One letter, six questions

[osprey_archer]

One letter, six questions meme. evelyn_b gave me J, which is surprisingly hard! Or maybe any letter might have been difficult; I guess I’m just not used to grouping things alphabetically in my mind.

Something I hate: Man, this is hard. I thought the movie Judgment at Nuremberg was pretentious and not nearly as morally insightful as it thought, but I felt bored rather than filled with hatred.

Oh! Jelly beans. Jelly beans are the worst. They’re sticky and too sweet and they have a weird texture and just in general they are disgusting.

Something I love: Julius Caesar! The Shakespeare play! Have I told you about the tragic nobility of Brutus, who is only trying to do what is best for Rome, only it all goes horribly wrong because he allows himself to be led astray by that viper in the grass, Cassius? I think I’ve mentioned this before.

I also think that this is probably not the most nuanced understanding of this play, but I first read it when I was in ninth grade so, you know, nuanced was not the name of the game.

Somewhere I’ve been: Jacksonville, Florida.

Somewhere I’d like to go: Japan!

Someone I know:: One of my friends in elementary school was a Jessica. But she was a grade above me, so we grew apart when she went over to the junior high.

A film I like: I have some reservations on J. Edgar – I think they should have focused more on the politics of Hoover’s life and less on his mostly-sublimated love affair with his second in command, Clyde Tolson – but nonetheless I did quite enjoy that mostly-sublimated love affair.

I also retain a weird fondness for Josie and the Pussycats, even though I wouldn’t really call it a good movie.

Let me know if you'd like a letter!

Comments

[minutia-r.livejournal.com]

Julius Caesar is my favorite too! Obviously my takeaway was much more nuanced than yours, since we did it in tenth grade.

(My takeaway: Brutus and Cassius can't get along, but OMG THEY LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH *_* I . . . hadn't really heard of slash or shipping at that point, and was fairly uninterested in sex in any form, even if it was two fictional men having it, but . . . yeah. I may have memorized that one scene.)

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

The one before the battle where they argue, and they have so many ~hurt feelings~ and Cassius opens his toga and hands Brutus his dagger so Brutus can stab him, because Brutus's words have already stabbed him through the heart?

That scene. I love that scene. Cassius, you emo drama queen.

[minutia-r.livejournal.com]

I cannot drink too much of Brutus' love INDEED.