Strictly narrative
Feb. 3rd, 2004 11:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Turning away from difficult issues, I'm internally debating the ethics of going to see Sylvia. It's hard not to take into account what Frieda Hughes has written:
"Now they want to make a film
For anyone lacking the ability
To imagine the body, head in oven
Orphaning children."
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I really enjoy my offline reading group, but we decided at the outset not to read classics, in which I am woefully under-read. There should be a reading group for people hastily trying to fill the gaps in their reading. A sort of mutual support group in response to that game in that David Lodge novel, where all the English Lit academics admit to the most gaping hole in their reading.
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And, thirdly:

"Now they want to make a film
For anyone lacking the ability
To imagine the body, head in oven
Orphaning children."
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I really enjoy my offline reading group, but we decided at the outset not to read classics, in which I am woefully under-read. There should be a reading group for people hastily trying to fill the gaps in their reading. A sort of mutual support group in response to that game in that David Lodge novel, where all the English Lit academics admit to the most gaping hole in their reading.
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And, thirdly:

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Date: 2004-02-03 11:24 am (UTC)We've been discussing the BBC in class, and as much as we don't make a difference to the B.liar govenrment, we believe in them too. *thumbs up*
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Date: 2004-02-03 11:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-02-03 01:01 pm (UTC)You seem pretty well-read to me! Read what you want to read say I.
Love the "I believe in the BBC" logo, and the article. I always thought the Blue Peter advent crown could be turned into an offensive weapon, if it didn't set the house on fire first.
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Date: 2004-02-03 01:42 pm (UTC)Well, from my evil boyband-porn-writing perspective, I say go if you want to. Unless it sounds like it will suck. :-)
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Date: 2004-02-03 02:00 pm (UTC)The Guardian and Observer reviews (http://film.guardian.co.uk/Film_Page/0,4061,1045771,00.html) were terrible, though I've seen two other reviews that like it.
As for gaps in reading, I think you're far better-read than most people. Probably even in the 'classics'! But I know what you mean, and I think I'm some way behind you. What I find depressing is the sheer scale of the catching-up that would be needed!
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Date: 2004-02-03 02:46 pm (UTC)If you want a say with me,
put it in better poetry.
;-p
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Date: 2004-02-03 07:28 pm (UTC)I'd join. Is there a club time machine, so that I can fit all that reading into my otherwise rich and full (hah!) life? Or maybe a cloning machine?
I'll start with that David Lodge novel.
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