tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17427709.post113347249039168475..comments2023-03-25T07:05:22.062-07:00Comments on Der Flugplatz: Mo Shakes FINISHEDmghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454308084669181487noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17427709.post-1143704779238551212006-03-29T23:46:00.000-08:002006-03-29T23:46:00.000-08:00Matt,I had no idea you were such a writter. Write...Matt,<BR/><BR/>I had no idea you were such a writter. Write on! And may much grooviness be imparted to your soul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17427709.post-1133934895690348012005-12-06T21:54:00.000-08:002005-12-06T21:54:00.000-08:00I love commas.I love commas.mghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02454308084669181487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17427709.post-1133929985852522212005-12-06T20:33:00.000-08:002005-12-06T20:33:00.000-08:00Matt,I read your post again, after the revisions, ...Matt,<BR/><BR/>I read your post again, after the revisions, and liked it even more. Not only did I enjoy it, but it did me further good. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>I do, however, retain some of my earlier structural objections, and would have words with you about assorted misplaced commas and clauses that could be better arranged. But this is the stuff of grammar Nazis, and overall, your work is a great benefit to all who would read it.Lincoln Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711350850746990193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17427709.post-1133675783228448512005-12-03T21:56:00.000-08:002005-12-03T21:56:00.000-08:00Shell, i don't mind at all, everyone's welcome. My...Shell, i don't mind at all, everyone's welcome. My prof wanted us to answer the question 'why is literature important, or why does it matter to you,' and this was something on my mind before during and after the paper. since i've already received the coveted "this is a really good paper matt," from my favorite teacher, i'm going to leave it alone as far as adding actual scenes from 12th night.mghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02454308084669181487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17427709.post-1133665132384321202005-12-03T18:58:00.000-08:002005-12-03T18:58:00.000-08:00Interesting post. Can't say I've read "12th Night"...Interesting post. Can't say I've read "12th Night", but Shakespeare’s characters are always so in-depth. He must have been a great observer of people...went beyond sitting in the century equivalent of an airport and people watching. ;)<BR/>So you identify with both characters...interesting. It is fascinating writing and reading papers that involve character analysis and self evaluation. I used to be an English Lit major--fun stuff. I suppose my comments on the paper would be out of context since I really don't know you or the university you attend...but I had one question who is your audience? Someone who's read the play several times? Do you have excerpts from the play to support your analysis and such? You probably do, just curious.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I hope you don't mind me posting on your site. The post above by Noelle made me rethink posting on other people's sites--I never realized that people might post on blogs with the focus that only a few friends would access it. Sorry if I'm intruding..:OlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17427709.post-1133542428803950602005-12-02T08:53:00.000-08:002005-12-02T08:53:00.000-08:00So, Matt, I've never made a comment on a blog befo...So, Matt, I've never made a comment on a blog before (I guess its my desire for autonomy-its vulnerable to know that anyone can access what is meant for a few people:) On a side note, I just tried to make this same post but it didn't work for some reason, but I WILL NOT LET THE BLOG CONQUER ME - I am writing again and this time I'll copy in case it doesn't work again, as Jason says, it may be an operator error.<BR/>Anyway, Davis and Jay recommended Mo Shakes and I really enjoyed it. <BR/>I agreed with your conclusion and most of the means by which you arrived there, except one. Being mysterious and stoic and having a lack of social lifestyle is not the only formula for cover-up or even necessarily the most likely. If anything, it is an obvious cover-up for something.<BR/>I have the same tendencies as you, of not wanting to be intimate because it might mean you will get hurt, of desiring autonomy, of wanting to figure it out myself with God but I'm bubbly and outgoing and in the many social circumstances that I find myself, people feel that they've read me like a book but I know they have not and I like the mysteriousness of being unmysterious. <BR/>And like you say, self-withdrawal may be that longing for peace and not to ruffle your or someone else's feathers. Maybe that's why Jesus said he didn't come to bring peace(I could definitely be wrong and am up for correction.) He came to be in our lives and interact, and sometimes loving us wasn't comfortable for Jesus or the recepient of His love. <BR/>Almost everyone has a mask, we've all been hurt by someone, so sometimes I wonder how people are willing and can open up without God's love. So, I've digressed some, but the main clarification is that hiding and loving just until it doesn't hurt are displayed in all forms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17427709.post-1133502864316552642005-12-01T21:54:00.000-08:002005-12-01T21:54:00.000-08:00matt, i saw you crossing the street today with a h...matt, i saw you crossing the street today with a huge beard. It was rad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17427709.post-1133499397999255712005-12-01T20:56:00.000-08:002005-12-01T20:56:00.000-08:00Davis, anything more pointed that you noticed woul...Davis, anything more pointed that you noticed would be helpful, thanks for the kind words. <BR/><BR/>Katie, I'm not worried about explaining anything else in 12th Night because this paper is definitely heavy on the reader-response criticism and what stirred a reaction in me was the original relationship between O and O. <BR/><BR/>Jay, good to hear from you, I just responded to Noelle's invitation to your New Year's bash. I'd love to make it, and hear more about your experience with this. You've always been my favorite fictional character.mghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02454308084669181487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17427709.post-1133492941101262252005-12-01T19:09:00.000-08:002005-12-01T19:09:00.000-08:00Matt,You keep coming to my mind. Each time I tell...Matt,<BR/><BR/>You keep coming to my mind. Each time I tell myself I should write you, but I don't have a great deal to say. Today you came to mind three times, once this morning, another time this afternoon, and finally when Davis directed me to your Blog. I decided that I could no longer bear the weight-of-wonder with respect to Matt Gaither. So, I read your post, and was compelled to say hello. As you know, I was in a similarly impossible situation - I loved someone who was in another relationship. It was the result of struggling to snuff out my desire for a soul that would have likely returned my affection; I actually prayed to forget the other and to love Noelle. This was a "fatal" mistake - I began loving someone I could not have. But maybe that made things easier. I had not thought of it before, but I may have done this to pacify the desire to have "someone" to love without it actually being dangerous. This is a strange thing, sometimes there is reprieve in simply having an object of desire, while being crippled from action by the impossibly of attaining it. Like any good fictional character, I ended up with the object of my love and affection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17427709.post-1133491174596683772005-12-01T18:39:00.000-08:002005-12-01T18:39:00.000-08:00It's almost weird to read this, since I (like Davi...It's almost weird to read this, since I (like Davis, like the rest of humanity?) have been thinking about this, a lot, as well. And it's true, this is the most I've ever heard you say about anything (strange how assignments force one to talk) although I am still unsure what the full force of your argument is...<BR/><BR/>How are you going to resolve the fact that Orsino and Olivia didn't actually get together? (you hint at the impossiblity in the last sentences, but impossiblity never stopped fictional characters) They fall in love with twins, but not each other, thereby linking themselves as brother and sister.<BR/><BR/>This had never occurred to me before, but that sucks.Ibidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07917932517349711431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17427709.post-1133486752298443602005-12-01T17:25:00.000-08:002005-12-01T17:25:00.000-08:00Absolutely fabulous post, Matt.I was in complete c...Absolutely fabulous post, Matt.<BR/><BR/>I was in complete concurrence with your first paragraph, as told from my own experience. As you can gather from my own posts, I've been thinking the same things lately. It's good to have someone else on the same track.<BR/><BR/>Obviously, since it's a draft, it needs editorial tweaking, but the substance is all there, and it is powerful substance. This exactly the epic Gaitherian post I was waiting for; thanks for doing it.<BR/><BR/>Were you hoping for more specific criticisms? I could manage if you wished.Lincoln Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711350850746990193noreply@blogger.com