Odd.

[azurelunatic]

I wonder how somebodies comes up with what lines are going to be used in any given post.

somebodies has friended a bajillion people with permanent accounts. Each post made by somebodies is a surreal cut-and-paste of links, sentences taken out of context from individual entries of the people who have somebodies friended back. The results are sometimes beautiful, and always bizarre.

One might think that the user skims their friends page and picks out good lines, but I note that one of the lines used in today's post is from my journal, and was way back at the end of August. So I'm wondering how they come up with the lines. Do they skim the friends page for good material, and save it somewhere, to use it when it fits in with the theme of the day? Perhaps.

It's really fascinating, how different the same words sound in context and out; it's also amazing how good I am at remembering what I've written, and recognizing my own writing style. I sometimes have to go back to put it in context, but I generally know when it's mine before I hover over the link and see my name.

Comments

[juuro.livejournal.com]

Actually, given the hint that a sample was there to be found, I was able to recognize your style, too.

[azurelunatic]

Cool! So, whether 'tis for better or !better, I'm developing a recognizable style. Which I think is good. I should be a writer, after all.

[blackavar.livejournal.com]

Well, there's always the process of using a Megahal bot, like I did with ljmegahal. That can come up with some wonderfully surreal stuff. However, I still need to write the script to automatically pull only non-friends-locked entries, and also automate requested removal from the list.

[azurelunatic]

Whee! *adds*