Archives for June 2009
Protagonists and gender
I find it interesting that male novelists do on occasion put forth female protagonists … but (as far as I know) female novelists never write from the point of view of a man.
I would like to qualify my observation: short stories don’t count, neither do novels about boys or teenagers (e.g. Harry Potter).
I wonder why […]
Oh well. Goodbye.
One day our children will ask us, “who’s Michael Jackson?”
He’s only the guy who’s indelibly imprinted in our collective memories of the eighties!
Anyway, here’s my tribute:
Billie Jean is not my lover (’uh)
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son (hooo!)
She says I am the one
But the […]
Screamo?
Have you heard of screamo? Yesterday I was talking to this guy who’s apparently into heavy metal. I got to know him when I parked my car next to his, and his stereo was blaring what sounded like Cromok. He seemed an amiable sort of fellow so I aired my suspicions with him. No, he […]
Not exactly karaoke, but it does involve playlists
In the evening, as Marianne was discovered to be musical, she was invited to play. The instrument was unlocked, every body prepared to be charmed, and Marianne, who sang very well, at their request went through the chief of the songs which Lady Middleton had brought into the family on her marriage …
– from Sense […]
It means that he’s slightly boring
They would see, he said, only one gentleman there besides himself; a particular friend who was staying at the park, but who was neither very young nor very gay.
– from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
