romanswantmyblud:
random shit
a friend quoted kahlil gibran to me the other day, saying "it is the privilige of the murdered not to be the murderer." an i couldn't help but think, "but you'd still be dead, asshole."
i guess i'm to low key for self righteousness, but pointing fingers and playing the blame game is rather pointless.
martyrdom is easy, it's living that's the tricky part.
i guess i'm to low key for self righteousness, but pointing fingers and playing the blame game is rather pointless.
martyrdom is easy, it's living that's the tricky part.
geckogirl:
oooh but self righteousness feels soooo good! 
yes, it is very cold here in atlanta.
yes, it is very cold here in atlanta.
i don't have any friends on here. not that this entry is a plea, but rather an observation.
it's really weird to run into ex's. i guess she wasn't so much an ex as a former lover. but i never really loved her. it's like a looking at a shadow, it's so weird. that moment in time can never be regained. she's not who she was, and i'm still not who she wanted me to be. i guess maybe now i can see...
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rxqueen:
i dont think there is anyone who can't relate to this.
romanswantmyblud:
pics of ... well, me
romanswantmyblud:
stuff i've worked on or made
romanswantmyblud:
it's self-explanatory
on mishima's the sailor who fell from grace with the sea:
georges bataille said that "eroticism was the silence of god, which language could never express, but could only approach."
i lectured on this book to a room full of college freshmen for an entire hour, and managed to only talk in circles. i screamed and yelled and almost cried. and at the end,...
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georges bataille said that "eroticism was the silence of god, which language could never express, but could only approach."
i lectured on this book to a room full of college freshmen for an entire hour, and managed to only talk in circles. i screamed and yelled and almost cried. and at the end,...
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anitalife:
Wow. I can't imagine reading the book at such a point in one's life; that must have been powerful, to say the least. I read it at various airports on the way to Portland a few weeks ago, myself. Not quite as poignant.
I'm a grad student in a literature department, so it's rare for me not to be able to express my reaction to a book. Mishima's work knocked me flat on my ass. I think I sat in a stunned silence for a good couple of hours after finishing it. I still don't know what I can say about it that doesn't seem paltry and inadequate. Bataille's point is well-taken.
I can't imagine teaching the book to undergrads. Yikes. How did they respond to it?
Nice to meet you, by the way. And, yes, Hulga is a real name. I just finished O'Connor's "Good Country People" (in which one of the characters changes her name from Joy to Hulga) so it was the first female name to pop into my head.
[Edited on Jan 08, 2005 4:14PM]
I'm a grad student in a literature department, so it's rare for me not to be able to express my reaction to a book. Mishima's work knocked me flat on my ass. I think I sat in a stunned silence for a good couple of hours after finishing it. I still don't know what I can say about it that doesn't seem paltry and inadequate. Bataille's point is well-taken.
I can't imagine teaching the book to undergrads. Yikes. How did they respond to it?
Nice to meet you, by the way. And, yes, Hulga is a real name. I just finished O'Connor's "Good Country People" (in which one of the characters changes her name from Joy to Hulga) so it was the first female name to pop into my head.
[Edited on Jan 08, 2005 4:14PM]
romanswantmyblud:
they just looked at me in stunned silence. when i got done they started applauding me, but i think a lot of them were scared.
my pinup girl is part of a series of mishima-related tattoos.
"whenever he dreamed of them, glory and death and woman were all consubstantial. yet when woman had been attained, the other two withdrew beyond the offing and ceased their mournful wailing of his name. the things he had rejected were now rejecting him." from sailor, as i'm sure you've recognized.
so i have woman, and
is for glory. and then around the elbow or so i am gonna get a skull and bones, so i'll have death, glory and woman. god, i'm such a nerd.
and yes, it was nice to meet you too.
my pinup girl is part of a series of mishima-related tattoos.
"whenever he dreamed of them, glory and death and woman were all consubstantial. yet when woman had been attained, the other two withdrew beyond the offing and ceased their mournful wailing of his name. the things he had rejected were now rejecting him." from sailor, as i'm sure you've recognized.
so i have woman, and
is for glory. and then around the elbow or so i am gonna get a skull and bones, so i'll have death, glory and woman. god, i'm such a nerd.
and yes, it was nice to meet you too.