If no loue is, O god, what fele I so?
Well, at last a Friday links post actually posted on a Friday. I ended up working from home today because Webster had a doctor's appointment but didn't feel well enough to drive himself. I'm glad I stayed home and drove him; we ended up having a pretty nice time and he was feeling better by the end of the day. Yay! He has to go back in two weeks and I will probably take him then. It's easier to work from home and much more pleasant.
Wow, did you see The Blacklist? Where on earth are they taking this show? And Elementary! Ack! I'm also watching Les Témoins; have you seen it? Only two more episodes to go. I've started watching Daredevil, which is okay though way way too violent for me, so I have to turn away a fair bit. Plus I prefer the secondary characters (Jane, Foggy, and Ben) much more than Matt and Wilson (though isn't Vincent D'Onofrio unrecognizable as Wilson?). I'm working my way through The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (I like the theme song SO MUCH), but I loved Grace and Frankie. LOVED IT. Not that it was flawless, but it was so much fun seeing people in their seventies! Said the sixty-two year-old blogger.
POEM of the week, an oldie but goodie because it has great significance to me. It's Chaucer's Canticus Troili, the Song of Troilus from Troilus and Criseyde. Chaucer basically re-wrote Petrarch's sonnets 132, and that is a story unto itself. But here's the poem:
"If no loue is, O god, what fele I so?
And if loue is, what thing and which is he?
If loue be good, from whennes cometh my woo?
If it be wikke, a wonder thynketh me,
Whenne euery torment and aduersite
That cometh of hym may to me sauory thinke,
ffor ay thurst I the more that ich it drynke.
"And if that at myn owen lust I brenne,
ffrom whennes cometh may waillynge and my pleynte?
If harme a-gree me, wherto pleyne I thenne?
I noot, ne whi vn-wery that I feynte.
O quike deth, O swete harm so queynte,
How may of the in me swich quantite,
But if that I consente that it be?
"And if that I consente, I wrongfully
Compleyne, i-wis; thus possed to and fro,
Al sterelees with-inne a boot am I
Amydde the see, bitwixen wyndes two,
That inne contrarie stonden euere mo.
Allas, what is this wondre maladie?
ffor hete of cold, for cold of hete, I dye."
Fannish Stuff:
» Thanks to Hardboiledbaby, I was able to listen to the Marc Maron podcast with Allie Brosh, author of Hyperbole and a Half. It starts about twenty-two minutes in and is a long, intense, thoughtful discussion about suicide and depression, as well as her art. Maron talks a lot, more than I like in most interviews, but he was a good foil for Brosh, I thought. I found it fascinating, but it may be triggering for some people, so click with care.
Non-Fannish Stuff:
» I'm a big fan of Radiolab and a big fan of Oliver Sacks, and this is an interview you really want to listen to. Probably his last interview, and certainly one of his most honest. Tell-Tale Hearts featuring Oliver Sacks. There are actually two stories, and the first one is also very much worth listening to.
» It's hard, especially in fandom, not to be aware of the political situation in England (and how frightening I, as an American, find it in light of our own upcoming election). This post was not cheering, but it helped me understand a bit more: SOME FACTS YOU SHOULD REMEMBER BEFORE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE UK 'GOT ITSELF INTO THIS MESS'.
» More politics, this time about the States, found via Wil Wheaton's Tumblr: The increasing isolation of America's police: But crime, homicides of cops, and assaults on cops have all been in decline for 20 years. That's rarely pointed out in the story. Exaggerating the threat to cops not only skews discussion about policing issues, it may also make cops more likely to see threats where there aren't any, with tragic consequences.
» I like to end on a more cheering note; not sure if this is it, but as a Californian, I found it damn interesting: California's Improbable Navel-Orange Queen: Eliza Tibbets was a suffragist, abolitionist, and spiritualist -- and the mother of California's orange industry.
This week's terrific fan artist is Urbanbloodlust (what a name!), because I saw this John and Sherlock and fell in love. Then I found this sexy thing, mmm. She doesn't appear to have a lot of her art work posted, but here is what I could find.
Be sure to check out past artists because many are still producing gorgeous work. (The list of past artists is so lengthy I've moved it to its own page.)
Wow, did you see The Blacklist? Where on earth are they taking this show? And Elementary! Ack! I'm also watching Les Témoins; have you seen it? Only two more episodes to go. I've started watching Daredevil, which is okay though way way too violent for me, so I have to turn away a fair bit. Plus I prefer the secondary characters (Jane, Foggy, and Ben) much more than Matt and Wilson (though isn't Vincent D'Onofrio unrecognizable as Wilson?). I'm working my way through The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (I like the theme song SO MUCH), but I loved Grace and Frankie. LOVED IT. Not that it was flawless, but it was so much fun seeing people in their seventies! Said the sixty-two year-old blogger.
POEM of the week, an oldie but goodie because it has great significance to me. It's Chaucer's Canticus Troili, the Song of Troilus from Troilus and Criseyde. Chaucer basically re-wrote Petrarch's sonnets 132, and that is a story unto itself. But here's the poem:
"If no loue is, O god, what fele I so?
And if loue is, what thing and which is he?
If loue be good, from whennes cometh my woo?
If it be wikke, a wonder thynketh me,
Whenne euery torment and aduersite
That cometh of hym may to me sauory thinke,
ffor ay thurst I the more that ich it drynke.
"And if that at myn owen lust I brenne,
ffrom whennes cometh may waillynge and my pleynte?
If harme a-gree me, wherto pleyne I thenne?
I noot, ne whi vn-wery that I feynte.
O quike deth, O swete harm so queynte,
How may of the in me swich quantite,
But if that I consente that it be?
"And if that I consente, I wrongfully
Compleyne, i-wis; thus possed to and fro,
Al sterelees with-inne a boot am I
Amydde the see, bitwixen wyndes two,
That inne contrarie stonden euere mo.
Allas, what is this wondre maladie?
ffor hete of cold, for cold of hete, I dye."
Fannish Stuff:
» Thanks to Hardboiledbaby, I was able to listen to the Marc Maron podcast with Allie Brosh, author of Hyperbole and a Half. It starts about twenty-two minutes in and is a long, intense, thoughtful discussion about suicide and depression, as well as her art. Maron talks a lot, more than I like in most interviews, but he was a good foil for Brosh, I thought. I found it fascinating, but it may be triggering for some people, so click with care.
Non-Fannish Stuff:
» I'm a big fan of Radiolab and a big fan of Oliver Sacks, and this is an interview you really want to listen to. Probably his last interview, and certainly one of his most honest. Tell-Tale Hearts featuring Oliver Sacks. There are actually two stories, and the first one is also very much worth listening to.
» It's hard, especially in fandom, not to be aware of the political situation in England (and how frightening I, as an American, find it in light of our own upcoming election). This post was not cheering, but it helped me understand a bit more: SOME FACTS YOU SHOULD REMEMBER BEFORE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE UK 'GOT ITSELF INTO THIS MESS'.
» More politics, this time about the States, found via Wil Wheaton's Tumblr: The increasing isolation of America's police: But crime, homicides of cops, and assaults on cops have all been in decline for 20 years. That's rarely pointed out in the story. Exaggerating the threat to cops not only skews discussion about policing issues, it may also make cops more likely to see threats where there aren't any, with tragic consequences.
» I like to end on a more cheering note; not sure if this is it, but as a Californian, I found it damn interesting: California's Improbable Navel-Orange Queen: Eliza Tibbets was a suffragist, abolitionist, and spiritualist -- and the mother of California's orange industry.
This week's terrific fan artist is Urbanbloodlust (what a name!), because I saw this John and Sherlock and fell in love. Then I found this sexy thing, mmm. She doesn't appear to have a lot of her art work posted, but here is what I could find.
Be sure to check out past artists because many are still producing gorgeous work. (The list of past artists is so lengthy I've moved it to its own page.)