Been rubbing a bad charm with holy fingers

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This was not the world's greatest weekend. I had epic diner brunch at the Neighborhood Restaurant & Bakery in Union Square, but I missed Sassafrass at Vericon. derspatchel stayed with me on Saturday night. I walked a lot around Somerville and Cambridge. I hurt myself slightly playing pinball. I was mostly offline.

In the general run of things, I prefer not to be woken by jackhammers at eight in the morning, but since in this case they woke me out of the nightmare where I'm still at Yale, but I'm still sick and I'm failing all my classes and I can't get anyone to believe me, I shouldn't grudge them that much. The second time I woke, I could hear a train whistle from the tracks under School Street. I liked that better.

Have a great article about a sexually explicit sculpture of Pan. There are no pictures of the statue included, but that's what Google is for.

I have things to do today.

Comments

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

It would have been splendid to see you at Vericon. You were missed. Let's hope for next year.

I found an image of that Pan a while back when I was looking for Dionysiac statuary. Rather a surprise when he--er--popped up in London.

Nine

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Let's hope for next year.

I would enjoy that. March has been such a weird month.

Rather a surprise when he--er--popped up in London.

I'd seen photographs before, but I had no idea where the statue was. I'm glad it will be on display.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Poor old Pan can't win. If he'd had sex with a human, the goats would have been writing to the papers.

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If he'd had sex with a human, the goats would have been writing to the papers.

You are a wonderful person.

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

Ugh. What a sucky dream. I suppose that the current reality *is* better, but I am so sorry that it, too, sucks.

(Am irresistibly reminded of Falco saying something about "the largest statue of the randy god Pan having sex with a goat that I'd ever seen--and as an auctioneer's son, I'd seen plenty...")

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but I am so sorry that it, too, sucks.

There are some things about the last couple of days that are definitely better. There are some that are really, really stressful. I'm just not sure I should keep talking about it online: it's just been ping-pong back and forth and I feel like people will either get overinvested or bored.

(Am irresistibly reminded of Falco saying something about "the largest statue of the randy god Pan having sex with a goat that I'd ever seen--and as an auctioneer's son, I'd seen plenty...")

And now I know what statues Lindsay Davis has seen . . .

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

I love the fact that everyone (of course) has already rushed off to Google said statue. It is, indeed, impressive.;)

Did you see this? (http://hellnotes.com/?s=whitstable) I'm torn...there's part of me that would be a bit afraid to read it. The other part really wants to, like right now.

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I'm torn...there's part of me that would be a bit afraid to read it. The other part really wants to, like right now.

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT.

(. . . tell me what it's like if you do.)

[(Anonymous)]

The question may be moot, since I've had crappy luck thus far ordering directly from small presses, but...will do.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

The question may be moot, since I've had crappy luck thus far ordering directly from small presses, but...will do.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry for the sucky dream. I hope the sleep broken by the train whistle was more productive, or at least not worse.

There are no pictures of the statue included, but that's what Google is for.

That is a rather impressive sculpture. Not the, well, position that I would have expected, but I suppose this is Pan being a nice guy to a creature who is, after all, one of his, in a sense. For some reason I now have this vision of him buying her flowers and taking her for dinner and dancing first.

I have things to do today.

I wish you strength.

PS: Happy Pesach to you and yours. I'm sorry it's not better circumstances for the holiday season.

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Not the, well, position that I would have expected, but I suppose this is Pan being a nice guy to a creature who is, after all, one of his, in a sense. For some reason I now have this vision of him buying her flowers and taking her for dinner and dancing first.

That is the thing about being a god of halves: one is no more natural (or unnatural) than the other. I like the idea of presenting the goat with flowers, though. He could garland them through her horns, like Titania with Bottom's ears.

Happy Pesach to you and yours. I'm sorry it's not better circumstances for the holiday season.

Thank you. We are holding a seder this weekend—not traditional, but taking place all the same.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

That is the thing about being a god of halves: one is no more natural (or unnatural) than the other.

Good point!

I like the idea of presenting the goat with flowers, though. He could garland them through her horns, like Titania with Bottom's ears.

Thank you. I like that image, although I suspect the goat might prefer to eat them. My then-girlfriend and I used to sometimes pick clover flowers for my horse--she seemed to have a taste for them, so it seemed a nice friendly sort of thing to do.

Thank you. We are holding a seder this weekend—not traditional, but taking place all the same.

Most welcome. May it be all you'd wish it to be.