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Re: Wow... (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
V-
Amazing essay! But a phobia towards Paris?? Whatever do you mean?
Well, have you ever spent lots of time there? I lived there for a year. Granted, it was historically a very bad year for Paris: 1994-5. The whole country went on strike:
2 month nationwide transportation strike (trains, metro) over the Christmas/New Years holidays.
2 month postal strike
1 month hospital worker's strike
Massive student strikes
But then, les grèves are a national pastime.
Here are a few of the things I hated about Paris (a city which, by the way, I also love)--
*Dog poo everywhere
*Smoke everywhere (but that's Europe)
*No sitting anywhere on grass/earth without police blowing whistles at you. You have to go to Bois du Bulogne (I forgot the spelling) to stretch out on the grass.
*Extreme conformity among social groups, breaking into smaller cliques along socio-economic lines. A general intolerance among natives to difference.
*A holier-than-thou attitude among many toward the so-called cultural/intellectual wasteland of America (much of which I agree with, but at least I know this first-hand and not by rote), and a hypocritical refusal to acknowledge similar deficits throughout own culture (just look at daytime TV in France-- as worthless and idiotic as here).
*Perhaps it was the year, but I found the people to be quite depressive on the whole, and also rather humorless.
*The well-known "customer is always last" rule in various establishments (e.g. restaurants).
*Heinous petit bureaucracy
*The men
*The women
Well, the list goes on...
Obviously, these are broad strokes, and I experienced numerous exceptions (thank God). If you're curious, I can enumerate what I love about Paris, but I'm sure you could guess. (Hint: book stores, baguettes, beauty, charm, history, cinema.)
-J
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Apr 14 '04
3:01 am PDT
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Wow... (Reply to this comment)
by verbatima
For a blessedly brief period lasting the first year in high school, I succumbed to the pressure to conform in my dress habits. . . . I went to the popular kids' parties, and was miserable amidst smoke, loud music, alcohol, and lame small talk.
This was me. *Sigh*
Amazing essay! But a phobia towards Paris?? Whatever do you mean?
V.
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Apr 13 '04
6:34 am PDT
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: You have discharged your duties well (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Howdy Jim,
I was afeared you'd never return to these woods, or worse yet, that you had returned and had been offended or some such thing-- only to depart in silence.
Very pleased you to learn you are as engaged by our chats as I am--
John
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May 01 '03
1:53 pm PDT
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: You have discharged your duties well (Reply to this comment)
by 29th_Candidate
Hello John--
I was so impressed by your response to my original comment that I actually marked it on my calendar to look back here for follow ups. Normally, when I attempt to have discussions like our previous one, my prospective listener starts furtively inching his or her way towards the nearest exit. You on the other hand, took the full brunt of my painfully discursive prose convolutions, fielded them like they were incoming twists of Silly String, casually untangled them and then tossed them right back. Amazing. I never once felt like I was talking to myself. I'm a bit confined by my schedule at the moment, but I'll certainly be looking forward to our next dialogue.
With Relish and Gusto (Hold the Ketchup,)
--29th
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Apr 29 '03
5:23 pm PDT
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Re: Re: Re: Re: You have discharged your duties well (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Albert,
Thanks, first off, for your articulate and impassioned comment.
As far as the "glibly flashy" music selections go; *sigh* what can I say? Though I inherited my mother's preference for Mozart and Beethoven classicism over pretty much anything else generated by a symphony orchestra, I find the looser, more self-indulgent compositions of the Romantic composers crucial for providing the transportation catharses that keep me from indulging my potentially destructive road-rage impulses. Everything has its place, no?
This is a charming response any way you slice it. I mean, such a reasoned argument buffeted by the added boon that Romantic music assuages your "road-rage impulses." You mention Mozart. I’m afraid to say I have limited patience for over half of his music, e.g. the endlessly cheerful chamber works and the pianistic sonatas with their Alberti basses (left hand triadic arpeggios, etc) supporting right hand melodies. After the point Wolfgang discovered Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier, his own compositions grew in architectural coherence and integrity of design. Which is to say, I value such integrity of design over the "self-indulgent" looseness you wrote of. Of course, these latter qualities have their place, and I still visit their world.
While I wouldn't presume to measure my knowledge of classical music against yours, John, I feel comfortable enough with my own somewhat neophyte-exceeding musical training and background to take issue over a statement (presuming I interpret it accurately) that would so quickly and sweepingly dismiss as invalid the representative work of a particular epoch in classical music as being devoid of merit based solely on the generalized (Romantic era) ideals that influenced and inspired the composers/compositions of that epoch.
Nice sentence. I didn’t mean to dismiss all of Romanticism. I myself loathe generalizations, so mea culpa for my sweeping statements. To clarify just a bit, I used to love virtually all Romantic music. At this point, I admire those Romantic compositions that have a strong skeletal structure, a sense of intrinsic logic and, above all, a reason for every note. That rules out a great deal of Liszt (who seems to have been paid by the note, with all those treacly false endings and pyrotechnic passges), Rachmaninoff, and the late Romantics in general. The aesthetic experience of attending a Liszt piano concerto vs. one by Bach is telling; the former is so much empty showmanship and virtuosity, the latter an intellectually and emotionally stimulating experience all at once.
While I admit that "...(a)ll of those works point right back to the glib flashiness of their creators..." I'm a bit more reluctant to acknowledge that they do so "...without an ounce of . . . spirituality, compositional ingenuity, or depth."
OK, I recant my own glib pronouncements. And certainly, late Liszt is imbued with a religious chasteness, a presentiment of final things, a devaluation of virtuosity. Rachmaninoff can be deeply moving for me in his sacred settings, though I can no longer abide the maudlin outpourings of his major instrumental works.
Would you not agree that the distinctive and exciting harmonic innovations salient in the compositions of Rachmaninoff, Liszt and Chopin; Rachmaninoff's explosive cadenzas, Liszt's rapid succession sliding modulations, Chopin's modal excursions and unresolved dominant 7ths, for examples, have influentially enhanced, not detracted from the cumulative body of classical music?
Not really. Again, my every thought on these matters is influenced by a system of values that privileges architectural self-coherence and integrity over the virtuosic (competitive) inclination. Explosive cadenzas are wonderful for exciting a crowd into a frenzy, but they divert attention away from music and toward the cult of the performer as hero. Those rapid succession sliding modulation and unresolved 7ths— they were the bridge toward Wagner and Mahler’s tonal meltdown, pointing the way through Zemlinsky and Richard Strauss toward Schoenberg and the freeing of music from the grips of a tonal straight jacket. Insofar as these experiments led to that freedom, they are valuable in my book, but they are neither innovative nor ipso facto good music. Carlo Gesualdo and Henry Purcell in the 16th and 17th Centuries (for example) had already exploded the harmonic palette, and Bach’s F minor Sinfonia and his fugue in B minor (WTC Bk 1) are early instances of 12 tone music avant la lettre.
Their passion must have inspired you at some point; presumably when you were "13" and "16" respectively, in order to have initially commanded your attention and appreciation.
Yes. I was deeply moved by these composers. I have merely since moved on; I don’t want to say "evolved," because that is insulting to everyone who loves that music, and to those composers. Tastes change, and perhaps one day, I will swing back to Liszt, though the chances are as likely as my re-acquiring a taste for the paintings of Dali (which is to say, remote). As it is, I love Brahms and Beethoven and other exemplars of a Romanticism guided by structure rather than improvisation and timbral/color play.
I find it surprising to say the least, that someone whose very closure: "Godlessly, forsaken, existentially alone. . ." with its tacit (and Romantic) emphasis on the individual self-awareness and consciousness, would eschew composers whose work celebrates these items and their related ideals.
Sorry; that phrase was meant tongue in cheek. Nevertheless, as a Godless one, I cling most tenaciously indeed to my Bach. That’s getting us back to the source of this discussion.
What would you say it is about them/their work that fails to ". . .prove the death of God and the ascendance of Man the Romantic creator?"
Oh; everything about the work of Liszt and Co. succeeds in establishing the ascendance of Man. The music of Beethoven’s Middle Period (e.g. the Fifth Symphony and Appassionata) had already achieved that definitively. For that matter, you would not be surprised to learn that I prefer late Beethoven to almost all else— in the Romantic idioms, stretching the boundaries of harmony, he creates works of astonishing conviction of design and a language that partakes of the Infinite.
If you’re familiar with the writings and tastes of Glenn Gould, you’ll notice that our philosophies are roughly identical. They are not, but for the sake of this argument, it is easier to say I’m in line with his vision of things (though I came upon the same sensibility on my own, and later discovered in him a kindred spirit).
With the utmost of respect,
Jean Paul
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Apr 21 '03
7:52 pm PDT
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Re: Re: Re: You have discharged your duties well (Reply to this comment)
by 29th_Candidate
Jeez, did I write "Sarte?" I guess that evens us up on typos:
"Sartre."
--29th
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Apr 21 '03
7:29 pm PDT
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Re: Re: Re: You have discharged your duties well (Reply to this comment)
by 29th_Candidate
Mr Sarte--
Heh, heh, "madrigals." Don't ask me how that got in there; a mental "blip" I guess...
["Odd, Mr. 29. The pieces you mentioned, partic. the Balakirev and Rachmaninoff, but also the Liszt and Chopin were precisely the music I listened to at age 13 and 16. Never again, any of it! I really might have thought, on the contrary, that these pieces would have proven the death of God and the ascendance of Man the Romantic creator. All of those works point right back to the glib flashiness of their creators without an ounce (in my reckoning) of humility, spirituality, compositional ingenuity, or depth. Ah, but that's just me. To each his own, and all that jazz."]
As far as the "glibly flashy" music selections go; *sigh* what can I say? Though I inherited my mother's preference for Mozart and Beethoven classicism over pretty much anything else generated by a symphony orchestra, I find the looser, more self-indulgent compositions of the Romantic composers crucial for providing the transportation catharses that keep me from indulging my potentially destructive road-rage impulses. Everything has its place, no?
While I wouldn't presume to measure my knowledge of classical music against yours, John, I feel comfortable enough with my own somewhat neophyte-exceeding musical training and background to take issue over a statement (presuming I interpret it accurately) that would so quickly and sweepingly dismiss as invalid the representative work of a particular epoch in classical music as being devoid of merit based solely on the generalized (Romantic era) ideals that influenced and inspired the composers/compositions of that epoch.
While I admit that "...(a)ll of those works point right back to the glib flashiness of their creators..." I'm a bit more reluctant to acknowledge that they do so "...without an ounce of . . . spirituality, compositional ingenuity, or depth."
Would you not agree that the distinctive and exciting harmonic innovations salient in the compositions of Rachmaninoff, Liszt and Chopin; Rachmaninoff's explosive cadenzas, Liszt's rapid succession sliding modulations, Chopin's modal excursions and unresolved dominant 7ths, for examples, have influentially enhanced, not detracted from the cumulative body of classical music? Their passion must have inspired you at some point; presumably when you were "13" and "16" respectively, in order to have initially commanded your attention and appreciation. I find it surprising to say the least, that someone whose very closure: "Godlessly, forsaken, existentially alone. . ." with its tacit (and Romantic) emphasis on the individual self-awareness and consciousness, would eschew composers whose work celebrates these items and their related ideals. What would you say it is about them/their work that fails to ". . .prove the death of God and the ascendance of Man the Romantic creator?" If I'm asking for a response that requires too much of an effort to address, say so and I'll understand.
Appreciatively,
--Albert Camus
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Apr 21 '03
6:13 am PDT
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Re: Re: You have discharged your duties well (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Good lord, I missed that typo, and don't want to redo at that HTML; I meant, The Ink Dark Moon.
John
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Apr 19 '03
11:16 pm PDT
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Re: Re: You have discharged your duties well (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Well, I guess I'm going to have to toss the "Thanatos" W-O invitation I was going to send you. I'm still trying to dispel my metaphysical yayas, and I'm not trying all that hard, either.
A book that helped me overcome my yayas: The Ink Darm Moon, ed. Jane Hirshfield (or feld), featuring the poems of Izumi Shikibu and Ono no Komachi (reviewed by me).
While I quite enjoyed this entire piece, I went back to the part about the relationship between your religious beliefs and J.S. Bach. Hilarious.
Ah, but so true. I love it when the truth is humorous. Means I'm onto something.
I, also, seem to experience a sudden, palpable increase in my religious faith when listening to the baroque strains of Bach's fugues; particularly his "Tocatta & Fugue in D Minor," though less so with the madrigals.
What madrigals? He didn't write any I know of. Or do you mean the Motets? Or the Magnificat? Or the Anna Magdalena Notebook? I'm thinking of everything he wrote that sounds like madrigals. No matter; at any rate, if you mean Motets, I would have thought the other way around. Essentially, though, Bach devoted all of his music to God, no matter how small scale (as in the Notebook just mentioned).
It happens even more intensely when I listen to Mozart's "Requiem Mass" (particularly the Confutatis, which on occasion, effects me so intensely I start to believe I actually AM God, but [with the help of therapy,] I'm going to learn to control this anti-social response.)
LOL. I've never had a piece of music cause that grandiosity; the sight of lighters from my adoring fans... that does it every time.
My delusions of grandeur are a bit less of a problem while listening to Beethoven's 9th (unless the choral aspect is included, in which case I have complete relapses.)
Come down from there, Ludwig!
Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody," Rachmaninoff's "3rd Piano Concerto," Balakirev's "Islamey," "Traumerei" by Schumann and Chopin's "The Pollonaise," have all been conducive to religious "open-mindedness" for me.
Odd, Mr. 29. The pieces you mentioned, partic. the Balakirev and Rachmaninoff, but also the Liszt and Chopin were precisely the music I listened to at age 13 and 16. Never again, any of it! I really might have thought, on the contrary, that these pieces would have proven the death of God and the ascendance of Man the Romantic creator. All of those works point right back to the glib flashiness of their creators without an ounce (in my reckoning) of humility, spirituality, compositional ingenuity, or depth. Ah, but that's just me. To each his own, and all that jazz.
Thanks kindly for investigating the one point with such focus--
Godlessly, forsaken, existentially alone (not really), respectfully,
Jean Paul S.
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Apr 19 '03
11:14 pm PDT
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Re: You have discharged your duties well (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
You do have a truly horrible handle.
Ah, Lobstergirl... I can count on you to dispense truth like no one else. Glad you dislike my handle; it makes me more endeared to you (if that were possible).
Whenever I get my monthly crimson houseguest, I like to announce to everyone within earshot, "Dishonorable discharge from the Intrauterine Navy!" Oh yes, I could have written the book on discharges. I have so many.
But would these discharges have been dishonorable, or just adorable by the sounds of it?
My Pavlovian response is that I whenever I have to photocopy something it is accompanied by an overwhelming need to pee.
Were you photocopied as a child? Did you parents make you copy the letter P over and over to improve your penmanship? Were you trapped in a public urinal as a child until a Xerox machine stormed the stalls and rescued you? At any rate, I feel for you. Looking at road maps while in transit causes me tremendous incontinence.
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Apr 19 '03
10:53 pm PDT
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Re: hi (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Hi to you-- I'm glad you dropped me a note; thanks, and I enjoyed yours too.
J
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Apr 19 '03
10:42 pm PDT
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Re: I've often wondered... (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
if I should have continued on after receiving my B.A. in English literature...it's never too late, I guess.
It all depends, Gael... I for one am glad to have put academic writing behind me. I'm grateful for the lessons learned, but as Milan Kundera put it, "Life is elsewhere."
Enjoyed your review of YOU very much!
Humble thanks.-- John
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Apr 19 '03
10:41 pm PDT
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Re: comments don't need titles, epinions! (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Ah, what a meaningful and blissful essay...this is something that would be meaningful and blissful and blow folks away, too, on that other site, John! An examined life that's well worth living. You're too good to be true.
Teresa, this is why I am glad you were resurrected here; your comments cheer me up every time I read them. My deepest gratitude...
John
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Apr 19 '03
10:38 pm PDT
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Re: Lord, (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
But we have a lot in common. Vassar, huh? If I threw a stone really, really hard, I'd hit the north end...
Careful not to hit Professors Miller or McCarthy.
And yes, go on and write that Glenn Gould review, I'd read it.
That one? Have you seen my recent 9?
Not to mention that I'm rather impressed by your urge to play Satie
Thanks, but the urge has somewhat dissipated over the last 17 or so years since it first appeared. Still, he's my hero!
See you on the Hudson--
J
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Apr 19 '03
10:36 pm PDT
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Re: You have discharged your duties well (Reply to this comment)
by 29th_Candidate
Well, I guess I'm going to have to toss the "Thanatos" W-O invitation I was going to send you. I'm still trying to dispel my metaphysical yayas, and I'm not trying all that hard, either.
While I quite enjoyed this entire piece, I went back to the part about the relationship between your religious beliefs and J.S. Bach. Hilarious. I, also, seem to experience a sudden, palpable increase in my religious faith when listening to the baroque strains of Bach's fugues; particularly his "Tocatta & Fugue in D Minor," though less so with the madrigals. It happens even more intensely when I listen to Mozart's "Requiem Mass" (particularly the Confutatis, which on occasion, effects me so intensely I start to believe I actually AM God, but [with the help of therapy,] I'm going to learn to control this anti-social response.) My delusions of grandeur are a bit less of a problem while listening to Beethoven's 9th (unless the choral aspect is included, in which case I have complete relapses.) Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody," Rachmaninoff's "3rd Piano Concerto," Balakirev's "Islamey," "Traumerei" by Schumann and Chopin's "The Pollonaise," have all been conducive to religious "open-mindedness" for me.
--29th_Dimitris Sgouros
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Apr 19 '03
6:15 am PDT
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You have discharged your duties well (Reply to this comment)
by Lobstergirl
You do have a truly horrible handle. I bet if you stormed Epinions headquarters with explosives strapped to your chest, they would agree to change it for you.
Whenever I get my monthly crimson houseguest, I like to announce to everyone within earshot, "Dishonorable discharge from the Intrauterine Navy!" Oh yes, I could have written the book on discharges. I have so many.
My Pavlovian response is that I whenever I have to photocopy something it is accompanied by an overwhelming need to pee.
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Apr 18 '03
11:14 pm PDT
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hi (Reply to this comment)
by JENNI1396
Great learning all about you. It has been fun reading all of these and writing my own.
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Apr 15 '03
12:05 pm PDT
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I've often wondered... (Reply to this comment)
by gaelkm
...if I should have continued on after receiving my B.A. in English literature...it's never too late, I guess. Enjoyed your review of YOU very much!
~gael
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Apr 14 '03
1:01 pm PDT
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Lord, (Reply to this comment)
by telynor
But we have a lot in common. Vassar, huh? If I threw a stone really, really hard, I'd hit the north end... And yes, go on and write that Glenn Gould review, I'd read it. Not to mention that I'm rather impressed by your urge to play Satie... -- Telynor
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Apr 11 '03
8:45 pm PDT
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Re: ... (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Even though we disagree over The Scent of Green Papaya, I've added you to my WOT because I can no longer ignore the fact that you write beautifully.
Glad you could put our little disagreement over a fave flic of yours aside... I appreciate the compliment; thank you very much.
--John
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Apr 10 '03
7:35 am PDT
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... (Reply to this comment)
by WilliamJones
Even though we disagree over The Scent of Green Papaya, I've added you to my WOT because I can no longer ignore the fact that you write beautifully.
I don't see my name showing up on the list, but I did click the button. Perhaps it will show up in a few days.
All the best,
Bill
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Apr 09 '03
4:29 pm PDT
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Re: The Stone family tree welcomes another twisted branch (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Re: my first film experience of The Good, The Bad and The Hugly and your
That might be the coolest thing in the world. Seriously.
Thought you'd appreciate that one, considering your laudatory review. Want to know my second cinema experience? Slapshot. Ahh, the benefits of having an older brother and getting taken to the movies by a housekeeper...
The relevant question here, I suppose, is why [the night brace]? For fun or profit?
Neither-- I had to wear it when I was naughty, as a punishment; my brother was forced to read aloud back issues of The Nation and The Wall Street Journal. (OK-- child welfare agencies, just in case-- that was a joke!).
You said it, brother. Hold on to that one. She sounds like a keeper. Does she have a younger, Canadian sister? ("trading piggy back rides"! Oh joyous nirvana!).
Uh, no. But she has an older Chinese brother who's raising a family in Beijing. Don't suppose that helps?
Way to go big brother. My idol-worship of you is limitless, growing every day to a proportion that I am embarrassed to admit, but will anyway. I rue the day when you finally grow up and move out, leaving me to fend off our parents all by myself.
Don't worry; I'll never leave. See, Mom and Dad said I could have half our house since I'm already working the night shift at the 7-11, and of course since wife and I need the extra room for our 5th surprise arrival. That means we going to need you to vacate the garage as soon as you're done with your GREs. If you had gainful employment, things might be a bit different. But practicing tambourine all day for your "Rock" band? I wish I had I the luxury, the BALLS to fritter my time away the way you do. Still, bro-- thanks for the idol-worship. It means a lot to me. Please be out by Easter.
Bro
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Apr 08 '03
11:29 pm PDT
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Re: odd coincidences... (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
yesterday, my other half and I poured over the International Herald crossword and Satie was one of the answers to the crossword (that one was all the boyfriend, putting his frenchiness to good use, I had no idea what the answer was heh).
Well, ever since France boycotted our war, I've been calling Erik Satie, Eric Iraqi Freedom Fries. I think during these troubling times, the International Herald should have thought twice about putting things French in their crosswords. Oh, the infamy!
--John
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Apr 08 '03
11:14 pm PDT
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Re: hehe (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
You sound like your average American genius on caffeine (or sugar!).
"Be exalted, and I shalt humble thee. Be humble, and I shalt exalt thee." --Blaise Pascal.
I think this is the moment for me to be humble; "genius"??-- awww naw, I just love book-learnin'.
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Apr 08 '03
11:09 pm PDT
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Re: ... (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
At best, I'm an ad for Sprite.
Hey, I love Sprite. Funny thing: you were the second person to trust me; when I saw the handle lemon_lime, I though you must be a girl (and being new and lazy, I didn't bother to check out your profile page for a while. When you would rate my early reviews, I would secretly wonder, "Hmmm, I wonder if she's cute." Ooops.
Still, let's trade names. Or at least partial names. You can be lemon_trust5 and i guess that would make me lime1234 (the combinations, though boring, are endless).
Actually, I found one combo that's kinda nice:
tru_slime123... I claim it!
When I was younger and actually thought I'd make a movie someday, I always intended to have the first scene be the actual end of the story (in slow motion no less! my pretention knew no bounds) with the action choreographed to Satie's "Movement 3" from "Trois Gymnopédies"...ah to be young and naive again...
Sounds pretty nice to me... Perhaps I'll make the film.
i enjoyed reading this very much so. thanks.
I very much enjoyed yours, too.
TRU_SLIME
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Apr 08 '03
11:05 pm PDT
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Re: Cool Handle!!! (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Well, it's certainly reassuring to know someone (besides my Mom) likes my handle, even if I don't! I will feel a little less bad about it now-- thanks--
John
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Apr 08 '03
10:55 pm PDT
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Cool Handle!!! (Reply to this comment)
by AinsleyJo
Your handle (to me) seemed so unique (when I first came across it at Jim's place) that I decided to follow it and see where it led to--and it led to you!!!
Bravo for being true to yourself!!!
Kudos!
AJ :o)
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Apr 08 '03
7:03 pm PDT
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... (Reply to this comment)
by lemon_lime
I hate my handle (trust12345) as much as Chad lemon_lime reportedly hates his, if not more so.
there is no way that is humanly possible. At least your name has a good character trait attached to it. At best, I'm an ad for Sprite. Still, let's trade names. Or at least partial names. You can be lemon_trust5 and i guess that would make me lime1234 (the combinations, though boring, are endless).
I love Erik Satie - though I didn't discover him thorugh playing the piano, but rather through, you guessed it, Woody Allen (more specifically his brilliant use of Satie's music in Another Woman). When I was younger and actually thought I'd make a movie someday, I always intended to have the first scene be the actual end of the story (in slow motion no less! my pretention knew no bounds) with the action choreographed to Satie's "Movement 3" from "Trois Gymnopédies"...ah to be young and naive again... :)
i hate every single unicycle rider i've ever met.
i have never met a unicycle rider.
i enjoyed reading this very much so. thanks.
chad.
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Apr 08 '03
11:22 am PDT
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hehe (Reply to this comment)
by jankp
You sound like your average American genius on caffeine (or sugar!).
Jan
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Apr 08 '03
10:40 am PDT
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The Stone family tree welcomes another twisted branch (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
John-
My first film in a theater was Sergio Leone’s The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, which my housekeeper Ruby took my brother (David) and me to see.
That might be the coolest thing in the world. Seriously. If my gray matter is working properly, I remember the first movie I saw in theatres was Bambi. Which is just too cliché to admit, but there you go.
I once wore a night brace that wrapped around my entire head on two axes
The relevant question here, I suppose, is why? For fun or profit?
Fortunately, said ladylove does not have lavish tastes; we’re both in heaven renting a movie, cooking at home, listening to music, trading piggy back rides, etc. The simple pleasures in life.
You said it, brother. Hold on to that one. She sounds like a keeper. Does she have a younger, Canadian sister? ("trading piggy back rides"! Oh joyous nirvana!).
Way to go big brother. My idol-worship of you is limitless, growing every day to a proportion that I am embarrassed to admit, but will anyway. I rue the day when you finally grow up and move out, leaving me to fend off our parents all by myself.
-mike
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7:55 am PDT
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