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March 27th, 2007
06:40 pm - Take it Back
"We ain't stealin', we're just takin' back; very simple plan of attack: It's our job and a labour of love; take it home to the up-above. . ."
Damnit, Norman: why you gotta be such a role model?
There are a few books you need to read if you want to really "get" me. No one who hasn't read them has ever really understood why I make a lot of the choices I do.
- Don't Stop the Carnvial by Herman Wouk - I am Norman Paperman on my best days
- Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie - "Peter Pan would understand his schemes, dreams and ploys"
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - It's the sword in the stone, don't you see?
- Where Is Joe Merchant? by Jimmy Buffett - Frank Bama and I are kindred spirits, with the same problems and the same god-damned resolution issues.
- A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffett - That wasn't Tully Mars checking in. It was me. I hope I check out half as fortunately as he did.
That's the required reading for the course that is "WTF-MJD 101"
There's also some optional reading, as well as a set of required films and songs you need to hear, but you gotta get through the above first. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to find a copy of Peter Pan in Scarlet before PSA tonight. I'm suddenly in need of a certain fix.
"We ask ourselves when we get in a fix, "What would Popeye do in a tight spot like this?" He'd race for his true love and easily win it, in an old spinach can with a mast stuck in it!"
Current Location: Southeast of Disorder
Current Mood:  amused
Current Music: "Take It Back", -JB
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Well, I've read two of the books on your list--Peter Pan and The Little Prince. I'll admit, I bawled at the end of The Little Prince.
Also, I read Peter Pan in Scarlet, and was very pleasantly surprised. I thought it fit Barrie's sense of humor and sadness quite well. So yes, go out and get a copy. I knew you'd know Peter Pan well. I think we share a very similar affinity for the main character. :) I tend to see him as mythic drama to be followed as closely as possible.
I have a copy of in Scarlet now, and I think I'll go back and re-read Pan first before I delve into it.
Of course, the book was where it belonged: in the children's section. Even if I'm not sure that Pan is really a children's book, much like The Little Prince.
Oh, you might be amused by this: I used to constantly get The Little Prince mixed up in my mind with The Prince. . . I don't understand you, not even a little bit. But you delight me. You used to annoy me, tbh. I wonder if I've just gotten used to your posts. Maybe I've lightened up. Probably both. I'm a difficult one to take, if one is not lightened up properly before reading me. :)
I'm glad I can delight you. The more women (well, and people in general) I can delight the happier I am. An excellent thing to do with said time.
And yeah, gotta love that movie. I sometimes wonder, though, if I don't get the impression that foreign films are better than they really are. . . just because I can't understand the words in the film. I imagine that covers up a lot of wooden acting :)
But a brilliant movie, yes. | | Ummm, what are those books again? | (Link) |
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I understand you just fine, probably because I accept you instead of questioning your petty ass all the time. :P |
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