Teacup Cafe XXIV

[shesabrandybuck]

yes proclaim is the the right word haha. I hate books that are too obvious

[klatukatt]

Julius Ceaser is a bit of a slog. The plays aren't much fun to read because they are meant to be heard.

I miss Shakespeare. I miss acting. I want to do a musical. Wahh...

[Curufin]

*comes in*
*says hi*
*goes to bed*

[sisterandcousinandaunt]

Originally Posted by shesabrandybuck

yes proclaim is the the right word haha. I hate books that are too obvious

If you think Shakespeare is too obvious, you aren't familier enough with it.

DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
I will tell you.
The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne,
Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold;
Purple the sails, and so perfumed that
The winds were love-sick with them; the oars were silver,
Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made
The water which they beat to follow faster,
As amorous of their strokes. For her own person,
It beggar'd all description: she did lie
In her pavilion--cloth-of-gold of tissue--
O'er-picturing that Venus where we see
The fancy outwork nature: on each side her
Stood pretty dimpled boys, like smiling Cupids,
With divers-colour'd fans, whose wind did seem
To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool,
And what they undid did.

AGRIPPA
O, rare for Antony!

DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
Her gentlewomen, like the Nereides,
So many mermaids, tended her i' the eyes,
And made their bends adornings: at the helm
A seeming mermaid steers: the silken tackle
Swell with the touches of those flower-soft hands,
That yarely frame the office. From the barge
A strange invisible perfume hits the sense
Of the adjacent wharfs. The city cast
Her people out upon her; and Antony,
Enthroned i' the market-place, did sit alone,
Whistling to the air; which, but for vacancy,
Had gone to gaze on Cleopatra too,
And made a gap in nature.

AGRIPPA
Rare Egyptian!

DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
Upon her landing, Antony sent to her,
Invited her to supper: she replied,
It should be better he became her guest;
Which she entreated: our courteous Antony,
Whom ne'er the word of 'No' woman heard speak,
Being barber'd ten times o'er, goes to the feast,
And for his ordinary pays his heart
For what his eyes eat only.

AGRIPPA
Royal wench!
She made great Caesar lay his sword to bed:
He plough'd her, and she cropp'd.

DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
I saw her once
Hop forty paces through the public street;
And having lost her breath, she spoke, and panted,
That she did make defect perfection,
And, breathless, power breathe forth.

MECAENAS
Now Antony must leave her utterly.

DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
Never; he will not:
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety: other women cloy
The appetites they feed: but she makes hungry
Where most she satisfies; for vilest things
Become themselves in her: that the holy priests
Bless her when she is riggish.

I saw R&J today. I've seen it...at least a dozen different stagings, and read it more often than that. There's never a performance that doesn't teach something, approach something in a different way. Most literature doesn't have that kind of possibility.

Age cannot wither, nor custom stale, her infinite variety...

[Nautipus]

Well, hello. I want, NEED sleep. I almost fell asleep on the stairs at work. But then I had an iced coffee, and now I cant fall asleep. *sigh* I think I'll fix som Rice-A-Roni.

[The Sasquatch of Fangorn]

*Sas walks in* Hi all! *yawns and falls down on a couch*

[klatukatt]

Dudes! What up! I am so energetic!

But my computer won't play my movie.

[Curufin]

I love Shakespeare!

The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings...

~Julius Caesar

(one of my favorites)

Today is my last day in Belgium.

[klatukatt]

-- Infirm of purpose. Give me the daggers! The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures. It is the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil. If he do bleed, I'll guild the faces of the grooms withall, for it must seem there guilt!

[Mari]

Now I really want to read it ^_^
Good morning everyone! Big cleaning day here... never leave on a vacation without cleaning the house (in my case rooms) first. My mother is always adamant about that.
*twirls around, beaming*

[sisterandcousinandaunt]

A good policy, Mari.

Good morning, all.

[Mari]

Morning Sis! *tackles Sis* How are you today? *beams*

[The Sasquatch of Fangorn]

*yawns* ugh so tired....... Morning!

[Mari]

Morning? It's almost evening *radiates happiness and smiles*

[hectorberlioz]

Originally Posted by shesabrandybuck

yes proclaim is the the right word haha. I hate books that are too obvious

You like inconspicuous books?

[hectorberlioz]

Has anyone else here been to Turkey? And I'm serious about this. No fowl jokes, please.

[The Sasquatch of Fangorn]

I hear that they realy gobble up they're food there! All joking aside, I've never been to turkey. What's it like?

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Originally Posted by Mari

Julius Caesar, still have to read that >_<
Is it nice dramatic reading?

Yes. Julius Shakespeare is one of the better historical plays. Well paced, interesting characters, and raises some intriguing questions.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Originally Posted by hectorberlioz

Has anyone else here been to Turkey? And I'm serious about this. No fowl jokes, please.

Have you? Did you see the Hagia Sophia? The Green Patriarch?

[Mari]

Originally Posted by The Sasquatch of Fangorn

I hear that they realy gobble up they're food there! All joking aside, I've never been to turkey. What's it like?

I'll tell you when I get back 5 hours to go... perhaps I should try and get some sleep...

*gets over to her pile of pillows and blanket and makes herself comfortable with Aeran at her side*

Gwai, I'll prioritize it on my reading list (which is over a mile long these days >_<)