’t remember what my next point is . . . therefore . . . I make notes. I make so many notes . . . therefore . . . I write. I write . . . therefore . . .

    How's that?

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  2. What's really scary is that in the morning my mind thinks like that until I get my first cup of coffee!

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