archives for Friday 18 May 2007
and number eleven
Friday 18 May 2007 | I like a cookie
Resolve not to post again until you’ve got enough anticonvulsant in your synapses to write something positive; because “I said to myself, right out loud, like a lunatic, If I hear just one more picky, cavilling, unconstructive word out of you, Franny Glass, you and I are finished—but finished.”
how to be mentally interesting
Friday 18 May 2007 | I like a cookie
1. Brood. Everywhere you go, no matter how bright the sunshine, allow it all to feel Very Serious. Stalk around darkly, like Hamlet, but in stripy socks and a hoodie. 2. Drive slumped over. Listen to mid-divorce Ani DiFranco and brood at red lights, at stop signs. Drive by the Librarians’ house going over everything [...]
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the loathly lady
Friday 18 May 2007 | I like a cookie
She’s a common metaphoric device in medieval romance, the loathly lady. Gawain usually has one or two to deal with, historically; they come on all monstrous and haggard, and demand a kiss (or more) in exchange for some assurance of knightly safety or power, or important piece of information. Sir Gawain being, of course, the [...]
