Thinking about writing.

So somebody gave me a compliment on my last blog telling me it was a good stream of consciousness. This is a high compliment to me because I try to write this stuff like I talk, which is hard because none of the stuff ever gets said out loud.

Then I got to thinking, in order for something to be a “good stream of consciousness” the individual writing must not be thinking about making it a stream of consciousness, or else it will seem forced. If something is not coming from the conscious, there are only two possible locations from which it could come.


One possibility is from the unconscious, but I think that is unlikely because I’d be passed out on the keyboard and this post would read something like this:

acilnnirccccuashfjkdlcabbyuoweuinfdklashfueiowqhfeihfasiud
fbdsafgyuerfguiudspoafwioerjb4b4tfuckfdjklahdfudygfdifhjkd
ashfdsfuisdaofdksafdljdklafjkldsnfjifhudhfujklfdopaodkfmfm

I actually rolled my head around on the keyboard to produce that string of text and somehow “fuck” still ended up in the middle of it all. That’s a sign.

The other possible, and more probable option is that a stream of consciousness comes from the sub-conscious. So this means that in writing a stream of consciousness, it must come from the sub-conscious, thereby invalidating the name. It should rightfully be called a stream of sub-conscious (ness?).

But some English maker decided to call it the stream of consciousness. What was their logic?


If they follow the same rules of English as the author of the following note (actual excerpt from facebook), then I can see where the term came from.

"Ok I guess I need to one of these even so often to remind you, WHO FUCK I AM…All I am saying dont fuck forget who I am….No if you fuck me over and/do wrong by me I make sure dont do it again and I promise that people been calling me crazy for years I will show you why I am truly crazy. BTW I AM TRUE BELIEVER IN THE IDEA OF FUCK SAYING FUCK THEY FEELINGS!!"

Yeah! You tell ‘em.

I just realized that in trying to write a stream of consciousness from my sub-conscious, I messed up and made it sound forced. Oh the irony. Stay tuned for my next sub-conscious post.

Thinking about writing.