Well yes Simpsons has clearly declined in quality, but seasons two to eight are brilliant.
Favourite character is gonna be George Costanza.
Favourite hero of myth/legend/epic, from any culture and time period.
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Well yes Simpsons has clearly declined in quality, but seasons two to eight are brilliant.
Favourite character is gonna be George Costanza.
Favourite hero of myth/legend/epic, from any culture and time period.
Sun Wukong for mythological character. Butters (from South Park) for TV character.
Character from a book who you most identify with?
Narrator of Dickinson #721.
I'm deep, bro.
Do you ever ignore real life in favor of the internet? How much? Is it a problem, do you think, if you do do it?
Nah, I'm retired.
Will Lykren's boss eventually catch him messing around on the computer?
Hmmm...Bazarov from Fathers and Sons and Bernardo Soares from The Book of Disquiet come instantly to mind, as do Mordred/Agravaine (T.H White versions), The Underground Man from Notes, and Peter Walsh from Mrs. Dalloway... also Andrey Bolkonski.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pompey Bum
Hah. I'm at a cafe right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pompey Bum
And omg Clopin, Prince Andrei is such a dweeb.
How thoroughly do you inspect translations, when you have to?
Wow okay, uhm no? You prefer Pierre?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lykren
Did I say that? I prefer Natasha. Of the novel's male characters, I prefer... no, I hate them all. The narrator is male, right? Him, then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clopin
I never forgave Natasha for banging Anatole, sorry.
Andrei is not a dweeb. He's a strong male, and a good choice for Clopin. Pierre, by the way, was me in my 20s. But he grows through it and so did I.
Did you find Natasha sexy?
Often very. I think my family members don't necessarily want to hear every single mistake I notice in translations (of English language movies/series).Quote:
Originally Posted by Lykren
I'll have to repeat this one (can't think just now who it'd be for me): Character from a book who you most identify with?
Oh thanks for the spoiler alert, man. Now I'm not reading it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clopin
:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pompey Bum
Natasha was hot.
Her or Kitty? Andrei or Levin, if someone who likes guys suddenly pops in.
Haha, and yes, I'm sure Natasha was plenty sexy, though maybe not so much as Helene Kuragin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pompey Bum
Natasha over Kitty and Andrei way over Levin (sorry to all you romantic, misogynist, pastoral, landowner, Tolstoyans but I do not love Levin).
Greatest single character in Russian literature?
Laptev. No, actually, Levin from what I've read.
Greatest character in French lit?
Haven't read much but I like Enjorlas from Les Miserables and Frollo from Notre Dame.
Emma Bovary or Anna Karenina?
Anna duh. (EDIT: though are either really likeable?)
Read Proust, Clopin.
Clytemnestra or Medea?
Haha I love both, but Medea for sure.
The house of Atreus or the Oedipus family?
Atreus.
What is wrong with me, why can't I stop listening to K-Pop and start reading again?
Myrrha or Oedipus? Also what do you think of the Ted Hughes renditions of Ovid if you have read them?
I haven't read them. Myrrha, goddesses over kings.
Answer my question! It's urgent dude.
Pierre does get the girl in the end though, instead of uh... dying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pompey Bum
And Lykren I can answer that after you tell me why I can't stop playing melee and get to reading.
You should check out the Hughes' translation/imagining, I really liked it, his Myrrha was a high point for me.
Which character is your favorite to play? Maybe choose one that is somehow more literary than the others? Also video games are instantly rewarding and literature takes time to absorb so the former is more tempting of course. Same with K-Pop. We should grow up.
I exclusively play Marth who is already the most aesthetic, literate, poetic and stylish character.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ZHTA0LJdw
Christ the guy playing Marth in that vid is good, even I can tell. No compunctions about jumping off the side and doing battle in unsupported midair, is that a common thing at top level?
It's common, here's an actual high level tournament match if you want to see what the game looks like at top level, it's very fast paced.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv74JXJBFwk
What is your favourite video game?
When I was a kid it was Pokemon Red Version, the only one I've ever done well at against my friends was Pokemon Stadium, but I guess Smash Bros. Melee was fun, so sure, that one. But like, I never play them.
Girls sneering, is it kind of attractive sometimes, or am I just odd that way?
Show me a picture of what you mean so I can determine how I feel.
Favourite fast food chain?
The Habit, it's local but there are multiple locations, so I think it counts as a chain, yeah?
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How often do you hang out at cafes?
That facial expression is not particularly attractive.
And sometimes, I prefer them to bars and what not for social interactions. Banff is not exactly a cool town in the sense that there are a lot of artisan coffee places or whatever, or even nice ones, so there's no real reason to hang out at the coffee shops we have here.
Do you like reading in libraries for extended periods of time?
Extended? Usually not more than an hour or so, then I... listen to K-pop and talk to you, lol.
Can you cry on command?
No, and I can't cry even when I really want to.
Titled poems or just numbers/first line titles?
Ditto, I just have to release my feelings with emoji :grouphug: :bawling:Quote:
Originally Posted by Clopin
Wallace Stevens for titles, Dickinson for untitled.
Which foreign accent in English is the most adorable?
Irish. Or do you mean foreign as in from a country where English isn't the mother tongue? French in that case.
Titles are nice when they are good. And it's so much easier to discuss 'The Emperor Of Ice-Cream' than 'Poem no. 712'. First-line titles can be bad, though.
And I can cry on command, just tried it. :D Not a river, though..
Who's your favourite Beat writer?
I dislike them all with varying degrees of intensity.
Oh and Russian is the best because both men and women sound adorable, French girls sound nice, but Christ, I hate to hear French men speak.
Someone else can answer that one before I ask another.
Kenneth Rexroth - do you really hate him, Clopin?
What drink goes best with a salami sandwich?
is jack Kerouac a beat writer? I have "on the road"---can I read it and get back to you?
the accent question---my top three (in no order) are irish, French (partial to the women yes) and a little known british accent called Geordie (listen to Cheryl cole on Britain's got talent, or x-factor or whatever she's on these days!)
does anyone else feel a dark oppressive force has just been lifted? like we are all david copperfield and mr murdstone didn't come home from work today?
salami sandwich...im a vegetarian but id say ginger ale with cranberry juice mixed in, served really cold in a tall glass with ice cubes.
Woah, that's a thought!Quote:
Originally Posted by bounty
How much does your ability to concentrate fluctuate?
I'd have some hefty red wine or darkish beer with a salami sandwich.
My concentration can fluctuate quite a bit.
Do you like Wodehouse?