
Monday, July 6, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
What ho!
Anybody who's had the misfortune of being cornered by me when im rambling on the subject will unquestionably know that im more than a little obsessed with the writings of a certain Sir Pelham Grenville.. Or to you lesser mortals, P.G. Wodehouse.. Following are snippets which may constitue my 'favorite bits'.. the list is by no means exhaustive..
He had the look of a frustrated tiger whose personal physician had recommended a strict vegetarian diet....
If he had a mind, there was something on it.
His whole attitude recalled irresistibly to the mind that of some assiduous hound who will persist in laying a dead rat on the drawing-room carpet, though repeatedly apprised by word and gesture that the market for same is sluggish or even non-existent.
I suppose I'm one of those fellows my father always warned me against.
He looked like a dictator on the point of starting a purge.
"And deer?''
"Several deer.''
"I love deer.''
"Me, too. I've met some very decent deer.''
It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.
He's as jealous as billy-ho. Smear a bit of burnt cork on him, and he could step right on to any stage and play Othello without rehearsal.
"I am rejoiced that my poor effort should have elicited so striking an encomium.''
"Wot say?''
"He says he's glad you liked it.''
He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.
It was a confusion of ideas between him and one of the lions he was hunting in Kenya that had caused A. B. Spottsworth to make the obituary column. He thought the lion was dead, and the lion thought it wasn't.
And it goes on...
He had the look of a frustrated tiger whose personal physician had recommended a strict vegetarian diet....
If he had a mind, there was something on it.
His whole attitude recalled irresistibly to the mind that of some assiduous hound who will persist in laying a dead rat on the drawing-room carpet, though repeatedly apprised by word and gesture that the market for same is sluggish or even non-existent.
I suppose I'm one of those fellows my father always warned me against.
He looked like a dictator on the point of starting a purge.
"And deer?''
"Several deer.''
"I love deer.''
"Me, too. I've met some very decent deer.''
It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.
He's as jealous as billy-ho. Smear a bit of burnt cork on him, and he could step right on to any stage and play Othello without rehearsal.
"I am rejoiced that my poor effort should have elicited so striking an encomium.''
"Wot say?''
"He says he's glad you liked it.''
He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.
It was a confusion of ideas between him and one of the lions he was hunting in Kenya that had caused A. B. Spottsworth to make the obituary column. He thought the lion was dead, and the lion thought it wasn't.
And it goes on...
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The Othello Rap..

I have now been a part of two productions of "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)". For anybody who's not seen or read the play, you guys are reaaaally missing out on something.. Originally written and performed by The Reduced Shakespeare Company, the play is side splittingly funny.. for more check out the link http://www.reducedshakespeare.com/shakespeare.php
Here's one of my favorite bits from the play... The othello rap..
Here's the story of a brother
by the name of Othello.
He liked white women
and he liked green Jell-O.
And a punk named Iago
who made himself a menace
Because he didn't like Othello,
the Moor of Venice.
Now Othello got married to Desdemona.
But he went off to the wars and he left her alona.
It was a mona--A groana--He left her alona.
He didn't write a letter and didn't telefona.
Desdemona she was faithful, she was chastity-tight.
She was the daughter of the Duke. Yeah, she was totally white.
Now Othello loved Desi like Adonis loved Venus.
And Desi loved Othello --'Cuz he had a big.... ummm.... sword.
Iago said, I'm gonna shaft the Moor.
How're you gonna do it? Tell us.
Well, I know his tragic flaw:
He's too damn jealous.
I need a dupe, I need a dope, I need a kind of a schmo.
So he found himself a chump sucker by the name of Cassio.
So he plants on him Desdemona's handkerchiefs.
So Othello starts wondering just maybe if
while he's been out fighting,
Commanding an army.
were Desi and Cass playing hide the salami?
Salami, salami, s-s-salami.
So he comes back home and stuck a pillow on her face.
Kills her and soliloquizes 'bout his disgrace.
But there's Amelia at the door
who we met in Act IV.
Who says, "You big dummy. She weren't no ho."
She was pure, clean, virginal too.
So why'd you have to go and make her face turn blue?
It's true.
It's you.
Now what you gonna do?
And Othello says, Damn, this is getting pretty scary.
So he pulled out a blade and committed hara-kiri.
Do that funky Moor thing, white boy.
Iago got caught but he probably copped a plea.
Loaded up his bags
And moved to Beverly.
Hills, that is.
Here's one of my favorite bits from the play... The othello rap..
Here's the story of a brother
by the name of Othello.
He liked white women
and he liked green Jell-O.
And a punk named Iago
who made himself a menace
Because he didn't like Othello,
the Moor of Venice.
Now Othello got married to Desdemona.
But he went off to the wars and he left her alona.
It was a mona--A groana--He left her alona.
He didn't write a letter and didn't telefona.
Desdemona she was faithful, she was chastity-tight.
She was the daughter of the Duke. Yeah, she was totally white.
Now Othello loved Desi like Adonis loved Venus.
And Desi loved Othello --'Cuz he had a big.... ummm.... sword.
Iago said, I'm gonna shaft the Moor.
How're you gonna do it? Tell us.
Well, I know his tragic flaw:
He's too damn jealous.
I need a dupe, I need a dope, I need a kind of a schmo.
So he found himself a chump sucker by the name of Cassio.
So he plants on him Desdemona's handkerchiefs.
So Othello starts wondering just maybe if
while he's been out fighting,
Commanding an army.
were Desi and Cass playing hide the salami?
Salami, salami, s-s-salami.
So he comes back home and stuck a pillow on her face.
Kills her and soliloquizes 'bout his disgrace.
But there's Amelia at the door
who we met in Act IV.
Who says, "You big dummy. She weren't no ho."
She was pure, clean, virginal too.
So why'd you have to go and make her face turn blue?
It's true.
It's you.
Now what you gonna do?
And Othello says, Damn, this is getting pretty scary.
So he pulled out a blade and committed hara-kiri.
Do that funky Moor thing, white boy.
Iago got caught but he probably copped a plea.
Loaded up his bags
And moved to Beverly.
Hills, that is.
Physics Lab 101- Part II
Physics Lab 101..
Friday, June 26, 2009
Whats so Happy about it?
I turned 23 today.. Gulp.. 23.. I feel ancient.. and my friends keep reminding me of it..
I'm being asked, by several people, as to what im planning to do today.. and the only reply I have is "Work.. High pressure client.." I think I am getting old..
Whatever happened to 18 till I die? But then even Bryan Adams looks like a grandfather now..
Bah Humbug!
I'm being asked, by several people, as to what im planning to do today.. and the only reply I have is "Work.. High pressure client.." I think I am getting old..
Whatever happened to 18 till I die? But then even Bryan Adams looks like a grandfather now..
Bah Humbug!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
I love my Willy..
This is not an obituary.
This is not a goodbye, nor is it a reminiscence.
This is a celebration.
Of a life well lived.
I celebrate as one of the countless who were nudged towards wherever we wanted to go, thanks to you. I celebrate because the happiest days of my life could not have been the same without you.
Your easy smile, your fierce pride, and your undying belief in tradition was an inspiration, though you never meant it to be.
I celebrate the life of the greatest personification of Stephania that I had the privilege to meet.
You will be missed.
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