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- the dead season
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 8 days old
- ***Freud is not right. . .*** “Life is full of surprises”, I am not one of those who think so. I believe that life is full of obstacles, which I have to overcome--which I do, and which makes me be one of those who never get bored. I am the one who never gets bored. How many your friends can say this? Can you say this? Every time, getting up in... more
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- my fandom is older
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 15 days old
- JULY 10, 138 -- Emperor Hadrian (reigned AD 117-138) dies at the age of sixty-two and one half. “Animula vagula, blandula, hospes comesque corporis, quae nunc abibis in loca pallidula, rigida, nudula, nec, ut soles, dabis iocos.” [“Little spirit, gentle and wandering, companion and guest of the body, in what place will you now abide, pale, stark... more
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- the roses of Paestum
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 41 days old
- “For the hours of thy happiness are over and joy is not gathered twice in a life, as the roses of Paestum twice in a year.” (Edgar Allan Poe) in this issue-- Ancient Pages at Revue_Blanche Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) is not my favorite artist, I only appreciate his etchings Vedute--the impressive Views of Rome and views of... more
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- caprice unlimited
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 45 days old
- Several pictures in the blog post don’t make the access to the web-page quicker, it's true, but I simply have nothing to write about. Therefore these pictures. À la recherche de Tadzio… Young Boy with a Cat (1868) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919): old photo: Joey Seated by Felix d’Eon: Obviously, this Greek boy is under the age of discretion... more
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- quixotic
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 62 days old
- ***a small dark themed essay, found on the Net, that asks some questions:** “Vampire. A living oxymoron. An immortal. Or a corpse? A bringer of death or a savior of life? A curse or a blessing? On the brink of death and saved by a vampire’s bite, becoming free of disease and natural death at the prime of your life, and having it taken by a... more
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- the sunless parlour
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 73 days old
- “…in a sunless parlour where an old clock ticked in the shadows and a cat slept by the empty grate.” (Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited) ***tidings*** Recently, Jocelyn Lindenridge-Blanche began to write his first prose, fantasy fiction about Prince Carpathian. As I’ve said more than once, I hate fantasy fiction. But I love Jocelyn and cannot... more
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- intermediation
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 80 days old
- NB: It rots the senses in the head! It kills imagination dead! It clogs and clutters up the mind! It makes a child so dull and blind He can no longer understand A fantasy, a fairyland! His brain becomes as soft as cheese! His powers of thinking ruts and freeze! He cannot think--he only sees! (by Roald Dahl) Q: What is “it”? A: Tee Vee However... more
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- more exotic
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 82 days old
- ***Life's rich tapestry. Thanks for that.*** In this role I feel at ease too. . . *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ***My shalow heart's the only thing that's beating*** I read the book Brideshead Revisited more than once, but not in English which was my great mistake, because if only I read at least one book by Evelyn Waugh in... more
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- books
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 86 days old
- **the script** Reading The Magician, by W. Somerset Maugham, I thought that the novel could be a good groundwork for a script of a good mystic thriller: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14257/14257-8.txt The Magician is an early W. Somerset Maugham novel, published in 1908. In this tale, the magician Oliver Haddo, a caricature of Aleister Crowley,... more
