A quote to share

"Nuns go by quiet as lust, and drunken men and sober eyes sing in the lobby of the Greek hotel." ~The Bluest Eye

Wuthering Werthers, Batman!

Ok, I finished Werther yesterday. I thought it was great! Lots of beautiful sentiments and wonderfully written. I'm thinking of reading Camus' The Myth Of Sisyphus because it's about suicide and its philosophical implications. The title of this post should link to a page in another blog where I've started typing in my favorite quotes. What are some of your favorite quotes? But anyway, let me know what you guys thought and what else you want to read. Or not. I mean, I really do like talking to myself. And obviously you don't need to write something spectacular or spend a lot of time on every post you do. This blog is like a message board. Between me and myself. Let me know if you guys will send me any of your writing that I can post on the Wordpress blog (or another blog that I haven't started yet -- I don't like the fact that the url is benprice.word etc. Ok, have a good weekend.

I Am Evil Homer.

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"I hope I didn't brain my damage"

"Do you want to change your name to Homer Junior? The kids can call you Hoju!"

"Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals. Except the weasel..."

"Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand"

"Hmmm... I don't approve of his Bart-killing policy... but I do approve of his Selma killing policy." [subsequently votes for Sideshow Bob]

"Marge, I've always loved you. Bart, you were a worthy foe."

"When I look at the smiles on all the children's faces, I just know they're about to jab me with something."

"It's about time trees were good for something, instead of just standing there like jerks!"

"First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women"

"Son, your mother makes a very loud point."

[Getting into the car after Oktoberfest] "I'm in no condition to drive. Wait - I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm drunk!"

"Come here, Apu. If it'll make you feel any better, I've learned that life is just one crushing defeat after another... until you just wish Flanders was dead."

"Don't you think you're overreacting, talking gum-ball machine?"

[Upon meeting aliens] "Please don't eat me! I have a wife and kids. Eat them!"

"Operator! Give me the number for 911!"

"I'm not a genius. Or are I...?"

"Beer: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems."

"Pfft. Who needs English? I'm never going to England."

"Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get."

[Trying to imitate Mr. Burns] "Exactly, heh heh... D'oh!"

"Everyone knows rock'n'roll attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact."

[Upon recieving death-threat letter written in blood] "Oh my god! Someone's trying to kill me! Oh wait, it's for Bart."

[After being caught trying to smuggle a baby panda] "But he loves me!" [panda bites him] "OW!! Why you little... I'll endanger you!" [begins to strangle the panda]

"I believe children are the future... unless we stop them now!"

"The food was not undelicious."

"Uh, we're having a discussion about gay witches for abortion. You wouldn't be interested."

"All right brain, I don't like you and you don't like me, so let's just do this so I can get back to killing you with beer."

"If it's about laying off the Guatemalan insanity peppers, I'm way ahead of ya!"

"Ah! Tom Arnold! What the hell's going on?!"

"Old people don't need companionship. They need to be isolated and studied so it can be determined what nutrients they have that might be extracted for our personal use."

"You can't keep blaming yourself Marge. Just blame yourself once and move on."

[Drunk] "But I don't wanna go home yet, I'm not done talking to me."

"If I don't see it, it's not illegal!"

"Extended warranty? How could I lose?"

"Stupid American-made dog!"

"U-S-A! U-S-A!"

"If they think I'm going to stop at that 'Stop' sign, they are sadly mistaken!"

[Drunk] "Guess how many boobs I saw today? Fifteen!"

"All my life I've had one dream: to achieve my many goals."

"Outta my way, jerkass!"

"Did you know that in Massachusetts it's legal to marry your son?"

"The internet? Is that thing still around?"

"Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!"

"Marge, I'd kill for you! Please ask me to kill for you."

"But I can't be a missionary, I don't even believe in Jebus."

[Lisa shows him an ugly drawing of her someone did] "Lisa, this isn't real. It's just how you would look if you were a cartoon character."

[Looking at beer can in his hand] "Expand my brain, learning juice!"

"Kill my boss? Do I dare live out the American dream?"

"Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try."

"If God didn't want us to eat in church, he would've made gluttony a sin."

"It's true... I'm a rageaholic! I just can't live without rageahol!"

"Don't hassle the dead, boy. They have eerie powers..."

"The good book, on tape? Ooh, as read by Larry King!"

"If you're gonna get mad at me every time I do something stupid, then I guess I'll just have to stop doing stupid things."

"Oh, Lisa. You and your stories. 'Bart is a vampire. Beer kills brain cells.' Now let's go to the... building... where our beds and TV... is."

"Sweet merciful crap! My car!"

"I won't apologize, Lisa. I'm sorry, but that's just the way I am."

[When asked to murder family by a phantom-Moe and a bunch of ghouls] "Can't murder now... eating."

"Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover."

"The internet wasn't created for mockery, it was supposed to help researchers at different universities share data sets. It was!"

"Public transportation is for jerks and lesbians."

[Written on Duff Beer Festival postcard] "Maybe it's the beer talking Marge, but you've got a butt that won't quit. They've got these big chewy pretzels argwoggkwgo..... 5 dollars? Get outta here..."

"Then I figured out we could just stick them in front of the TV. That's how I was raised, and I turned out TV."

"I don't want to go out like Elmo: hanging himself in his cell."

[Building a barbecue pit] "English side ruined! Must. Use... French instructions!" [Reading the French side] "'Le Grille'? What the hell is that?!"

Motley Figures and Bright Prospects

Anna and Ben,

I have a dream. It goes a little something like this:

Each of us should post a plethora of (our own...and found) writing about books/literature/poetry/philosophy/science, anything intellectual, creative, academic, political -- basically, I just want good writing (i.e., anything written by us). We could make this a separate project from our book club, if you would like. I don't want to put any pressure on either of you (or myself, really). I understand if you don't want to get all gung-ho with me, or if you just don't want to put a lot of time into it. This would be a long-term, continuous project (not just this summer).

My goal is to post as much as possible on books/art/stuff I like. I need to practice writing, and I see creating quality blogs, Squidoo pages, etc as a good way of getting experience "publishing" in a fun, non-threatening environment. We have control over the privacy settings of the pages we make...

I also think it would be great if each of us included papers and essays that we write for school on topics that we're interested in (e.g., Ben and I both wrote about Ulysses for school; Anna has presumably written a lot on English Lit/Critical Theory; Anna could post political stuff; Ben could post his thesis...) You'll notice that I started adding to our book list in the upper right-hand corner. Some of these works maybe only I would write about; some of them (e.g., Werther) we might all post on; each of you could add stuff that the other two of us might not have read... I don't know, I just think this is a good idea. I'm a little hesitant about posting school papers where anyone can see them and plagiarize them, but I don't mind sharing with you two (or with people I know and trust). I don't know how we would organize all this stuff, but there are lots of cool things you can do with blogs and web-design; we could figure it out as we go, and as our collection of material grows.

Let's not worry about trying to be too profound at first. Just post -- anything. It could be your favorite quotes, your thoughts on a passage, a stream of consciousness ramble about the movie you just saw or the party you just went to, a rant about something you're passionate about--I don't care! As long as we write. Hmmm, well.... I guess that's it for now.

And don't think that I'm getting on your cases for not writing anything yet. I haven't read or written anything about Werther yet either. And we don't have to have a regular time (e.g., once a week) for submitting posts, unless you want to. I know we're all busy. I'm stressed from my internship. That's why I'm so wired right now, if you couldn't tell.

Looking forward to hearing from y'all soon. (Ben--does your farm even have internet? Dirty hippies...)

Prelude

Ok, team.

If you want, we can use this blog as our Bookclub Forum, as opposed to using email. I think it would be more fun, but I'm not very experienced with online 'publishing', so if either of you guys have better ideas, that's great, let's hear 'em.

F.Y.I. - The Sorrows of Young Werther that I own has the subtitle "And Selected Writings." It's published by Signet Classics, translated by Catherine Hutter, and introduced by one Marcelle Clements. If you guys find other editions that you like that have different translators, let me know. I haven't started, and I'm more than willing to go buy a different version.

I think I set this up so both of you can edit and post (i.e., you can do anything and everything that I can do). I don't know if this is the best blog site (probably not), but nothing is permanent--we can always copy and paste to somewhere else or to some other format if we want to.

Also, if you like, perhaps we should initial our blog post responses (BP...AK...BK)... I don't know.