Comments on: He knows when you are sleeping…

By: merc

merc — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:15:49 +0000

Ow. What’s this? I think a chunk of my soul just froze and fell off. (I sympathise, and will second your “fuck you, Santa” out of solidarity.)

By: James

James — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:33:04 +0000

Viva la resistance! And I don’t know about Auckland, but here in Perth I’d describe the desturction of my soul as more of a molten searing. The whole scorching-summer thing doesn’t add to Christmas’ appeal.

By: merc

merc — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:59:01 +0000

I’m running severely low on hurrahs. You should like, post some. (I finished reading Tess a while ago. I must say I don’t think Angel wasn’t that much of a bastard. Hypocritical, but not a Heathcliff or Casaubon. Sorry, I’ll stop posting book reviews in your comments section now.) Updaaaaaaaate!

By: James

James — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:15:22 +0000

He had an affair, she forgives him, she was raped and he replies “You were one person; now you are another. My God–how can forgiveness meet such a grotesque–prestidigitation as that!”. We forgive poeple for being raped? Or more to the point, we withhold forgiveness? Utter bastard.

By: merc

merc — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:12:30 +0000

Ok, he’s a bastard. But. BUT. He didn’t set out to wound and manipulate people or derive happiness from others’ suffering. He didn’t intentionally take from others to benefit himself. (That kind of selfishness is the key criterion for “bastard” for me.) He was raised in a heavily religious household and with the contradictions and hypocrisies of the age. His reaction was reflective of the influence of all of that, not just a personal small-mindedness. If he’d grown up in our time, he’d have been one of the most earnest and pure-hearted people around. And he was. But not as much as Tess.