“Critical Acclaim” Means Sh*t to Me
I really like it when I’m doing anything and it becomes night time (and too dark to see) without me realizing it. For example, I was just sitting at my desk doing some design work when I realized I couldn’t see anything at all. I started working around 3pm, now it’s 5 and I have no idea how I got here. I guess I like missing out on the transition period without realizing it because it means I was really involved in whatever I was doing.
Graduate School is very weird. I like it a lot, don’t get me wrong, but it’s nothing like college or high school that’s for sure. I never know quite what to do with myself. I always could be doing something. I guess I am grateful for this, because it’s pretty much impossible for me to ever become bored, but it can be stressful at times. I also need to think of a thesis. Anyone actually know what the heck that means? I have had the idea of “thesis” explained to me maybe 30 million times and I still don’t really get how it’s different than just saying “do SOMEthing for 2 years and write about it a lot”, which is great, don’t get me wrong, but still a strange combination of freedom and invisible guidelines.
I think it’s hilarious how we (young ish people) distinguish between good and bad bars/night clubs. First, they sell the exact same stuff. Alcohol. They all at least get that right, so there is no difference in “product quality”. The main reason most people distinguish quality of fun at a night club is the other people that are there. You might want to pretend that it’s for other reasons like “atmosphere, decor, or music” but be honest, if you meet a beautiful, single, someone who is way into you, it’s not going to matter what decibel level the music was playing at. What I mean to say is, most evaluations of these types of places are completely bunk and subjective to a useless degree. The same person could go to the same place two nights in a row and have way different experiences. Obviously.
When you really break it down, how somebody I don’t know feels about really ANYthing doesn’t affect my sentiments about that thing at all. If I don’t know you, how on earth am I expected to place any validity on what you say? I have stopped reading reviews unless I know the reviewer. “Critics” are useless in my (current) opinion. You have to admit that you will like a movie less if you hear that most people didn’t like it. This should not factor into your decision at all.
Basically I learn more about the people doing the evaluating than I do about the things they are evaluating.
