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kleenexwomanRoomies have commenced upon an all-night Nickelodeon marathon in the dorm, so I must study phrenology and hysteria in the dorm lounge, where nobody ever goes. God, these books are great. I've found three, one of which is just a collection of Victorian medical papers about mental illnesses--there's even a little chart. I now have a new excuse to prod my head. "I'm learning about my character flaws!"
Victoriana Class is now my favorite class. We're doing poetry; right now it's Robert Browning, with "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti to break it up a little. Prof. Alton has encouraged me to find textual evidence in "Porphyria's Lover" that "the moment she was mine, mine, fair/Perfectly pure and good" indicates that he strangled her at the moment of orgasm, and that the Duke in "My Last Duchess" had his lady killed because he thought she was having an affair with a man of lower rank, not just because he was a snob and she wasn't. I also appear to be the first person to ever compare "Goblin Market" to "Labyrinth." (We must not look at goblin men. Especially not at their bulging, Spandex-covered fruits.)
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evillunch has embarked upon one, and I feel I ought to do something special too.
Here's mine: I will write a little poem, a couplet, quatrain, limerick, or haiku, about your choice of kink, fetish, or pairing, for the first fourteen people that comment here. Or whoever after that, really. I will attempt to do it by Valentine's Day, and post the results then.
Victoriana Class is now my favorite class. We're doing poetry; right now it's Robert Browning, with "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti to break it up a little. Prof. Alton has encouraged me to find textual evidence in "Porphyria's Lover" that "the moment she was mine, mine, fair/Perfectly pure and good" indicates that he strangled her at the moment of orgasm, and that the Duke in "My Last Duchess" had his lady killed because he thought she was having an affair with a man of lower rank, not just because he was a snob and she wasn't. I also appear to be the first person to ever compare "Goblin Market" to "Labyrinth." (We must not look at goblin men. Especially not at their bulging, Spandex-covered fruits.)
Ah, what was the point of this extra little entry? Yes, I remember! Valentine's Day challenge for me!
evillunch has embarked upon one, and I feel I ought to do something special too. Here's mine: I will write a little poem, a couplet, quatrain, limerick, or haiku, about your choice of kink, fetish, or pairing, for the first fourteen people that comment here. Or whoever after that, really. I will attempt to do it by Valentine's Day, and post the results then.
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Hmm...
Date: 2006-02-02 01:35 am (UTC)Write something. Poem about
*grins evilly*
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Date: 2006-02-02 01:49 am (UTC)*sticks head in the sand*
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Date: 2006-02-02 04:35 am (UTC)The disturbing thing is, there's a restaurant named Goblin Market. Makes you want fruit salad, doesn't it?
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Date: 2006-02-02 04:36 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-02-02 05:57 am (UTC)but, i have a bit of a thing for like...dandies, really. the 'original' sort, i guess. i'm not really sure (i'm sure you already know what i'm talking about but i'm going to explain myself better, anyway, just in case lol) sort of like this dude -> http://img.tfd.com/dict/109/615132-macaroni.gif
lol.
also? We must not look at goblin men. Especially not at their bulging, Spandex-covered fruits.
it's so difficult to NOT look there, though. haha.
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Date: 2006-02-02 06:20 am (UTC)Meanwhile, Gilf and Taya. They're the only two I feel have been developed enough to really warrent enough connection with. Unless you want to be a brat and surprise me with some random slash instead. I'd accept that, I think. :P hehe.
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Date: 2006-02-03 12:06 am (UTC):considering the question of Gilf and Taya: I might just surprise you instead; I'm still not totally sure that I want to embark upon character slash until SiaC is finished, just for completist reasons. But I'll try.
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Date: 2006-02-02 01:57 pm (UTC)No perks of the poster required. Just thought I'd drop in and share your love of Spandex!
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Date: 2006-02-03 12:03 am (UTC)Quite a weird little poem. Definitely not for kids, although it's written to sound like it is.
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Date: 2006-02-02 05:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-02-02 07:33 pm (UTC)Your choice of:
--Kink: ropes and knives
--Fetish: teeth and biting
--Pairing: I have no idea what your fandoms are. Your favorite female mechanic, since I'm on a wrench kick: Kaylee, Winry, the girl from Girl Genius-- and some relatively appropriate all-or-part mechanical character (the woman from Ghost in the Shell, the Tin Man, Ed Elric, the Terminator, et c) or fictional mechanic (Er. Kaylee, Winry, somehow I can't think of anybody else...)
Or dragon/princess however you like.
I'll write something back for you after, too. *smile* But most likely prose.
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Date: 2006-02-03 12:02 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-02-03 01:45 am (UTC)Hmm. *shrug* I'd settle for a male, I suppose. *Grin* As you will...
...I was delighted when I ran across the scene (in Sandman Presents: Lucifer) where Lucifer's girlfriend Mazikeen wrecks some guy with a monkey wrench.
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Date: 2006-02-02 11:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-02-03 12:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-02-03 02:52 am (UTC)And if that's not a good thing...uh...
hey, you do yuri? [girl/girl love?] That's sort of interesting...
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Date: 2006-02-03 03:06 am (UTC)I've never written yuri. Could certainly try. Any particulars?
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Date: 2006-02-03 09:10 am (UTC)two original characters, because that makes it more interesting. No cliches.
jak and daxter are videogame characters. pretty neat game, if you play.
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Date: 2006-02-03 08:50 am (UTC)Cuddy/Cameron and dark.
Doc/Marty and playing up the whole father/son aspect (I've always seen Doc as much more of a father to Marty than George).
Young!Biff/George.
Ooh, or Jekyll/Hyde (I don't think I've ever seen this). I can't think of any way that that wouldn't be dark and twisted and stuff.
Щк нщг сщгдв цкшеу ыщьуерштп фищге нщг фтв ьу...
Whoops. That was supposed to be in english, wasn't it? Darn. Dang macs and their
awesomeirritating interchangeable keyboards... Well, the actual writing's in english, so you could always try to code-break it if you get bored...Hee... I just realized I could so use this to write rude things about people without them knowing (although I didn't do that above, that was just a story request). *ponder*
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Date: 2006-02-03 09:01 am (UTC)I can't tell what Щк нщг сщгдв цкшеу ыщьуерштп фищге нщг фтв ьу means. I fiddled with it in Notepad and Word and everything. You and your gadgets that have no other purpose than to confuse me...
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Date: 2006-02-03 11:24 pm (UTC)^___^
Oh. Well, the russian letters correspond to the normal keys on the keyboard, and щ = o. Hope that helps...
*evil chuckle*
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Date: 2006-02-03 07:16 pm (UTC)Like a horse, swan, dog, bear, deer or wolf. Bonus points if it's a werefwolf, or any other perverted thing involving lycanthropy. XD
That goblin poem fills me with glee.
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Date: 2006-02-03 08:27 pm (UTC)- Sam Phillips (of Sun Records; do a little research or ask me if you need to know some more about him)
- Joseph Stalin (and no mainstream historical slander about what a monster he was; we all know that every Russian leader is some breed of poisonous lizard, but the important thing here is that he fucking beat Hitler)
- Winston Churchill
- Abraham Lincoln
- Benjamin Disraeli
- Lester Bangs
- Hunter Thompson
- Walt Whitman
- Charlie Chaplin
and another one or two that I had now but just as soon forgot.
Done well, I'll send you Valentine flowers 'n candy. (WARNING: FLOWERS 'N CANDY MAY COME IN ETHEREAL UN-EDIBLE OR -SCENTABLE E-CARD FORM.) Done poorly, I'll send them anyway. Done middling -- eh, I'll still send 'em. What the hell.