I thought it was ugly, but then I realised it was post ironic retro.
Hahahaha. In that case...
I thought it was ugly, but then I realised it was post ironic retro.
I always untick their comments, mainly because they annoy me. Still haven't had any success. : /You unticked the comment box???
Maybe that's the key to success!
Good luck!
Rejection from Camroc Press Review for Bourgeoisie. Still waiting on everything else.
Including Tin House which had sort of implied I should hear something from the slush reader by now so... maybe the silence is a good thing?
Aggy, reading the tea leaves with enthusiasm (if not patience)
It's nothing but crickets here.
That's quite okay, though. I'd rather have a bucket of crickets than a smattering of rejections.
Quick Question--
In my current WIP, a character gives another character the obligatory finger. The problem is, is that it's a period piece set in the 1950s. Would that have been used then? I really, really wouldn't know, and the wiki is of no help.
At least the picture of the monkeys in that article doesn't show them 'gesturing' as per the text...
I prefer the ugly sites over that crappy flash. Not to mention, not everyone can run flash on their browser, due to limited internet connection.Seriously, in this day and age there's no reason for a website to look that bad.
Yeah, I'm going with the that-website-is-ugly crowd. Even if I created a story I was sure they were going to accept, I wouldn't want it displayed there. And if that means never getting a funny, sarcastic rejection, or an even funnier, sarcastic acceptance? Well, that's a chance I'm going to take.
Seriously, in this day and age there's no reason for a website to look that bad.
Did you read the following wiki article? Or are you just not sure its information is reliable?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_(gesture)
This http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16916263
More than you could ever want to know.
Includes this.
The middle finger, which Dr Morris says probably arrived in the US with Italian immigrants, is documented in the US as early as 1886, when a pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters gave it in a joint team photograph with the rival New York Giants.
EDIT.
And this is from a review of a 1955 film, Battle Cry.
In the scene where the worn out soldiers are angered at the sight of another regiment in trucks, a couple of them are giving the finger.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047860/reviews
I don't remember seeing anything about it in American culture, and it didn't really say anything much other than that it originated in Greece, and, well...What we already know about it.
When my kid was little he used to stick his middle finger up at me and say, "Spin on this."
Then he's stick two fingers up (British eff off gesture) and say, "And land on that."
I think he learned it at school. I was so very, very proud of him.
Who wouldn't?
Sorry for my ignorance, guys. I must've really missed some stuff on that wiki thread.
I'm glad you asked. Learning about the history of the finger was far more entertaining than working.
True, but there's no excuse for ugly flash sites either. In its basic form, a website is a document of presentation. If you can't add the aesthetic worthy of an artist, then leave it with the freshness and simplicity of an unlined piece of paper. It's better to leave the eye unimpressed than to offend it.I prefer the ugly sites over that crappy flash. Not to mention, not everyone can run flash on their browser, due to limited internet connection.
True, but there's no excuse for ugly flash sites either. In its basic form, a website is a document of presentation. If you can't add the aesthetic worthy of an artist, then leave it with the freshness and simplicity of an unlined piece of paper. It's better to leave the eye unimpressed than to offend it.