tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post2400055579715114198..comments2024-03-29T06:26:28.942+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: Weirdness All AroundSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-11790084592730773782009-03-20T10:18:00.000+00:002009-03-20T10:18:00.000+00:00Its a shot in the dark but - isn't weirdness (apar...Its a shot in the dark but - isn't weirdness (apart from violence) what makes life more interesting?Delwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-62120629860153465882009-03-19T13:29:00.000+00:002009-03-19T13:29:00.000+00:00Great question Reya!"I wonder if she'll fall in lo...Great question Reya!<BR/>"I wonder if she'll fall in love"..."<BR/>Someone shoot me!bulletholeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681107556161747976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-9247037342424480472009-03-19T13:13:00.000+00:002009-03-19T13:13:00.000+00:00Hearing about Natasha Richardson conforms it - thi...Hearing about Natasha Richardson conforms it - this IS a really bizarre week.<BR/><BR/>You called it, oh yeah.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-71980049343270438442009-03-18T16:24:00.000+00:002009-03-18T16:24:00.000+00:00Kim: Actually I'd forgotten that movie, but now th...Kim: Actually I'd forgotten that movie, but now that you mention it, I do remember some talk about it...Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-84415425695830328602009-03-18T15:51:00.000+00:002009-03-18T15:51:00.000+00:00p.s. in following up on the joe gould, you probabl...p.s. in following up on the joe gould, you probably know but didn't mention there's also a 2000 film called joe gould's secret by stanley tucci....I probably won't get a chance to read the book, but I'm definitely going to check out the movie!mouse (aka kimy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09385557065971602436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-41817839549951155782009-03-18T15:46:00.000+00:002009-03-18T15:46:00.000+00:00the arrow incident happened while I was visiting n...the arrow incident happened while I was visiting nyc <BR/><BR/>people always say weird stuff happens but that took the weird cake.<BR/><BR/>sorry there wasn't time to try and get in a visit with you will in the city. maybe next time.... the only window we had open was when you would have been at work.<BR/><BR/>gould's poem cracks me up!! thanks for sharing <BR/><BR/>weird works!mouse (aka kimy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09385557065971602436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-78257492944102414732009-03-18T15:33:00.000+00:002009-03-18T15:33:00.000+00:00Mama said there'd be days like this! Wow, hit by a...Mama said there'd be days like this! <BR/><BR/>Wow, hit by a a random arrow. There's some kind of fateful intersection around that story. I wonder if she will fall in love?<BR/><BR/>Nude hiking is highly overrated. If you fall, there's nothing between you and the rocks and scratchy bushes. Also I'm certain it isn't a pretty sight.<BR/><BR/>Hope things soon return to "normal."Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-33507337365533405552009-03-18T14:30:00.000+00:002009-03-18T14:30:00.000+00:00Utahdog: Ha! Well, what can I say? That IS pretty ...Utahdog: Ha! Well, what can I say? That IS pretty weird.<BR/><BR/>To the main point in your first comment, being a bystander is still experiential. The weirdness is happening to you, even if you're only reading about/observing it.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-74697447306090685842009-03-18T14:18:00.000+00:002009-03-18T14:18:00.000+00:00no comment on the rat?no comment on the rat?utahDOG!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04574614138539392895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-12413608317485759952009-03-18T14:04:00.000+00:002009-03-18T14:04:00.000+00:00Joe Gould typified NYC weirdness at its best. And...Joe Gould typified NYC weirdness at its best. And yes, I do think he had the Blogger mentality, only about 6 decades early. So many images in that book stick with me and I will never again wander through Washington Square without remembering Joe. I knew you would enjoy that book, even the sad moments.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356998698106275372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-50821933862399630602009-03-18T13:37:00.000+00:002009-03-18T13:37:00.000+00:00That's probably the longest comment I've ever rece...That's probably the longest comment I've ever received.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-74709463773774670392009-03-18T13:10:00.000+00:002009-03-18T13:10:00.000+00:00Does it count as "weirdness all around" if you are...Does it count as "weirdness all around" if you are only a bystander? Not to rain on your parade or anything, but YOU didn't get hit with an arrow, or hike nude in the Alps. And technically, you're only reading Joe Gould's weird approach to literature and poetry. Is the awareness of somebody else's weirdness, or witnessing of weirdness in others from a distance, actually weirdness in the first-person?<BR/><BR/>Example, yesterday, I had a pretty straightforward day. I rode to work, worked 8 hours, rode home. I had a coffee break at some point in there. (Actually, I did meet with an elected official who did not blame me for all sorts of junk unrelated to my job...weird!) Pretty much a 'Day in the Corps' as they say. BUT...my coworker was walking back to our building from city hall in the morning, and she saw a cleanly severed rat head sitting on the sidewalk. She declared it the weirdest thing she'd seen in a long while, because the poor fellow looked like he was imbedded in the concrete, peeking up through the sidewalk at the rest of us, when really, he was pretty much toast.<BR/><BR/>My point?...does her day of weirdness actually transfer to me and become my day of weirdness? Can one be Vicariously Weird? Isn't Vicariously Weird actually the most simple definition of boring?<BR/><BR/>Not that either of the 'Reed Boys' could ever be considered boring!<BR/><BR/>Would you like a home-brew? Weirdness in a glass!utahDOG!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04574614138539392895noreply@blogger.com