So basically, I love peer reviews. Why? Because I love to talk. I'm a pretty talkative person and I think everyone deserves to have the blessing of hearing my opinions. Also, occasionally I like listening to the opinions of others, but only if they are given in a humble manner. I expect all of my peers to kneel over to my superior writing finesse. Did I mention I have bipolar awesomeness? Most people call it bipolar disorder... at least the DSMV-IV does. lolololol. Not really... I don't actually have that. I just enjoy acting manic.
Back to the peer review thing... I like my peers. They're pretty sexy. Especially when we review together. My favorite part is making people go off tangent. Because we have a small group, this is easier to do. After we've covered the necessities of the discussion about our papers, I like to talk about peoples personal lives. I find people fascinating... because people are fascinating. Seriously. You're pretty self centered if you don't think the major point of a peer review is learning about someone else. Who cares about the paper? Honestly. The paper... is just that. A piece of paper. The more interesting piece is the piece of work sitting in front of you, the person.
Now I know many of you may not agree... this is probably too great a concept to grasp.. that someone ELSE might actually be of interest.
I think in all aspects of interaction we all need to take a step back and appreciate what little actions allow in the view of a greater image of a person.
I figure I should talk about it about the actual peer review last week to avoid losing points or something. Ummm Thorton is an excellent peer reviewer... (if you're reading this Thorton pay attention! ILY). Thorton's reviews to me at least, come off as chill and laid back.... and THAT'S A GOOD THING! Thorton has the talent of letting you know what's up without being an asshole. And Ken... those Pockies..... I want some more. They were so good. I have me eating them as my profile picture on Facebook. NOM NOMONOM. That being said, your review was good as well. You're an interesting person. I want to learn more about you.
I really like baby kittens. They're cute.
So are waffles.
Goodnight.
Thanks for the shout out. I agree that an important part of the peer editing process is getting to know people who's paper you are editing, though my thought is it helps you know what comments to make with your knowledge of them as a person.
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