...for madmen only - Steppenwolf

[EloquentBohemian]

"There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide."
Albert Camus

"All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure."
Jean-Paul Sartre

"After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books."
Albert Camus

"My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I think I cannot keep from thinking."
Jean-Paul Sartre

"Allow me to be frank at the commencement. You will not like me. The gentlemen will be envious and the ladies will be repelled. You will not like me now and you will like me a good deal less as we go on..."
"...Feel how it was for me, how it is for me and ponder. 'Was that shudder the same shudder he sensed? Did he know something more profound? Or is there some wall of wretchedness that we all batter with our heads at that shining, livelong moment. That is it. That is my prologue, nothing in rhyme, no protestations of modesty, you were not expecting that I hope..."

"I don't mean to upset people, but I must speak my mind. For what's in my mind is far more interesting than what's outside my mind."

(from: The Libertine / Johnny Depp)


Greetings and Salutations...
May abundant thoughts and great revolutions spring as Athena from the head of Zeus betwixt and between the discussions and discourses partaken of here.

 

[loveofreason]

Greets.

We look forward to examining the contents of your mind.

 

[Calamedes]

Amen, LoR. This guy should be an excellent read...

*chuckles evilly*

 

[Loraella]

Steppenwolf? I've just ordered this book from a library but it's borrowed currently, so I will get to read it maybe only in a month. I quite like Hesse. I've read Siddhartha and Demian by him so far. And now I've borrowed Francis of Assisi but haven't read this yet.

 

[EloquentBohemian]

Greets.

We look forward to examining the contents of your mind.

Requirements are: Hipwaders, large shovel (or backhoe), rubber suit and the ability to decode massive amounts of inane gibberish typed on a Commodore 64 by blind-folded rhinoceroses dictated to by caffeinated hummingbirds quoting from William S. Burroughs in cuniform script.

...oh yeah, and bring bribes of chocolate

lotsa chocolate ;P

Amen, LoR. This guy should be an excellent read...

*chuckles evilly*

...will read somewhere between Alice's Adventures in Wonderland rewritten by James Joyce, Vogon love poetry and a recipe for salamander and snail alfredo in Burmese monkey-brain sauce with a side order of broccoli/pumpkin puree.

Steppenwolf? I've just ordered this book from a library but it's borrowed currently, so I will get to read it maybe only in a month. I quite like Hesse. I've read Siddhartha and Demian by him so far. And now I've borrowed Francis of Assisi but haven't read this yet.

Steppenwolf is one of the few books which holds a permanent exalted position in my library. Hesse's Magister Ludi (The Glass Bead Game) is another. Demian and Siddhartha are fine also, though the other two are books which have struck me deeply and altered my thinking and outlook.

I have not read much from Francis of Assisi, a smattering such as translations of "The Canticle of the Sun" (...originally titled I believe: "Praises of the Creatures") and some excerpts from other writings. He was not one who attracted my interest much.
Is the book you ordered the projected 3 volumes on his early documents? I know that 2 volumes were published around 2002 or 2003. Have they published the third as well?

 

[Calamedes]

I like this guy He's as screwed up as we are (well, I am)!


and he likes chocolate

 

[Kidege]

Eloquence and bonhomie, huh? Add a table at a good resto and we'll be set to talk the night away.

 

[EloquentBohemian]

I like this guy He's as screwed up as we are (well, I am)!


and he likes chocolate

Why are we here, that is the question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in this immense confusion one thing alone is clear. We are waiting for Godot to come.
(Samuel Beckett - Waiting for Godot)

...and coffee
...coffee and chocolate
...chocolate coffee
...chocolate espresso with chocolate shavings

but I digress...

Eloquence and bonhomie, huh? Add a table at a good resto and we'll be set to talk the night away.

Let's have one other gaudy night: call to me
All my sad captains; fill our bowls once more;
Let's mock the midnight bell.
(Shakespeare - Antony, Act III, scene xiii)

 

[Kidege]

Kidege brings two pounds of cacao beans and put them on a pan. Ze roasts them carefully, waits till they cool and peels them. Then ze starts to grind them into a paste.

So, what are your aditives? Sugar, vanilla, almonds, cinnamon? Once in a lifetime chance, it's a peace offering cause I'm snatching the quote above for my signature.

 

[EloquentBohemian]

No additives necessary

...and Nietzsche's words are yours for the snatching

 

[Aphasia]

On one hand, I like greetings, but on the other, I don't like to greet people late. It's awkward. So, I'm going to greet you now, El Boheme (I'm thinking of a bakery right now ). One thing I must clear up before we continue with conversations, though: using unusual words is quite fun, but betwixt is a little too out there for me to comprehend normal (>.<) use today. Having said that, welcome to this little corner of the internet.

 

[Loraella]

Steppenwolf is one of the few books which holds a permanent exalted position in my library. Hesse's Magister Ludi (The Glass Bead Game) is another. Demian and Siddhartha are fine also, though the other two are books which have struck me deeply and altered my thinking and outlook.

I have not read much from Francis of Assisi, a smattering such as translations of "The Canticle of the Sun" (...originally titled I believe: "Praises of the Creatures") and some excerpts from other writings. He was not one who attracted my interest much.
Is the book you ordered the projected 3 volumes on his early documents? I know that 2 volumes were published around 2002 or 2003. Have they published the third as well?

I haven't read the Glass bead game; that's another one I will try to get, if they have it in one of the libraries here. The one I've ordered is the novel Steppenwolf and the edition I've ordered was published in 1990 I think. About the early documents, I don't know if they have them here in my city or if they actually were published in the Czech rep. But I'm surely going to search yet what is possible to get by him that I haven't read yet.

 

[Kidege]

@Eloquent Bohemian:

I should have realized that the last quote was Nietzsche's. I meant Shakespeare's.

And if you're a guy or refered to as a guy, continuing Aphasia's thoughts, I propose "Le bohémien" as your nick's nick.

 

[EloquentBohemian]

On one hand, I like greetings, but on the other, I don't like to greet people late. It's awkward. So, I'm going to greet you now, El Boheme (I'm thinking of a bakery right now ). One thing I must clear up before we continue with conversations, though: using unusual words is quite fun, but betwixt is a little too out there for me to comprehend normal (>.<) use today. Having said that, welcome to this little corner of the internet.

Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took,
And each doth good turns now unto the other:
When that mine eye is famish'd for a look,
Or heart in love with sighs himself doth smother,
With my love's picture then my eye doth feast
And to the painted banquet bids my heart;
Another time mine eye is my heart's guest
And in his thoughts of love doth share a part:
So, either by thy picture or my love,
Thyself away art resent still with me;
For thou not farther than my thoughts canst move,
And I am still with them and they with thee;
Or, if they sleep, thy picture in my sight
Awakes my heart to heart's and eye's delight.
(William Shakespeare - Sonnet 47)

I haven't read the Glass bead game; that's another one I will try to get, if they have it in one of the libraries here. The one I've ordered is the novel Steppenwolf and the edition I've ordered was published in 1990 I think. About the early documents, I don't know if they have them here in my city or if they actually were published in the Czech rep. But I'm surely going to search yet what is possible to get by him that I haven't read yet.

If you can't find them anywhere, let me know. I have a couple of friends who own bookstores and I could send them to you.

@Eloquent Bohemian:

I should have realized that the last quote was Nietzsche's. I meant Shakespeare's.

Shakespeare's quotes are free for the taking, also.

And if you're a guy or refered to as a guy, continuing Aphasia's thoughts, I propose "Le bohémien" as your nick's nick.

Though there have been several instances where I have been compared to certain anatomical parts of various domesticated herbirvores, I am a guy, and usually referred to in masculine terms, so I'm guessing that Le bohémien is French and masculine. So, as a cognomen's cognomen, I find it quite agreeable.

 

[Waterstiller]

I started reading Steppenwolf last year but I was really depressed at the time and foresaw that I'd probably have committed suicide if I finished it. I do plan on purchasing it soon, but it'd be 8th in the queue.

 

[Kidege]

@Waterstiller: I can understand the whole books making us more depressed at times... I don't remember if Steppenwolf was depressing, though. Actually, I don't remember it at all, yet I'm pretty sure I read it... Damn. Gotta fix that.


@Bohémien: Thanks for the quote. And do you really enjoy plain chocolate? It's pretty strong and bitter that way. Makes you understand why some people add hot peppers and turn it into a sauce.

 

[EloquentBohemian]

I much prefer dark chocolate, but the slightly sweetened kind. The bitter dark chocolate is fine also, but from what I understand, better for baking.
And no, I don't bake. For the same reasons I don't do chemistry or get near particle accelerators....


BOOM

 

[kaririloto]

"There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide."
Albert Camus

"All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure."
Jean-Paul Sartre

"After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books."
Albert Camus

"My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I think I cannot keep from thinking."
Jean-Paul Sartre

"Allow me to be frank at the commencement. You will not like me. The gentlemen will be envious and the ladies will be repelled. You will not like me now and you will like me a good deal less as we go on..."
"...Feel how it was for me, how it is for me and ponder. 'Was that shudder the same shudder he sensed? Did he know something more profound? Or is there some wall of wretchedness that we all batter with our heads at that shining, livelong moment. That is it. That is my prologue, nothing in rhyme, no protestations of modesty, you were not expecting that I hope..."

"I don't mean to upset people, but I must speak my mind. For what's in my mind is far more interesting than what's outside my mind."

(from: The Libertine / Johnny Depp)


Greetings and Salutations...
May abundant thoughts and great revolutions spring as Athena from the head of Zeus betwixt and between the discussions and discourses partaken of here.

I enjoy your insights already.

 

[EloquentBohemian]

/ "O Lord, bless this thy Holy Hand Grenade..." /

YES!! A Monty Pythonite!!

Let's all go to Camelot.

Hmm.. let's not. It's such a silly place.

She's a witch! She turned me into a newt!

...I got better.


And don't get me started on Life of Brian.

 

[Jesin]

YES!! A Monty Pythonite!!

Oh, come on. Can you really spend this long here on this forum and expect that anything less than at least half of the members here are Monty Python fans?

 

[kaririloto]

YES!! A Monty Pythonite!!

Let's all go to Camelot.

Hmm.. let's not. It's such a silly place.

She's a witch! She turned me into a newt!

...I got better.


And don't get me started on Life of Brian.

XD! I am indeed!

Guess who has the 14-disc collector's set of skits? *blinks innocently*

"A NEWT?!" hahaha!

Life of Brian!!

I thought Meaning of Life was most hilarious.

"Oh, that's the machine that goes PING!"

As I said in another post, Monty Python was and is the foundation of my childhood.

 

[EloquentBohemian]

Oh, come on. Can you really spend this long here on this forum and expect that anything less than at least half of the members here are Monty Python fans?

Yeah. True. What was I thinking.
Does this mean no more Spam for me?

...not even a little with rat in it?

 

[kaririloto]

Yeah. True. What was I thinking.
Does this mean no more Spam for me?

...not even a little with rat in it?

That depends;; are you going to tell us why you're known as Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson???

 

[EloquentBohemian]

That depends;; are you going to tell us why you're known as Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson???

PIGS 3
NELSON 1

Why do people always ask about the sheds?
I only have one shed, which I'm not about to sell, and which I do not compose in.
And I'm not going to purchase another one.
It's just a perfectly ordinary garden shed.

And cease and desist asking "Whither Canada" or I will have to tell the Funniest Joke in the World.



...and now for something completely different.

Whizzo Butter.


EDIT: Introspective iNtuitive Thinking Pythonite

 

[kaririloto]

PIGS 3
NELSON 1

Why do people always ask about the sheds?
I only have one shed, which I'm not about to sell, and which I do not compose in.
And I'm not going to purchase another one.
It's just a perfectly ordinary garden shed.

And cease and desist asking "Whither Canada" or I will have to tell the Funniest Joke in the World.



...and now for something completely different.

Whizzo Butter.


EDIT: Introspective iNtuitive Thinking Pythonite

LOL P=PYTHONITE!!

"We find that 9 out of 10 British housewives can't tell the difference between Whizzo Butter and a dead crab."

=
"If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me? I am no longer infected."

=
"First, I force him to drop the banana, then I eat the banana, thus disarmin'him. I have now rendered him helpless!"
"Suppose he's got a bunch?"
"Shut up!!"
"Suppose he's got a pointed stick?"
"SHUT UP!!!!!"

Oh, the memories~

 

[EloquentBohemian]

We could go on

...but that would be silly.

Anyhow, I have to pop 'round to pick up my Norwegian Blue parrot.

 

[Cabbo Pearimo]

You know what's far more interesting even that what's inside the mind? What those pieces come to achieve. Which is to say relatively little.