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Really happy for the first time in awhile. It's been a rough few weeks.
Suzuki is amazing. Viewpoints is likewise amazing.
I've been tearing through Michelle Tea's collected poems. I never thought that I'd like her; I don't tend to go for the whole angry lesbian genre. Possibly because I fear becoming one. Still, you can't argue with the woman's poetry. Even with all of...
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Suzuki is amazing. Viewpoints is likewise amazing.
I've been tearing through Michelle Tea's collected poems. I never thought that I'd like her; I don't tend to go for the whole angry lesbian genre. Possibly because I fear becoming one. Still, you can't argue with the woman's poetry. Even with all of...
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maike:
You are aware of the 30-day journal update rule, right? Gutsy.
reacher:
Thanks for the thoughts and well-wishes. It means allot. 
Doing dramaturgical work on a play about the Bronte sisters. Which, of course, means that I get to reread The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Hooray for early novels about domestic abuse.
Hooray also for the gym, which is definitely contributing to a sense of general well-being.
And hooray again for my new glasses. I should find someone with a camera to take pictures.
Hooray also for the gym, which is definitely contributing to a sense of general well-being.
And hooray again for my new glasses. I should find someone with a camera to take pictures.
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humberthumbert:
cha, like you totally need to hear about every romantic failure i have.
it's kaley; you'll meet her.
now what about new york, fucker?
it's kaley; you'll meet her.
now what about new york, fucker?
humberthumbert:
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[Edited on May 05, 2005 10:03PM]
Sore throats make everybody miserable! Me especially.
Slogging through Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent. I'm starting to wonder if I care enough to finish it. This thing needs to come to a point, and soon.
Speaking of pointless things: the Franch movie, Artemesia--about Artemesia Gentileschi (sp?). In dealing with her life, it strayed far from history, which claims that the painter she was studying...
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Slogging through Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent. I'm starting to wonder if I care enough to finish it. This thing needs to come to a point, and soon.
Speaking of pointless things: the Franch movie, Artemesia--about Artemesia Gentileschi (sp?). In dealing with her life, it strayed far from history, which claims that the painter she was studying...
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maike:
I've felt that one could simply read every third page of TSA and still get the plot, if this helps. I don't think I'll ever finish it. I've seen parts of the film, but apparently the competing program on growing sod was more interesting, since I don't recall the ending. I bought a 1924 edition of The Arrow of Gold last year, and it is a lovely book to hold(id est, also unreadable).
reacher:
Thanks for the offer Quilty, I appreciate that. I made it through ok. Where are you located anyway? Cali?
At my best, I am pale and impassive as a dune.
Tonight I perch grotesquely, laughing gargoyle
over the action, painted and pinned
watching my palms, the room, all of the odd intersections.
I am an attic, locked and forgotten.
I blend easily into the wallpaper,
even at my worstrattling cameralike, knocking
my cheeks. I start spitting feathers when I speak;
instead, I stare loudly....
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Tonight I perch grotesquely, laughing gargoyle
over the action, painted and pinned
watching my palms, the room, all of the odd intersections.
I am an attic, locked and forgotten.
I blend easily into the wallpaper,
even at my worstrattling cameralike, knocking
my cheeks. I start spitting feathers when I speak;
instead, I stare loudly....
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humberthumbert:
i'm not high anymore and it's still brilliant! HA!
pictures sent today.
pictures sent today.
humberthumbert:
okay, you HAVE to join suicideboys and check out the "cufflinks and vesuvius: adam and steve" set.
you will DIE of cute and hot all at once
you will DIE of cute and hot all at once
Just found my much-loved copy of The Bell Jar! Also, reading The Tipping Point, which is completely fascinating.
Everything's coming up Quilty!
Everything's coming up Quilty!
reacher:
Did you find it in the basement, holed up in the wall where a breeze-way was added, covered by logs?
Okay, bad joke.
Okay, bad joke.
humberthumbert:
i miss sylvia plath. and you.
listening to "you had time" makes me miss you MORE because i am a pathetic emo kid and music makes me feel feelings.
why are you not here?
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listening to "you had time" makes me miss you MORE because i am a pathetic emo kid and music makes me feel feelings.
why are you not here?
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After a severe shortage of sleep, Donne's Holy Sonnet 10 seems immeasurably profound.
I've been reading poetry in the middle of the night, with my eyes all bugged out from sleeplessness and an excess of insight. During the day, I read Haruki Murakami's collection of short stories, "The Elephant Vanishes." There's a wonderful story in there about insomnia. A woman gives up sleep, instead choosing...
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I've been reading poetry in the middle of the night, with my eyes all bugged out from sleeplessness and an excess of insight. During the day, I read Haruki Murakami's collection of short stories, "The Elephant Vanishes." There's a wonderful story in there about insomnia. A woman gives up sleep, instead choosing...
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gusgus621:
Anne Sexton.
But I'm a big cheating librarian. There's this amazing full-text database of English literature--you can search for any phrase in practically the whole body of English and American literature. It's completely mental.
It's called Literature Online by Chadwyck Healy, by the way. Some books even have full color images. About a billion times better than microfilm.
A friend of mine turned me on to a truly mind-blowing writer--Richard Hughes. I'm halfway through "The Fox in the Attic" which is perfect because it's half set in Munich.
But I'm a big cheating librarian. There's this amazing full-text database of English literature--you can search for any phrase in practically the whole body of English and American literature. It's completely mental.
It's called Literature Online by Chadwyck Healy, by the way. Some books even have full color images. About a billion times better than microfilm.
A friend of mine turned me on to a truly mind-blowing writer--Richard Hughes. I'm halfway through "The Fox in the Attic" which is perfect because it's half set in Munich.
fenchurch:
Just like Easter!
They say the truth will set you free
But then, so will a lie
It depends if you're trying to get to the promised land
Or just trying to get by.
I've been in an Ani Difranco kind of mood. The sort of jazz-y, convulsive stuff from last year or so. At least the Dresden Dolls have left my stereo. That is the second step....
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But then, so will a lie
It depends if you're trying to get to the promised land
Or just trying to get by.
I've been in an Ani Difranco kind of mood. The sort of jazz-y, convulsive stuff from last year or so. At least the Dresden Dolls have left my stereo. That is the second step....
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reacher:
I'm sorry, but I just had to laugh at your desciption of that dream. Tres funny. 
I love your quote at the top though - very timely for me, as well. Something that should not be forgotten.
I love your quote at the top though - very timely for me, as well. Something that should not be forgotten.
Television makes me hate everyone. Watched the ends of Girl With A Pearl Earring (which was as implausible yet lovely as I remembered), and Mona Lisa Smile (actually more inane than I had thought it), and A League of Their Own (until I could tolerate it no longer. Eventually I was only watching because Gillian Anderson was having an angry fit in every other shot,...
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gusgus621:
Television is evil.
Books are better.
I wish Lynda Barry would write another novel. Alas.
Books are better.
I wish Lynda Barry would write another novel. Alas.
gusgus621:
I'm a huge fan of all of Lynda Barry's stuff--most of which is comics. I've been buying the little collections of her strips whenever I see them in used book stores, but they're not as common as they once were. Do you know that stuff? She's phenomenal. Her recent book "1,000 Demons" is really amazing.
I'm a big booster of librarianism for bookish types in search of a decent job path. The profession attracts all sorts of freaks--both good and bad. I'm trying to attract more good freaks.
I'm a big booster of librarianism for bookish types in search of a decent job path. The profession attracts all sorts of freaks--both good and bad. I'm trying to attract more good freaks.
Wheeee, fun with theatre. Creating a mask piece centered around a closet--monsters, skeletons. Steering away from "coming out of the closet," because that's too damn obvious. Stealing text from Lolita and possible singing parts from Missed Me by the Dresden Dolls. The Dresden Dolls have basically taken over every impulse in my brain.
Do you miss me? Will you kiss me through the window?
How...
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Do you miss me? Will you kiss me through the window?
How...
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reacher:
I remember how it was when I was a student too. Little time for recreation, and for me, too poor to actually buy books - I checked them out. I think I've made up for lost time, as I have enough books to start a small library here now.
I picked up Ada, or Ardor today which I'll read next week to keep my mind occupied during an unnerving time. It looks sufficiently lustful and debacherous for my tastes. I'll let you know if it proves resonating as well.
I hadn't heard of the restored Ariel, I'll check it out, thanks.
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I picked up Ada, or Ardor today which I'll read next week to keep my mind occupied during an unnerving time. It looks sufficiently lustful and debacherous for my tastes. I'll let you know if it proves resonating as well.
I hadn't heard of the restored Ariel, I'll check it out, thanks.
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humberthumbert:
wow your piece sounds insane. i must see it.
I can breathe again. This has been the most ridiculous week. So busy. Bleugh.
I had to write a paper about Robert Frost, in which, thanks to a typo, I talk about a young boy "riding the bitches." Thank god for proofreading. The R and T keys are too close for comfort.
Off to party! Decompression is good!
I had to write a paper about Robert Frost, in which, thanks to a typo, I talk about a young boy "riding the bitches." Thank god for proofreading. The R and T keys are too close for comfort.
Off to party! Decompression is good!
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fenchurch:
Thank you dearie 
PS - humbert totally called you on the lesbian paint sex.
PS - humbert totally called you on the lesbian paint sex.
reacher:
Isn't a sexual metaphor about the state of Michigan what you litchure types call an 'oxymoron'? 
Not a big Frost fan, but "Nothing gold can stay" summarizes quite succinctly what is perhaps the hardest thing for me to accept about this life - the inevitable decay of every thing, feeling, and idea. I want the gold to stay forever.
Not a big Frost fan, but "Nothing gold can stay" summarizes quite succinctly what is perhaps the hardest thing for me to accept about this life - the inevitable decay of every thing, feeling, and idea. I want the gold to stay forever.
Watching terrible The L Word with humberthumbert. Everyone on that show should just be shot except for Leisha Hailey and the hot one with leather pants. Actually, we were having fun with Humbert's toy guns and pretending to shoot the screen.
AWFUL dialogue:
Stalker Girl: Why does everyone keep leaving me?
The Hot One: (concerned) You have a lot of feelings.
Leisha Hailey: (to deceitful...
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AWFUL dialogue:
Stalker Girl: Why does everyone keep leaving me?
The Hot One: (concerned) You have a lot of feelings.
Leisha Hailey: (to deceitful...
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humberthumbert:
i know. call me. why aren't you calling me?
ginny:
I have this wacky design idea for a performance of Othello I'm going to be designing. You should mosey on down to the Shakespeare Group and help me toss around some ideas.
How in the name of the Devil's socks did you manage to bend your feeble neurons around the single greatest name on the entire GODDAMN site. I am a bona fide, mad lover of nymphs, or "nymphets", as a writer that I recommend you at least try to read, once described them. I hereby claim that it is my birthright to be called "Quilty". Now I'm off to Elphinstone. Put down that shoe!