- Is it acceptable to use offensive words in Wordscraper, when you are playing against a stranger online? For all you know the word applies to them.
(The words are in the list, but it still feels wrong. On the other hand, I do want to win.) - Can you divorce Nabokov's Lolita from its subject matter? Can something be wonderful literature and still be about a creature like Humbert Humbert?
(An has powerfully argued it can't.) - Is Babes going to do better tonight when he has another go at date night? I'm not expecting flowers or fireworks or anything - if he turns up I will consider it a success.
(Wow I aim low these days.) - How much dust is "dirty" rather than "a lived in home?"
- Am I going to be strong just now or give in to the call to nap?
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Could go either way
Questions I'm pondering today:
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Napping makes you strong.
ReplyDeleteyes you can sepperate lolita from its subject because yes its beautful literature...plus lolita is the "evil one" not humbert...she is the strong part ..the seducer..he is her victim after all..he is such a pathetic and weak character...so yay for the book..
ReplyDeleteAnd yay for free speech (although I'm not sure I'd agree with Danielle - above - about the victim/perpetrator of the Lolita crime; the book, though, is good).
ReplyDeleteThere's interesting discussion of Lolita in the Anais Nin review comments here: http://demurelemur.wordpress.com/
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of people would disagree with Danielle's view - maybe it ignores the manipulative abilities of the paedophile... but I dunno, I never read it.
As to the rest, good luck with your questing!
Hope the date night turns out a success!
ReplyDelete@Ms. Moon - I resisted until two minutes before she woke up. Typical.
ReplyDelete@Danielle - Interesting opinion, which I'm sure will go down well with the objectors to this book.
@The Dotterel - I liked the book, too. It's just that my sister has made me waver.
@Jo - I will go and read that! Thank you!
@Expat mum - Thanks, so do I.
Nap!
ReplyDeleteI read Lolita years ago, and didn't find it all that special. Made me think that the only reason it's hailed as "great literature" is precisely BECAUSE of the subject matter. I could go on, but this isn't my soapbox.
ReplyDeleteDust is only "dirt" when it's in someone else's home.
I thought this post was going to be about Nick Clegg - then I remembered you're in Belgium....
ReplyDeleteI think you can definitely divorce Lolita from the subject matter - the writing is great, and writers shouldn't shy away from subjects like this.
@Steph - That would have been the sensible thing to do, yes.
ReplyDelete@Pueblo girl - So I'm okay as long as I don't invite anyone over. Cool!
@nappy valley girl - Nick Clegg is bisexual? I never knew! ;-)
I think I'm definitely with you on Lolita. Art is art and life is life. And I can't help loving the book.
I hope your next post isn't about your 2nd date night at McDonalds! Have fun :)
ReplyDeleteAlways go for the nap.
ReplyDeleteDust is dirty only when your visitors see it.
ReplyDelete* Is it acceptable to use offensive words in Wordscraper? No
ReplyDelete* Can you divorce Nabokov's Lolita from its subject matter? Yes
* Is Babes going to do better tonight when he has another go at date night?
Here's hoping
* How much dust is "dirty" rather than "a lived in home?" If your friends are coming over- Quite a lot
If your Mother in law is coming over- none at all
* Am I going to be strong just now or give in to the call to nap? Take a nap.
Take the nap, you will probably have a fab dream with all the stuff rolling around...
ReplyDeleteHaven't heard of the game but I would have thought swear words were mandatory.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy Lolita for the beautifully written book that it is, by the way, I love the first line in the book, when he's just saying her name over again, rolling it around his tongue and experimenting with it.
Dust is like a naughty child, ignore it!
Nap, nap and nap.
Hope the date night goes well. x
@Calif Lorna - Luckily he turned up. So no McDonald's this time.
ReplyDelete@Kingsmom - I know! I should have done.
@Angie - Aye, and there's the rub...
@Megan - *Really? Even if you can double your points? Do you have a good argument to make me lose?
* Ah - interesting - I thought if the previous one was "no," this one would definitely go the other way.
*He did.
*:-)
*Noted for next time. Thank you.
@A Modern Mother - I did have an interesting night...
@Very Bored in Catalunya - That first line is just heavenly. I think it's my favourite first line ever.
girl, give in to naps. That's always the answer. I would totally give in to the urge to nap right now, if I didn't have to bake and clean for tonight's birthday celebration, and super-clean and declutter for my friend Jax who is arriving on Friday and staying with us!!! aaaargh!
ReplyDeleteThe answer to the dust question: if you don't lift it by just being in the room and breathing normally, it's a lived-in home. That's my rule of thumb at least.
Dust keeps us grounded.
ReplyDeleteBabe will rock your socks this date night.
Nap comes before anything else in my book.
I will only comment on the Lolita question- and the answer is yes. I think Lolita is one of the most amazing, fantastic and adroit novels ever written. I am an english prof- so I have authority on this matter- you know, I think that's how it works.
ReplyDeleteNo answers.
ReplyDeleteLots of the same questions.
I agree with An.
Naps are important.
Great list!