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I love the smell of used books...
I'm with you there, Galyak--do you have an online site for Burgett books? Haven't been able to hang out at Burgett's for quite a while, but in school I used any excuse possible to spend a couple of hours at a time breathing in the good healthy bookdust there. I liked that writers were encouraged to use deskspace on the top floor to write, if they liked, and the gents were always so friendly and knowledgeable. Sad to hear about Mr. Burgett--the loss of that child was a loss to all book lovers and discerning bookstore browsers. I wish him all the luck with online sales, and will give him all the sales I can. refried! This is the place I told you to hang out when in town! :(— October 24, 2009 12:17 a.m.
Flowerbeds Of Narcissism
AG sprinkled: "Here's another: I'd say that anyone's opinion regarding the motivations of others is necessarily based on his own personal limitations. Psychologists call that one "projection."" Annnddd that's what keeps psychoanalysis alive, and literature, and translation--and film. The stuff of projections. :)— October 22, 2009 9:27 p.m.
Flowerbeds Of Narcissism
My last statement on this, because I agree with going on and putting things behind: When apologies are presented with such clauses (true, no fine print) as 'I guess I'm sorry, but get used to it, because I'm an a-hole, and will continue to indulge my ire randomly upon anyone in my path,' and when calling people n****rs is considered some form of necessary free speech-related argumentation rather than a sign of social sickness, I'm out, dude. That's not honesty; it is just evidence of self-delusion, a form of mal-developed and cruel self-gratification, lack of self-control, and...yep--sociopathy. There's allll kinds of blog literature out there, and no lack of reading material. We're all free to make different choices, and that's what I plan to do. Finally, it isn't a question of accepting apologies or not--in the grand scheme of things, you're right--it doesn't matter a whit. It isn't about me, and my point has been made in any case. If you want to talk about narcissism as an intellectual concept, or in regards to myself even--if you have something to say to me about it--I'm in, and will contribute.— October 22, 2009 9:07 p.m.
Flowerbeds Of Narcissism
We should rather want to see honest shamelessness than dishonest gracefulness, and so on. PS: I'd have to be a total idiot to not understand your writing this in support of a certain poster, refried, and against some of the observations of others about narcissistic behavior. I'm pretty much done with that topic. However, this is a great thread for potential discussion, and without knowing for sure, but in the theme of "Why is it always about you?" I would seriously challenge you to ever come up with an instance of sheer dishonesty, graceless or otherwise, in my writing :)— October 22, 2009 8:09 p.m.
Flowerbeds Of Narcissism
It's good that someone brought up the concept of a healthy narcissism--Freud would add that it isn't just a human characteristic, it is more of an 'essence.' Without it, we couldn't exist as sentient beings. Lacan would take this even further, if that is possible :) refried: "I am in no position to say, but would rather trust Dr. Sandy Hotchkiss, the author of "Why is it Always About You? The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism."" Like that title. I have not read her or heard of her--does she say what body of theory she is going on, or is it general self-help, without reference? refried: "If we exist believing that our views and opinions are not correct, second-guessing our every movement according to our insecurities, then we’ll not likely ever gain the capability for learning much of anything." Thaaat does not seem to be a problem of many people writing here. :) Flowerbed fertilizer: I mentioned on Pete's thread that I have done, studied, and still do a fair amount of casual analysis; also on the side of 'health,' or 'necessity' (which is more what Freud would call it) you might also consider his ideas about this practice you describe as analysis itself. Freud and most analysts would claim that a tendency NOT to analyze one's opinions and emotional reactions in relation to perceptions of the world and others' realities (simply telling about yourself would not count here), and to be overly certain of one's conclusions, would prohibit intellectual and emotional growth. The work of self-questioning on top of self-telling also gave us such fabulous literary forms as the essay or 'essai,' (attempt), btw. Naomi Wise has a cousin who wrote a book on narcissism, as it just so happens--can't find the title now, or the link, where we discussed it. AG? :)— October 22, 2009 8:04 p.m.
Straight Eye for the Gay Guy
"an acrylic sweater dress that looked like a kite, bat wing from sleeve cuff to hem (this was long after bat wing sleeves were so over), with a garishly colored harlequin pattern over the front, white on the back, she used to wear white tights and black maryjanes with the dress." White tights. After Labor Day? This is starting to sound like one of those dog costumes-- :)— October 22, 2009 7:40 p.m.
Wiry Creatures
Down, boy! http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=2092498…— October 22, 2009 7:34 p.m.
Snapshots of all sides of San Diego neighborhoods
"...that the author often makes the narratives seem too similar..." "the challenge becomes making the narratives seem more common than they would otherwise." Yes, and yes. This first observation pinpoints the exact problem I have had with texts of multiple narrative voices, and it really takes a great writer to overcome it-- can't immediately think of one who does it well--maybe Salman Rushdie?...Maybe. I'm rusty on this issue. People love David Foster Wallace for it, but I think it pretty much fails in Infinite Jest. Pike mentioned Bakhtin in a blog recently, and I love the way he teases dialogue and the multiplicity of differing voices, and the "carnivalesque" from a variety of texts. The second observation, of the Reader cover: Masters's "Spoon River Anthology" comes to mind as an example--easy way out, narrating/eulogizing through the language of headstones--though I still like it! Haven't read Kingsolver, but can relate to this in Faulkner, though I still appreciate him.— October 22, 2009 4:35 p.m.
No Apologies
Pete, I'm sorry you see things this way. What can I say? It just all seems too distorted to deal with. I honestly don't know how to address the way you depict things, and I'm sorry you see them that way. It seems as though you have taken some points from refried that make you comfortable and secure--I guess you should just stay with those, and forget the rest. Just "be you," as you put it. I'll stay out of your way.— October 22, 2009 4:03 p.m.
Snapshots of all sides of San Diego neighborhoods
That is a good point. Having read it over a couple times, too, I'd say that the tenuous "common thread" was the (still) unevenly applied concept of some 'essence' of each neighborhood or area--they were looking for something that might either sum up descriptive characteristics of an area that are easily identified by a large number of people, or characteristics that we might not normally think of for that area. For example, Banker's Hill would not normally be thought of as the tweaker capital, but many do see it as a place of passage, being under the flight path...— October 22, 2009 3:48 p.m.