A broken bow across a long-lost violin
Dear brain. Rumors of devil's bargains and the legend that an angel foretold his talent to his mother before he was born notwithstanding, it is not helpful to dream that Niccolò Paganini was the Phantom of the Opera. For starters, the timeframe is completely wrong. Also, crackfic.
Speaking of which, though:
I'm going to tell you a little story that I think you might find apropos. One day, a god named Zeus looked down upon the people of Earth from Olympos and thought, "I will turn myself into a bull." Then, as a bull, he went down amongst the humans and fucked a spider. And that is why, today, we have coconuts.
I love The Daily Show.
Speaking of which, though:
I'm going to tell you a little story that I think you might find apropos. One day, a god named Zeus looked down upon the people of Earth from Olympos and thought, "I will turn myself into a bull." Then, as a bull, he went down amongst the humans and fucked a spider. And that is why, today, we have coconuts.
I love The Daily Show.
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--S.L.a.T.f.A.t.F, ch. 23.
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The sleep part of this is good.
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Look, at least I'm sleeping!
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I'm a bit terrified it's going to respond with the poem.
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And now I will have Rachmaninov's "Variations on a Theme of Paganini" going through my head for the rest of the day.
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I was shown it my freshman year of college by a roommate who was a violinist; I believe I know the section you're referring to. I should totally see it again. It had good Tarot, too.
And now I will have Rachmaninov's "Variations on a Theme of Paganini" going through my head for the rest of the day.
Should I apologize?
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What I want to know is whether the studio audience really constructed it as some kind of Mad Lib, as Jon Stewart's closing comment seems to imply—if so, plain old-fashioned pure awesome.
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I still owe you a poem about Wittgenstein: I think any further crack will have to take a number till that's done . . .
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I do not believe he has turned into Glenn Beck (except when he used to impersonate him), but I take it that is an inaccurate statistic.
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Sleep is good. I hope it gets to be a habit with you.
Nine
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I've never even heard of a Scorpion Bowl. Do you really think Paganini is a sticky-drink kind of person?
Sleep is good. I hope it gets to be a habit with you.
I could go for that . . .
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Lucky you. You've probably heard them sloshing around inside frat boys out on the street after midnight.
Do you really think Paganini is a sticky-drink kind of person?
Do you really think Zeus is an arachnid-fucking kind of God?
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But, once more, an awesome sovay-ish kind of dream. I wish I had more of those.
I just dreamt tonight that I was suddenly woken in a room in a strange old house by a female, semi-transparent ghost, which in the dream really freaked me out since for an unknown reason I took it as some sort of death sign. Maybe that's just to say that my mind is completely screwed up by a mixture of French grammar and philosophy of mind right now.
Yes, John Steward definitely has his moments. And that was one of them. (N.B. Greek attitude really screws up inter-European relations right now, but then, what do I really care about politics.)
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I don't know; that's not a bad dream, either. Perhaps you should turn it into a story, with French and philosophy of mind.
Yes, John Steward definitely has his moments. And that was one of them.
I have also a special place in my heart for the night The Daily Show quoted Catullus 16. (Run-up starts around the six-minute mark.)
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Interesting bit of absurdism from the Daily Show, there--I'll have to watch this clip, I think.
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It does mean I'm sleeping!
Interesting bit of absurdism from the Daily Show, there--I'll have to watch this clip, I think.
I do recommend them on general principle.