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Optimisticnad:
What do you think of as schooling and what do you think of as education?

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Originally Posted by Omniglot

Does anyone else feel that they have so much to read but on so little time?:bawling:

Thanks

Steve (Ominglot)

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:bawling:

Absolutely, and along with too little time also too little cash. The books I am mostly seeking are often aren't in print anymore and rarely offered in the local libraries and if they are they're dubiously missing from the shelves.

And the internet is a powerful opiate for timewasting. Some one please pry me from this accursed thing.

Hey just wanted to say hello, new here to this page and all that. I love writing, reading, and anime. From PA and work as an aide. That's it for the most part.

Hi to all new people in this forum! I hope you folks enjoy your stay over here. :)

So hi, my names Jade.
I've been searching for a decent poetry forum for ever. Ok, thats a lie. I've only been looking tonight, but I went through a million different sites, so that counts as forever. Anyway, so came accross this one. It looks pretty cool. Only browsed for a second, but I managed to find my way around easily, which was not the case with the others :p Got lost pretty easily on other sites.

Um. I write poetry, and stories. The stories I usually keep to myself though.
But yeah.
Forgive me, but I might not be so active. I'll try my best though. :D

I dont read poetry books much.. Or ever infact. I dont really read poetry, but I try giving feed sometimes.
Anyway, thats me, for now.
Got any questions, just ask. :)

Welcome Shadow. In addition to posting and getting comments, we have several contests to tst out your poetry and stories. Have fun. I think you will like this place.

Hello to all. I have been posting like crazy for the last few days, enjoying this forum very much. This is the coolest place, so full of information, wit, interesting posts, nice helpful people, the list goes on.

My writer's name is Karalynne Ducharme, though this is not to imply that I have done any publishing, etc. That is just the name that I go by on the 'net. I use Kiz_Paws cuz I thought it was a catchy take on my real name, and the paws thing is, naturally, a reflection of my absolute love for animals.

My avatar is that of Jean Harlow. I chose that because my hubby and I went to a costume party once and I dressed up in the style of Harlow, and I really loved it. What a glamor style back then...

I play piano, at a moderate to advanced level, depending on the day (grrr!). I really love the Ballades of Chopin, but as well, his Nocturnes and Waltz.

I am a softy -- if I hear touching music, you will see a tear in my eye. If someone is downtrodden, their story grips my heart and I want to fight for them. I get quite caught up in movies, even though I try to just be a spectatre (sp).

I have a love for languages, English is my first language, but I am not too shabby in French, and I have taken a year of Icelandic studies (still suck at that, mind you, lol!)

I am a health-nut, as proclaimed by my family, and try to keep an eye on my diet (though I do worship the cacao plant, lol).

I am married and because I often feel that my better half doesn't understand my thought processes, I refer to him as the Linear Thinker. We have this joke about it, and perhaps it is a little snide of me, but anyhow, he's ying and I'm yang in this chapter of life...

I would love to post a picture of me and my pup, Pepper, but I have not grasped the how-to's yet ... don't worry, it will come. But a mental image? Well, I am 5'3", petite in build, and have blonde hair. I laugh a lot, cuz they say that laughing will make you live longer (and it is a whole lot more fun to go through life this way).

Pepper is a miniature schnauzer, all black, with perky ears and a nubbed tail (dang those breeders and this clipping business...). She never leaves my side when I am at home, which can be annoying when I attempt to pretend that I can cook (another story, lol). Despite this fact, when I try to cuddle my dog, she is aloof and standoffish -- as far as dogs behave this way.... I don't know why she is like this, and I steal hugs and kisses from her anyhow. But it is funny because when I pick her up off the ground (an absolutely forbidden thing for her to endure in her way of thinking), when I place her back on the ground, I have to 'pay her' by means of a carrot coin (that is the 'treat' that she gets, because too many dog treats make dogs chubby, which means a shorter life, and all that jazz). I have never met a dog that quite has the same expectations for apples and carrots that mine has.

All right, I am off on the pet tangent, sorry! Hope that this intro gives some insight into my world, thanks for this opportunity!

Karalynne (Kiz_paws)

i guess it's only proper that i put something here....but i'm horrible at introductions.

i'm from the northshore, massachusetts. i moved to paris a little over a year ago to further my studies. my french is still terrible. i'm not sure how long i'll continue to stay in paris because i feel like i'm maxing out on what it has to offer at the moment. i'm dreaming of england instead.

i basically have a split personality when it comes to literature - i love the classics and their poetic, flowery sentences (henry james, bronte sisters, dickens, etc) but i also love the harsh, minimalist styles of contemporary writers (palahniuk, vonnegut, salinger, etc). it totally depends on what mood i'm in. i'm also beginning to get introduced to literature from the beat era which i find interesting as well (although really depressing after reading it consecutively for awhile).

hmmm...what else to reveal? i spend a lot of time browsing in the dozen or so little english bookstores here and i buy way too many books than i could ever have time to read. i go to the theater frequently, although since my french is still horrific, i can't understand what they're saying half the time. i love classic movies from the golden hollywood period up to the 60s. in my "spare time" (haha), i play around with cameras and attempt to do some photography. i also paint but i'm not too good at that either.

i'm glad to have found this forum because you all seem to be a great group of people. i'm looking forward to discussing books (and other things) with everyone. if anyone lives nearby (or in the UK) and wants to get together for coffee or tea, i'll up be up for that. well, i'll be visiting the UK sometime this year i think so it'll be nice to meet people from there.

Hello Booksandtea! It was nice to meet you, and look forward to having great conversations with you and everyone else. You and I share a love for Wilde and Hesse, though for Wilde, I have only yet read The Portrait of Dorian Grey.
What was your favorite Hesse novel? (I can never decide between The Steppenwolf or Siddhartha) Presently I am reading Pictor's Metamorphoses and Other Fantasies and will get to The Glass Bead Game. (hmm, you can easily see which author I idolize, lol)

Anyhow take care, and fear not for the French language, it will come quickly because you are very immersed in it (I am jealous, but in a good way). :)

Hello, Lit Lovers!
I'm new here and will be sharing my experience with new authors, etc. Haven't read many classic books in my 51 years, but am looking forward to "settling down" and learning from all of you. A friend recently read my book manuscript I'm working on, and suggested I should become familiar with Tolstoy's short stories. Well, I did a search for him online and found your forum! So, if anyone has experience with dear Leo and wants to recommend a place for me to start, lemme know, okay?

For now, thanks for being there, and I look forward to reading and posting here from time to time!

Blessings!

Hello everyone,
Discovered the site a while back but only recently noticed the forums. Currently living in the UK, desperate to travel and see the world. Love reading - as I suppose does everyone else here - although I have a very haphazard way about it in that I'll devour book after book for a while, and then read nothing at all sometimes... My favourite writers are Edith Wharton, George Eliot, Louisa May Alcott, J. D. Salinger, John Steinbeck, Albert Camus, Joseph Heller, E. M. Forester, Haruki Maurakami, Tennessee Williams, Henrik Ibsen and Arthur Miller. I also like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jane Austen, P. G. Wodehouse, Henry Miller, Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, etc., etc.
So many books I have yet to read and not sure how I will ever get through them all!

Hi aydin, kiz_paws, Shadow and Trantorian! I hope all of you enjoy the time spent over here. :)

Hello everyone. I'm from Australia and I'm starting to grow a little library in my house. I love fiction and literature or pretty much anything that is recommended reading. I'm currently reading "Last Exit To Brooklyn" by Hubert Selby Jr.

Thanks, Pensive, and a warm welcome to the other 'newbies'! :)

Hi all Thank u for welcoming me here. Im sure i will have fun staying here. And im looking forward for meaning to friends.:)

Hi everybody. I'm from Romania. I studied english in high-school and then university, i also speak italian and a little bit of french.
I love to read, travell and listen to music.
I found this forum a week ago ande since then i've been enjoying it a lot.

I just recently discovered Miss Juliette Faraone, a fabulously talented young girl who one day will recognized.

See for yourself;


"What is Truth"


He speaks from depths that none have seen.
None come this far, the calm serene.

The peace that greets all at the gate,
The want and hope to meet one's fate.

For more than truth has he to gain.
Forsakes his own for victory's pain.

To bear the burden of grim defeat,
Would you think life be near so sweet?

Or dare one man in realms below
Think of death as life's mere foe?

For beyond that rightly simple ruse,
There stands in deep and dank sinews

A greater peace than life could find;
Unlock the mysteries of the mind.

Slowly now, take the reaper's hand,
and step into a better land.

Traipse just once through this abyss.
Fear no wrath; seek only bliss.

One needs look up to hear, he thought,
Of what was ill and what was wrought.

To gather oneself together again
The doer must be only inches from vain.

For prejudice comes as tolerance goes,
Misusing one's mind strikes fatal blows.

Wipes out mankind and lingers not.
Strikes the deed from the boiling pot,

The vat of instances, ne'er do wells
Shall think of love as hatred swells;

Its chamber filled, its torch unmasked,
Glory-spun and beauty-basked.

Do to me as the latter may heed.
Again, to traipse is not misdeed.


This is my own, from a few days ago;

The Word Friend


When I think of you, I think of the word friend

Because you are real, never having to pretend

Never discarding me like I was the next trend

Whenever I get into trouble, you always defend

When I need some help, a hand you will lend

You speak in a way, never having to condescend

Not ever using words I can't really comprehend

You know what it takes for my feelings to mend

You don't need to say sorry to make an amend

Throughout everything that we've had to contend

I know you're there, your strength will never bend

When my heart is low with no more to extend

You take my hand and to the heavens we'll ascend

You give me your strength as both our spirits blend

Gently and slowly, together both of us descend

I'm so very happy that you chose me to befriend

I know that you'll be with me until the very end


Thank You, Friend

Juliette can be reached on this e-mail address

[email protected]

Hey... I began at the beginning of this month and I think I got the hang of it.

My name is Sarah Breanne and I live in the great US of A. Pennslyvania to be exact. I am not a great speller, but trust me I can write poetry and stories. I have been published about 10 times and I am only 14!!! I am an all honors student, and (if you couldn't tell) I LOVE HOCKEY!!!

im stephanie. i am 14 and my poetry is in 30 books in the last two months alone. some are, treasure of american poetry, comunitive poetry, and a million others. i have been working with my agent to produce a book of all of my poems, they tell the stroy of my life. if any of you have ever read "just another stupid book were the mother dies" it is going to be like that except its mostly dark poetry with a feew poems on love. i enjoy writing poetry, and spending time with my beautiful emily. i have 6 cats and 3 dogs and i have a bird that hates my guts. feal free to email me. im about to start a poem a day thing, this summer right now im too busy with debate(im going to nationals and im only a freshemn) sorry im realy excited. this summer im going to harvard to take some classes for dual credit im a two year graduate, and i speak german,french,spanish and of course english. so email me. i love shakespear, sharen draper, darren shan not to meniton ANN RICE! best vampire novelist ever.

That's a bit young for an agent. How'd you find one? Just curious. Taking classes at Harvard sound great.

Forgot the e in Shakespeare. ;)

Hi all! :)

Hello and a big welcome from me too! :)

hi.
names Jonathan i'm 22 from Wales currently living in Newcastle. Been visiting the site as a guest for about a year now but didn't feel confident enough to ever post, until i saw that even some of the seasoned threaders needed questions answered.
really just here to learn so keep up the good work
yours in appreciation
Jonathan

Welcome aboard John!

hi every one
I am new member , joined from few seconds , i hope i can be a good add to this great website!

Hi. I'm introducing myself. bye!

Hi people! My name's Max. I'm from Argentina.
I'm studying System Engineering in the university. I'm working in pc repair now, while looking for a better paid job.
My favourite author is Borges, but I also have read with pleasure to O. Henry, Hemingway, Asimov. Well, the list could be really long...

Hi...welcome to all the new people.

Wow, how frightened I am by the success.. and.. the vocabularies!
I'm Sam, from Australia... How I long to leave this place.
Anyway, I'm the Shakespearey / Oscar Wilde type (Shakespearey?) and I joined to expand my diminutive knowledge of literature.. and perhaps to hear suggestions of great reads, so on. I also may be secretly hoping that some of this intelligence and eloquence may rub off on me.

Haita everybody. I am Khanyi from South Africa, just joined today because I landed here whilst doing my search. I am more into African Womanist literature, but I also teach World literatures. Please convince me that this is the best place to be! I am looking foward to sharing with you.

Hi and welcome from me. You will enjoy your wanderings here, trust me! :)

Hi everybody.
I just joined this forum and excited to read the discussions. Some of my favorite books are Sun Also Rises, 100 Years of Solitude, Wuthering Heights, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jesus' Son, to name a few. I am about to start reading Brothers Karamazov this week.

Greetings! :)

Just want to say hi! and that I'm happy to be here!

Coincidentally, I've started the Brothers Karamazov and am finding it to
be quite interesting. In fact, I like Russian literature very much.

I still have sooo much to read. However, I'm happy to be a member here
so I can receive some insight on many great works; insight I would
never be able to receive on my own.

Take care folks and ciao for now! ;)

Hello all!

This is me in a nutshell: Pedro Querido, 19, Portugal, college, English and German Literature and Culture, like sport, talk, fool around, think.

Read: poetry (Pessoa, Rilke, Frost), prose (Eça, Kafka, Dickens), and plays (Beckett, Miller); portuguese, english and (some) german.

First impression? I love the atmosphere. Everyone seems to be very pleasant and helpful. I'm pleased to have joined this community!

Welcome to you, 80k, tomasso and kandaurov -- we are happy to see you and look forward to speaking with you soon! :)

Hello everyone,
My name's Susana, I'm 17 (18 in fifteen days, actually), born and living in Lisboa, Portugal.
At the moment I am really into portuguese poetry (to name a few: Fernando Pessoa, Nuno Júdice, António Ramos Rosa, Al Berto, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen).

Now, favourite books (the hardest part)... I'll just name some books which I had real pleasure reading, don't really like to pick "all time favourites" - at least not at my age, when I still have so much to read...

1984 - George Orwell
The Perfume - Patrick Süskind
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
The Waves - Virginia Woolf
The Process - Franz Kafka

(Short Stories and stuff)
Three Stories and a Reflection - Patrick Süskind
White Nights - Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Pit and the Pendulum - Edgar Allan Poe
London - Virginia Woolf

:)


(Olá kandaurov!)

Hello :)
My name's Heike. I've already made a few posts here but I figured I should stop hiding in the shadows!

I'm not sure how much I stack up age-wise here (I'm 17). I'm going to New York University in the fall.

I am sure I share a passion with everyone here for reading. I'm reading The Brothers Karamazov right now, and plan on starting Anna Karenina soon (Russian kick anyone?). I also love poetry--T.S. Eliot and e.e. cummings are among my favorites. I can't possibly make a list of my favorite books though! You'll just have to get to know the millions of them one at a time ;]

Welcome Susana! Some great books you have there! :)

Welcome heike! Some fantastic taste you have there as well! Havent read Brothers Karamazov but i did LOVE Crime and Punishment

I loved the Brothers Karamazov. In fact, I would call it one of my favorite books...however there are many books on that list :p Welcome the forums anyway! I am just back on the forums after a long absence and it's good to be back. I'm hoping that I will be able to drop by more often now that I am not so busy. Again welcome to the forums and happy reading!;)

Hello everyone. I've finally gathered the courage to post here! :P Surprisingly, my real name is Laurette, I'm a 19 year old South African. I'm rather into English literature at the moment. All those 19th century authors, ya know? ;)

I can't for the life of me say who's my favourite author, or book. I'm pretty con-committal, I guess. I find it rather restrictive to have to decide on a favourite. (Can't even decide on a style...:rolleyes: ) Although, at the moment at least, my favourite poem is Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson. There's such a wonderful energy to it!

Hey Khanyi! It's so good to see another South African here! Yay!