i have two versions of the latest headword. the first is based upon the sentry edition of archibald macleish's 'j.b.' the mid-sixties printing features a mesmerizing cover design by walter lorraine, which is made all the more pleasing by the rough texture of that era's sentry editions. the second version was also inspired by lorraine's design, which features a photograph of two men with a slew of balloons and was made for the original broadway performance of 'j.b.' anyway, credit where credit is due. so, i guess, props to the random turkish guy holding the balloons in this one.
the headword comes from garrett mattingly's 'the armada,' a history of the defeat of the spanish armada and the several years of events which led to that occurrence. my copy of 'the armada' is also a sentry edition, though without such a striking cover design. enough of the [surely] boring babbling. the headword, in both glories:
in retrospect, i find the first to be really shitty; it simply can't hold a candle to its inspiration. oh well. the second:
'the chills' by peter bjorn and john & 'the con' by tegan and sara
ps, in a related note, i really want to finish reading 'istanbul: memories and the city' by orhan pamuk. started it a barnes and noble one night, in the starbucks cafe. read for several hours, and then bought a different book...go figure.... i should really just read the books i have...
here is the latest headword in the SED, which comes from daniel dennett's 'breaking the spell.'
its form, as encountered, was the last definition [which leads to another word i suppose]. but that will have to wait until tomorrow, as it is late, ive work early in the morn, and i havent read anything since my lunchbreak. and how can i encounter new words without reading?
im listening to 'way out' by the yeah yeah yeahs, and the new tegan and sara album. mmmmm
heres my fairly lackluster idea: as i read, the words which i must look up in a dictionary will go into a list. this list will provide my fodder, simultaneously giving me the opportunity to both adorn the definition and further familiarize myself with it. the first definition comes from flannery o'connor's 'wise blood.'
stay tuned to further enrich your vocabulary with the mundane, arcane, archaic, and sesquipedalian.
im bored, and feel like piddling on paintshop, so i am. heres take one. i have no subject for my doodlings. if the collective exists, fine for it/them. i just felt like putting some text to it and that popped in my mind. someone, ahhhemmm, should provide me with a subject upon which i might semiartfully ralph.
let me first take a moment to apologize to all my readers out there for my prolonged absence from the blogosphere, as i know these multitudes were very nearly lost without me. and oh yeah, i feel like a total tool when i use a word like 'blogosphere.' knowing full well that you, perkibird, are probably the only living soul with an interest in these words, i will spare the life update which i so mysteriously feel obligated to post. you know that ive worked and played and had some fun in the garden state. but...
did you know that ive decided that when i finally get around to writing the great american novel [when im in my thirties and unemployed, most likely], it will be in the second person? ill bet you didnt. theres just something all-together appetizing about writing in the second person. im a sucker for anything so written.
did you also know that i quite recently had my watch repaired? shane and i broke it while wrestling sometime in march or april, and it had been out of commission ever since. my dad has proven to be quite the handyman in the throes of his midlife crisis, so i was able to earn a watchband tan in the few short days i vacationed.
or how about this tidbit--i listened to jimi hendrix's 'castles made of sand' on my new old [newly broken] phonograph just before leaving jersey, and consequently had the urge to buy a bandanna at a gas station somewhere in rural virginia, which i am currently wearing.
did you know im jealous of your big ol' brain? you know so many things around which i dont think i could ever wrap my noggin. and yes i just made a conscious effort to avoid leaving a preposition at the end of that sentence. that sort of thing requires such effort from me. philosophy is a bunch of gobbledy goop to me, so if ever you and i have the time, you should impart some of the wisdom of the ages to me.
also, if ever you and i have the time, we should grab a nice dinner in a nice place and pretend to be grown ups. the art of pretending to pretend might just make us feel young again...until we point out all the grey hairs to each other.
who decides whether grey or gray is more acceptable? i prefer grey, thinking it the more distinguished of the two, yet spell checker has underlined it. my big paper dictionary claims both are kosher, though the definition appears under gray only. i think the tastemaker in the sky got this one wrong. and while im at it, theres another thing weve gotten wrong along the way: whilst. why no one uses it, ill never be able to fathom. so classy. speaks of autumn leaves and repp ties to me.
and by now you shouldve forgotten that you dont understand the title of this post. well let me remind you--youre completely at a loss. i found an old postcard showing the interior of a restaurant in philly saturated in, you guessed it, mahogany tones. i hear postsecret calling...
and i will post no music today, mainly because im working on a mixtape anyhow, but also because im lazy. i will post a video, however.
sups to bigstereo for the video
YOU KNOW THE DRILL!
MANGO OUT!
sorry couldnt help myself. this guy i met in jersey, he runs a celebrity blog, mango out, and hes basically the most ridiculous human being ive ever met. he knows more about lindsay lohan than her own mother does.
in retrospect, i find the first to be really shitty; it simply can't hold a candle to its inspiration. oh well. the second:
