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 Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:32 am
That would be fun if we lived closer. You live on the west coast, right? I'm always up for discussing literature. I'm of the opinion that Catherine should have stayed in the gothic novel mindset because her world was so much more fun when she did insert herself in her stories. I sometimes do that to myself so my life doesn't seem so dull. I'm so tired of paper writing. I just want to go home and sleep. I hope that your master's thesis is going well. Mid-terms start Wednesday. xp
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:55 pm
Well i'm pretty sure you Chibi know i am up for it!!!!! biggrin
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:11 pm
*reads Green and Chibi's recent posts* Yeeee! Northanger Abbey! I heart heart heart that book! *giggles like a little schoolgirl and totally geeks out*
Oh, and the Miller's Tale is hilarious. I had to read that one for a class in college, but ironically enough, the play Lysistrata was considered "too dirty," as was most of Aristophanes' other work. I read Aristophanes' The Birds (a political satire--NOT to be confused with the scary movie or Daphne du Maurier's story) on the sly for a Greco-Roman history class, but my professor actually told me not to tell too many people I was reading it, because apparently it's THAT "controversial." Whatever. It's no worse than "The Miller's Tale," which was REQUIRED reading. eek Anyway...
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:19 pm
I like to read things sometimes just because they are controversial. lol But, you are never in too much danger when it's old. Then it's just culture. But the English Honor Society (Sigma Tau Delta) intentionally reads controversial books. I know that they read Lolita last semester. I'm pretty sure that everyone has heard of the Lolita complex, but for anyone who hasn't heard of it, it is a story about a love affair between a little girl and a grown man. Everyone I talked to said that they loved it. I might have to read it sometime. confused (And yes, I do know that the initials for Sigma Tau Delta are STD. In fact, we have a t-shirt that says "Sigma Tau Delta: We're Infectious!" rofl
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:24 pm
Wow. Your STD actually gets together and reads things? Impressive. We were lackluster to say the least. That T-shirt is a national t-shirt. Everyone has access to it. Also "STD- it's catching!"
Nothing was taboo in my English department. Seriously. I didn't realize that colleges actually deemed things as inappropriate. :/
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:32 pm
Well, Chibi and I went to a Baptist college, so that probably has a LOT to do with it. biggrin
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:00 pm
Oh. Yeah. Hartwick used to be a seminary when it was founded but now we're considered Liberal Arts. I'm also in NY.
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:34 pm
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:34 pm
I got to a public university now, so we've ready lots of raunchy literature filled with graphic sex scenes and strong language. I mean, some of this stuff that we read is almost pornographic. Nothing is out of bounds here. lol I would elaborate on what some of the stuff that we read, but this is supposed to be PG-13. sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:43 pm
Catherine is relatable. I know I half-pretend to be in gothic and fantasy stories all the time. It's real-life role-playing, you know? And you remember the main character from Rebecca? She make-believes all the time, she's so cute!
My school's STD only met so often. They got together to go to an English conference and apparently did really well there, but I didn't have the money to fly to wherever it was.
I read The Birds, but I don't remember what it was about. And yeah, "The Miller's Tale" is mild compared to a lot of things I've read. Candid is an especially dirty political teaser.
Then you have things like Paradise Lost that clearly has Adam and Eve performing the marital act but it's a very religious work. Same with some of the stuff by John Donne.
Ahhh, too bad we can't start our own little Vetus Gaianus book club that meets once a week at Barnes and Noble.
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Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:45 pm
So . . . this has gotten a little off topic. ^^;
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Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:30 pm
My mind is off-topic all the time anyway, so I don't mind. biggrin
Oh! You just got me started! xd You are talking about "The Birds" by Aristophanes, correct? You know, I can't play Banjo Kazooie without thinking about that. There's a level called Cloud Coocoo Land. whee And talking about Candide, I actually did a paper on sex in Candide for one of my English classes. lol
Yeah, it really is too bad that we can have a real life book club. But, I do have good news! I just got a letter today letting me know that I've been accepted into STD! heart The induction is supposed to be on the 21st. We're having an STD Halloween party a week later. blaugh You can't tell that I'm in a good mood, can you? xd I got my papers finished and turned it. It feels good to have that out from over my head. Too bad that I have a midterm tomorrow. sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:38 pm
Anyways not to distract anyone her but I think that we should get new people into the guild and that way the guild can become more active for the holloween hang out!!!! Wow!!! sorry i love Holloween!!!!!!!!
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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:36 pm
You don't have to appologize. Actually, I'm glad you said something. We need to figure out how to weasel our members into being more active. True, we could draw in more members, but why not use the ones we already have? Any good ideas on how to get our members to be more active? Doing events was my idea to get our members to participate. That kind of backfired. sweatdrop But, at least everyone enjoys them.
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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:52 pm
Ah, Candide. I had to read it for one of my French classes (I minored in French in college). I loved it! It made me think of all the soap operas I love to watch. And in a way, it also made me think of The Princess Bride because, like The Princess Bride, Candide really seemed to have a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor in it.
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