Sardonicone

[myway]

A few questions
Do you have any pets?
What's your favorite book(you can pick more than one)?
Apples or Oranges?
Tide or Gain?
Do you think it was wrong of Byron to write poetry about his cousin?
If you could live anywhere, where would you live?
Are you enjoying plat?
Is Stephen Hawking a genius or a mad man on wheels?

 

[samoth]

Also, what's your favorite Manowar song?

 

[myway]

Good thinking. Thanx, Samoth.

 

[Powerbuilder333]

No one asked me - but: Manowar "Fighting The World".

 

[sardonicone]

A few questions
Do you have any pets?
What's your favorite book(you can pick more than one)?
Apples or Oranges?
Tide or Gain?
Do you think it was wrong of Byron to write poetry about his cousin?
If you could live anywhere, where would you live?
Are you enjoying plat?
Is Stephen Hawking a genius or a mad man on wheels?

No pets. I want a dog. Preferably a "mans" dog. (you know, not some little runt)

Favorite book of all time is still "A Prayer for Owen Meany", by John Irving. My last copy was destroyed in a basement flood, and I haven't had the chance yet to pick another copy up.

Apples.

Beauty is beauty, and indeed, the world would be a much sadder place without that poem.

Somewhere warmer. I disdain the cold, though I think the gloominess of Winter can sometimes bring out the best in my writing (not that I do any of that anymore...but still).

I would have to say yes.

Aren't all true geniuses a little Mad?

 

[sardonicone]

Also, what's your favorite Manowar song?

I've yet had a chance to download nor buy any of their music. Therefore I will have to get back to you on this question.

 

[youngguns]

??meep meep

 

[sardonicone]

If you can't stand the heat get out the kitchen. (We on a mission)

 

[jackangel]

give me some examples of what you consider beautiful writing...a phrase...a sentence...a paragraph. something that moves you.

 

[sardonicone]

give me some examples of what you consider beautiful writing...a phrase...a sentence...a paragraph. something that moves you.

Whoa. That moves me?

Uhm, ok... I'll try and do this by memory, but I'm rather rusty.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And hold within my hand
Grains of the Golden sand-
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
As I weep, while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
one from the pitiless wave?

Hardly anyone remembers his poetry.

Another piece that I suppose stirs emotion in me: (This one I did not remember, I had to "cheat" and type it out)


Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes,
In looking on the happy Autumn-fields,
And thinking of the days that are no more.

Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail,
That brings our friends up from the underworld,
Sad as the last which reddens over one
That sinks with all we love below the verge;
So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.

Ah, sad and strange as in dark summer dawns
The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds
To dying ears, when unto dying eyes
The casement slowly grows a glimmering square;
So sad, so strange, the days that are no more.

Dear as remembered kisses after death,
And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feigned
On lips that are for others; deep as love,
Deep as first love, and wild with all regret;
O Death in Life, the days that are no more.

 

[jackangel]

I like both, the 2nd especially.

Here's a Yeats piece that I refer others to; perhaps you know it...

He Wishes For Cloths of Heaven



Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

 

[myway]

Whoa. That moves me?

Uhm, ok... I'll try and do this by memory, but I'm rather rusty.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And hold within my hand
Grains of the Golden sand-
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
As I weep, while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
one from the pitiless wave?

Hardly anyone remembers his poetry.

Another piece that I suppose stirs emotion in me: (This one I did not remember, I had to "cheat" and type it out)


Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes,
In looking on the happy Autumn-fields,
And thinking of the days that are no more.

Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail,
That brings our friends up from the underworld,
Sad as the last which reddens over one
That sinks with all we love below the verge;
So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.

Ah, sad and strange as in dark summer dawns
The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds
To dying ears, when unto dying eyes
The casement slowly grows a glimmering square;
So sad, so strange, the days that are no more.

Dear as remembered kisses after death,
And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feigned
On lips that are for others; deep as love,
Deep as first love, and wild with all regret;
O Death in Life, the days that are no more.

O-yes. Poe wrote good stuff. No doubt about it.
The second one.... I'm not sure. It kinda reminds me of Wordsworth but I think it's someone else. Sorry. I feel like a dunce.
I'm glad to hear you hold no ill feelings for Byron because of his cousin-love. He writes my favorite love poems(well, besides my husband).
I I'm a big fan of Swift. Especially after, "A Modest Proposal". Hmmmm. Makes me kinda hungry. Don't worry. Just kidding.
I'm an even bigger fan of Coleridge. He taught me not to kill birds...while on a ship.
I LOVE Keats. But he makes me sad. If you wanna talk about fear of impending doom----> he's ur guy. O-wait. U can't talk to him. He's dead.

 

[myway]

I have not read your favorite book. It must be good if it's your absolute favorite.
I have a TON of favorites. It's also kinda funny how different they are from one another. Here's a few:
Animal Farm- Orwell
Catch 22- Heller
Just about any physiology book(it's a paramedic thang)
Anything by Dr. Seuss(yes, I said it )
The Origin- Stone
Anything by Kurt Vonnegut
A Brief History of Time- Stephen Hawking(he makes it sound so simple )
Cracked- Pinsky
Liars, Lovers, and Heroes- Quartz & Sejnowski
Napalm & Silly Putty- George Carlin

That's just a few. Didn't want to take up the whole thread.

 

[myway]

??meep meep

wtf does THAT have to do with ANYTHING?!!?!?!?!

 

[sardonicone]

You're very well read. That's hot.

 

[myway]

You're very well read. That's hot.

Thanx. My daddy taught me.

 

[sardonicone]

Thanx. My daddy taught me.

My Dad taught me alcoholism was a blast.

 

[myway]

My Dad taught me alcoholism was a blast.

When I was in my early 20's, I was a student of the drinking arts. I got over it.

 

[jimi3times]

A few questions
Do you have any pets?
What's your favorite book(you can pick more than one)?
Apples or Oranges?
Tide or Gain?
Do you think it was wrong of Byron to write poetry about his cousin?
If you could live anywhere, where would you live?
Are you enjoying plat?
Is Stephen Hawking a genius or a mad man on wheels?

I have a cat named useless.

Favorite book is penthouse letters.

oranges for the vitamin c

wisk!

Who the fuck is byron?

I would live in Southbeach Miami or Las Vegas. (for the chicks of course)

WTF is plat?

He's a guy trying to make money to pick up chicks, we are all the same.

 

[myway]

I have a cat named useless.

Favorite book is penthouse letters.

oranges for the vitamin c

wisk!

Who the fuck is byron?

I would live in Southbeach Miami or Las Vegas. (for the chicks of course)

WTF is plat?

He's a guy trying to make money to pick up chicks, we are all the same.

That's a great name for a cat. I have 2 dogs. Boxers. Outlaw and Beau.
Blood oranges are the best.
A damn good poet.
Gain can change ur life.
I don't have anything else for the rest.

 

[jackangel]

Major Major Major Major

 

[myway]

Major Major Major Major

Ok. Sounds good. But wtf do you mean? Major what?

 

[jackangel]

from Catch 22

there was an officer with the rank of Major, whose first, middle, and last names were also Major. lmao. that book is the funniest thing i've ever read.

 

[heatherrae]

A few questions
Do you have any pets?
What's your favorite book(you can pick more than one)?
Apples or Oranges?
Tide or Gain?
Do you think it was wrong of Byron to write poetry about his cousin?
If you could live anywhere, where would you live?
Are you enjoying plat?
Is Stephen Hawking a genius or a mad man on wheels?

Pets = a dog name Corky and a cat named Ellie
Book = Lord of the Flies
apples or oranges = oranges
Tide or Gain = whatever is on sale
byron = no, not wrong. He should have written from the heart. If his cousin was in his heart, so be it.
where to live = I would live in Belize or Costa Rica on a private island
Plat = I used to be plat. Really no difference for me one way or the other
Stephen Hawking = genius

 

[sardonicone]

When I was in my early 20's, I was a student of the drinking arts. I got over it.

He never did.

I never really started. Though I do go out from time to time, like tonight.

I'll probably get trashed tonight and start screaming out about how society is a trash heap.

 

[myway]

from Catch 22

there was an officer with the rank of Major, whose first, middle, and last names were also Major. lmao. that book is the funniest thing i've ever read.

Yea, remember his named killed his mother, lol. She thought it was something else until she needed to enroll him in kindergarten and saw the birth certificate, LOL. She died from shock.

 

[myway]

He never did.

I never really started. Though I do go out from time to time, like tonight.

I'll probably get trashed tonight and start screaming out about how society is a trash heap.

Alcohol usually brings out the truth in a person. My hubby quit drinking a few months ago. That's the only thing I miss about the drinking. He would be on the soapbox, pacing the kitchen floor, giving his views on EVERYTHING. Absolutely everything. Especially about society being a trah heap.

 

[sardonicone]

Alcohol usually brings out the truth in a person. My hubby quit drinking a few months ago. That's the only thing I miss about the drinking. He would be on the soapbox, pacing the kitchen floor, giving his views on EVERYTHING. Absolutely everything. Especially about society being a trah heap.

It is a fun time. I was very well behaved Saturday night. Esp. for drinking as much as I did.

 

[myway]

It is a fun time. I was very well behaved Saturday night. Esp. for drinking as much as I did.

I really miss wine. I love it..... but I'm pregnant.