A very depressing Bloomsday meeting
last Thursday. One member of our
committee wants the entire evening
based on a Joyce party, with Joyce &
friends present and individual episodes
stemming from the party itself.
Another person, our founder, stated that
he feels very uneasy about this idea and
actually has a bad feeling in his stomach
whenever he thinks about it. His concerns
weren't really addressed.
There's more to it than this, but basically
I think there isn't time to do the party idea
unless it is done as a scene unto itself, rather
than being interspersed throughout the
evening.
But, who knows what will happen at this
point.
Saturday, April 24, 2004
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
U of V, Charlottesville held a marathon reading
of Ulysses last weekend. Students and teachers
read for ten minutes each, then passed the
podium on to someone else. Scheduled to last
24 hours, the reading ended up taking 30 hours
instead. Check out the entire article at the
Cavalier Daily.
of Ulysses last weekend. Students and teachers
read for ten minutes each, then passed the
podium on to someone else. Scheduled to last
24 hours, the reading ended up taking 30 hours
instead. Check out the entire article at the
Cavalier Daily.
Monday, April 19, 2004
Obsession
I noticed something today. I often check
the index in Ellman’s Joyce bio to see if
Joyce has been through a similar exper-
ience to my own. Part of that is blog
related – wanting to write about something
I’m currently interested in but relating it
to Joyce. But today I remembered those
WWJD people . “What Would Jesus do?”
Could I be doing the same thing, but with
Joyce? Could I be obsessed?
I searched Google for a quiz titled “Are
you Obsessed” but all the quizzes were
topic specific, e.g. Are you obsessed with…
Clay Aiken, physical appearances, weblog
hits, sex.
Finally I found a Harry Potter quiz that
I thought I might be able to use, tweaking
the questions a bit to fit James Joyce.
Some of them were perfect as is:
10. Do you own more than one copy of
the books? Yes
18. Did you wear a costume? Twice
20. Do you find one of the characters
oddly attractive? Absolutely (Bloom)
21. Have you talked your friends into
reading the books? Yes
92. Do you participate in groups dedicated to
stopping such censorship? Yes
96. Have you ever bought overpriced
merchandise from e-bay? Yes
My score was 40% which qualified me as an
obsessed fan, though to my credit, there
were three higher categories that were more
obsessed than I. And actually, my plan is to
end this blog after Bloomsday this year.
I noticed something today. I often check
the index in Ellman’s Joyce bio to see if
Joyce has been through a similar exper-
ience to my own. Part of that is blog
related – wanting to write about something
I’m currently interested in but relating it
to Joyce. But today I remembered those
WWJD people . “What Would Jesus do?”
Could I be doing the same thing, but with
Joyce? Could I be obsessed?
I searched Google for a quiz titled “Are
you Obsessed” but all the quizzes were
topic specific, e.g. Are you obsessed with…
Clay Aiken, physical appearances, weblog
hits, sex.
Finally I found a Harry Potter quiz that
I thought I might be able to use, tweaking
the questions a bit to fit James Joyce.
Some of them were perfect as is:
10. Do you own more than one copy of
the books? Yes
18. Did you wear a costume? Twice
20. Do you find one of the characters
oddly attractive? Absolutely (Bloom)
21. Have you talked your friends into
reading the books? Yes
92. Do you participate in groups dedicated to
stopping such censorship? Yes
96. Have you ever bought overpriced
merchandise from e-bay? Yes
My score was 40% which qualified me as an
obsessed fan, though to my credit, there
were three higher categories that were more
obsessed than I. And actually, my plan is to
end this blog after Bloomsday this year.
