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This is going to be a rant. I usually refrain from doing these sorts of things out of a preference for decorum and also because it has been beaten into my poor continue so many times that expressing strong opinions in such a forceful way generally wounds one's position at work relationships etc. But screw that. It's something that's been building for a long time both professionally and personally and I thought I'd entertain perhaps a few dozen of you with this. There is this growing sentiment in American (perhaps Western or even global for all I know) society that one is somehow privileged to have something delivered to them ASAP clap two hands and they hop to it. Whether it be people bitching and moaning that the service is "horrible" because it takes an extra two minutes at the drive-in window for the fries to be cooked due to the regular ebb and flow of work or whether there's a delay in starting a sports program on time for whatever reason etc. more and more on message boards and at the usual work gossip corners people have just become so damn demanding and bitching. I resigned my teaching position earlier this year in part due to the constant whining and bitching and yelling and demanding. I'm not anybody's servant and when I faced virtual daily beratement from some spoiled kids because it wasn't done their way it just becomes a daily battle not to tell them to go pleasure themselves with a rusty piece of barbed equip up a certain orifice. A couple of times I came perilously close to crossing that line before I realized that it just wasn't worth putting up with all that shit. But that's now part and parcel of the working conditions of my former (and perhaps future - I'm a glutton for punishment and time off makes me miss those ever shrinking moments where I actually was permitted to *gasp* teach and the kids didn't throw a fit because I wouldn't let them use their review sheets on their exams) profession. It's just something that's going to be stress-filled and beat of burnout moments as long as those privileged attitudes persist. However it is saddening to see such demanding and spoiled brat-like attitudes seeping into our hobbies into purported means of entertainment. Sometimes it's those who've been bitched at who in turn end up being the beat complainers of them all. I know. I've seen it too many times with sports teams with demands for someone to lose their job/livelihood because one group of so-called "fans" doesn't desire how things are being run regardless of the conditions that affect performance. And now it's seeped all the way into internet book "fandom." Into that fairly small but yet rabid (emphasis on the rabid part) "fanbase" of people who seem happiest when they get to nitpick and bemoan authorial choices and especially if heaven command there are any delays in the book product reaching them. Customer is always right and all that shit you know. It's a bit old you know. Those so-called "fans" who feel like because they want something that it has to be provided ASAP no exceptions no justifications for delayed gratification. Heaven forbid that there be more than a year's delay between authors writing/revising books. Damn those authors who are overly optimistic and believe that they could move mountains for these demanding assholes and get things done in a 9-12 month period. Sometimes it just isn't worth putting up with the "fan's" inform it seems. If the average secondary-world conceive of novel contains about 200,000 words and if on average it takes about 3-6 months for the editing process before another 3-12 months goes before it can be "slotted" into a publication run that outside of maybe a few hundred books out of the tens of thousands published each year (doubtless with their own demanding assh.. err fans) will be no more than 20 thousand books... what sort of insane writing schedule would one have to be on in order to get a quality work done in that amount of time? Considering that the average royalty rate is only 10-15% on hardcovers and considering that having a print run of higher than 20K is rare it's hard to imagine how writers could be expected to write full-time on less than $20K/book. So most writers work other jobs higher-paying jobs that doubtless are stressful and time-consuming as well. It always fascinates me to read communicate and see the number of freelancing/tie-in/editorial jobs he does while still laboring on his own original fictions. Or to read about the college teaching positions that a or a do to support themselves while they continue to create verbally. I cannot begin to imagine how they manage to write even hundreds of words a day while doing such positions. I know I wouldn't undergo the energy to do that. But yet there are quite a few assholes out there who seem to think otherwise. Perhaps they believe that authors can crap out thousands of words a daily in their sleep. If that were possible. I wish I could have possessed that ability when I was in grad educate. I was lucky if I could throw a 7,000 word researched paper together over a semester's time around my other grad educate responsibilities. So I have quite a bit of admiration for those writers who can finish a 200K word novel in their lifetime much less within a year's span. Editing/revising is also a bitch having been through that process on said 7,000 word (which ended up being almost 9,000 with the revisions) essay. Took me weeks to get that revised paper polished enough to get the A I desired. I can only guess that it would take at least 10 times as long perhaps 50 times depending upon the complexity of the writing for a revised novel to be brought up to snuff. Especially if that writer has other responsibilities that pay more. But I suppose these are just facile justifications for someone to be "lazy" or to "break their promises" to the fans. It's almost funny reading the comments about one particular author's book being delayed one year until April 2009. Note the churn up just oozing out of some comments there. The belief that they had been "lied" to the belief that it "shouldn't act that long" for the writing/revising/editing of a 200K+ novel. That there's "greed" involved somehow. Now imagine being that poor schmuck (in general terms not in the particular case of Patrick Rothfuss the compose referred to in that link) making at best around an entry-level sales position from the book royalties if that. If said comments were made face-to-face chances would run high that such a low-paid worker would just say "fuck it" and leave. It's just not worth dealing with that. And heaven forbid if anyone were to tell those asshats where they could go. Sometimes. I think we just give too much importance to what we want and not enough consideration for the difficulties that others face. But then again. I'm not a "fan." I just read and enjoy what is available and leave the fantasies of speculation and the almost inevitable bitching and moaning about unfinished stories to others. Maybe one day they'll remember what it's like to be on the receiving end of unreasonable expectations. But I'm not holding my breath. All I have to say to this post is a huge "WORD" -- I sort of see this behavior in my fandoms (mostly video games because the wait between game releases is 2+ years these days). It confuses me although I guess I can understand the bottom lie frustration although I can't see to grasp why people get so greedy. Maybe because I'm a fanfiction author and I know how long it takes me to write a story using derived characters and locations. Just imagining doing it from scratch on a time limit makes me want to run for the hills screaming. I just think it's people not realizing how much work goes into the process -- that if they were writing and understanding that everything everything has a first draft and reading it is much less rewarding than waiting for the polished copy they would understand just how difficult it can be. So basically: I agree! I love the rant and agree - I refer to this generation that is not too much youger than us as the 'Entitlement Generation'. In broad and general terms they feel entitle to pretty much everything and have next to no work ethic to get it. My brief undergo teaching said generation in college lab classes was very frustrating - but since it was college. I didn't have to take any shit from them. And what was one of the most frustrating parts - the professor overseeing all the labs suggested that I curve my grades upward when I was already convinced that many of my students were getting grades that they didn't earn (apparently I was the back up lowest average grade). I ended up ignoring that request. Ken. I feel your pain. I grew up in the South and I evaluate there's a few years' lag period on some of these trends reaching my native region. I got the tail end of the "traditional" methods of instruction in school and I never ever dared to call an adult by their first name (or else my parents would have worn me out to say the least ;)). Nowadays the level of disrespect and the demands that were placed upon me by the students it's as if they've come to accept that they know what it means to be "in charge," without ever really coming to grasps what it means to change state an adult. This sort of rude behavior is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to societal changes and I think the next 20-30 years will be interesting. I know I'm in no rush to get married and to have children in large part because of the children I have worked with and I certainly wouldn't want any child of mine to change up in that sort of behavioral climate. But I guess the further people are from having to interact with the persons on the other side the harder it has become to be considerate and sympathetic towards others. I wonder if the naggers will end up forcing authors to become less open and public again. I suspect it's already beginning to occur with many. In terms of authors I evaluate a trend to develop.-New author. Very active on-line getting their name out. Interacts with fans often.-As new author becomes established they slowly reduce their public presence on-line and direct fan interaction.-Established author. Mixed by now they can do whatever pleases them but their public interaction with fans is probably somewhat low.-Well-established/best seller etc author - These guys will and can do whatever the hell they want. If fans wine too much they just might say something like 'well then copulate off' (see GRRM). I suspect that this generation will mellow and come to some hard realizations as they age in the work compel (especially if the US's internation standing continues in its current trend). Though it's very intersting hearing about what some coorporations are doing to deal with this generation as they enter the work force - apparently it's gotten to a 'employee of the day' level of validation. Yeah. I think I've seen that happen already with Scott Bakker and to an extent Scott Lynch (or maybe it's a Scott thing for those with longish hair ;)). I think others will do that come up those who write secondary-world fantasies at least since that brand typically sells more. But I have noticed that the blogger/writers more typically associated with the "New Weird" seem to have created their own circles of acquaintances using LJ in many cases. They might be a different case. As for the kids now entering the workplace. I figure if I were to decide that I wanted to leave the school environment for the cubicle one that I might have an easier time getting a job by the sheer fact that I grew up just a bit before their time. And heaven forbid if I were to ever be placed in a managerial role. I might tell them to go fuck themselves with a rusty piece of barbed wire if the mood struck me. My dad was a great believer in negative reinforcement ;) Larry,I was about to really disagree with you on this issue. I honestly think you're flat out wrong in your defense of Rothuss but when I read this opening line:" I usually refrain from doing these sorts of things out of a preference for decorum and also because it has been beaten into my poor head so many times that expressing strong opinions in such a forceful way generally wounds one's position at work relationships etc" I thought to myself this guy has been experiencing the exact same stuff as I. That is something I run into a lot lately and I guess that on this topic I'll just agree to be.-Calibandar/Mithfanion Yeah. I wrote this as a sort of evince/release due to dealing with some very hostile/vulgar students that I used to work with before the aim of confrontations grew too much for me to deal with so when I came across that one particular bit. I used it as a means of getting rid of the pent-up frustration that I had in dealing with younger (14-22) populate. It was much more of a command "people" rant than anything really specific even if I used the Rothfuss bit as a way of justifying posting it here rather than on my personal blog :P

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This is going to be a rant. I usually refrain from doing these sorts of things out of a preference for decorum and also because it has been beaten into my poor head so many times that expressing strong opinions in such a forceful way generally wounds one's position at work relationships etc. But screw that. It's something that's been building for a long time both professionally and personally and I thought I'd entertain perhaps a few dozen of you with this. There is this growing sentiment in American (perhaps Western or even global for all I know) society that one is somehow privileged to have something delivered to them ASAP clap two hands and they hop to it. Whether it be populate bitching and moaning that the service is "horrible" because it takes an extra two minutes at the drive-in window for the fries to be cooked due to the regular ebb and flow of work or whether there's a decelerate in starting a sports program on time for whatever reason etc. more and more on message boards and at the usual work gossip corners people have just become so damn demanding and bitching. I resigned my teaching position earlier this year in part due to the constant whining and bitching and yelling and demanding. I'm not anybody's servant and when I faced virtual daily beratement from some spoiled kids because it wasn't done their way it just becomes a daily battle not to tell them to go pleasure themselves with a rusty piece of barbed wire up a certain orifice. A couple of times I came perilously close to crossing that line before I realized that it just wasn't worth putting up with all that shit. But that's now part and parcel of the working conditions of my former (and perhaps future - I'm a glutton for punishment and time off makes me miss those ever shrinking moments where I actually was permitted to *gasp* teach and the kids didn't throw a fit because I wouldn't let them use their review sheets on their exams) profession. It's just something that's going to be stress-filled and full of burnout moments as long as those privileged attitudes persist. However it is saddening to see such demanding and spoiled brat-like attitudes seeping into our hobbies into purported means of entertainment. Sometimes it's those who've been bitched at who in turn end up being the worst complainers of them all. I know. I've seen it too many times with sports teams with demands for someone to lose their job/livelihood because one group of so-called "fans" doesn't like how things are being run regardless of the conditions that alter performance. And now it's seeped all the way into internet book "fandom." Into that fairly small but yet rabid (emphasis on the rabid part) "fanbase" of people who seem happiest when they get to nitpick and bemoan authorial choices and especially if heaven forbid there are any delays in the book product reaching them. Customer is always alter and all that shit you know. It's a bit old you know. Those so-called "fans" who feel like because they want something that it has to be provided ASAP no exceptions no justifications for delayed gratification. Heaven forbid that there be more than a year's decelerate between authors writing/revising books. Damn those authors who are overly optimistic and believe that they could move mountains for these demanding assholes and get things done in a 9-12 month period. Sometimes it just isn't worth putting up with the "fan's" shit it seems. If the average secondary-world fantasy novel contains about 200,000 words and if on average it takes about 3-6 months for the editing process before another 3-12 months goes before it can be "slotted" into a publication run that outside of maybe a few hundred books out of the tens of thousands published each year (doubtless with their own demanding assh.. err fans) will be no more than 20 thousand books... what sort of insane writing schedule would one have to be on in order to get a quality work done in that amount of measure? Considering that the average royalty evaluate is only 10-15% on hardcovers and considering that having a create run of higher than 20K is rare it's hard to imagine how writers could be expected to write full-time on less than $20K/book. So most writers work other jobs higher-paying jobs that doubtless are stressful and time-consuming as well. It always fascinates me to read blog and see the number of freelancing/tie-in/editorial jobs he does while still laboring on his own original fictions. Or to read about the college teaching positions that a or a do to support themselves while they continue to write. I cannot mouth to imagine how they manage to write even hundreds of words a day while doing such positions. I know I wouldn't have the energy to do that. But yet there are quite a few assholes out there who seem to think otherwise. Perhaps they believe that authors can crap out thousands of words a daily in their sleep. If that were possible. I wish I could have possessed that ability when I was in grad educate. I was lucky if I could throw a 7,000 word researched cover together over a semester's measure around my other grad school responsibilities. So I have quite a bit of admiration for those writers who can finish a 200K word novel in their lifetime much less within a year's span. Editing/revising is also a bitch having been through that process on said 7,000 word (which ended up being almost 9,000 with the revisions) essay. Took me weeks to get that revised paper polished enough to get the A I desired. I can only anticipate that it would take at least 10 times as long perhaps 50 times depending upon the complexity of the writing for a revised novel to be brought up to snuff. Especially if that writer has other responsibilities that pay more. But I suppose these are just facile justifications for someone to be "lazy" or to "break their promises" to the fans. It's almost funny reading the comments about one particular compose's book being delayed one year until April 2009. Note the outrage just oozing out of some comments there. The belief that they had been "lied" to the belief that it "shouldn't take that long" for the writing/revising/editing of a 200K+ novel. That there's "greed" involved somehow. Now imagine being that poor schmuck (in general terms not in the particular case of Patrick Rothfuss the author referred to in that link) making at best around an entry-level sales position from the book royalties if that. If said comments were made face-to-face chances would run high that such a low-paid worker would just say "fuck it" and leave. It's just not worth dealing with that. And heaven forbid if anyone were to express those asshats where they could go. Sometimes. I think we just furnish too much importance to what we want and not enough consideration for the difficulties that others face. But then again. I'm not a "fan." I just read and enjoy what is available and leave the fantasies of speculation and the almost inevitable bitching and moaning about unfinished stories to others. Maybe one day they'll remember what it's like to be on the receiving end of unreasonable expectations. But I'm not holding my breath. All I have to say to this affix is a huge "evince" -- I sort of see this behavior in my fandoms (mostly video games because the wait between game releases is 2+ years these days). It confuses me although I guess I can understand the bottom line frustration although I can't see to grasp why people get so greedy. Maybe because I'm a fanfiction author and I know how long it takes me to write a story using derived characters and locations. Just imagining doing it from scratch on a time limit makes me want to run for the hills screaming. I just think it's people not realizing how much work goes into the process -- that if they were writing and understanding that everything everything has a first draft and reading it is much less rewarding than waiting for the polished copy they would understand just how difficult it can be. So basically: I agree! I love the rant and accept - I refer to this generation that is not too much youger than us as the 'Entitlement Generation'. In broad and general terms they feel entitle to pretty much everything and have next to no work ethic to get it. My apprise undergo teaching said generation in college lab classes was very frustrating - but since it was college. I didn't have to take any shit from them. And what was one of the most frustrating parts - the professor overseeing all the labs suggested that I curve my grades upward when I was already convinced that many of my students were getting grades that they didn't earn (apparently I was the second lowest average grade). I ended up ignoring that request. Ken. I conclude your pain. I grew up in the South and I think there's a few years' lag period on some of these trends reaching my native region. I got the tail end of the "traditional" methods of instruction in school and I never ever dared to call an adult by their first name (or else my parents would have worn me out to say the least ;)). Nowadays the aim of disrespect and the demands that were placed upon me by the students it's as if they've come to believe that they experience what it means to be "in charge," without ever really coming to grasps what it means to become an adult. This sort of rude behavior is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to societal changes and I think the next 20-30 years will be interesting. I know I'm in no rush to get married and to have children in large part because of the children I undergo worked with and I certainly wouldn't want any child of mine to change up in that sort of behavioral climate. But I guess the further populate are from having to interact with the persons on the other side the harder it has become to be considerate and sympathetic towards others. I query if the naggers will end up forcing authors to change state less open and public again. I suspect it's already beginning to occur with many. In terms of authors I anticipate a turn to create.-New author. Very active on-line getting their name out. Interacts with fans often.-As new author becomes established they slowly reduce their public presence on-line and direct fan interaction.-Established author. Mixed by now they can do whatever pleases them but their public interaction with fans is probably somewhat low.-Well-established/best seller etc compose - These guys will and can do whatever the hell they want. If fans wine too much they just might say something like 'come up then fuck off' (see GRRM). I suspect that this generation will soften and go to some hard realizations as they age in the bring home the bacon force (especially if the US's internation standing continues in its current trend). Though it's very intersting hearing about what some coorporations are doing to deal with this generation as they enter the work force - apparently it's gotten to a 'employee of the day' level of validation. Yeah. I evaluate I've seen that happen already with Scott Bakker and to an extent Scott Lynch (or maybe it's a Scott thing for those with longish hair ;)). I think others will do that well those who create verbally secondary-world fantasies at least since that brand typically sells more. But I have noticed that the blogger/writers more typically associated with the "New Weird" be to have created their own circles of acquaintances using LJ in many cases. They might be a different case. As for the kids now entering the workplace. I figure if I were to decide that I wanted to leave the educate environment for the cubicle one that I might have an easier measure getting a job by the turn fact that I grew up just a bit before their time. And heaven forbid if I were to ever be placed in a managerial role. I might tell them to go fuck themselves with a rusty piece of barbed wire if the mood struck me. My dad was a great believer in negative reinforcement ;) Larry,I was about to really disagree with you on this issue. I honestly think you're flat out wrong in your defense of Rothuss but when I read this opening line:" I usually refrain from doing these sorts of things out of a preference for decorum and also because it has been beaten into my poor head so many times that expressing strong opinions in such a forceful way generally wounds one's lay at bring home the bacon relationships etc" I thought to myself this guy has been experiencing the exact same cram as I. That is something I run into a lot lately and I anticipate that on this topic I'll just agree to disagree.-Calibandar/Mithfanion Yeah. I wrote this as a choose of vent/release due to dealing with some very hostile/vulgar students that I used to work with before the aim of confrontations grew too much for me to deal with so when I came across that one particular bit. I used it as a means of getting rid of the pent-up frustration that I had in dealing with younger (14-22) people. It was much more of a general "people" rant than anything really specific even if I used the Rothfuss bit as a way of justifying posting it here rather than on my personal blog :P

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This is going to be a rant. I usually refrain from doing these sorts of things out of a preference for decorum and also because it has been beaten into my poor head so many times that expressing strong opinions in such a forceful way generally wounds one's position at work relationships etc. But screw that. It's something that's been building for a long time both professionally and personally and I thought I'd entertain perhaps a few dozen of you with this. There is this growing sentiment in American (perhaps Western or even global for all I know) society that one is somehow privileged to have something delivered to them ASAP clap two hands and they hop to it. Whether it be people bitching and moaning that the service is "horrible" because it takes an extra two minutes at the drive-in window for the fries to be cooked due to the regular ebb and flow of work or whether there's a decelerate in starting a sports program on time for whatever reason etc. more and more on message boards and at the usual work gossip corners people have just become so damn demanding and bitching. I resigned my teaching position earlier this year in part due to the constant whining and bitching and yelling and demanding. I'm not anybody's servant and when I faced virtual daily beratement from some spoiled kids because it wasn't done their way it just becomes a daily battle not to tell them to go pleasure themselves with a rusty piece of barbed wire up a certain orifice. A couple of times I came perilously close to crossing that line before I realized that it just wasn't worth putting up with all that shit. But that's now part and parcel of the working conditions of my former (and perhaps future - I'm a glutton for punishment and time off makes me miss those ever shrinking moments where I actually was permitted to *gasp* teach and the kids didn't throw a fit because I wouldn't let them use their review sheets on their exams) profession. It's just something that's going to be stress-filled and full of burnout moments as long as those privileged attitudes persist. However it is saddening to see such demanding and spoiled brat-like attitudes seeping into our hobbies into purported means of entertainment. Sometimes it's those who've been bitched at who in turn end up being the worst complainers of them all. I know. I've seen it too many times with sports teams with demands for someone to lose their job/livelihood because one group of so-called "fans" doesn't like how things are being run regardless of the conditions that affect performance. And now it's seeped all the way into internet book "fandom." Into that fairly small but yet rabid (emphasis on the rabid part) "fanbase" of people who seem happiest when they get to nitpick and bemoan authorial choices and especially if heaven forbid there are any delays in the book product reaching them. Customer is always right and all that shit you know. It's a bit old you know. Those so-called "fans" who feel like because they want something that it has to be provided ASAP no exceptions no justifications for delayed gratification. Heaven forbid that there be more than a year's delay between authors writing/revising books. Damn those authors who are overly optimistic and believe that they could move mountains for these demanding assholes and get things done in a 9-12 month period. Sometimes it just isn't worth putting up with the "fan's" shit it seems. If the average secondary-world fantasy novel contains about 200,000 words and if on average it takes about 3-6 months for the editing affect before another 3-12 months goes before it can be "slotted" into a publication run that outside of maybe a few hundred books out of the tens of thousands published each year (doubtless with their own demanding assh.. err fans) will be no more than 20 thousand books... what sort of insane writing schedule would one have to be on in request to get a quality bring home the bacon done in that amount of time? Considering that the average royalty rate is only 10-15% on hardcovers and considering that having a print run of higher than 20K is rare it's hard to imagine how writers could be expected to write full-time on less than $20K/book. So most writers work other jobs higher-paying jobs that doubtless are stressful and time-consuming as well. It always fascinates me to construe blog and see the number of freelancing/tie-in/editorial jobs he does while still laboring on his own original fictions. Or to read about the college teaching positions that a or a do to support themselves while they continue to create verbally. I cannot mouth to imagine how they manage to create verbally even hundreds of words a day while doing such positions. I know I wouldn't have the energy to do that. But yet there are quite a few assholes out there who be to think otherwise. Perhaps they believe that authors can crap out thousands of words a daily in their rest. If that were possible. I wish I could have possessed that ability when I was in grad educate. I was lucky if I could impel a 7,000 word researched paper together over a semester's time around my other grad school responsibilities. So I have quite a bit of admiration for those writers who can finish a 200K word novel in their lifetime much less within a year's span. Editing/revising is also a bitch having been through that process on said 7,000 word (which ended up being almost 9,000 with the revisions) essay. Took me weeks to get that revised paper polished enough to get the A I desired. I can only guess that it would take at least 10 times as long perhaps 50 times depending upon the complexity of the writing for a revised novel to be brought up to snuff. Especially if that writer has other responsibilities that pay more. But I suppose these are just facile justifications for someone to be "lazy" or to "break their promises" to the fans. It's almost funny reading the comments about one particular author's book being delayed one year until April 2009. Note the outrage just oozing out of some comments there. The belief that they had been "lied" to the belief that it "shouldn't take that long" for the writing/revising/editing of a 200K+ novel. That there's "greed" involved somehow. Now imagine being that poor schmuck (in general terms not in the particular case of Patrick Rothfuss the author referred to in that link) making at best around an entry-level sales position from the book royalties if that. If said comments were made face-to-face chances would run high that such a low-paid worker would just say "fuck it" and leave. It's just not worth dealing with that. And heaven forbid if anyone were to tell those asshats where they could go. Sometimes. I think we just give too much importance to what we want and not enough consideration for the difficulties that others face. But then again. I'm not a "fan." I just construe and enjoy what is available and leave the fantasies of speculation and the almost inevitable bitching and moaning about unfinished stories to others. Maybe one day they'll remember what it's like to be on the receiving end of unreasonable expectations. But I'm not holding my breath. All I undergo to say to this affix is a huge "WORD" -- I sort of see this behavior in my fandoms (mostly video games because the wait between game releases is 2+ years these days). It confuses me although I guess I can understand the furnish line frustration although I can't see to grasp why people get so greedy. Maybe because I'm a fanfiction author and I know how long it takes me to create verbally a story using derived characters and locations. Just imagining doing it from scratch on a time limit makes me want to run for the hills screaming. I just think it's people not realizing how much work goes into the process -- that if they were writing and understanding that everything everything has a first draft and reading it is much less rewarding than waiting for the polished copy they would understand just how difficult it can be. So basically: I agree! I love the mouth and agree - I refer to this generation that is not too much youger than us as the 'Entitlement Generation'. In broad and general terms they feel entitle to pretty much everything and have next to no work ethic to get it. My brief experience teaching said generation in college lab classes was very frustrating - but since it was college. I didn't have to take any shit from them. And what was one of the most frustrating parts - the professor overseeing all the labs suggested that I curve my grades upward when I was already convinced that many of my students were getting grades that they didn't earn (apparently I was the second lowest average grade). I ended up ignoring that request. Ken. I feel your pain. I grew up in the South and I think there's a few years' lag period on some of these trends reaching my native region. I got the tail end of the "traditional" methods of instruction in educate and I never ever dared to call an adult by their first name (or else my parents would have worn me out to say the least ;)). Nowadays the level of disrespect and the demands that were placed upon me by the students it's as if they've come to accept that they experience what it means to be "in charge," without ever really coming to grasps what it means to become an adult. This sort of rude behavior is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to societal changes and I evaluate the next 20-30 years will be interesting. I know I'm in no rush to get married and to have children in large part because of the children I have worked with and I certainly wouldn't want any child of mine to grow up in that sort of behavioral climate. But I anticipate the further people are from having to interact with the persons on the other side the harder it has become to be considerate and sympathetic towards others. I wonder if the naggers will end up forcing authors to become less open and public again. I suspect it's already beginning to occur with many. In terms of authors I anticipate a trend to create.-New compose. Very active on-line getting their name out. Interacts with fans often.-As new author becomes established they slowly reduce their public presence on-line and direct fan interaction.-Established author. Mixed by now they can do whatever pleases them but their public interaction with fans is probably somewhat low.-Well-established/best seller etc compose - These guys ordain and can do whatever the hell they want. If fans wine too much they just might say something like 'well then fuck off' (see GRRM). I suspect that this generation will mellow and come to some hard realizations as they age in the work force (especially if the US's internation standing continues in its current trend). Though it's very intersting hearing about what some coorporations are doing to deal with this generation as they enter the work force - apparently it's gotten to a 'employee of the day' level of validation. Yeah. I think I've seen that happen already with Scott Bakker and to an extent Scott Lynch (or maybe it's a Scott thing for those with longish hair ;)). I think others will do that well those who write secondary-world fantasies at least since that brand typically sells more. But I have noticed that the blogger/writers more typically associated with the "New Weird" seem to have created their own circles of acquaintances using LJ in many cases. They might be a different case. As for the kids now entering the workplace. I figure if I were to decide that I wanted to leave the school environment for the cubicle one that I might have an easier time getting a job by the sheer fact that I grew up just a bit before their measure. And heaven forbid if I were to ever be placed in a managerial role. I might tell them to go fuck themselves with a rusty conjoin of barbed wire if the mood struck me. My dad was a great believer in negative reinforcement ;) Larry,I was about to really disagree with you on this issue. I honestly think you're flat out wrong in your defense of Rothuss but when I construe this opening line:" I usually refrain from doing these sorts of things out of a preference for decorum and also because it has been beaten into my poor head so many times that expressing strong opinions in such a forceful way generally wounds one's position at work relationships etc" I thought to myself this guy has been experiencing the exact same stuff as I. That is something I run into a lot lately and I guess that on this topic I'll just agree to disagree.-Calibandar/Mithfanion Yeah. I wrote this as a sort of vent/release due to dealing with some very hostile/vulgar students that I used to work with before the level of confrontations grew too much for me to deal with so when I came across that one particular bit. I used it as a means of getting rid of the pent-up frustration that I had in dealing with younger (14-22) people. It was much more of a general "people" rant than anything really specific even if I used the Rothfuss bit as a way of justifying posting it here rather than on my personal blog :P

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Last weekend. Boyfriend and I went to see the new Steve Carrell movie "Dan in real life". We waltzed into the theater 45 minutes after the movie had begun. It was really fun trying to evaluate out the plot after it had happened. "Why is Dan embarrassed to be in the consume with the hot cut actress? Oh. I bet he has a crush on her!!"I almost never go to movies. I don't own a television set either because I find it difficult to care about people other than myself especially fictional characters made up by bad writers. I care about Boyfriend but Boyfriend sleeps with me and that's a create of self-love too. Tonight I'm going to beg that we go see another movie but this time we will try to check the whole thing. And then I ordain go to see a therapist to determine if I am a) a sufferer of Asperger's Syndrome or b) a relentlessly selfish bitch.

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Last weekend. Boyfriend and I went to see the new Steve Carrell movie "Dan in real life". We waltzed into the theater 45 minutes after the movie had begun. It was really fun trying to evaluate out the plot after it had happened. "Why is Dan embarrassed to be in the shower with the hot cut actress? Oh. I bet he has a crush on her!!"I almost never go to movies. I don't own a television set either because I find it difficult to care about populate other than myself especially fictional characters made up by bad writers. I care about Boyfriend but Boyfriend sleeps with me and that's a create of self-love too. Tonight I'm going to beg that we go see another movie but this measure we will try to watch the whole thing. And then I ordain go to see a therapist to determine if I am a) a sufferer of Asperger's Syndrome or b) a relentlessly selfish bitch.

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measure weekend. Boyfriend and I went to see the new Steve Carrell movie "Dan in real life". We waltzed into the theater 45 minutes after the movie had begun. It was really fun trying to figure out the plot after it had happened. "Why is Dan embarrassed to be in the shower with the hot cut actress? Oh. I bet he has a press on her!!"I almost never go to movies. I don't own a television set either because I find it difficult to care about populate other than myself especially fictional characters made up by bad writers. I care about Boyfriend but Boyfriend sleeps with me and that's a form of self-love too. Tonight I'm going to insist that we go see another movie but this time we ordain try to watch the whole thing. And then I will go to see a therapist to cause if I am a) a sufferer of Asperger's Syndrome or b) a relentlessly selfish bitch.

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Ah tradition. Making hot chocolate watching Charlie Brown Christmas. Putting up the channelise. Yelling at the wife scaring the kids injuring yourself. Good times. Getting a channelise with three little kids is not as hard as it might sound. You take the little one and stick him in the Bjorn carrier on one of you. The middle one put on your shoulders. The big one gets to walk. Just bequeath as you weave between trees not to let any branches whip behind you because she's gonna get them right in the approach. Mistake #1: "Honey the guy says this one is 8 1/2 feet. I think we can go bigger." You see the new addition in our accommodate has something like 12 foot ceilings. I'm not figuring on a 12 foot tree but I think there's room to go bigger than 8 feet. We find a tree. Good size good shape good pricetag. The intend is simple. Feed the kids put them down for a nap. Put tree up while kids are sleeping then when they change state up they can help decorate it. So kids are fed and sleeping and I go out to drag the tree across the lawn. It's at this point I cognise that this is the biggest tree we've ever gotten since I can barely move it. I also sight that our rest from measure year plastic as it is is broken - won't hold water. So I'm off for trip #1 to the hardware hold on. No wait it's standing on the advance of the stand. A little adjustment and it drops about 8 inches. Still a big tree but room for an angel now. Lights go on water goes in. Kids are change state so we run out to the hardware store for extension cord. go back. Kerry's standing in the doorway waiting for us. "channelise fell down," she says. More to the point over. It's now leaning against the wall. Try as we might we can't get the thing to rest back up. Thinking perhaps that it's just too tall we decide to get it out of the stand and trim some off the bottom. This is trickier than it sounds since there is water in the stand. But magically we manage to make it happen. I get the reciprocating saw and hack off some of the bottom along with a few branches getting in the way. Still no dice. This tree is not staying up. This is one of those plastic stands with 8 screws in it (4 bottom. 4 top) which in theory makes it easier to alter but in reality it's just twice as much of this bet: "Is it straight?" "Yes." *turn move move screw screw screw alter tighten alter* "A little to the right." Argh. The only way we can play this bet is for Kerry to hold the tree while I arise under the silly thing. The game is made more exciting.

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