tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post6484564044768628279..comments2024-03-18T15:17:26.003-05:00Comments on l'astronave: Dare to Eat a PeachFrescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-85917008404543664582009-03-14T15:22:00.000-05:002009-03-14T15:22:00.000-05:00P.S. Jen: thanks for your thoughts on the poem.And...P.S. Jen: thanks for your thoughts on the poem.<BR/>And I realized what that look is on Stephen's face: painkillers! He'd just broken his wrist.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-66404888435975094082009-03-06T19:46:00.000-06:002009-03-06T19:46:00.000-06:00I can't speak for Rudy, but I always loved the lan...I can't speak for Rudy, but I always loved the language of it, which I found accessible and yet evocative. The rhythms of the it, which weren't quite the poetry I was learning in classes and yet weren't free verse either. And although Prufrock's condition is fundamentally different from an American high school girl's, I empathized with his social awkwardness, the going back over and over again on interactions, wondering what one did wrong, how to fix it next time...all the while feeling at some level this is a waste of energy. The feeling of being peripheral, of trying to accept that heroically ("No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be./ Am an attendant lord, one that will do/ To swell a progress, start a scene or two...") and knowing that heroically accepting insignificance is just ludicrous...<BR/><BR/>Well, it was high school, lol, and all the stresses and strains of wanting to be central and kind of hoping to be ignored at the same time.<BR/><BR/>"I should have been a pair of ragged claws/ cutting across the floors of silent seas." Ah, the beauty of self-pity! It rang true. :) I loved Eliot (another case where learning more about the writer isn't really a good idea) and can still quote nearly the whole first part of "Ash Wednesday" as well--which leads us neatly back into Catholicism!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13923745480765984429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-41087728608398589002009-03-05T18:45:00.000-06:002009-03-05T18:45:00.000-06:00Momo is how my daughter used to write mama, but it...Momo is how my daughter used to write mama, but it is also momo-taro (peach boy) in my memory, and the name of a Tibetan dumpling!momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149328149132703479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-92125319609383680932009-03-05T08:48:00.000-06:002009-03-05T08:48:00.000-06:00How curious, Jen, that you didn't know that you'd ...How curious, Jen, that you didn't know that you'd both memorized the same poem. What was it about it that so caught you, I wonder. (I like it, but it's never been a big favorite of mine.)<BR/><BR/>SC does look sad, doesn't he. Also wary, and maybe angry? Comedians are sick puppies.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-46059263545982024462009-03-05T07:06:00.000-06:002009-03-05T07:06:00.000-06:00Oddly, RIP (uh, that's Rudyinparis! I had no idea...Oddly, RIP (uh, that's Rudyinparis! I had no idea her name became a tombstone acronym) recently discovered we both loved that poem in high school and can still recite long swaths of it from memory. I never knew that about her, it was like finding a soul mate and realizing you grew up with her. :)<BR/><BR/>Also, I'm wondering if "Momo" is named after the Japanese word for "Peach." :)<BR/><BR/>Also also, Colbert looks peachy there. Yum. Why is it comedians so often either look goofy or deeply sad, with little middle ground?Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13923745480765984429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-25594573759092543802009-03-04T22:25:00.000-06:002009-03-04T22:25:00.000-06:00Deanna: That's interesting that your conservative ...Deanna: That's interesting that your conservative husband likes (likes?) Colbert. In reverse, I can well imagine liking a politically conservative comedian who was super smart and funny and silly and sexy, like S.C. Are there any? Maybe Bruce Plo?<BR/>Humor is a saving grace, all right!<BR/><BR/>Momo: Well, there you go! That explains the French/Irish hair-parting similarities! Thanks. : )Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-87685495372468941862009-03-04T19:19:00.000-06:002009-03-04T19:19:00.000-06:00On the relations of the French to the Irish, and w...On the relations of the French to the Irish, and why a French surnmae might be Irish, see this page about the history of the Normand ("Anglo-French")invasion of Ireland and the establishment of power in the 12th century.<BR/>http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/history/norman_invasion.html<BR/>The Irish would later turn to France for support in their attempts to throw off English rule.momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149328149132703479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-5171250298161182682009-03-04T17:44:00.000-06:002009-03-04T17:44:00.000-06:00This is peachy stuff (sorry; couldn't resist). We ...This is peachy stuff (sorry; couldn't resist). We watched Stephen Colbert every evening until the satellite signals went digital a few years back. My hubby's a dedicated conservative, but he and a few others I know appreciate (is that the word?) Colbert's ways. Humor is a great tool. None of us ought to take our politics too seriously.<BR/><BR/>bruceplo is the word verification. Do you know him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-41419103205289830582009-03-04T17:18:00.000-06:002009-03-04T17:18:00.000-06:00Cat: "Freshly tumbled" indeed! Hardly a lame comme...Cat: "Freshly tumbled" indeed! Hardly a lame comment, you naughty thing. : )<BR/><BR/>R: My brain has jumped out of the fish bowl, in wonder at the connection you pointed out. The correlation of the peach, the hair-parting, and the two Colberts is truly of Astral Significance! Can this be the famed objective correlative? <BR/><BR/>I tell you, if I met someone at a party who quoted this poem, I would fall down and worship... if I recognized the quote that is, which I have just proved I would not. I would make a fool of myself by asking, "Isn't that Stephen Colbert?" and they would think, what a dope.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-55681985107279495032009-03-04T15:25:00.001-06:002009-03-04T15:25:00.001-06:00Most ripped off line from poetry, oh, I am sure......Most ripped off line from poetry, oh, I am sure... But on cosmic connections, you mention that Claudette and Stephen have in common that they *part their hair* [on the left]... and, of course, the question "Do I dare to eat a peach? is immediately preceded by "Shall I part my hair behind?" (Apparently behind-hair-parting was a signal of trendsetting youth in Eliot's day, much like white flannel trousers). There are, truly, no coincidences. And I [heart] your friend Lee for the reference! I used to have this poem memorized and would recite it at parties, but oddly no one else was as dazzled by this accomplishment as I was.Rudyinparishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13527306418916412817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-70109595701285498242009-03-04T15:25:00.000-06:002009-03-04T15:25:00.000-06:00I love this photo of Stephen Colbert looking fresh...I love this photo of Stephen Colbert looking freshly tumbled. Sexy!<BR/>Geez. What a lame comment to a darn good post. I'm sending it anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com