P.S. Yes, I know the lyrics aren't quite "love is in the air" on this most auspicious of holidays, but the way he sings Hallelujah makes up for it all.
>________________________________ > From: Emily Reyn <emilymae.r...@yahoo.com> >To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:17 PM >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,"really stupid" or "reeely >stooopid" > > > >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> >>> >> >> >> >> > > >
