"For interruptions there will always be" (78).
Welcome to the evening news on channel 13 WZZM. I'm Chastity Fox, and I'll be your host for the evening, James Von W has the night off.
First off this evening Hurricane Ike is firing up down in Texas... we'll come back with that story at 10 with Jane though...
Today, a little boy outside of town in the suburb of Oxbridge lost his tailless cat, if you've seen this Manx cat, please contact silent observer, the number is at the bottom of....
... Sorry Chastity, but this just in... Hurricane Ike could be presenting flash flooding for our viewing area tonight.... back to you, Chastity.
Well, hopefully we find our tailless cat before the poor beast loses another appendage in all of the flooding. Our little viewer from Oxbridge said that he last had his cat on a leash that he was walking on a gravel paths through the garden at the college, but he was distracted and let go of the leash when a priest started to frantically wave his hands about at a woman standing on the grass. Again, please call silent observer with any information you may have.
Now onto our main story of the night.: The food at the luncheon for hurricane Ike volunteers had food poisioning. Only three at the luncheon of five hundred did not have the quail pudding, which seems to be accountable for the sudden outbreak of horrendous stomach pains among the volunteers.
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"Oh, whatever..." Sarah finally gets fed up with watching the interrupted news.
She tosses the remote nonchalantly onto the black overstuffed mission style futon before shuffling her feet onto the lineoleum floor the minuscle kitchenette rests its feet on in her tiny single bedroom apartment.
She grabs microwavable popcorn out its hiding spot in the back of the musty smelling cupboard and smells the pre-popped bag like everytime she's done before making the fluffy, buttery snack.
She pulls open the microwave's door and slams the door shut just before she punches the button labeled POPCORN.
Resting her lower back against the countertop, Sarah lets the sounds of popping kernels relax her thoughts enough to the idea that the news's avid interruptions seems to be one of life's annoying aspects-- different trains of thoughts, how is anyone ever suppose to be able to contemplate a thought fully enough to analyze what was just presented to the audience in question...
BEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEP
Sarah grabs the popcorn from the microwave, a curse falls from her lips at how hot the bag seems to be. She shuffles back to the living room, pops in Pride and Prejudice, and settles into the black overstuffed mission style futon for the seven hour stretch.
[Woolf talks about how writing can only occur if there are long periods of uninterrupted time, but what about uninterrupted thoughts? Woolf jumps around with speakers, ideas, and places... Am I the only one who is annoyed by such jumping?]
5 comments:
Sarah,
I really like the way you illustrated your point here. When in reality is there any uninterrupted thought? Even Woolf can't seem to stay focused for very long or she writes such long passages that you lose her train of thought. Maybe she thinks with a room of her own she would be able to have uninterrupted thoughts. She also points out though that even Jane Austen had to write while being interrupted but her writing could not have been any better. It might just be the level of concentration and determination of the writer to be able to work while being interrupted.
I also like the way you illustrated your ideas, however, disagree. I find her change of thought very real. I constantly jump from one idea to another and have gotten teased by my siblings for making connections in my mind that no one else seems to understand. I enjoy her reading style but can understand how people can find it annoying.
This was a very creative way to get your thoughts out, but I agree with Jenny.Her changing thought constantly kept me more interested and made "A Room of One's Own" better. After finding out more about Woolf, it makes a lot of sense that her writing is nowhere near "uninterrupted".
I really enjoyed reading your post! I completely agree with your reaction to Woolf however I feel as though uninterrupted thoughts and uninterrupted writing are two separate entities. And in terms of uninterrupted news reports, daily life etc... isn't it the uncertainty of everyday occurrences what makes life more interesting?
Thanks for all the great feedback...
Emma: I completely agree, I feel like if she herself [Woolf] is not even able to keep her train of thought consistent in a published work, how then does she expect women to write uninterrupted. I feel like interruptions come with life.
Jenny: I get teased by my siblings for having jumping thoughts as well, but I feel like when it comes to a published work, they should all become tied in much more clearly than what Woolf did.
Marissa: I definitely agree that her writing is nowhere near uninterrupted.
Ali: Yes, I agree that writing and life are separate, which is why I find myself wondering why Woolf made so many interruptions in her work. But, the uncertainty of occurrences in life are left to those who live them to be interpreted as interesting. Some people find monotonous life to be very pleasing, which is why they find change to be so hard (ahem, my father for instance :)
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