Not to be confused with META-narrative nor any typo there-of, the MEATNARRATIVE is a new form of intellectual theory being coined by me, right now, in this very blog post, that involves:
A) any sort of thoughtful and/or off-the-cuff commentary on life and society, conveyed through the medium of: meat;
and/or
B) any sort of commentary on meat, conveyed through the medium of: anything.
For example, here is a meatnarrative on love:
By publishing this blog post, right here, right now, I am officially claiming my title as the leading scholar on the meatnarrative. In case you don't believe me, know this: At the time of posting, a Google search for "meatnarrative" returns only 14 hits, total - all of which either contain typos of "metanarrative," or contain two independent words in posts having nothing to do with meat-theories nor intentional puns.
Check back for updates on this emerging scholarly field when my thesis on watershed planning is done!
Update: I should give credit to this one other blogger who, in 2007, did intentionally use the phrase "meatnarrative" in a post. However, he used it only in the context of "har har, isn't it funny that I mistyped 'meta-narrative' in my Philosophy essay, and here, I'll call my self-aggrandizing post about my good grade 'nudie girls' in acknowledgment of the (Freudian) slip." Clearly, not worthy of the official title, for he did not recognize the true, weighty value of the term upon which he stumbled.
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ReplyDeleteOkay, gross. But I like the idea of food as a method for conveying ideas.
ReplyDeletefood narratives r so passe. hello, like what about this one?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmsS9hs6BxM&feature=channel_page
Scott: Thanks! Someday soon I will link to yours. But given my dearth of content I won't be offended if you can't promise the same.
ReplyDeleteTJF: Me too! Someday after late April we can collaboratively make food art to convey planning concepts, or something :)
Caroline: That link is awesome and totally fits into the conceptualization of the meatnarrative. Crow+Kitten plus Tornado-Picked-Up-By-Tornado (which is totally meta) remind me of THIS, in a way that makes me feel a little perverse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtX8nswnUKU
An update for your update:
ReplyDeleteI am very much a she not a he. I would certainly would never use or say the phrase "har har" (so inelegant). Also, I absolutely recognize that some of what I write is true, weighty, and of value. Where you are correct: I am very often self aggrandizing.