I can be so monothematic

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* While I was reading this National Geographic article, I was thinking about hard covers and paperbacks and it made even more sense.

Resumes printed on heavy paper stock are likely considered more seriously than those on lightweight sheets.

* Via metafandom: this entry provides a definition of Man Pain far too awesome not to copy:

Man Pain.

(n).

1). an all-encompassing, egocentric suffering that disallows focus on anything else but the pain.
2). tunnel vision focus on one's own pain and disregard/lack of understanding for the suffering of others. Most often experienced by fictional men.

We see this in two forms:

a). Narrative form: Wherein the hero is focused on his pain and ways to allievate or wallow in it, often at the expense of the suffering of others. This comes from the character's own issues and is likely to make you hate the character if you're not prone to liking Man Pain.

b). Metanarrative form: Wherein the writers decide that the suffering/pain of the Male hero is a lot more important than the suffering of others, which is ignored/pushed back by the narrative. This will make you hate the writers, while still possibly liking the character.

/takes notes to avoid it like the plague.

* How could I see a book subtitled "Aesthetic Considerations About Gadamer's Hermeneutics" with a cover like this and not buy it? Then again, some of the ball-things at the bottom are either hurt or are vampires. I'd like to know if they'll make sense after I read it.
Either way, it'll have to wait until I finish The Poetics of Reverie. It's very interesting, although its annoying funny how Bachelard keeps dissing psychology. And he just keeps bringing it up practically every page. I'm starting to skip the rest of the paragraph whenever it says "the psychologist". D: