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MollyBloom

Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Location: James Joyce's pants
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:01 am Post subject: Happy Bloomsday! |
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| yes it is -My favorite day of the year- This year I will be making a picture diary for Bloomsday around Seoul starting in the morning at the omphalos (the roof of my apt building) and ending back at my apt sleeping head-to-foot with my husband Eat gorgonzola sandwiches, drink burgandy, and fight off the restraining power structures all day long and also remember to use correct punctuation yes |
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oldlongears
Joined: 11 Feb 2011
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:05 am Post subject: |
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Happy Bloomsday!
Two quotes off the top of my head:
"History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."
and the end
"...yes I said yes I will Yes."
Despite what others have said about Ulysees being a typically underwhelming seminal work, forget them. I love it. |
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MollyBloom

Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Location: James Joyce's pants
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| My favorite episodes are Telemachus and Hades. Where's Banjois on this thread?! |
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banjois

Joined: 14 Nov 2009
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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Here!
I actually, shamefully, forgot until mid-afternoon. Which still allowed for some pints and general Joycean rambling into the evening. Considered public onanism at the 한강, but then thought better of it. I Did NOT regret having missed eating a breakfast kidney; tried that a few years back and decided it was better in theory than in practice. Made the (red-headed!) girlfriend speak to me at length sans punctuation. All in all, I'd give it an 8.5 out of 10, ... |
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