I am very sad today. Sad that majority rule can take away minority rights. Sad that the State Supreme court has said that some gays are more equal than others. Sad that the world is so full of hate and fear that they try to legislate love.
I don't expect you all to agree with me. And, I'll try not to call names if you don't. But, keep in mind that it was once illegal for folks of different races to marry, just as it was once legal to have 'separate but equal' schools for our children. Some folks don't agree that this is a civil rights issue, they still believe that homosexuality is a choice. With all of the hate directed towards gays in this country, who would willingly make such a choice?
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 227 of 227hartal, a 12 year old boy, and an elderly man were the only passengers on a small commuter flight. Something exploded in mid air. The pilot hustled back, opened a closet next to the kid's seat, grabbed a parachute and in one quick motion unlocked a door and leapt out.
The three passengers were left with two parachutes. "I am the smartest among us. I am smarter than almost anyone. I must survive, for the good of the human race" said hartal. He slipped into the arm straps and leapt out.
"Son, let me put the last parachute on you. You have your entire life to live."
"Oh, don't worry, sir," said the kid, handing the old man a parachute. "The smartest man in the world just jumped out with my backpack."
Adios.
Ted, DSG: King also recommends Shirley Jackson in DANSE MACABRE. Have you checked her out at all? I only mention it because I believe her to be the greatest american writer of the 20th century, just thought I'd mention it...
I laughed harder the first time I heard that joke as a twelve year old. It's not as good as the one in which Gavone is sitting in the audience for a ventriloquist act. And the dummie begins a racist rant against Joey Buttofuoco and dumb Long Island Italian Americans. Gina Gavone is in the audience and outraged as she sits next to the Anglo American family that she just married into. She can't contain herself and interrupts the act: "That is offensive bullshit; if you said that kind of stuff about n..g...rs, you couldn't get away with it." The ventiloquist begins to apologize but before he can finish, Gavone shouts: "You butt out of this--this is between me and the little guy on your lap."
Now that's what I'm talking about... heat.
A movie has been made of the life Gavone fantasizes having with the man that she has been stalking--Mick LaSalle.
http://tiny.cc/L7zyc
hartal's straining, he's working hard, he's going to make someone laugh, dammit.
Hey, hartal, why don't you post that link over on LaSalle's blog with your description of it?
Because it's not about LaSalle--it's about the life Gavone wants with LaSalle. But don't forget we still have to interpret her fantasy for its latent meanings. Why does she want LaSalle to throw her down?
Still thinking about it because I want to help, and I am getting convinced that all the protective padding worn by the female boxer in Gavone's fantasy symbolizes contraception that she would rather not wear. She wants to take it off; she thinks a good Catholic boy will want her to to remove it; but he throws her down when she does try to remove it, perhaps more in fear of disease than her insemination. This, I suspect, is not a fantasy; it's a reliving of an actual traumatic moment productive of on-going neurosis. So Ted Spe I hope you see how we have to interpret dreams and anonymous bloggings for their hidden meanings. Gavone is a good place to start because you are bound to hit on a real problem, given how many she has.
winkingtiger, oh yes. Shirley Jackson. When I saw THE HAUNTING late one night on TV, I was about 7 or 8 and thought it was one of the best movies ever. 88 years later, I still do. I had nightmares but I couldn't stop talking about it so my mom bought me the book it was based on. Oustanding writer. She then bought me a book of her short stories. I still have it somewhere around here.
Just flat out scary. Haunting. Sticks to you like a second skin for days afterwards.
Thanks for reminding me.
TedSpe: De Nada. I just remembered King gushing (appropriately) abt Jackson in DANSE MACABRE, so...
I also loved when King asked the fatal 'Jekyll & Hyde' question: what were all those people doing milling about in the street outside Hyde's door at 4 AM??? ;-)
For you experts what's the difference between terror (which for some defines our Age) and horror? In the face of horror, the body reacts as if nailed to a wall,
hairs standing on end, says the critic Adrianna Cavarero. A severed head (Medusa's or the head chopped off by a guillotine) creates such repugnance in the viewer that that he or she is frozen by the ontological assualt on figural unity. How's that different from terror? Is the difference important to understanding the horror genre about which I know next to nothing?
Now wait just a minute. hartal constructs an elaborate fantasy that pivots on identifying a guy name of buttafucco with a guy who spanked hartal's butt off of a sfgate blog. And then hartal invites us to consider the latent urges and perversions his fantasy reveals?
Wow. You went for a BF joke. Everyone must be surprised. BF jokes are so funny! But you gotta read what's being written here. This is not about LaSalle--please leave the poor guy out of it; this is about Gavone's fantasy with LaSalle. The clip that you watched is Gavone going at it not with Buttafuoco but LaSalle as she sees him in her dreams. So let's return to the question: why does she have LaSalle throwing her to the mat? What is the latent meaning of this? Keep watching the scene; perhaps you'll see something that the rest of us are not getting. But the secret to Gavone's neurosis is right there, I suspect.
no, dipstick, YOU went for that joke. We're discussing your fantasies, pinhead.
I have already told you that clip is Gavone's phantasmic vision of her life with LaSalle. Have you watched it?
And now you're losing your cool; plus, you're not answering the questions--why does Gavone imagine herself in the ring with LaSalle? why are they wearing all the protective padding? what is the meaning of the throwdown?
You already weren't funny with that compulsive BF joking--you should ask yourself why you make at least one such joke every night. And now you're just lashing out as you find out that you're not as nearly as funny as I am.
It's news to you, but believe me, people here already knew that.
hartal, you can't create a fantasy for gina. You can only divluge your own problems. You have done so. It's quite amazing. Slap you in the right spot and you babble like hell.
Wow, I am not creating a fantasy for Gavone. It's hers. She brags about having stalked LaSalle. It's too sad you can't play along because you're a flatfooted nincompoop. But I see that you're trying to say something. Still the question is why do your efforts always come out as BF jokes. Let me tell you that the answer is as obvious to most probably everyone who reads this blog as is the fact that you are not funny at all.
hartal, YOU chose the elements of the piece, you pieced them together and you tried to paste them onto your version of gina's posts. You lie about what others write; you impose your twisted view; and now, when you pathetically attempt to be funny, you project in a way that reveals a lot. You're one fucked up person.
And you're still not funny.
Advice: Don't ask people to examine the "latent" urges and perversions in what you write unless you're ready to take in the heart. (And I'm sure you're not. You're fundamentally a coward.)
You still haven't answered the questions and seem to have no concern with helping Gavone work through this disturbing recurrent fantasy. You're one selfish guy, but I appreciate that you got yourself not to make a BF joke in the last post. I know it was hard. But seriously you really are a flatfooted nincompoop. I am not making that up.
The fantasy is yours, hartal, not gina's. You made a big mistake trying to be funny. YC's the village idiot around here. You're now in line behind him.
Gosh you're wrapped up in yourself--didn't you notice dsg and TS laugh at my jokes in these exchanges? Of course not. Well you're kinda funny for being so outraged that I put words in Gavone's mouth and caricatured her positions. You do realize how silly your outrage sounds. Do you not know Gavone's MO? Or do you just read these exchanges looking only for the appropriate moment to make a BF joke?
I'm not angry, hartal, I'm amused, but in a muted way. I don't really enjoy seeing you melt down so completely. (I am capable of pity.)
you forgot that you were outraged at 9:19pm, but I know that was a long time ago for you. YOu think I am melting down--wow, talk about fantasy.
Now let's see what you have written:
name of buttafucco with a guy who spanked hartal's butt
dipstick
pinhead
Slap you in the right spot
perversions in what you write unless you're ready to take in the heart
You're now in line behind him.
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I just wanted you to see that you are compulsively creating images of erect penises, asses and violence.
I hope this helps. Its meaning is kinda clear to almost all of us, I suspect.
Once again, hartal, I was showing what you had included in your bizarre fantasy.
Is that what you what you have convinced yourself of?
You posted the link to the video, you projected a bizarre fantasy "for" gina. You're one sick puppy. You're also unbelievably dishonest.
It's important people help Gavone work through her diturbing recurrent vision. I have already told you that is why I posted it here. Now you can help her figure out the meaning of it in the attempt to overcome her neuroses, or you can just carp from the sidelines as the flatfooted nincompoop that you are. You have made your choice.
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