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Veni Vidi Vado - I came, I saw, I ran away

Feb 23, 2005 14:59

I was having tea with the Dalai Lama the other day, and he gave me some pointed advice. "Quoting from the Simpsons is a lot like eating an orange," he said with a furrowed brow ( Read more... )

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happypea February 26 2005, 00:13:49 UTC

Heh heh. Awesome.

Oh man have you seen the Dalai Lama on TV or anything? He's great! He's the most happy, most jolly, most giggly person I've EVER seen!

happypea February 26 2005, 00:27:06 UTC

P.S. Why William Blake? I've seen a little bit of his art but don't really know ought about him...

wedley February 26 2005, 18:41:35 UTC

The line "Not surprisingly, it was a voodoo doll of William Blake" was supposed to be a joke in that carving a voodoo doll of William Blake is not a common occurrence. It's just meant to be vaguely absurd, like "I was wondering where my mother was. Not surprisingly, she was on the roof eating a penguin ( ... )

pooksterpup March 31 2005, 16:20:28 UTC

Let's just be honest. Originally, it was going to be a voodoo doll of me, wasn't it? Not surprisingly.

jenicski April 10 2005, 17:32:32 UTC

Who is Franz Kakfa?

Ah William Blake...brings back those good old English Lit year 12 memories hey Wes?

Oh by the way happy birthday for TODAY! you must feel oh so grown up now.

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happypea April 27 2005, 02:35:41 UTC

Hi. It's me.

Just stopping by to tell you to update or I'll slap you.
You KNOW I mean it.

holterya March 23 2006, 08:23:49 UTC

You know who else is a fan of William Blake? Yep, that's right - Bruce Dickinson (aka lead singer of Iron Maiden). That's pretty much all I know of his work... through songs like "Jerusalem" and probably others, though I'm not well-read enough to recognise them. Anyway, part of that same poem (I assume it's also called Jerusalem) was quoted in "The Once And Future King". I'm endlessly amused by how all these things interlink. It's like we all live on the same planet or something.

In a similar vein, there is an Iron Maiden song based on Coleridge's "Rime Of The Ancient Mariner". When we studied it at school, one of my friends pulled out the lyrics sleeve of an Iron Maiden album, and we studied that instead. And then a couple of years later, I'm watching Serenity, and Mal references the albatross. Against all logic - I'm not a fan of poetry - I recognise the reference nonetheless.

Will this craziness ever end?

wedley March 23 2006, 19:36:46 UTC

No, the craziness never ends.

Another book which has huge ties to Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and also Coleridge's Kubla Kahn, is 'Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'. In fact, it's impossible to understand the book unless you've studied Coleridge's life a little, which seems an odd decision for an author to take, but he (Douglas Adams) ended up pretty successful, so I guess it was a good idea nonetheless. I mention this because with all this wacky interconnectedness-of-all-things I began to wonder whether you're a Douglas Adams fan.

holterya March 23 2006, 22:30:05 UTC

I read all five books in the "Hitchhiker" trilogy a few years back. Hitchhiker is a weird word... it looks like it should be hyphenated. Anyway, I've been meaning to reread them for a while now... especially since my dad recently got "The Salmon Of Doubt". I think he also has the Dirk Gently book somewhere, though tracking it down will doubtless involve some sort of epic quest.

But yeah, to as much of an extent as is possible cosidering how long it's been since I read anything by him, I am a fan.

Interesting site, keep up the good work anonymous April 10 2011, 20:24:35 UTC

I've been searching in google for some ideas and accidentally found your wedley.livejournal.com website. You definitely can write and teach and inspire. Keep writing - I'll keep reading.