Clockwork Dreams

Enthusiastically Unstable; Eloquently Retrotech

Irony

Inventrix | September 16, 2009

For a writer, I have an impossibly difficult time communicating thoughts in casual conversation. Spoken and written.
It’s like, you think it’s just other people not understanding you until you realize that it happens all the time, with everyone, and the only common denominator is you. Kind of like that joke about past relationships.

The Language of the Emoticon

Inventrix | April 29, 2009

One thing that I tend to do almost obsessively is analyze language. Or, in some cases, “language”. Example: I have studied at least three dialects of l33t sp34k. I think that is the only example needed.
A recent brief exchange on Twitter has refocused my thoughts on the fine art of emoticon usage [...]