So much here: I pain over these and strive for effortlessness - sometimes that happens more than other times, but I appreciate it seems that way!
Common eccentric enemy is a great way to put that and very true. I often don’t know if I’ll survive their (loving) disdain.
I missed your newsletter, is it archived?
The Fly is very fluid! Just gross. I do look forward to watching the original. Part of my process ideally would be all the time to do all the watching/reading I allude to :)
I took two years of German in college. Maybe if the frau taught us the turtle word I would have stuck with it!
I really, really loved Cronenberg's "The Fly." I still think of that when I think of really good horror films. Jeff Goldblum really made it work, and being in love with Geena Davis probably didn't hurt much.
Creepy and crawly today! I like it. The Kafka story was new to me.
Well that was fun, even if I can get skeeved out by bugs. Not their fault, of course. I honestly don't know how you write one of these a week. You're a much faster writer than I am. Were you ever signed up for my newsletter? I'd spend a whole month going over them before they were worth publishing. Yours always have a feeling of being effortless, though they're probably not. But maybe they are! I suspect you've given your daughters a great gift of being the common eccentric enemy for them so they might bond tightly. They will love you forever for this at a certain point, I wager. You're doing a fine job, Mom!
As far as "The Fly," I certainly respect Cronenberg's, though the fluids got to me at a certain point. My favorite is the one with Vincent Price, though it's not as intellectually challenging. Still, the scene at the end with The Fly with a human head, stuck in a spider web, and squeaking out to Vincent, "Help me, help me," just before the spider takes it's meal... Well, it's a special moment in a special movie. And Vincent Price is one of the coolest guys to walk the earth. All Hail Vincent Price!
Then there's the German stuff. Why do I think you'd love this language if you were properly exposed to it? Do you know it? I've been pretending to learn it for years. It fills me with delight. God I wish I could speak it with the fluency of a 3-year old. Wo ist mein handshuhe? Das ist kein sanktionierter Gedanke! Good times! Did you know the German word for turtle is "schildkröte." Which means, a toad with a shield. Isn't that totally adorbs?
So much here: I pain over these and strive for effortlessness - sometimes that happens more than other times, but I appreciate it seems that way!
Common eccentric enemy is a great way to put that and very true. I often don’t know if I’ll survive their (loving) disdain.
I missed your newsletter, is it archived?
The Fly is very fluid! Just gross. I do look forward to watching the original. Part of my process ideally would be all the time to do all the watching/reading I allude to :)
I took two years of German in college. Maybe if the frau taught us the turtle word I would have stuck with it!
You’re the best!
I really, really loved Cronenberg's "The Fly." I still think of that when I think of really good horror films. Jeff Goldblum really made it work, and being in love with Geena Davis probably didn't hurt much.
Creepy and crawly today! I like it. The Kafka story was new to me.
Well that was fun, even if I can get skeeved out by bugs. Not their fault, of course. I honestly don't know how you write one of these a week. You're a much faster writer than I am. Were you ever signed up for my newsletter? I'd spend a whole month going over them before they were worth publishing. Yours always have a feeling of being effortless, though they're probably not. But maybe they are! I suspect you've given your daughters a great gift of being the common eccentric enemy for them so they might bond tightly. They will love you forever for this at a certain point, I wager. You're doing a fine job, Mom!
As far as "The Fly," I certainly respect Cronenberg's, though the fluids got to me at a certain point. My favorite is the one with Vincent Price, though it's not as intellectually challenging. Still, the scene at the end with The Fly with a human head, stuck in a spider web, and squeaking out to Vincent, "Help me, help me," just before the spider takes it's meal... Well, it's a special moment in a special movie. And Vincent Price is one of the coolest guys to walk the earth. All Hail Vincent Price!
Then there's the German stuff. Why do I think you'd love this language if you were properly exposed to it? Do you know it? I've been pretending to learn it for years. It fills me with delight. God I wish I could speak it with the fluency of a 3-year old. Wo ist mein handshuhe? Das ist kein sanktionierter Gedanke! Good times! Did you know the German word for turtle is "schildkröte." Which means, a toad with a shield. Isn't that totally adorbs?
Carry on!