Hallelujah!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJTiXoMCppw
>________________________________ > From: Robin Carlsen <maskedze...@yahoo.com> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:10 PM >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,"really stupid" or "reeely >stooopid" > > > >Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river >You can hear the boats go by >You can spend the night beside her >And you know that she's half crazy >But that's why you want to be there >And she feeds you tea and oranges >That come all the way from China >And just when you mean to tell her >That you have no love to give her >Then she gets you on her wavelength >And she lets the river answer >That you've always been her lover >And you want to travel with her >And you want to travel blind >And you know that she will trust you >For you've touched her perfect body with your mind. >And Jesus was a sailor >When he walked upon the water >And he spent a long time watching >From his lonely wooden tower >And when he knew for certain >Only drowning men could see him >He said "All men will be sailors then >Until the sea shall free them" >But he himself was broken >Long before the sky would open >Forsaken, almost human >He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone >And you want to travel with him >And you want to travel blind >And you think maybe you'll trust him >For he's touched your perfect body with his mind. >Now Suzanne takes your hand >And she leads you to the river >She is wearing rags and feathers >From Salvation Army counters >And the sun pours down like honey >On our lady of the harbour >And she shows you where to look >Among the garbage and the flowers >There are heroes in the seaweed >There are children in the morning >They are leaning out for love >And they will lean that way forever >While Suzanne holds the mirror >And you want to travel with her >And you want to travel blind >And you know that you can trust her >For she's touched your perfect body with her mind. > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otJY2HvW3Bw > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 <no_reply@...> wrote: >> >> >> >> "In the air of newness of that element, >> In an air of freshness, clearness, greenness, blueness, >> That which is always beginning because it is part >> Of that which is always beginning, again and again." >> -Wallace Stevens >> >> No malady of the quotidian here Robin, nor is my soul finding me a bore. >> Besides, if either was true, it would be up to me to recognize that on my >> own, wouldn't it? As Stevens refers to in the above with a hopeful outlook, >> it's a new beginning each and every time. And the adjustments that come that >> only *I* can experience and know. >> >> I posted this clip from The Joy Luck Club earlier, I think as my first >> contribution to Wunnerful Wednesday. If you'll watch it to the end, perhaps >> you'll understand my perspective more fully, especially the part about >> "cannot learn, must be born this way": >> >> http://youtu.be/gjpgeCKL2hg >> >> May your holidays be joyous Robin! What are your plans? >> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" <maskedzebra@> wrote: >> > >> > There is a perfection to what you are oblivious to in all your posts, lg. >> > >> > Your problem is this: You have lost the capacity to sense what you just >> > might be anaesthetized to in your apprehension of what is going on. >> > >> > It's starts with your conception and experience of yourself: your self is >> > way too known to yourself to have been created by something other than >> > yourself. >> > >> > You have a metaphysical complacency--unconscious as this is--which always >> > deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a >> > self-discovery. >> > >> > Look at the reflexive way you are processing this very post of mine: there >> > you have exactly what I am trying to tell you: You subvert any chance of >> > being in the unknown, and therefore your responses are always tediously >> > predictable to your soul--which is finding you a bore. >> > >> > The malady of the quotidian laughinggull. >> > >> > I knew you would enjoy this. >> > >> > And remember: the first order of response is to defend yourself, find a >> > rejoinder, mount some counterattack. >> > >> > Never to let something get into you which will or might alter your >> > experience of yourself and reality. >> > >> > Don't mind me, laughinggull: I compensate for my congenital mediocrity by >> > trying to be much more interesting and provocative than I have a right to >> > be. >> > >> > My life is just very dull. >> > >> > Forgive me. >> > >> > >> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 <no_reply@> wrote: >> > > >> > > One additional response inserted below: >> > > >> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: >> > > > >> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 <no_reply@> >> > > > wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> >> > > > > wrote: >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. >> > > > > >> > > > > <snip> >> > > > > >> > > > > Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; >> > > > > IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh >> > > > > glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we >> > > > > both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she >> > > > > only called me "stupid" (less favorable) but spelled it >> > > > > correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added >> > > > > the adverb "really" (less favorable), again spelled correctly >> > > > > (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less >> > > > > favorable). >> > > > >> > > > Er, laughinggull, I'm not sure why you thought the "you" >> > > > in "you're" above referred to feste rather than you. It >> > > > did not. >> > > > >> > > > > This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work >> > > > > yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the >> > > > > use of the "advanced search" function on FFL. Below are >> > > > > some of my findings: >> > > > >> > > > Also not clear, especially when you went to such trouble to >> > > > compile links to examples, why you believe they're all a >> > > > function of my having asked someone (usually Barry) a >> > > > question. I'll take a wild guess: You didn't actually read >> > > > the examples you cited. >> > > > >> > > > In any case, while links by themselves can look impressive, >> > > > it's even more impressive to check the posts themselves. >> > > > Because if you do, you will find that I do not use the >> > > > adjective "STOOOOOOOOOPID" lightly. >> > > >> > > That last sentence defines exactly our differences in how each of us >> > > approaches this forum. You really *do* take it seriously, don't you? >> > > *Not* using adjectives lightly...would that be heavily or harshly? >> > > Lighten up Judy! >> > > >> >> <snip> >> > > > > >
