E.C. Walsh Blogsphere

On some interesting movies

I liked Richard Linklater’s movies about about a couple who meet in Paris repeatedly. I recently bought the second part of the trilogy.

I guess the idea of the movies is that it is an American guy with artistic/intellectual ambitions who meets an East European woman in Paris repeatedly for brief but serious flings. My sister said the movies are male fantasies. Haha.

Ethan  Hawke, who  plays the man, is an interesting actor, a bit intense and maybe narcissistic, I liked him in the recent movie called First Reformed about a Protestant pastor in New England.

More on The Great Gatsby

I suppose the priests and nuns who educated me when young might call my interest in non-Biblical literature idolatry, but here is another excerpt from the novel,

Following Gatsby’s death at his funeral: “Blessed are the dead that the rain falls on.” “Amen to that.” … I tried to think about Gatsby then for a moment, but he was too far away, and I could only remember without resentment, that Daisy had not sent a message or a flower. Poor son of a bitch.”

Most people have failed romance in life, and it can be difficult or really unhelpful to say who is to blame for the failure. I think one of the main points of the novel is that Gatsby wanted Daisy back even when she was married, and it led to his premature death even though almost everyone in the story contributes to the tragedy.

 

Just another stupid joke/poem (will try to get back to more serious/analytical writing soon)

“Mr. Bill of Rights” by yours truly

“You have the right to remain awkward. Just ask your sister Miranda, Mr. Bill.”

“I have had my fill, officer.”

“Is there someone you want to kill?”

“No, but I would like a good pill.”

A joke about Eastern Europe

“Booh!” by yours truly

I have an ethnically Hungarian friend from childhood and even stayed about a week with some of his relatives in Budapest when in college. This is just a joke; I find jokes easier than analytical writing while travelling or settling in.

“Booh! The pest.”

“The name of the city is Budapest, and it is very pretty, you nitty.”

“What? You don’t find me witty?”

On friendship

Just reading an article in The Washington Post about Ben Affleck and Matt Damon who appear to be best friends. Damon seems to be like one of sanest Hollywood actors now.

From the article: ”

From the start of a recent The Wall Street Journal article :

“It’s been building for years, but the pandemic has made it very clear: Airline customers have very few rights.

Maybe something will finally change.

President Biden issued an executive order to get the wheels turning at the Transportation Department on several airline issues. And more than a dozen consumer advocates met last week with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to plead their case for what’s wrong with air travel.”

Part of my pain and personal problems last winter resulted from being turned away from an airport from which I had hoped to visit someone I thought I was in love with online. Airlines sold me tickets and then refused to let me board because of the virus.

That was wrong. We all make mistakes.

On freedom of speech

Not really sure if the US has freedom of speech. I have said in previous blogs and social-media posts that the country has legalized torture and police brutality. It is probably the same if you say or write anything your community finds awkward, even if it is not vulgar or violent.

My Dad recently warned me to be more careful about the effects of what I say. He is right in a way. But on the other hand, to hell with community, if they are clearly wrong and physically abusive. Mark Twain expressed something at the end of Huckleberry Finn and Stephen King seems to be saying it in his recent novel The Institute.

Black rappers also seemed to be onto something similar. I don’t think all police and government authorities are evil, stupid. or corrupt. but we have to acknowledge they can be. Most seem decent.

Just another joke/poem. Still settling, and it hard to do analytical writing now

“We ‘n’ Us” by yours truly

“Some advice:

Don’t have we ”n’ us envy.

It could lead to seeing-us envy.

And even being-us envy.”

“Okay, Dr. Man.”

Still settling in to new address, so just a risqué joke today

“May we sleep together? I believe I have the proper username and password to get through.”

“I’ll be the judge of that.”

Just a really brief joke/poem today, still moving

“Wimp-liar” by yours truly

“Don’t touch me, or I will beat the wimp out of you!

This is my wimp-re, and you are only a servant in it.”

“Oh, your ire!”

“Fire!”