Based on Forrest Gump the movie. He was a simpleton, yet a happy one. He followed his instincts, and not only did he survive, he saved others, got successful(in his not so intelligent mind), trusting his own thoughts n not the ugliness of what other humans subjected him to.

Run forrest, run, run because u r going to get hurt, run away from the evils. With all the challenges in life he had to face, he still managed to work it out.
We're unfortunately a lot more complicated then him.

FG: does referring to urself as a 3rd person mk u feel better? I'm just curious...

Capitals coz it's automated.

jinny asks:

"FG: does referring to urself as a 3rd person
mk u feel better? I'm just curious..."

I vowel and declare that I consonantly feel well, especially initially in any discussion, when I could even say, consequentially and without acronymy, absolutely capital would be a good descriptor of my self-image at most times. So my occasional going to the back of the grammatical queue to become the third person, I would have to say has no noticeable 'feel good' effect.

If anything, I would have to say that on occasions becoming the third person makes me feel worse, rather than better.

For example, I feel bad about what happened to Kevin. I was speaking in the third person when I gave literary form to what was going to soon be in Julia's mind, back in October 2009: http://bit.ly/faKOjt

Oh, there is one other thing about speaking in the third person: it makes the 'supreme fiction', of which Lexi so glowingly speaks, flow onto the page much more easily. One, too, can, perhaps, better see three's place in the overall order of things. Now, if one could but reliably sort the subtle truth from the supreme fiction ....




Lexi,

Thank you for your kind words and encouragement to write an article.

Granted, and as already graciously acknowledged by Severin early in the thread, I do strive to supply that other-dementianal aspect to my writing, but sometimes its hard to remember what form it should take. Clearly, we share a fascination for the romance of central and south American names, be they real or fictional: your quotation from Turner's "Romance" not only brought some of such names to mind, but in its very textual layout reminded me of the style of a now-absent user, Foxy.

I hope you'll understand should I occasionally absent-mindedly refer to you as Flexi, Alexa.

Re-Turnered, Re-Inca-nated, Re-Versed

On Andean snows: those fields of fleeting dreams
Illimani shaded from piercing solar beams;
remembered was the passing of users, one or two.
Twin guardian of memory: the cone of Illampu.

What a good read! Well explained n versed.. I definitely need loads of work on mine. Dang! Thank you. Btw, how come u can post more the the usual? Special privileges?

Everytime I come across those who use the third person thing Jerry's sitcom comes to mind.. But everyone is different of cause.

jinny asks:

"Btw, how come u can post more [than]
the usual? Special privileges?"

The short answer to that is that I don't. Post more than usual, that is, either in respect to the number of posts to any one General Discussion topic in any given period, or in respect to the number of words in any post.

Given that this is a discussion as to, among other things, the Rules, and that there are a number of newer users now posting on the Forum, I will also give the long answer for the benefit of all.

The Forum rules permit a maximum of four posts in any 24 hour period to any one article comments thread, concurrently with a maximum of ten posts in the same period amongst all threads in the Articles area of the Forum. In the General Discussion area of the Forum, the posting limits are double those applying to the Articles area. As can be seen, I have made only three posts, inclusive of this one, to this thread within the last 24 hours: I could have made as many as eight.

But don't worry, jinny, the Forum software will tell you if you have gone over your posting limit, should you attempt to post too often, and actually prevent you from doing so. In the process it tells you the time at which you may again post.

The OLO word limit for any post is 350 words. It should be noted that links are counted differently to words by the OLO software, such that you can post 350 words plus a significant number of links without the OLO software requiring you to edit your posts. Different text editors seem to handle words differently for counting purposes, so sometimes it may appear as if a post has more than 350 words in it but still passes the OLO software requirement and goes up on the Forum. There are no special privileges for anyone involved.

OT You don't happen to know Stan Thorpe, Billy Thorpe's older cousin, do you, jinny? Just curious.

Forrest:

Re-Turnered, Re-Inca-nated, Re-Versed? How sweet it is. William Blake can justifiably lay claim to the title of symbolist poet and as such is open to personal interpretation. Your work reminds me of Blake.
One can find vast truths in the smallest things:

"To see the world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour."

You'll get used to Lexi. Give it time. It took me a while to get used to Forrest G. Deep in the flowering borders, where the crisscross of stems and leaves marries with a flurry of petals; a gentle wind stirs and for the breifest of moments we glimpse a sparkle and a shimmer of tiny wings... all it takes is a little imagination.

Hi,

TPP copped a suspension until this weekend. She's not coming back, but nothing to do with the suspension, this site or me. As she can't post she's asked me to post this for her.

We're doing a feature on Whistleblowing next month. This sounds like it might be the sort of thing we should be looking for material on.

"Dear OLO peeps,

I hope a valuable lesson has been imposed with the denial of public correspondence with me and that in future you will all police your own actions accordingly.

However The Pied Piper cannot return to OLO or any other site; foster parents are being actively discouraged from identifying themselves as such or sharing any experiences regarding foster care in public online forums.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpOrCW7bXSA&feature=related

xox

TPP"