Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
As Dean Martin would say: "That's a moray"
I had no idea it was Valentine´s day, I have this lifesytle where don´t I get to hear what date or day it is very often. Everybody is my Valentine.
Posted by Owen on from Barcelona 02/14 at 07:44 AMHumanity i love you
because you would rather black the boots of
succes than enquire whose sould dangles from his
watch-chain which would be embarrassing for bothparties and because you
unflinchingly applaud all
songs containing the words country home and
mother when sung at the old howardHumanity i love you because
when you’re hard up you pawn your
intelligence to buy a drink and when
you’re flush pride keepsyou from the pawn shop and
because you are continually committing
nuisances but more
especially in your own houseHumanity i love you because you
are perpetually putting the secret of
live in your pants and forgetting
it’s there and sitting downon it
and because you are
forever making poems in the lap
of death Humanityi hate you
--e. e. cummings (from XLI Poems, 1925)
Posted by Keir on from The Hague 02/14 at 08:00 AMTwo typos ("sould" = “soul” and “live” = “life"). Sorry.
Hey, who do you think Mozart was trying to sleep with when he said that shit?
And Mickey “could” you stop being so damn playful; it was an observation not a suggestion!
Posted by Keir on from The Hague 02/14 at 08:03 AMGood morning MZ, Keir and Expendables,
A MORAY - I’m still laughing.
Keir I really like your poetic offering.I don’t think I’ve read it before, but the style seems familiar. (You know - a little like what’s his name) I’m afraid I can’t place a name...some Canadian I think - no matter.
Mozart - sounds like he might’ve whittled that one off when the housemaid arrived one morning. At least he didn’t deny his self indulgence, I think he was rather up front about it...much easier to deal with than someone convinced of their non-existant humility.
Oscar Wilde - ever the wishful thinker - smug bastard.
Posted by Amelopsis on from CAnada 02/14 at 08:41 AMI hold your hand in mine, dear,
I press it to my lips.
I take a healthy bite
From your dainty fingertips.My joy would be complete, dear,
If you were only here,
But still I keep your hand
As a precious souvenir.The night you died I cut it off.
I really don’t know why.
For now each time I kiss it
I get bloodstains on my tie.I’m sorry now I killed you,
For our love was something fine,
And till they come to get me
I shall hold your hand in mine.
(Tom Lehrer)Posted by mew on from great street of portland stone 02/14 at 08:58 AM“love is a device invented by bank managers to make us overdrawn” - from a tv show called red dwarf
Posted by michael on from scotland 02/14 at 09:06 AMTHE SUN RISING.
by John DonneBUSY old fool, unruly Sun,
Why dost thou thus,
Through windows, and through curtains, call on us ?
Must to thy motions lovers’ seasons run ?
Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide
Late school-boys and sour prentices,
Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride,
Call country ants to harvest offices ;
Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime,
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.Thy beams so reverend, and strong
Why shouldst thou think ?
I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink,
But that I would not lose her sight so long.
Look, and to-morrow late tell me,
Whether both th’ Indias of spice and mine
Be where thou left’st them, or lie here with me.
Ask for those kings whom thou saw’st yesterday,
And thou shalt hear, “All here in one bed lay.”She’s all states, and all princes I ;
Nothing else is ;
Princes do but play us ; compared to this,
All honour’s mimic, all wealth alchemy.
Thou, Sun, art half as happy as we,
In that the world’s contracted thus ;
Thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be
To warm the world, that’s done in warming us.
Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere ;
This bed thy center is, these walls thy sphere.Posted by michael on from scotland 02/14 at 09:10 AMI was
Ramona A. Stone
I started with no enemies of my own
I was an artiste
In a tunnel
But I’ve been having a mid-life crisis
And I’ve been dreaming in a sleep
And ape men with metal parts
I’ve spat upon deeply felt age
I’ve hid my hearts in
And I hate the funny colored english
We’ll creep together you and I
For I know who the small friends are~David Bowie
Posted by Amelopsis on from CAnada 02/14 at 09:45 AMOh, Ramona…
Posted by Minotaur on from steaming caves 02/14 at 10:00 AMAnd if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine
Take me out tonight
Take me anywhere, I don’t care
I don’t care, I don’t care
And in the darkened underpass
I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last
(But then a strange fear gripped me and I
Just couldn’t ask)from the song “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” by the Smiths (Morrissey)
Posted by nancz on from 02/14 at 11:19 AMChristina’s brother Dante will “say” what I mean better than I can:
Sudden Light
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–82)
I HAVE been here before,
But when or how I cannot tell:
I know the grass beyond the door,
The sweet keen smell,
The sighing sound, the lights around the shore. 5
You have been mine before,—
How long ago I may not know:
But just when at that swallow’s soar
Your neck turn’d so,
Some veil did fall,—I knew it all of yore. 10
Has this been thus before?
And shall not thus time’s eddying flight
Still with our lives our love restore
In death’s despite,
And day and night yield one delight once more?Posted by Mudge on from Austin 02/14 at 11:52 AMIf anyone were to ask me to describe the Expendables, I’d direct them to the above posts. What a delicious batch of misfits, vagabonds, and ne’er do wells. Thanks, all.
(Hey Keir, I don’t know what this means: Mickey “could” you stop being so damn playful; it was an observation not a suggestion!)
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 02/14 at 12:25 PMGeez - If I’d known I were making a post for posterity I might not have chosen one about a cross dresser with a dangerous mind!
But then you never know...ne’er do well seems to fit.Posted by Amelopsis on from CAnada 02/14 at 12:39 PMI don’t think his wife lets him cross-dress anymore… where is ‘dangerous mind’ from? A line from Scary Monsters?
Posted by James on from work 02/14 at 12:49 PMJames, I just made up (?) the dangerous mind myself although it could quite possibly be in a Scary Monsters lyric…
I think she probably indulges his oddities - he’s written some pretty dark and depressing stuff since they’ve been married...who’s to know the mind of another. The Ramona character is a little at the far edge of creepy.
Posted by Amelopsis on from CAnada 02/14 at 12:56 PMMickey: Didn’t I give you your one word description the other day? Wasn’t it “playful”? Since then your posts and comments have been decidedly so. Like, “did Cheney kill Benchley too?” “That’s a moray”? Seriously. The quotes around the word “could” were an Expendable thing that I guess threw you off because I never put quotation marks around my captcha words.
Posted by Keir on from The Hague 02/14 at 12:58 PMOh shit I just checked back and see that I gave you the word “doing”. Shit. I guess “playful” was my backup. I’m in sick today. Mind not working. Sorry all around.
Posted by Keir on from The Hague 02/14 at 01:01 PMYes, Amelopsis, who’s to say if his stuff now is inspired recently or holdovers from the 70s. Though I think she’s the one that wears the pants in that family.
From Kierkegaard on love, or just about anything:
I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both.
Though the lyrics to Scary Monsters speak to a lot of my romantic experience as well.
Posted by James on from work 02/14 at 01:23 PMWow, Keir...if you thought yesterday’s post on Dresden was playful, you’re even more intense that I’d imagined.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 02/14 at 01:33 PMALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
-THE BEATLESPosted by kevin mitchell on from school 02/14 at 02:14 PMAll I want to say now is: ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’ to you, Mickey, and to you, Owen, Keir, Amelopsis, Mew, Michael, Minotaur, nancz, Mudge, James and kevin mitchell!
It is 15 February in Australia, so Valentine’s Day was yesterday, but thanks for all those lovely poems.“love is a device invented by bank managers to make us overdrawn” - I chuckled at this, michael!
Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 02/14 at 02:26 PMHere’s my love quote:
‘Love conquers all.’And if you believe that ..
Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 02/14 at 02:34 PMHello to all…
I second Mickey’s first comment of the day as the comments preceeding it showed me wonderful things.
I am not sure if I get the observations of Mozart’s quote, though...I found it to be right on.
Posted by JOS on from Chicago...Home of the Valentine's Day Masacre 02/14 at 02:55 PMIn the “feel the luuuv” department:
“The Texas lawyer accidentally shot by Vice President Dick Cheney during a weekend quail hunt suffered a minor heart attack on Tuesday when some of the birdshot migrated close to his heart, a hospital spokesman said.”
Full article there. Cannot imagine Cheney will still be Veep for long.
Posted by Mudge on from Austin 02/14 at 03:07 PMJust received that news story from my Dad, Mudge. This is what it would be like if the rich old white men would shoot each other instead of sending kids to shoot kids. I guess I’m sorry for the guy’s pain---remember, he spent thousands of dollars to install Cheney---but hey: good stuff.
This just in from Harper’s weekly review:
Author Michael Crichton received a journalism award from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists for his novel *State of Fear*, which criticizes the theory of global warming. “It is fiction,” said a spokesman for the petroleum geologists, “but it has the absolute ring of truth."
and this:
...in Manchester, England, the BBC was planning an Easter tribute in which Jesus Christ will sing “Love Will Tear Us Apart” by Joy Division before joining Judas in a duet of “Blue Monday” by New Order. Later, as Roman soldiers flay him, Jesus will sing “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” by The Smiths.
Posted by Keir on from The Hague 02/14 at 03:23 PMKeir, I’m sorry you’re not feeling well. Your Dad’s Johnny-on-the-spot with the Whittington story!
Shooting quail, itsy little things, is a lot harder than vanquishing old, rich contributors, especially when you’re an old fart yourownself.
What seems to be the health issue?
Helga, cynical maedchen (no umlauts, I hadda improvise), do you suggest that love does NOT conquer all? Faugh, I say! Fie! Love conquers common sense; religious training; self-preservation; logic; good self-esteem; happiness; and, not least, health (oooooh, I see Keir’s problem now! ;-0).
Posted by Mudge on from Austin 02/14 at 03:38 PMMudge, my very significant other is on contract in Blighty at the moment, digging holes and cleaning bones (she’s an archaeologist). Heartsick? Maybe. But there’s a damn virus running through The Hague as well, and it landed in me yesterday.
Posted by Keir on from The Hague 02/14 at 03:49 PMEwww, lovesickness is better than a virus IMHO.
Feel better!
Posted by Mudge on from Austin 02/14 at 03:57 PMI hope all are well and had some goodness in their day - regardless of the manufactured ‘holiday’. I enjoyed reading everyones offerings.
JOS good to see you back too - I think the Mozart slight was just because the man’s historical record of his personality would allow it! I think it rings true as well.
Good evening to you all.
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 02/14 at 07:39 PMJOS, allow me to join the Empress is saying: Welcome back (even if it’s just for a short stay).
Excellent, excellent day of posts we’ve got going on at the Expendable “Office.”
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 02/14 at 07:54 PMG’night, all. Hoping to see Joe, Chris, Hawk, TM, Cart, Luna, and all the other prodigal Expendables again soon.
Captcha sez: possible
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 02/14 at 10:03 PMFun Fact: Cheney was hunting illegally. He didn’t pay the $7 for the proper game stamp.
Saw The Daily Show’s take on it. Hilarious. They had the “Cheney’s Got a Gun” headline. The audience was hysterical when it popped on the screen.
Speaking of whales, I have friend from film school (currently working on a project with Chris Nolan (Batman Returns)). A while back, he was working on a short screenplay about how this town on the coast deals with a dead beached whale. They blow it up. He said this really happened, which is where he got the idea. I never verified the story. But truth is often stranger than fiction. Anyone ever heard about people blowing up a whale before?
Posted by Jeremy on from Taiwan 02/15 at 03:00 AMTo love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, but to be loved by the one you love is everything
-Anonymous
Funny Oscar Wilde must have been an optimist… since he died alone, and penniless.Posted by Vonnie on from California 02/15 at 04:40 AMJeremy: With the shooting victim now in much worse shape, I’m guessing the jokes will die down...but I can at least get credit for thinking up “Cheney’s Got a Gun” before Stewart’s crew.
Yo Vonnie...welcome to the site. Hope to see you here again soon.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 02/15 at 05:43 AM
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