garbo

I still haven't bought tickets because I'm still debating. Don't ask. Yesterday was a fiasco.

QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Nov 23 2010, 12:00 PM)

http://www.harpercollinscatalogs.com/TR/vlarge/9780061490194_0_Cover.jpg Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon (The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay) with a collection of non-fiction essays about being a son, husband, and father. I've read his stuff before, respect him as an author, and feel we're at the same place on the "masculinity scale," so these essays are easy for me to relate to.

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QUOTE (garbo @ Nov 22 2010, 05:29 PM) I think this dude is trying his hand at sarcasm.  I saw him posting elsewhere and made a feeble pass with some Ayn Rand/Sebastian Bach referencing.  It was lame-o, but I'll give him a green card for the shtick.  I smiled.  Hey, I like it when people try. Yes, Objectivist is definitely one of those guys who isn't nearly as smart/funny/clever/intellectual as he thinks he is. When those guys try sarcasm, it's usually pretty funny...but for the wrong reasons. At least we observers can enjoy it for those wrong reasons.

QUOTE (That One Guy @ Nov 22 2010, 11:06 PM)

It isn't obvious? If you can afford it, go to all three!

I feel so conflicted. I'm going to Ireland this summer (well, I haven't bought my ticket yet), so I have that, however, I live near one of the tour places, PLUS my sister lives near another. I don't know what to do.

Dear world,

 

YOU WENT OVER MY HELMET?!

 

That is all.

 

Me.

 

P.S. Maybe I should forego the Dio costume and dress up as Dark Helmet next year for Halloween. Hm. Dilemmas.

OMG, let us worship Andrea Martin's genius

 

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QUOTE (The Objectivist @ Nov 22 2010, 08:07 PM) I hope you're not implying that men who like other men are incapable of being manly. So far, I'd say you're not doing so well in this thread. But you are somewhat entertaining, so by all means keep going. I'd like to see a train wreck by the end of the night. My thoughts exactly. I'm waiting for it... waiting.... waiting...

I think this dude is trying his hand at sarcasm. I saw him posting elsewhere and made a feeble pass with some Ayn Rand/Sebastian Bach referencing. It was lame-o, but I'll give him a green card for the shtick. I smiled. Hey, I like it when people try.

QUOTE (Finding IT @ Nov 22 2010, 02:40 PM)

QUOTE (garbo @ Nov 21 2010, 09:34 PM) QUOTE (Finding IT @ Nov 21 2010, 06:20 PM) QUOTE (garbo @ Nov 20 2010, 12:43 AM) QUOTE (Finding IT @ Nov 17 2010, 02:38 PM) I will offer up "The Second Coming" by Yeats because it's theme and imagery is likely to be similar to some of the religious work you might select from Milton. I think we should focus our discussion on poetics and why we think the respective work has strengths in these areas. The Second Coming Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand. The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert A shape with lion body and the head of a man, A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds. The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? Surprisingly the stuff I'm narrowing down to are not that religious (I cut out Lycidas, sorry. I figure everyone always chooses that one, but I just find it choppy).   Milton is not my favorite poet, I should say. I should also say I consider Vergil the greatest poet and I hate him. And I hate that I him. It's so sad.   (Donne is my favorite poet, but I don't consider him the greatest poet. I wish though)   I also wish I thought Blake was the greatest poet.   I swear I'm working on this! I'm having trouble narrowing down to one single thing. I'm down to three pieces. Pick whatever you like ... no worries.   The problem with evaluating a writer like Virgil is that you are really evaluating a translation of his work. This is difficult, particularly with poetry where the language is such a criticial element of the text. Nope. I read it in Latin. I made that text my bitch, as it were. Very impressive!!!   I took a year-long course in Old English my senior year of undergrad that culminated with a reading of Beowulf in the original text.   Still hated it! That's sort of how I feel about Vergil and those guys. I really respect Vergil, and as I said, I think he's the penultimate poet, but I hate him. I took six years of Latin and you can't get away from him, then I took about three years nonstop of British literature, still can't get away from him... still hate him. But I can't deny his influence. I even wrote a paper on the word "causa" in the invocations of THE AENEID and PARADISE LOST.   I am jealous of your skills though. That's quite amazing.

Pirini Scleroso

 

For some odd reason this used to crack me up as a kid. I think for Christmas we need to have a SCTV Christmas party. I call Rick Moranis' Elton John!!!

QUOTE (The Objectivist @ Nov 22 2010, 10:16 AM)

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand and I'M lIKE tWELVE yEARS oOLD???!?

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Nov 19 2010, 01:07 PM)

i wasn't thinking last night, but FYI there will be no show next week for the giving of thanks. cya in 2 weeks!

I am not watching Elf.

QUOTE (blackhawkrush @ Nov 21 2010, 10:46 PM)

QUOTE (PhilCastro @ Nov 21 2010, 09:36 PM) QUOTE (Cowtothesky @ Nov 21 2010, 12:48 PM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Oct 31 2010, 04:49 PM) QUOTE (PhilCastro @ Oct 19 2010, 07:11 PM) http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p64/PhilCastro/37124_440109121047_706306047_5320019_1929568_n.jpg That's a Richard Williams beard...   I was thinking Zack Galifianakis. i get that a lot actually Wouldn't get it from me. I can't pronounce it. I call him "Zach Blahblahblah" really fast. And somehow people know who I'm talking about.

QUOTE (GeddysMullet @ Nov 21 2010, 06:31 PM)

I look kind of like Geddy Lee! The problem with ME is that I'm 45 and female!

QUOTE (Finding IT @ Nov 21 2010, 06:20 PM)

QUOTE (garbo @ Nov 20 2010, 12:43 AM) QUOTE (Finding IT @ Nov 17 2010, 02:38 PM) I will offer up "The Second Coming" by Yeats because it's theme and imagery is likely to be similar to some of the religious work you might select from Milton. I think we should focus our discussion on poetics and why we think the respective work has strengths in these areas. The Second Coming Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand. The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert A shape with lion body and the head of a man, A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds. The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? Surprisingly the stuff I'm narrowing down to are not that religious (I cut out Lycidas, sorry. I figure everyone always chooses that one, but I just find it choppy).   Milton is not my favorite poet, I should say. I should also say I consider Vergil the greatest poet and I hate him. And I hate that I him. It's so sad.   (Donne is my favorite poet, but I don't consider him the greatest poet. I wish though)   I also wish I thought Blake was the greatest poet.   I swear I'm working on this! I'm having trouble narrowing down to one single thing. I'm down to three pieces. Pick whatever you like ... no worries.   The problem with evaluating a writer like Virgil is that you are really evaluating a translation of his work. This is difficult, particularly with poetry where the language is such a criticial element of the text. Nope. I read it in Latin. I made that text my bitch, as it were.

QUOTE (The Lost Xanadu @ Nov 21 2010, 05:47 PM)

I've always wondered how guitarist in the 70's were able to move around so well and not fall flat on their face when they wore platform shoes...

"No, that is not a stalker in the corner. That is my sweet husband. Hush." <---- I laughed so hard.

 

She's very good, I like her tone, but her melismas at the end were dying. I hope she's getting voice lessons. She needs to keep her voice in shape.

 

QUOTE (NobodysHeroine @ Nov 19 2010, 04:29 PM)

Don't you think it would be epic to see Geddy in a Loreal commercial? Seriously, look at this: http://i1031.photobucket.com/albums/y371/Priestess-of-Syrinx/Gorgeous%20Geddy/Geddy_London_1992.jpg That hair!!! How I want to touch it, run my fingers through it... The commercial would go something like: "Leereal, because he's worth it." You bet he is! It's a shame that Geddy is a man, since those commercials are meant for women. But if he were a woman, he'd be the most beautiful woman I have ever seen! I want his hair so badly. He has better hair than me, a sixteen-year-old girl. How does that work?

QUOTE (FoxxiStarr @ Nov 20 2010, 12:24 PM)

QUOTE (Babycat @ Nov 20 2010, 03:14 PM) QUOTE (FoxxiStarr @ Nov 20 2010, 09:41 AM) Awww Ged ... isn't he lovely Not as lovely as this though http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt227/DeathGlamIndustries/Rush/Lerxst/thewordsandthepicturesv1-12.jpg MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now who's in the wrong thread?! Seriously, though - nice legs... Payback for the incursion the other day ...   Garbo - they ARE manly, arent they? Pity you can't do a hair transfer ... poor lamb has enough there to cover what's missing up top Hey now, the missing patch of hair is cute. I like his lil' grin too, like he's done something naughty like a little kid. Dammit, I feel like I'm converting...

OMGZ, a man got me into RUSH!!! I fail at life!!!

 

When I went and saw Muse I ran into a Rush fan (basically I saw his shirt). We talked for a while and then he stopped me (I was, like, going a mile a minute. What? Someone had given me coffee and I was excited) and he stared at me and then said, "Wait a minute, but you're a girl." I nearly lifted my shirt and showed him my boobs just to be like, "Yep, I am!" But I decided to keep whatever dignity I had left, which was minimal, and instead just kind of stared blankly and agreed.

 

Oh yeah, and we fist bumped. I like to fist bump people. I feel like this seals us for life, sort of like a blood bond, but not. Don't expect it unless I like you though.

QUOTE (FoxxiStarr @ Nov 20 2010, 09:41 AM)

Awww Ged ... isn't he lovely Not as lovely as this though http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt227/DeathGlamIndustries/Rush/Lerxst/thewordsandthepicturesv1-12.jpg MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bullying sucks.

 

 

Dear brain,

 

Please work. I swear... ugh.

 

Thanks.

 

me.