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I thought I'd pop my head in as not been here in ages, but I've realised I barely recognise anyone posting anymore :coldsweat: Any of the old guard (I joined in 2009 or thereabouts) still around?

Some of the replies here are just...yikes. The vast majority of Morrissey's posts and opinions these days absolutely deserve criticism and scorn - but maybe we could pause the vitriol when he's talking about his mum dying?

I got engaged a couple of weekends ago, so, you know, there's that. :)

"I heard a rumour from ground control- oh no, don't say it's true" So shocked. I always knew of him and how vital he was but somehow didn't really start listening and understanding until I was about 18. His magnitude was such that it always felt like he'd go on forever. Reminds you just how...

Oh, go ahead and analyse all you like. If I only liked 'easy-reading' I wouldn't have bothered spending nine grand on an English degree, so your threats to 'analyse' my intelligence, my taste level, and the validity of my criticisms really don't mean shit to me because I can see you're just...

New picture right after I cut my hair super-short. It's pink now. :p

I recently lost my third job this year. f*** it, it's not worth trying.

There certainly seem to be more arseholes around in general in the last few years. Or maybe I'm just getting older and more disillusioned...

I went to see Crimson Peak a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it. Anything that Gothic and camp is right up my alley. I found it kind of sexy, too. Also I wanted to live in that house...albeit without the ghosts and the hole in the roof!

Sycophants.

I've read the posts and they're perfectly valid, especially when they said that quoting directly from the book and just saying it's brilliant (which is essentially what you're doing) is no real defence. Nothing wrong with them saying it's shit and trying to explain why they think that- all your...

Personally I think most of us would like you not to be such a patronising self righteous dick, but there you go. I'm assuming 'brain dead' equals 'doesn't agree with me' in your world?

Not surprising really. Moz has never taken criticism well, which is fair enough when there are very mixed views on something, but it's hard to take his rather adolescent "you just don't understand me" schtick seriously on this one seeing that most people agreed the book was shit and he's failed...

I'm not in publishing as a career at the moment, but I'm doing some training to become a proofreader so I have a bit of knowledge about the basic process. Generally you'd have at least a structural editor and then a copy-editor liasing with the author on style and such before proofreading...

She clearly made many, many oversights in editing this, though. My guess is that Morrissey pushed back massively on messing with it too much, and so the irrelevant rambling remained. This was a problem with Autobiography too.

There comes a point though where the novelist's opinions and causes should at least be integrated into the narrative. The problem with List of the Lost is that all Morrissey's own socio-political views are just kind of chucked in randomly with no finesse or relevance to the story/characters...

Here's my blog post: https://occasionallyopinionated.wordpress.com/2015/09/30/crashing-bore-a-rant-on-morrisseys-list-of-the-lost/

Read it a few days ago when work was quiet for a few hours. Jesus Christ. I'm currently in the process of writing a very ranty and kinda vitriolic blog post about it. Not usually my style, but I found it to be such a terrible read that I can't bring myself to be balanced about it. Hard to...

I went on my first ever date with a woman the other day. Long story, but I recently realised I'm most probably bisexual so my previously monogamous relationship is now an open one. After nearly two years with my boyfriend I'd forgotten how nerve-wracking and confusing dating can be! Especially...

It's looking almost certain that Hedwig and the Angry Inch will be transferring to London at some point and I am insanely happy and excited. Hedwig is my absolute favourite film and I've wanted to see the musical so badly, but until now it seemed unlikely that it would happen in the foreseeable...