it contains a reverent reference to shamans, something you don't often hear from a man old enough to rent a car.
I'm confused. At 25, you stop looking up to shamans?
I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
Giles ,'Beneath You'
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Polter-Cow - Jun 11, 2008 2:49:19 pm PDT #6382 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
DavidS - Jun 11, 2008 2:53:54 pm PDT #6383 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
it's a tour de force of autodidact affectation
How else could one respond to a frickin' Proust Quesionnaire with a frickin' laser on its head?
It is, by its nature, affected. It's not the Lunchpail Schmoe Questionnaire now is it?
And I certainly can't ping him for being an autodidact. Would a grad school tour de force be as interesting, or just a hopeless spew of academic jargon?
Should it not be a tour de force, but rather lameass?
I mean, is he affected because he reads and that is reflected in his response?
erikaj - Jun 11, 2008 3:17:30 pm PDT #6384 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Hey, some of my best friends are autodidacts. (And my mom.) Although as far as I know, she missed Proust, as have I, fwiw.
Strega - Jun 11, 2008 3:36:39 pm PDT #6385 of 10000
Unless you're unable to do so, it might be simpler to read the piece. She gets to Cusack in the last 4 paragraphs, and then there are a few clarifications in the comments.
I think Cusack's super cute, but his prettiness does not offset his legendary douchebaggery.
At 25, you stop looking up to shamans?
You stop saying things like music "seems the closest art to prayer and where the shamans roam." Along with the white buffalo, I guess.
amych - Jun 11, 2008 4:09:50 pm PDT #6386 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
You stop saying things like music "seems the closest art to prayer and where the shamans roam."
Bwah! And, yeah, I think I'll stick to the 30-second ragging on McCain version.
Volans - Jun 11, 2008 4:47:11 pm PDT #6387 of 10000
move out and draw fire
"seems the closest art to prayer and where the shamans roam."
But...he's right.
Of course, it's possible that I'm affected (affectating? an affectationy person?).
P.M. Marc - Jun 11, 2008 4:52:07 pm PDT #6388 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Isn't he the supposed pitsniffer?
Not that I can remember celebrity blind item gossip more easily than, oh, where I put my car keys or anything.
amych - Jun 11, 2008 4:52:16 pm PDT #6389 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
If he'd stopped at the closest art to prayer bit, I'd be fine with it. "Where the shamans roam" leaves me thinking, "you mean... like... the buffalo?"
amych - Jun 11, 2008 5:00:50 pm PDT #6390 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Plei, hon, sometimes you terrify me. [link]
P.M. Marc - Jun 11, 2008 5:22:09 pm PDT #6391 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Hell, I terrify me.