DC - when you see Popeye and Pluto fighting in your thread, don't stop to ask yourself if they're fighting because of something you said. Just ignore 'em and put away the dishes.
dcexodusfalling How could you relate to Lord of the Rings? Those books you like have no depth in them, its just a story. In a good book a writer will give part of themselves in the literature. Here a few good ones that I enjoyed: Bless Me Ultima, Lord of the Flies, Don Quixote, Jane Eyre, A Place Where the Sea Remembers. If you want a good story read Andromada Strain by Michael Crichton, don't read about some stupid hobbits.
Re: dcexodusfalling I almost gasped when I read this! what do you mean how could I relate to the Lord of the Rings? It's a classic story of good versus evil. If you think that Tolkien didnt give an entire part of himself to his literature you are completely mistaken. He spent 12 years of his life writing and rewriting that. He came up with every language you find inside of it. There is so much hidden meaning inside of it! Now I have read me Bless Me Ultima and I enjoyed it, Don Quixote too. But I hated Jane Eyre. I thought that was a book that would never end. And hobbits are far from stupid. They are still around its just that us clumsy humans make so much noise they hear us coming and hide. They live much differently now than they did in the books. Ok so I kinda stole that from Tolkien, but oh well. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Italian... do you really identify so strongly with Lord of the Flies? I found it to be a highly moralizing and offensive read myself... certainly I didn't identify well with any of the characters, and the religious allegories were too thick to have any overreaching power in the narrative.
Add another one to my stash: The Tempest. Now, for my demipuppets.... Wart: ........she'll keep right on stepping all over that face of yours with her eyes closed....... Yes, isn't it just fucking grand bonding like a bunch of menopausal soccer moms? I still don't buy it.........so! Say spooky and I picture a Steve Buscemi looking sewer rat. ? Bigblue: And something much simpler: boring.
James Thurber: The Middle Aged Man On The Flying Trapeze. Let Your Mind Alone and Other More or less inspirational pieces. The Owl In The Attic And Other Perplexities.
I'm a reference fiend, so I'll just stick to my top reference books: Aside from a really good dictionary... Powers of Ten, Morrison/Eames Lunar Atlas, ed. Alter Science Speaks to Young Men on Liquor, Tobacco, Narcotics, and Marijuana, Thomason -- this is a gem;propaganda published in 1938, detailing the evils of drugs & drink Culpeper's Complete Herbal A Dictionary of Symbols, Cirlot There are lots of others I value, but those are some of the more interesting ones.
spookz, remember when I said I had let it go? well it needs another swift punch in the face.............. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Another good book is 'Where do I come from'... don't ask me who wrote it, I read it long ago as a child (amazing I even remember it in my old age) and it's about well.. where do I come from. It's got pictures and everythingPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image!... hehehe Although I must say, I'd always thought I was dropped from a plane.. shattered that illusion reallyPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image!... sigh Errrmmmm anywho, nevermind. I think I may have said too much. Ahem... ermmm I think I have to be somewhere now... ummm... slinks away embarrassedPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Bells: I know........remember all those beaver shots with the labels etched in crayon? It was the most educational piece of porn. Spookz: E.l.a.b.o.r.a.t.e Punch me. Kick me, rob me, thrill me. But please don't pop my cherry. Pause. All hail prose..........I swear to you all, I'm the next Shakespeare.
no my sweet. I have endured pain and hardship beyond your comprehension. I have paid my dues, given my pound of flesh. Been to the nadir, overcome everything it threw at me, now nothing but the zenith for me.
......and here I am thinking Nadir was your nesting hole, a ditch with no elbow room life stuffed you in like Saddam.
glassy shards of your broken wishful thinking i'm sure. You only know just how good you are untill you are thrown into adversity. It's the best teacher in the world. When you finish your education, you'll know what I mean. That said, I wouldn't wish those adversities which I have overcome on anyone....not even you.
