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[balmofgilead]

When I was 11, years before my English teacher introduced me to Bartleby the Scrivener, I adopted the whole "I'd prefer not" routine as a [more polite?] way to say no [with less difficulty.]

Somehow that expression gradually faded from my vocabulary, and I think my life was worse for it.

Quoth misia in her other blog, "Although Bartleby’s story is the story of firmly-stated personal preferences taken to an absurd extreme, the principle of simply stating one’s personal preferences and behaving exactly as one has said one will is a fantastically simple and solid one."

Indeed.  I'm going to start using it again.

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[rippetoe.livejournal.com]

Sonuva . . . And I just spent my free time today watching Cruel Intentions, possibly one of the worst movies I've ever been recommended. Except for Underworld.

[balmofgilead.livejournal.com]

Er, I kind of liked Cruel Intentions, if only because Selma Blair and Christine Baranski were in it. Don't judge me :P

Was this aimed at my other post, or are you regretting not having said "I'd prefer not" to whoever suggested you watch Cruel Intentions?