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[ellenkushner]

"Without art, we are but monkeys with car keys."

-- (usually cited as Anonymous; once attributed to Jo Brand) Sent to me by Karen Shaffer, who probably got it from Stu Jenks, or vice versa.

** Want to be the Duchess Tremontaine? Wear this! **

My aesthetic Love God Jim Kelso has pointed us all to the work of Jacques Vesery . . . Please try not to drool on the computer; it's bad for it.

Comments

[yaoi-in-exile.livejournal.com]

OhmyGod, no Alex? That is ridiculously depressing. I have to go reread PotS and sneer Alecly at the judges now.

OhmyGod, Best Quote Ever. Capitalized, even. *immediately regrets having already submitted a senior quote* (Of course, I've been regretting that since discovering PotS...)

OhmyGoddyGodGod. Must...have...T-shirt!!one! *scrambles off to beg use of parents' visa, because being 17 has perks like that*

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

OK - what *was* your senior quote?

[yaoi-in-exile.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, errr, it was something that seemed hilarious at the time but now just sounds stupid...that line from Anchorman, "I immediately regret this decision...". (Which pretty much summarises my entire academic career, but still...)

If I could only do it over again...*feels quite old*...I would quote Alec until I was blue in the face. *weeps* Maybe use that line about torturing prisoners, or the bit of "gossip flambee`" brilliance...

Oh, WAIT. I know yearbook committee people! It may not be too late to bribe someone! And Ariel owes me for those Swordspoint earrings...*ambles off plotting indiscriminately to oneself*

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

Meanwhile, thought you might enjoy this, my current fave, spoken by the villain in an anime a friend showed me, when one of the other characters gets a little nosy: "Please feel free to refrain from making unnecessary inquiries."

[yaoi-in-exile.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, my. What anime was that? I need to congratulate *someone* on a very sinister job well-done. (3

"Please feel free to refrain from making unnecessary fangirl rants..." XD

On a side note, I've been ping-ponging this question around in my head, and no one could answer it better than thou; would Fall of the Kings be considered "appropriate" for high school senior English? *perplexled*

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

"Meine Liebe," described by my friend Phoebe Zeitgeist in glowing detail here:
http://p-zeitgeist.livejournal.com/49568.html

There *are* no unnecessary fangirl rants! ALL fangirl rants highly acceptable!

I live to be adored.

Appropriate? What is this "appropriate"? As in: Will you get the adult level subtleties? Will you like the characters? Will you be bored by the academic infighting? Is there too much graphic sex? What.....?

Highschool kids are made to read Dickens & Melville & George Eliot & all sorts of things they don't really understand. As for the sex - come on, dear; I've seen your icons. I don't think your infant sensibilities will be shocked.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Awwwk! Just reread your question: are you asking whether a 12th grade CLASS should read "Kings"?

No, I don't think so. It's not caviare to the general (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/caviare+to+the+general).

TPOTS would be better there.

[yaoi-in-exile.livejournal.com]

That is a fabulous parrot sound. *pirates it* >3

TPOTS would be more appropriate, I think, for an entire class...if, that is, a good piece of fantasy not written by some Old Blind Greek Person were allowed in high schools. *les sigh* But, however, this is just for me.

You see, my English teacher of two years (Very Bad Luck) has decided to take a break from constantly shoveling minority literature down our throats and let us choose our own novel now. (I wanted to stand up in my desk and sing the hallelujah chorus, but she probably would have bludgeoned me over the head with 253 copies of Their Eyes Were Watching God.) The only requirements are that it has to be over 100 pages (psht.) and "class-appropriate".

Ergo, my conundrum. ^^

I have infant sensibilities? :3 Goody! Who ever knew? (It is odd how my sensibilities seem to shock more than they are shocked. *puzzles*)

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I will ponder further.

Meanwhile, may I just say that I think you are one of the cleverest people I have ever met? Your words - and your drawings - are just _point de vice_, spot on, what you will. You are immensely gifted, bursting at the seams with it.

Can I help you get into the college of your choice in any way?

Such talent, my dear, must not be buried in the country.

[huladavid.livejournal.com]

I dunno... I think I'd make a pretty scary duchess. 'Sides, I found the "Scrotum Is Not A Dirty Word" shirt more to my taste.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Quick, somebody! Think of a bar bet I can win with huladavid so that I can make him wear the Duchess T!!

I don't suppose "I double-dog dare you" alone will do the trick...?

[themaskmaker.livejournal.com]

That only works for getting people to stick their tongues to freezing metal poles.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Darn! Are you sure...?

[huladavid.livejournal.com]

I don't think they'd have to be much arm twisting, after all, I once wore a t-shirt that read, "Free Amazon Men's Auxiliary" to a booksigning at Uncle Hugo's for Marion Zimmer Bradley.

Of course I had to be frog-marched back to her table so's I could open up my jacket to show it to her...

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Well, then.

[themaskmaker.livejournal.com]

Jacques Vesery..... I will now push my keyboard aside so that I can drool responsibly.

[vschanoes.livejournal.com]

And I don't even drive!

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

OK - you can be a Monkey with a Typewriter (http://www.getlyrics.com/album/open+house/second+story/B000005CPA)