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A Suburban Existence
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post Aug 10 2005, 04:37 PM
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Well, some of you, being much better writers than me, said this needed a rewrite. Taking your points of view into consideration, I cringed after reading my essay/story. So I'll try to get a rewrite in when I can.

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post Aug 10 2005, 09:37 PM
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I find nothing that reflects perfection in suburbia. The artifical nature of "cookie cutter houses" is as uninspiring as a wet noodle in the garbage. For me, life is far more than shirt collars, gossip, minivans and a flat-screen TV.

How could you despise perfection? The suburban existence you describe is far from it.
 
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post Aug 10 2005, 09:41 PM
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QUOTE(illumineering @ Aug 10 2005, 10:37 PM)
How could you despise perfection?  The suburban existence you describe is far from it.
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Irony, perhaps? The fact that at one time, the things in the piece would have been considered perfection, but truly are not.
 
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post Aug 10 2005, 10:02 PM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Aug 10 2005, 10:41 PM)
Irony, perhaps? The fact that at one time, the things in the piece would have been considered perfection, but truly are not.
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Although I cannot find anything ironic in this piece, it's possible. It reads more like a self-loathing rant.

It's a worthy effort that would benefit from a rewrite. I would like to see this evolve into something that has a more defined "utopian veneer" in order to create the feeling of irony. As it is, the image the piece creates, in my opinion, is superficial and shallow.
 

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not_your_average   A Suburban Existence   Aug 10 2005, 04:37 PM
Azarel   The shift from singular to plural is awkward (my t...   Aug 10 2005, 07:44 PM
illumineering   I find nothing that reflects perfection in suburbi...   Aug 10 2005, 09:37 PM
mipadi   QUOTE(illumineering @ Aug 10 2005, 10:37 PM)H...   Aug 10 2005, 09:41 PM
illumineering   QUOTE(mipadi @ Aug 10 2005, 10:41 PM)Irony, p...   Aug 10 2005, 10:02 PM
not_your_average   QUOTE(illumineering @ Aug 10 2005, 9:37 PM)Ho...   Aug 13 2005, 10:39 AM
mipadi   I think there's at least a foundation of irony...   Aug 10 2005, 10:06 PM


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