bah.

Oct. 4th, 2012 01:53 pm
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Today is one of those "Hamlet" days. You know the type:
I have of late—but wherefore I know not—lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.

bah.

Date: 2012-10-04 07:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sparkymonster.livejournal.com
This is a song in the musical "Hair" and thus I always think of it sung

Date: 2012-10-04 07:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rmd.livejournal.com
Yeah, I think I memorized it because of the Hair song.

Date: 2012-10-04 11:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] keren-s.livejournal.com
Same here. But I like your use of it as a day-descriptor. Having one or two or eight of those myself. Except I'm even not looking up to see the canopy, the air. Hope tomorrow is better for you!

Or as Wallace Stevens put it:

Date: 2012-10-04 08:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lioritgioret.livejournal.com
Gubbinal

by Wallace Stevens

That strange flower, the sun,
Is just what you say.
Have it your way.

The world is ugly,
And the people are sad.

That tuft of jungle feathers,
That animal eye,
Is just what you say.

That savage of fire,
That seed,
Have it your way.

The world is ugly,
And the people are sad.

Date: 2012-10-04 10:29 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] muffyjo
his majestical roof fretted with golden fire
I'm blaming this, personally. It's been freakin' grey and overcast for over a week now. Oh sure, it was all poetic and romantic at first, the mists blurring the outlines of the green and golden trees...but it's gotten to be a bit more damp, and dreary. I'm very much looking forward to the sunshine that is due tomorrow.

I also blame the change in weather. I also blame school starting its annual exchange of germs which are disseminating throughout the populace.

So I am there, sistah, I am RIGHT THERE with you.

It's times like this that I'm torn between Resumé and Sympton Recital

Date: 2012-10-05 12:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] achinhibitor.livejournal.com
Oh, yeah, not seeing the sun in a week or two leads to "[the firmament] appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors."

Very nice

Date: 2012-10-05 01:45 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] drwex
Literary and apropos. You win!

Date: 2012-10-05 03:40 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] tb
Similar mood here lately, and I'm reminded of this Strindberg and Helium episode. Decay! Decay! Decay!

Date: 2012-10-06 03:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kjc.livejournal.com
Had I two mirths, I'd give you one.

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