tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post3906177890829241230..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: Haiku? Gesundheit!Mythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-51666780918560175832011-05-17T16:52:16.836-04:002011-05-17T16:52:16.836-04:00Got tired of waiting for Blogger to restore all th...Got tired of waiting for Blogger to restore all the missing comments.<br /><br /><b>mister muleboy:</b> <br /><i>monkey at the plate<br />swinging wildly,connecting<br />--but always doubting</i><br /><br /><b>Mythical Monkey:</b> Makes me work harder.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-82663221382651936332011-05-12T11:37:40.502-04:002011-05-12T11:37:40.502-04:00monkey at the plate
swinging wildly,connecting
--b...<i>monkey at the plate<br />swinging wildly,connecting<br />--but always doubting</i><br /><br />Makes me work harder.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-40844741804803471552011-05-12T09:41:59.142-04:002011-05-12T09:41:59.142-04:00monkey at the plate
swinging wildly,connecting
--b...<i>monkey at the plate<br />swinging wildly,connecting<br />--but always doubting<br /></i>mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-30706362663160240832011-05-09T23:59:53.903-04:002011-05-09T23:59:53.903-04:00that looks painful, would you like some ointment?
...<i>that looks painful, would you like some ointment?<br /><br />poke, poke, poke </i><br /><br />No thanks, Ma. Just like the other nine times you asked me.<br /><br />Ah, those were the days.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-31798954938617363322011-05-09T19:57:24.171-04:002011-05-09T19:57:24.171-04:00that looks painful, would you like some ointment?
...that looks painful, would you like some ointment?<br /><br />poke, poke, pokeUncle Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14928846509441045279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-13959672041977899482011-05-07T20:13:11.595-04:002011-05-07T20:13:11.595-04:00I feel you are trying to tell me something. Could ...<i>I feel you are trying to tell me something. Could you be more specific? </i><br /><br />Nah, I'm just mocking myself. As I was responding to your comment, I could hear myself self-deprecating my self-deprecation, when what I really wanted to say was "Thanks for the compliment but I haven't got a clue what I'm doing and I feel terribly exposed." I picked up on the line "I'm just happy to be here" and just finished off the rest of Nuke LaLoosh's interview at the end of <i>Bull Durham</i>.<br /><br />Which, by the way, isn't great because of the baseball or the romance but because of its pitch-perfect meditation on what it's like to be marginally talented.<br /><br />In case you're interested, my notes on <i>Bull Durham</i> will be the subject of the fifth installment of That's Typing Tuesday ...<br /><br />Stay tuned.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-58515673918499532102011-05-07T19:52:48.109-04:002011-05-07T19:52:48.109-04:00I feel you are trying to tell me something. Could ...I feel you are trying to tell me something. Could you be more specific?Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903678715925613725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-26074991746060270542011-05-06T22:45:49.037-04:002011-05-06T22:45:49.037-04:00That is frickin' beautiful, MM.
Unless, of co...<i>That is frickin' beautiful, MM.</i><br /><br />Unless, of course, you've been stung by a yellow jacket.<br /><br />KC, by the way, is impressive competition all the way around. I'm just happy to be here.<br /><br />You know, a good friend of mine used to say, "this is a very simple game: you throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it <i>rains</i>."<br /><br />Think about that for a while.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-38510603862280863512011-05-06T22:41:05.859-04:002011-05-06T22:41:05.859-04:00The truth is, Who, I know less about haiku than I ...The truth is, Who, I know less about haiku than I know about Lady Gaga, and I don't know anything about Lady Gaga. The thing about juxtaposing a two ideas was the way I interpreted what I've read about the form, but I could very easily have misunderstood.<br /><br />I wouldn't throw away those haikus if I were you.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-21945259857308962072011-05-06T21:48:25.025-04:002011-05-06T21:48:25.025-04:00Curses! I actually hadn't known the "juxt...Curses! I actually hadn't known the "juxtaposing 2 ideas" part -- man you just raised the net on my tennis court and put all my haikus into double faults (sports metaphor) (tennis is TOO a sport!)Who Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-60541021615571540952011-05-06T16:37:57.983-04:002011-05-06T16:37:57.983-04:00"Wind chimes in a shady garden as a yellow ja..."Wind chimes in a shady garden as a yellow jacket stings your knee."<br /><br />That is frickin' beautiful, MM.<br /><br />Pssst... you've got some competition with KC. She's pretty darn good. She is the yellow jacket on your knee.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903678715925613725noreply@blogger.com