Hi Janine. How are you?
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Hi Janine. How are you?
Good, ready to eat Thanksgiving dinner! YUM!!! Where have you been? Did you read all my emails I sent you? I sent photos of my artwork - just like Lawrence I am awaiting some kind of review. If you hated my work, I will probably have to send you a quote of Lawrence's!
Read your short story - liked it....will go into that later on. Got the DVD yesterday, and will watch soon. Thanks so much! Another Hamlet verison is always nice to own.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
sorry ,sarcasm.Lays of Ancient Rome.
I don't get it but that's ok
Americans dont do irony
They do, but like any other people they need to be familiar with a text in order to get the joke. I don't know that I've spoken to too many on either side of the pond who regard Lays of Ancient Rome as something you can neccessarily take for granted that people have read (perhaps I'm wrong and it's basic reading in some English schools?).Quote:
Originally Posted by Penelopea
Janine, I believe Penelopea was refering to a poem by Thomas Babbington Macaulay, which relates the story of the Roman Horatius, who was famous for defending a bridge against the Etruscans. Here's the wikipedia page on the Horatius story, which contains a link to Macaulay's poem so that all we Yanks can be in on the joke too :) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatius_Cocles
Petrarch, Hi, how was your Thanksgiving dinner? Ours was great! Just came on here to digest - how about you? Thanks for the information in Wikipedia. I have not read it yet, but think then I might get the joke. Sorry, Penelopea. I think Americans do do irony and sarcasm quite well, actually. Wait till Virgil joins our thread again. He will probably give you a run for your money!
Thanks Petrarch. Now I get it. I didn't know that legend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Petrarch's Love
BTW, I just read an overview of Petrarch's life. I had always imagined him sort of like a younger Dante. But no. He was quite a character, sort of like the rock star of his day. ;)
Hi Janine. I've been somewhat preoccupied. Yes I saw your art work and I love it. I think it's very interesting. I'm impressed. Glad you got the disk. If there were other emails after your artwork, I have not gotten to them yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Virgil, Glad you got them ok: I thought you may have deleted them by accident. Thanks for the good review.:thumbs_up Whew...I was sweating that one....I won't have to curse you out like Lawrence. Did you really love my artwork? Artists are so darn sensitive:bawling:, you know...
I know - everyone was preoccupied this week...with Turkey day approaching. Did it take you long to pluck yours? Hope you enjoyed your dinner - turkey and pasta...etc.... I imagine!~
Petrarch, I read the Wikipedia article and now I understand "the bridge" referred to by Penelopea. P, since the guy holding the bridge drifted down the river and may have drown, I think I may have a good pun there when I said "I don't get your drift". I was closer than I knew to the truth.:D
Of course I loved it. Very sensitive and lyrical, if I can apply that to art work. Your sketch of a ballarina was beautiful. I am impressed. I also like the tone of the colors. I wish I could see it clearer, but what I could see very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Virgil, Thank you very much! You put that so poetically. I appreciate your opinions and comments. I liked your short story, too. Interesting how you knew so much about a machine shop and the references to the father were of particular interest. I may try to post some of my art on my blog, when I make one up. Is it hard to make the blog? Never did one before. I will try to get clearer photos of my art first.
Meant to add - just looked at a segment of the Hamlet. Jacobi is great - he always is!
I'm a mechanical engineer. I've been to quite a few machine shops. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
It was easy to do the blog. I would be nice to have your art work there.
Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. Enjoy Jacobi's performance. I feel it is the best Hamlet of all time.
I am not watching it right now. It won't load in my DVD, but that is because it has been acting up lately; I may go and buy a new one soon. I had it on the computer and it looked pretty good and the sound was syncronized with the mouths, so that was a first - I've had problems with that before, too. I will watch it downstairs on the Sony DVD player - better player, but not tonight.
Seems we are the only nuts on here right now...everyone has triptaphane from their turkeys and are falling asleep! :sick: I am leaving now, too.... I am going to watch another movie and relax.
Yes, probably the best Hamlet is Jacobi, can see how Branagh was influenced, interesting that Jacobi was his mentor. He is mesmerizing to watch - saw the encounter in the woods with the ghost, "to be or not to be", and scene with Ophelia - great stuff !!! Thanks again!:)