Comments on: “Defy the Languid Moment”

By: John

John — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:47:29 +0000

marta: Er… no. (So much for being a chronic noticer!)

By: marta

marta — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:32:13 +0000

Hey, did you not notice my Laura Palmer tee-shirt a few posts back? Well?

By: John

John — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:21:47 +0000

Jules: I have a feeling that Diana Athill would be perfectly happy to wear those words on a T-shirt. And hey, if it’s good enough for her…!

By: Jules

Jules — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:49:38 +0000

Hey, my anti-spam words were “hussey” and “girl.” You trying to tell me something?

By: Jules

Jules — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:49:09 +0000

Oh I love this. Just love it. “Defy the languid movement.” So perfect.

Jules, trying to hard to get caught up on her favorite blogs — but spinning her wheels with too much to do

By: John

John — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:54:57 +0000

Tessa: Part of me wants to say I admire the “Do not go gently…” philosophy. I mean, adjectives like “robust,” “feisty,” all that — they’re all good things, right?

But I think a larger part of me wants to be, well, sane about it all. Athill sure sounds sane to me.

marta: For The Missus and me, pretty much no cultural landmark counts so much as Twin Peaks. When we first met online, that was TP’s first (half-)season; we’d watch an episode and immediately retreat to our respective computers for a round of what, these days, would be considered chat. (It moved a lot more slowly back then.) We’ve had the soundtrack ever since it came out, and even today the first few notes of the theme song can unhinge us. We’re rather sentimental about it. :)

I should probably do a post about it one of these days. When it was good, it was very very good. And even when it wasn’t that “good,” it was still enjoyable as hell.

Sarah: Have you ever seen Dick Cavett’s old interviews with Hepburn? (See here if not.) She was something else — another of those cultural touchstones for me and my wife (one of the world’s foremost authorities on movies made before 1965 or so — thanks to her movie-lovin’ mother).

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:02:38 +0000

I just finished Jane Fonda’s autobiography (more on my blog about that later) and she of course, talks about making On Golden Pond. Katherine Heburn was a hoot! I’d like to age like she did- full of spark, no “sogginess” is how she put it, another way of defying the languid moment…

By: marta

marta — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:58:20 +0000

Oh, and I want to add–I LOVE Twin Peaks. My novel has been accused by a few different people as having a Twin Peaks feel…

By: marta

marta — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:46:08 +0000

Ah aging. It is a shame the nonsense we out on aging in this country–you are hardly allowed to have a personality. People expect you just to be old.

I have more to say, but my young son objects.

By: Tessa

Tessa — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:41:49 +0000

Thanks for the H/T, John. You’ve listed some interesting … and very unattractive … ways of aging. Definitely the Athill model for me.