Didn't win the lottery. Bummer.
Spent a nice weekend with Ian and Rachel and their little place in Montara. The great and majestic Strauss sisters were there, holding court. I & R have a great new back porch/deck/patio that was perfect for chilling, drinking, snacking, and talking.
Ken Koller and Kathleen Sullivan were there, too. Swim in the ocean was nice. I never regret a plunge into the freezing pacific.
When I got home, to where my car was parked at Kathleen's house, there was a note on my car, a name and a phone number. I had no idea who this was or what it was for. Took the note, threw it away. Later the next day, I look at my car and there's a minor dent in the left fron side neat the headlights. I go looking al through the trash for the note, now where to be found.
Is that bad luck, or IRONIC?
Alanis Morrisette gets a lot of shit (this I hate Alanis website from a loser who has no better use for his time than to be wrong) for using that term incorrectly, for fucking up the English language, in her song titled (ironically?) "Ironic."
Sample:
"An old man turned ninety-eight.
He won the lottery, and died the next day.
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay.
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late.
Isn't it ironic...don't you think?"
Why is she getting shit for this? She's using the term correctly, in one ot the term's usages. Read what Bartleby has to say to define this term Ironic. Note the usage numbered 2a.
"2a. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs. b. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity.
So there! Alanis' examples illustrate the incongruity between expected and outcome. (Not all the examples, but some. At least the pop star's trying, eh?)
But I'm afraid my experience with my dent is just bad luck. Maybe people use the word irony to describe their bad luck because it sounds literary, important. Bad luck sounds better when you are at the hands of some fateful god of Irony. Just like when losers whose lives are fucked up say, "Well, every thing happens for a reason." Yeah, your misfortune really is part of some grand design, so dont' feel so bad.
Spent a nice weekend with Ian and Rachel and their little place in Montara. The great and majestic Strauss sisters were there, holding court. I & R have a great new back porch/deck/patio that was perfect for chilling, drinking, snacking, and talking.
Ken Koller and Kathleen Sullivan were there, too. Swim in the ocean was nice. I never regret a plunge into the freezing pacific.
When I got home, to where my car was parked at Kathleen's house, there was a note on my car, a name and a phone number. I had no idea who this was or what it was for. Took the note, threw it away. Later the next day, I look at my car and there's a minor dent in the left fron side neat the headlights. I go looking al through the trash for the note, now where to be found.
Is that bad luck, or IRONIC?
Alanis Morrisette gets a lot of shit (this I hate Alanis website from a loser who has no better use for his time than to be wrong) for using that term incorrectly, for fucking up the English language, in her song titled (ironically?) "Ironic."
Sample:
"An old man turned ninety-eight.
He won the lottery, and died the next day.
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay.
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late.
Isn't it ironic...don't you think?"
Why is she getting shit for this? She's using the term correctly, in one ot the term's usages. Read what Bartleby has to say to define this term Ironic. Note the usage numbered 2a.
"2a. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs. b. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity.
So there! Alanis' examples illustrate the incongruity between expected and outcome. (Not all the examples, but some. At least the pop star's trying, eh?)
But I'm afraid my experience with my dent is just bad luck. Maybe people use the word irony to describe their bad luck because it sounds literary, important. Bad luck sounds better when you are at the hands of some fateful god of Irony. Just like when losers whose lives are fucked up say, "Well, every thing happens for a reason." Yeah, your misfortune really is part of some grand design, so dont' feel so bad.
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