The Drake Resides...
August 4th marks the first week at the Hotel Cafe with a full band and I’m opening for Meiko. Come check it out!
xo
@jamiethedrake
July 2010
5 posts
I googled myself.
And this is what comes up for about 13 pages.
I think it would be awesome if Jamie Drake and I (along with Jamie Drake the percussion dude) got together and hung out in one of Jamie’s exquistely designed rooms washed in the bold colors he’s known for. Then Jamie and I could jam out a song together. Maybe he’d give me bongos or something. Then we could have tea with Jamie Fox and Drake and laugh about how their single is the reason why I was a “New and Noteworthy Artist” on the Itunes Canada page (this is my theory but I could be wrong, maybe the Canadians do actually like me).
One thing I would like to note with a sense of achievement is that I know Jamie Drake has googled himself too… (come on, everyone does at some point) and he totally knows I exist. Perhaps he’s even given my music a listen like I checked out his interior design just now..(?) Either way, I feel better about myself knowing that Jamie Drake knows I exist and maybe *someday* he’ll decorate my brownstone.
The passive aggressive ellipsis...
This morning I posed the question, “What does it mean when you include more than one period after a sentence? I just hear the theme song for Scooby Doo…”
Then my good friend supplied me with the literal definition on my Facebook wall. Thank you for your contribution to this conversation :
ellipsis |iˈlipsis|
noun ( pl. -ses |-sēz|)
the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.
• a set of dots indicating such an omission.
But I was speaking figuratively. What I should have clarified is - what the HELL are people trying to communicate when they include an ellipsis via text?? I find most cases leave me wondering if they’re up to no good:
* How do you read a text that says, “I was really hoping you’d come tonight…” I read this as:
“guilt trip.”
* Or even, “Yes…” I hear in my mind:
“I haven’t decided yet but I’m going to let you think I’m saying yes until I find better plans, and then I’ll flake on you.”
* How about, “I miss you…” Are you sure about that??? Cuz’ it sounds a lot like you are giving me lip-service. It looks like you mean:
“I don’t really know you that well but I want to tell you I miss you.” Or another possible meaning if from a love interest could be:
“Get over here, I want you in my bed right now,” (in which case the ” … ” is totally called for because the party in question is OBVIOUSLY being MYSTERIOUS).
Hence my Scooby reference. I only use an ellipsis in text conversation when I want to be a part of the mystery machine. I wanna get in that van and drive over to a haunted mansion and hope that Shaggy and Scoob eat their way through the ellipse in my conversation and figure out what’s not being said (if my metaphor confuses you, I can’t help you). YOU KNOW SOMEONE IS YELLING WHEN THEY INCLUDE BIG LETTERS AND MAKE THEM BOLD AND ADD EXCLAMATION POINTS, SO WHY ALL THIS MYSTERY WITH NORMAL CONVERSATION?!?!
Ehem…
Finally, the only case in which an ellipsis is appropriate in this humble writer’s opinion, is when it makes sense for you to let your imagination fill in the blank. Examples include waiting for an answer from the person in question or trying to be mysterious on purpose:
* ”Come over to my place…”
* ”I’m waitinnnnnnng…”
* ”I’m not sure how to read your fucking text…”
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, SAY IT WITH A FUCKING PERIOD, NOT 3 OF THEM. IT’S LAME AND CONFUSING.
That is all.
jamiethedrake
“When they said, “I know that my redeemer liveth,” I told them, “He’s dead.” And when they told me, “God is dead,” I answered, “He goes fishing everyday in the Kentucky river. I see Him often.”
—The Contrariness of the Mad Farmer by Wendell Berry
