Literature Network Forums - Blogs - LC_Lancer https://www.online-literature.com/forums/blog.php?51860-LC_Lancer The largest classic literature discussion forum on the Internet. Read Write Teach Share. en Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:15:06 GMT vBulletin 10 https://www.online-literature.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg Literature Network Forums - Blogs - LC_Lancer https://www.online-literature.com/forums/blog.php?51860-LC_Lancer Likes and Dislikes Music https://www.online-literature.com/forums/entry.php?6670-Likes-and-Dislikes-Music Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:50:45 GMT Ok. Let’s talk likes and dislikes: Music. On the music front, I prefer Adult Contemporary. I like some of the recent music, but most of it, I do... Ok. Let’s talk likes and dislikes: Music.

On the music front, I prefer Adult Contemporary. I like some of the recent music, but most of it, I do not like.

I like the Easy Listening artists: Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond, Air Supply.

I have recently ventured into the Jazz section at the Walmart. I have liked Anita Baker for awhile. Last December, I found Diana Krall. I have completed collecting all of HER albums and will not begin working on getting the other albums she has sung on. She has a great voice, movie starlet good looks, and plays the piano like no other jazz musician out there. In my office, which is near my classroom, I have an album or two playing during the class so it will not be too quiet in the classroom. Beside, she has the name of the love of my life so she can’t be all bad.

I love soundtracks. When I see a movie and the music moves me, I usually buy the soundtrack. The Pirates of the Caribbean (all three) are the best I have ever heard. Considering that they are written by two composers, that is saying something.

I bought The Dark Knight soundtrack and was disappointed. The music was slow and unemotional except the last 30 seconds of each song. At that moment, the composers added a little something else and the musical quality increased exponentially, but then the 30 seconds ended and the song was over. The only exception to this was the first song “Why So Serious?”. It is thrilling from the soft note thru to the last note.

I have, of course, all of the Star Wars soundtracks. The Revenge of the Sith was the heaviest of all of them and by far the best. Each soundtrack had its piece that defined the movie (I have those on my MP3 player), but The Revenge of the Sith is classic through all 14 songs.

The first sountrack I ever purchased was The Russia House. I mostly played jazz, but with enough classical in between the jazz to make you feel you were listening to a soundtrack. ]]> LC_Lancer https://www.online-literature.com/forums/entry.php?6670-Likes-and-Dislikes-Music Public Profile Picture Pontification, Pretty Please https://www.online-literature.com/forums/entry.php?6566-Public-Profile-Picture-Pontification-Pretty-Please Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:25:30 GMT
Posted to Vistor Comments by Virgil 09-29-2008 03:26 PM
I wasn't sure if a guy or a girl would post a picture with a girl's behind exposed like that.
Posted to Comment on Blog page by Dark Muse 09-29-2008 at 07:17
Really like your profile picture by the way.
Posted to Vistor Comments by Anza on 10/1/08 09:59 PM
Wow! I love your profile pic!! The story of Pygmalion and Galatea is really quite remarkable.
I first thought the picture was totally male. I see the male creating the masterpiece, but then falling in love with it. It looks as if he is trying to join her and part of the piece. I see now that he wanted her to join him in this world. The larger picture includes another scuplture in the background that he is totally ignoring.
I love the entire picture, but the important part was the foreground. I took out the background because it was 'behind' the gentleman.the newly created piece.

Here is some information I found:
Pygmalion was a Cypriot sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory. According to Ovid, after seeing the Propoetides prostituting themselves, he is 'not interested in women', but his statue is so realistic that he falls in love with it. He offers the statue presents and eventually prays to Venus (Aphrodite). She takes pity on him and brings the statue to life. They marry and have a son, Paphos, and, according to the author of Bibliotheke, a daughter, Metharme.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_%28mythology%29

Pygmalion and Galatea in Greek Mythology
Pygmalion saw so much to blame in women that he came at last to abhor the sex, and resolved to live unmarried. He was a sculptor, and had made with wonderful skill a statue of ivory, so beautiful that no living woman came anywhere near it. It was indeed the perfect semblance of a maiden that seemed to be alive, and only prevented from moving by modesty. His art was so perfect that it concealed itself and its product looked like the workmanship of nature. Pygmalion admired his own work, and at last fell in love with the counterfeit creation. Oftentimes he laid his hand upon it as if to assure himself whether it were living or not, and could not even then believe that it was only ivory. He caressed it, and gave it presents such as young girls love, - bright shells and polished stones, little birds and flowers of various hues, beads and amber. He put rainment on its limbs, and jewels on its fingers, and a necklace about its neck. To the ears he hung earrings and strings of pearls upon the breast. Her dress became her, and she looked not less charming than when unattired. He laid her on a couch spread with cloths of Tyrian dye, and called her his wife, and put her head upon a pillow of the softest feathers, as if she could enjoy their softness.
The festival of Aphrodite was at hand - a festival celebrated with great pomp at Cyprus. Victims were offered, the altars smoked, and the odor of incense filled the air. When Pygmalion had performed his part in the solemnities, he stood before the altar and timidly said, "Ye gods, who can do all things, give me, I pray you, for my wife" - he dared not say "my ivory virgin," but said instead - "one like my ivory virgin."
Aphrodite, who was present at the festival, heard him and knew the thought he would have uttered; and as an omen of her favor, caused the flame on the altar to shoot up thrice in a fiery point into the air. When he returned home, he went to see his statue, and leaning over the couch, gave a kiss to the mouth. It seemed to be warm. He pressed its lips gain, he laid his hand upon the limbs; the ivory felt soft to his touch and yielded to his fingers like the wax of Hymettus. While he stands astonished and glad, though doubting, and fears he may be mistaken, again and again with a lover's ardor he touches the object of his hopes. It was indeed alive! The veins when pressed yielded to the finger and again resumed their roundness. Then at last the votary of Aphrodite found words to thank the goddess, and pressed his lips upon lips as real as his own. The virgin felt the kisses and blushed, and opening her timid eyes to the light, fixed them at the same moment on her lover. Aphrodite blessed the nuptials she had formed, and from this union Paphos was born, from whom the city, sacred to Aphrodite, received its name.

- from Bulfinch's Mythology
Here is the place where I found it:
http://www.paleothea.com/Gallery/GalateaPygmalion2.html ]]> LC_Lancer https://www.online-literature.com/forums/entry.php?6566-Public-Profile-Picture-Pontification-Pretty-Please Likes and Dislikes: Books https://www.online-literature.com/forums/entry.php?6419-Likes-and-Dislikes-Books Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:50:31 GMT Let’s start on the literature front. I did not like reading at all until the ninth grade. I can still remember the name of the book that I first... Let’s start on the literature front. I did not like reading at all until the ninth grade.
I can still remember the name of the book that I first read for pleasure, my friend who loaned the book to me, the classroom, my position in the classroom, the subject, and the teacher’s name on that fateful day.
After that day, I read everything I got my hands on. I could not get enough. I read newspapers, magazines, and books in the library I previously ignored. That is when I found John Norman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Edgar Allan Poe books.

John Norman: His books are not for the faint at heart. He writes adventure tales with a slight twist. I began reading his Gor series in high school and did not catch up with the end until a week before graduation of college. I was ridiculed for my choice of books and my parents were chastised for letting me read them at a young age. It is because of the cover art of those books that I began laying any book I am currently reading face down even if it is not a fantastic as the Gor books.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: This was the first biography I picked up to read. There was no reason for me to choose it, so I guess we could say it chose me. I read all of the books, stories, and papers he wrote. More importantly, I wanted to read them. I started with Sherlock Holmes first mystery: Study in Scarlet. I felt the characters jump off the pages and I could see them walk around. I was in love with the way he wrote and the ease of the characters interacted with each other.

Edgar Allan Poe: I was told by the school librarian that he used to live in Virginia so I was instantly intrigued. I read a few stories, but soon felt bored (remember I was a teenager). I took a course of Southern Literature at the College and a major piece of the course was EAP. We read many of his stories, poems, and critiques (sometimes two or more a week) then we would discuss them. Sometimes, I would be the lone dissenter on a particular topic (nothing has changed). I had several assignments, one project, and even chose the largest exam question on EAP for that class. After that class, I re-read all of the stories and poems we had discussed in class. I then continued to read the other stories, poems, and even the novel. ]]> LC_Lancer https://www.online-literature.com/forums/entry.php?6419-Likes-and-Dislikes-Books The Pain from Cupid https://www.online-literature.com/forums/entry.php?6444-The-Pain-from-Cupid Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:29:47 GMT I wrote this about a year and half ago. Please be honest. The Pain from Cupid The points of Cupid Makes many stupid Whether it is at night... I wrote this about a year and half ago. Please be honest.
The Pain from Cupid

The points of Cupid
Makes many stupid
Whether it is at night
Or in the bright daylight
Whether it feels right
Or just happens without delay.
It hurts deep inside for she may
Tell you she feels the same way
Or she might instead go away.
Time has no effect on the poisonous tips
Or the pain that caused the long night and hardships
Of his short, sharp arrows.
So watch out for Eros.
The love is deep and real.
The face does not reveal
The pain that does not stop.
Talking does not help, nor a teardrop
Though music is listened through,
And poems are written, too.
The person maybe quiet or whining
The body feels the effects of the pining. ]]> LC_Lancer https://www.online-literature.com/forums/entry.php?6444-The-Pain-from-Cupid Hey, wait a minute, I wrote a Blog https://www.online-literature.com/forums/entry.php?6418-Hey-wait-a-minute-I-wrote-a-Blog Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:06:38 GMT This is my one month anniversary with Literature Network Forums. I would like to begin this (my first blog ever) by saying it has been a real joy in... This is my one month anniversary with Literature Network Forums. I would like to begin this (my first blog ever) by saying it has been a real joy in my life to find a place that speaks about Literature with passion, conviction, and enthusiasm.

I have been on a few forums that called people names, threw insults, and spread lies if you did not agree with them. I have had some ‘heated’ discussions with some very intelligent members, but not once did they resort to name calling; although I have been accused of things that were not true, it did last very long.

I have no problem discussing things that are not in normal conversation. I am looking forward to posting further on Literature Network Forum, but I will discuss a wide range of subjects thru PM or emails.

Ok now that is out of the way. I live in Virginia and have two children. I am married, but struggling with it. My children are young (9 and 10) and one is special needs.

I am a teacher. I teach teenagers and adults. I teach in a classroom, but I have a few students at home either taking care of babies, sick relatives, or transportation problems. Then we must find alternate means of learning. A few of my students are very low readers, but others could hold their own on this discussion board. In the next few days/weeks, I will be using this blog to introduce my likes and dislikes in life, poems I like and my own, pet peeves, and anything that catches my attention.

I want to thank everyone who visited my public page. I had more people visit that page than visited my Classmates page in the first six months I was a member.
I invite all to read and comment at the bottom of the page.
Since I have a tendency to run on at the keyboard, I will stop here for now. ]]> LC_Lancer https://www.online-literature.com/forums/entry.php?6418-Hey-wait-a-minute-I-wrote-a-Blog