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Sitting in the middle of a GEK1046 lecture, I suddenly felt detached from myself. You know the unsettling feeling as if your corporeal soul has separated from material flesh and bones and you are looking down at yourself, half-floating and a translucent grey? Yeah. And guess what the topic was about? The difference between signifieds and signifiers, how there is a gap between the intended meaning of words and symbols and the received understanding, and all the time, I was going "holy cow, what the fuck". The feeling persisted throughout PS tutorial, where I felt inarticulate and outclassed in just about every aspect. Maybe this is first-year jitters, maybe I was having a bad day, maybe I should have put in more effort in doing my readings. But what if, just what if, this is the best that I will ever get to be, and that my thinking will not evolve beyond its current level? And that I am stuck in this state of unsophistication. Yikes, in that case, I am well and truly screwed.
So what do I do now? Run off and hide myself in another drama series of course! Two of them, actually: The Inbetweeners and Misfits, both British shows from channel E4, which also produced Skins. I like teen dramas yay. The Inbetweeners was hilarious and made me wish that I was a slacker-loser in the town, hanging out with 3 other slacker-losers, doing slacker-loserly things. Hahaha hey, that sounds pretty familiar. But yeah, the dynamics between Will, Simon, Jay and Neil are comedic gold, and they get themselves into cringe-worthy embarrassing situations that probably ring a few bells as well. It's dumb, but dumb fun! :D See below image for evidence hahaha
Misfits is something quite different. It is about five teenaged delinquents who develop superpowers after being struck by lightning in a freak-storm. Sounds silly? Well, yeah... But I like how the superpowers parodied the charatcters' greatest insecurities. And NATHAN! He's refreshing, unpredictable and you never know what new bullshit he's going to pull or say. Hehe. I like how there is something bigger at play as well. Makes you sit at the edge of your seats in anticipation. Especially for Nathan hahaha.
Alright, enough slacking. Time for readingssss!
So what do I do now? Run off and hide myself in another drama series of course! Two of them, actually: The Inbetweeners and Misfits, both British shows from channel E4, which also produced Skins. I like teen dramas yay. The Inbetweeners was hilarious and made me wish that I was a slacker-loser in the town, hanging out with 3 other slacker-losers, doing slacker-loserly things. Hahaha hey, that sounds pretty familiar. But yeah, the dynamics between Will, Simon, Jay and Neil are comedic gold, and they get themselves into cringe-worthy embarrassing situations that probably ring a few bells as well. It's dumb, but dumb fun! :D See below image for evidence hahaha
Misfits is something quite different. It is about five teenaged delinquents who develop superpowers after being struck by lightning in a freak-storm. Sounds silly? Well, yeah... But I like how the superpowers parodied the charatcters' greatest insecurities. And NATHAN! He's refreshing, unpredictable and you never know what new bullshit he's going to pull or say. Hehe. I like how there is something bigger at play as well. Makes you sit at the edge of your seats in anticipation. Especially for Nathan hahaha.
Alright, enough slacking. Time for readingssss!
