tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post8423239569612126476..comments2023-08-15T06:09:11.024-04:00Comments on Motherhood in NYC: Can I Do It?Marinkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489592695993949578noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-67708745337386807452009-04-19T16:29:00.000-04:002009-04-19T16:29:00.000-04:00So a while ago I had this idea that it might be fu...So a while ago I had this idea that it might be fun to start a blog bookclub of sorts where people interested would all read the same book and then post about it. But then I thought no one would be interested. And I got lazy. And I figured that since I run multiple book clubs every semester (you say "college class," I say "book club") maybe I didn't have the stamina for that. So here you are. Doing it for me. And way better and certainly funnier, I'm sure. <br /><br /><I>Ulysses</I> is one of those books from which I've read only parts, and those parts have served for the whole (which is particularly easy in that novel, since it's all one giant run-on sentence, so excerpting some words from it seems to work just fine). But I always feel lame and like I should read the whole thing. So I'm in. Unless you're going to make me read it in a week or something.MommyTimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12860003098383600806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-65034629972348919792009-04-18T10:30:00.000-04:002009-04-18T10:30:00.000-04:00I will read it for a few reasons. Ulysses is my mi...I will read it for a few reasons. Ulysses is my middle name. Benjamin Linus was reading it on the plane just before they crashed on the island again. I like to torture myself. And finally the most important reason, because you asked.<br /><br />So yeah. I will find a copy and get started.The Panic Roomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03636827979931172745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-23685675024287836742009-04-18T06:34:00.000-04:002009-04-18T06:34:00.000-04:00Never heard of bloomsday? Maybe it is a new yor...Never heard of bloomsday? Maybe it is a new york thing?Hit 40https://www.blogger.com/profile/18043350255090631652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-58717532021415080832009-04-18T05:13:00.000-04:002009-04-18T05:13:00.000-04:00I tried to read Ulysses.. really... I tried! No on...I tried to read Ulysses.. really... I tried! No one can do it... Not even those Cliff Notes writers - they're just winging it!LadyFihttp://ladyfi.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-60609196927315866992009-04-18T00:29:00.000-04:002009-04-18T00:29:00.000-04:00Sure. Count me in.Sure. Count me in.Pseudohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10430783970802030846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-66935137594736815382009-04-17T23:58:00.000-04:002009-04-17T23:58:00.000-04:00I read it once and I don't want to read it again e...I read it once and I don't want to read it again even for you. My suggestion would be to celebrate Bloomsday (with a beer I guess) without reading the book--we need more holidays here anyway--think we could get off work?Annjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315067950686666022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-6813097800617939572009-04-17T23:16:00.000-04:002009-04-17T23:16:00.000-04:00My degree is in Eng Lit. You cannot pay me to rere...My degree is in Eng Lit. You cannot pay me to reread that book. Good luck.K.Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-74224575195449079352009-04-17T22:56:00.000-04:002009-04-17T22:56:00.000-04:00We once had a cat named Circe.... does that count?...We once had a cat named Circe.... does that count?Madame xhttp://www.letterw.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-35837405433045152622009-04-17T21:43:00.000-04:002009-04-17T21:43:00.000-04:00I am so confused.
In the words of Ron Burgandy, ...I am so confused. <br /><br />In the words of Ron Burgandy, <br /><br />"I immediately regret this decision!"<br /><br />:)<br /><br />Cliffnotes.com, baby. Cliffnotes.com.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16649638235083533810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-87597227150815150222009-04-17T21:00:00.000-04:002009-04-17T21:00:00.000-04:00You don't need Cliff Notes, just ask me!You don't need Cliff Notes, just ask me!Everyday Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00486528297252417282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-75402999084954126782009-04-17T19:55:00.000-04:002009-04-17T19:55:00.000-04:00cut & paste into your browser - the book is on...cut & paste into your browser - the book is on project gutenburg:<br /><br />http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4300Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-37372119948911478002009-04-17T19:41:00.000-04:002009-04-17T19:41:00.000-04:00where did your vlog go? in love with your "accent...where did your vlog go? in love with your "accent" LMAO. perfection.OHmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712111068636100187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-4435858162641304742009-04-17T19:10:00.000-04:002009-04-17T19:10:00.000-04:00No way.
I was an early and voracious reader and ...No way. <br /><br />I was an early and voracious reader and my father tried to encourage this by giving me some of his favorite works to wade through. <br />This is how, at 10 years old, he expected me to read Joseph Conrad's The Nigger and the Narcissus. I know the man was supposed to be a genius (Conrad, that is, not my father), but puh-lease.<br /><br />Put me off "old books" for life. I now read exclusively chic lit or non fiction. And am not ashamed to admit it. I have paid my dues ;-)Sophie, Inzaburbshttp://www.inzaburbs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-6183844864711700012009-04-17T18:33:00.000-04:002009-04-17T18:33:00.000-04:00I'm staring at it right now. . . right on my desk....I'm staring at it right now. . . right on my desk. . . <br /><br />Picked it up twice. Put it down twice. . . <br /><br />I'm up for it if you really want to do it. . . but I'd need a buddy.Liz Wilkey (a.k.a. A Mom on Spin)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14804873736204504475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-18453200204402728962009-04-17T18:12:00.000-04:002009-04-17T18:12:00.000-04:00Screw that! I just finished 1984!!!
It was miserab...Screw that! I just finished 1984!!!<br />It was miserable and I would have given in but as you rightly point out, It'll make me all smart and shit.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06626187115828132383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-48529112081653433042009-04-17T18:08:00.000-04:002009-04-17T18:08:00.000-04:00Are you kidding? J.K.K. Tolkien's writing style ne...Are you kidding? J.K.K. Tolkien's writing style nearly caused my death. <br />And I blame reading Beowulf for me not having any dates in the 11th grade.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04455637064686856773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-75706271793027945842009-04-17T16:57:00.000-04:002009-04-17T16:57:00.000-04:00Are you there God (I mean Marinka), its me Lynn. ...Are you there God (I mean Marinka), its me Lynn. I think Judy Blume day is way cooler and this comes from someone with a (waste of four years) English Literature degree forced to study (really out drinking) Ulysses.Lynn C Mama to 3https://www.blogger.com/profile/05342036087073401778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-43875853251243038822009-04-17T16:56:00.000-04:002009-04-17T16:56:00.000-04:00Can we just watch RHONY and pretend we're reading ...Can we just watch RHONY and pretend we're reading Ulysses?Andrea's Sweet Lifehttp://blog.sweetlifesite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-16293204522559308842009-04-17T16:54:00.001-04:002009-04-17T16:54:00.001-04:00oh, and by the way -- anyone going to Symphony Spa...oh, and by the way -- anyone going to Symphony Space for the big reading?bonnie-ann blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897963557767227247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-40308489761711623022009-04-17T16:54:00.000-04:002009-04-17T16:54:00.000-04:00i tried reading JJ'S Ulysses several times when i ...i tried reading JJ'S Ulysses several times when i was in high school (way too soon), then in college and finally i decided about 5 years ago to read it. now since high school, i had grounded myself in comparitive mythology, celtic mysticism, irish history and most forms of drink. it took me almost 6 weeks to read. i couldn't get through more than 60 pages on a good day, and usually less as i often had to go back and re-read stuff. many's the time i wanted to throw it into the hudson river on an imitative walk, but i stuck with it, and i have to say, it probably gave my brain the most voluntary exercise it had had in many years, if ever. <br /><br />however, all that said, i'm not reading Finnegan's Wake until i'm ready to go into the old people's home, or am living on the street with lots of time and no obligations on my hands.bonnie-ann blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897963557767227247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-61989125047150512112009-04-17T16:44:00.000-04:002009-04-17T16:44:00.000-04:00In art school I took an art history class that was...In art school I took an art history class that was about literature and movies. Ulysses was the major book of the class. <br /><br />I got through 3/4 of it and can honestly say that I have no clue at all about what goes on in the book. I blame this fact on Joyce writing from the subconcious, the book is written the same way that I think and I can't tell you what it is that I think about all day and therefore I can't tell you what happened in the book. <br /><br />As the thesis for my essay for this class I can tell you that it was an abysmal failure. <br /><br />This is one book that I will cheerfully say was not as good as the movie. <br /><br />If you want my advice I'd rent the movie instead, a few hours as opposed to hours and hours of painful reading and re-reading also if done on Bloomsday can be considered celebrating BloomsdayTMCPhotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00507659700870917548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-45240867851051450232009-04-17T13:40:00.000-04:002009-04-17T13:40:00.000-04:00I love Ulysses. It's the only book in my whole hou...I love Ulysses. It's the only book in my whole house that can kill a roach with one slam.Carolyn...Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627167557544033888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-51505029619907852572009-04-17T12:42:00.000-04:002009-04-17T12:42:00.000-04:00I loved the vlog. You could totally develop yourse...I loved the vlog. You could totally develop yourself as a character on SNL.witchypoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07283731244654558458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-17311322374017696282009-04-17T12:21:00.000-04:002009-04-17T12:21:00.000-04:00Shit. Did I just expose myself as the complete fuc...Shit. Did I just expose myself as the complete fucking nerd that I am?daydreamymamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14193551638019005963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-87851286868610150092009-04-17T12:12:00.000-04:002009-04-17T12:12:00.000-04:00I'm in. I actually really like this book. The ...I'm in. I actually really like this book. The secret is this: just keep reading on, don't expect to understand everything, or even very much. Like floating over the waves on a raft (wait, that metaphor doesn't work at all, forget it); some of its funny and great, and you don't have to worry too much about the rest. I once sat in a combination laundromat/ bar (which is an excellent idea, by the way) with 5 friends, and we were bored and drunk, & I was trying to make my way through Ulysses at the time, so we passed it around, reading parts of it out loud. I don't know if it was the beer or what, but it was cracking us the fuck up. So I have nice memories, which might not have much to do with Joyce (although I understand he drank plenty). I would drunkenly read Ulysess with Marinka any old time.daydreamymamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14193551638019005963noreply@blogger.com