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*Fancypants* For the culturally inclined and aspiring ~ In today's episode: Biggles reveals her potentially unsettling breadth of knowledge on talking mummies in literature
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*Fancypants* For the cultured and aspiring ~ Your haven from the Superbowl
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TOPICAL LADY BIGGLESWORTH'S POETRY SEASON, SYMPOSIUM, AND SLAM
Inspired in part by the BBC's Poetry Season, this wee artistic occurance and gathering is a chance for Menewsha's users to share their tastes, their work, their thoughts and their experiences of a poetical nature. All are welcome, all earnest contributions are embraced, and all two cents valid- after all the artform is subjective. This will be my contribution to the fray: HELEN ADAM Helen Adam (1909-1993) was a Scottish poet and a member of the San Francisco Renaissance movement of the mid 20th century, and had ties to the celebrated Beat movement (though how strong or tenuous these ties are is subject to debate and opinion) Her work usually has definitive Victorian aspects, with a powerful modern bite. The Chestnut Tree Quote:
Find other diverse works by Adam here: Helen Adam Sampler Watch Adam perform her work Cheerless Junkie's Song here: Helen Adam - YouTube ------------------ Beware of the Leopard http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx...82ajo1_500.png Tumblr Url meme picture courtesy of Morbidezza |
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Let the posting commence. For those who want to know, the illustrations are by: Aubrey Beardsley (edited for my purposes) Alistair Harry Clarke |
*peeks in*
First post! Woot! Interesting thread you've got here! |
Am I fancy enough to post here?!?! :yumeh1:
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Thanks, ^^ I Love your sig! I saved it to my computer due to it making me burst out laughing.. Haha.
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I couldn't resist posting it. I actually have a bumper sticker somewhere around here that says
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Lol wow, that's great... I'll have to remember that.
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I try to keep interesting things in my mind tank just so I can a) amuse myself b) bring them up at times like this.
You know what is a bit strange? The fact that the first letter of whatever I wrote corresponded to the alphabetical letter I had designated them. |
Hmm yes it tis... And that you realized it...
---------- Time to run, nice meeting you! |
Nice seeing you again (for I believe we have met before, if only in passing)!
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(Yes I recognize you... From some where.... No idea where though!)
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I'm about. Always looking for action. That may have come out wrong.
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Ahh, alphabetizing. Is that considered a fancy thing? If so, I am quite the fancy person. The only thing that is not alphabetized is my book collection, since books are of varying heights, and I hate how it looks when the heights vary randomly. So I broke all my books up into mini genres, and then organize them by height, alternating the height order. So it goes largest to smallest, smallest to largest, largest to smallest, etc. So "books about rockstars" is largest to smallest, "books by Max Barry" is smallest to largest, "books about mental illness" is largest to smallest, "dark/dystopian" is smallest to largest, etc. etc.
I also have the tendency to be incorrect when alphabetizing a proper name. I tend to go by the first letter of the first name, not the surname. Terribly incorrect. What's worse is that I'm not even consistent with it. Alanis Morissette is under A, but Scott Weiland is under W. I need a life, don't I? |
It's nothing that a course in Library Science can't cure.
A well organized bookcase is an important factor of a well lived life. You are far from off the track. |
*sips fancy tea* Quite.
So let us discuss the arts! Or art, no plural. Or perhaps literature. *waxes mustach* |
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so glad to see the thread alive again ^.^ Any books you would like do discuss in particular? I'm powering my way through a compendium of Sherlock Holmes stories at the moment. Oh Holmes, the things I would do to you ;) |
Have you read much Orwell? I'm quite the fan of 1984.
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I read Animal Farm when I was about thirteen, whilst making my way through a jaw breaker...
I have a copy of 1984 around here somewhere I think... Edit: I just thought I'd post this, because... It's interesting: http://coilhouse.net/2008/02/bad-pope-no-pulpit/ Especially on the heels of this: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/w...nt?oid=4179994 Which I believe I posted a month or two ago somewhere in the quest forum? |
You sound so indifferent... :lol: Go read 1984!
Interesting papal tales there... I don't know what more I can say without being smote. |
Dante placed a few of the popes in the ninth circle of hell, as I recall. He had some misfortunes, but I don't believe he ever spontaneously combusted.
Plus, as a cardinal, I am giving you absolution. I can do that right? Anyway, run wild. |
*booze and hookers*
Wait, this is a fancy thread. None of that! *liquor and gentlemen's clubs* So... art. Are you a fan of surrealism? |
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