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[nicky wire's legs]

I do know what you mean, but at the same time, coolness can be fleeting, and people can lose some of the quality that makes them cool. Like Lou Reed, who had boundless talent and a very interesting face, but remember in the 1980s when he looked like a weightlifter and a jazz musician? He wore muscle t-shirts and aviator sunglasses and a curly mullet. He just didn't seem very cool at the time. But he still made some excellent music. New York is a great record. I'm having a particularly hard time with putting musicians on the list, because rock musicians flower in their youth and usually decline in middle age, often embarassingly. Morrissey is an exception (even though he did wear that green glitter suit). Or Syd Barrett, who went into seclusion. Quitting one's art is often a signifier of coolness: Syd Barrett, Arthur Rimbaud, Greta Garbo. But here is my (provisional) list of males.

Aleister Crowley

Edward Gorey

Philip Larkin

Pentti Linkola

Yukio Mishima

Morrissey

Seraphim Rose

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Paul Verlaine

Luchino Visconti

i shouldve known your list would look something like this!

what the f*** kind of a list is this? i dont even know half these people! why do they all have weird names!!! philip larkin?! ew!!!! also, where is nicky wire?!! every most cool list worth it's salt should have nicky wire on it AT LEAST once!

as for lou reed i would say he was always cool. coolness is an attitude and an approach to life more than anything else.im not sure that quitting ones art is a signifier of coolness. it may be enigmatic, but cool? i dont know. anna wintour and glenn o brien are pretty damn cool, and they both worked past retirement age, so it could also be said that being a perfectionist and committed at what you do can also be seen as pretty cool.

 

[nicky wire's legs]

But everything is far-reaching. And I don't know if greiving for a suicide is something that perpetuates suffering. We all suffer loss, but that doesn't mean we go on to cause suffering because of it.

you dont know that. im not saying you would directly cause suffering. but maybe it's a situation where a child's parent commits suicide and then that child goes on to be a distant parent because of it and then their child in turn becomes a murderer. or maybe having experienced a loved ones suicide you start eating 10 big macs a day. *shrug*

I understand that suffering has to exist in order for someone to appreciate tragedy and poetry, but I don't think gratuitous suffering has to exist for that. Certainly not to the extent that it does. There isn't a lot of tragic poetry about the suffering experienced by animals over the course of the earth's history from predation, famine, disease, or exposure. There is a surfeit of suffering in this world.

no but if suffering exists at all then there's going to be gratuitous suffering as well. some things have to be accepted in order for the concept to exist at all, and i personally am glad that the concept of suffering exists.

 

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[NealCassidy]

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[Vesper Nocturne]

Thank you for your concern and the good wishes. I really appreciate it. Also the tips you had for lil T. last year.


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(That's a new duck drink that he was lapping up a few mins ago)
I still have some bottles of T's renal tonicum here, which contain all nutrients and vitamins a sick cat needs to stay alive. Just checked it again, and there is also chicken liver in it, among other things. P. drinks two spoonfuls of it a day, and he looks much better afterwards. Also have some syringes here. At the moment, P. drinks himself, but he might get worse any day.

Nevertheless, i will try to get some raw liver in the supermarket tomorrow. Not sure if they sell colostrum though.

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P’s a sweetie. Try to phone your local health food store for colostrum, or you can look online too.

 

[Lucifer Sam]

philip larkin?! ew!!!!

How can Philip Larkin be anything other than cool? Like Rimbaud, he quit writing poetry when he knew he was done. He despised children and never married. He had one mistress who was a devout Catholic, and another who was a racist eccentric but a comely scholar. She gave him a wicker rabbit as a gift, and he collected Peter Rabbit figurines. He liked quaint S&M pornography. You probably know all this trivia, but certainly it makes him cool. And here is the name of someone on this forum who did not care for Philip Larkin: Carlislebaz. Larkin had an imperious, disdainful look that suited him perfectly.

also, where is nicky wire?!! every most cool list worth it's salt should have nicky wire on it AT LEAST once!

Like you, I have seen Nicky Wire perform. It was when the Manic Street Preachers opened for Oasis on their second American tour. They (the Manic Street Preachers) were very good, as expected, but in terms of charisma I'm afraid none of the Manic Street Preachers were any match for knuckle-dragging Liam Gallagher when he sauntered on rattling his tambourine and started in with his usual mumbled haranguing. And it wasn't even a good Oasis show compared to the first time I saw them, when they were not well-known and were bristling with contempt for everyone and everything American. I had never encountered such palpable arrogance. And they backed it up with a massive wall of sound. The second time they had a cheesy light show and a dumb "Noel with acoustic guitar singing the ballads" interlude. But L.G. was still cooler than Nicky Wire. Sorry.

 

[nicky wire's legs]

How can Philip Larkin be anything other than cool? Like Rimbaud, he quit writing poetry when he knew he was done. He despised children and never married. He had one mistress who was a devout Catholic, and another who was a racist eccentric but a comely scholar. She gave him a wicker rabbit as a gift, and he collected Peter Rabbit figurines. He liked quaint S&M pornography. You probably know all this trivia, but certainly it makes him cool. And here is the name of someone on this forum who did not care for Philip Larkin: Carlislebaz. Larkin had an imperious, disdainful look that suited him perfectly.

Like you, I have seen Nicky Wire perform. It was when the Manic Street Preachers opened for Oasis on their second American tour. They (the Manic Street Preachers) were very good, as expected, but in terms of charisma I'm afraid none of the Manic Street Preachers were any match for knuckle-dragging Liam Gallagher when he sauntered on rattling his tambourine and started in with his usual mumbled haranguing. And it wasn't even a good Oasis show compared to the first time I saw them, when they were not well-known and were bristling with contempt for everyone and everything American. I had never encountered such palpable arrogance. And they backed it up with a massive wall of sound. The second time they had a cheesy light show and a dumb "Noel with acoustic guitar singing the ballads" interlude. But L.G. was still cooler than Nicky Wire. Sorry.

i cannot believe you just wrote all of that!!!!!!!!! nicky wire is THE MOST charismatic person i have ever seen!!!!!! i didnt even know who he was and from the first second he stepped onto the stage i was mesmerized! you have SUCH questionable taste, i dont even know what to say!!!!!

in fact, i might just amend my cool list to put nicky wire in second place, right next to david bowie!!!!!!!!!

haha okay, you may have won me over to philip larkins side. i do like that wicker rabbits he's holding. and he did seem to have a thing for bunnies (also writing the heartwrenching poem myxomatosis). it's just the school girl porn that sort of turned me off him. you didnt mention the schoolgirl porn. generally, anyone who views schoolgirl porn is a bit of a write off, but perhaps ill make an exception for phil (but ONLY if i can call him phil!)

 

[nicky wire's legs]

id like to see liam gallagher too though!!

 

[nicky wire's legs]

ill look up some of the other names that i dont recognize on your list later, since you did make a good enough case for phillip larkin that i trust that some of those others might be cool too

 

[Lucifer Sam]

it's just the school girl porn that sort of turned me off him. you didnt mention the schoolgirl porn. generally, anyone who views schoolgirl porn is a bit of a write off, but perhaps ill make an exception for phil (but ONLY if i can call him phil!)

But the "schoolgirl porn" aspect, as far as I understand Larkin's interest in it, was literary erotica featuring lesbians at boarding schools. I don't think it was films of underage girls. That would indeed be unforgivably uncool.

Life’s Dull: A Letter from Philip Larkin to Kingsley Amis

I don’t know that I ever expected much of life, but it terrifies me to think it’s nearly over. I mean there can’t possible now be any good bits like going to Corfu with some busty ex-Roedean girl WHOSE FATHER GIVES HER LOTS OF MONEY and who loves being pocked (‘it’s better every time, oh darling’), or being a novelist.

 

[nicky wire's legs]

But the "schoolgirl porn" aspect, as far as I understand Larkin's interest in it, was literary erotica featuring lesbians at boarding schools. I don't think it was films of underage girls. That would indeed be unforgivably uncool.

Life’s Dull: A Letter from Philip Larkin to Kingsley Amis

okay, i dont know that much about it! perhaps i just assumed it to be ickier than it is because he LOOKS like a bit of a nonce.

i wish i got letters from philip larkin!!

 

[Deleted member 28602]

P’s a sweetie. Try to phone your local health food store for colostrum, or you can look online too.

Bought one chicken liver today at the Turkish grocery store for 16 cents. Guy behind the counter goes like "only one?", guy at the cashier goes like "What's THAT?", which i thought was quite funny. I had to explain to him that this disgusting brownish blob in the oversized plastic bag was for my sick old cat, and he wanted to know how old cats can get, etc, but due to some language obstacles, the conversation soon petered out.

Unfortunately, P. did not eat it. I once had an appetizer powder mostly consisting of grounded liver powder, and he refused it too. A short sniff, and then a disgusted look on his face.

I wonder if he can still take his medicine if he hardly eats anything. Probably this had made him feel so sick yesterday. He had half a can of duck drink, some kibble and quite a lot of treats today. I'm at a crossroads if i should give him all the treats he wants, or rather wait for him to get so hungry that he considers eating his normal food again. Probably this is going to be the last of our food-related power struggles...

 

[Vesper Nocturne]

Bought one chicken liver today at the Turkish grocery store for 16 cents. Guy behind the counter goes like "only one?", guy at the cashier goes like "What's THAT?", which i thought was quite funny. I had to explain to him that this disgusting brownish blob in the oversized plastic bag was for my sick old cat, and he wanted to know how old cats can get, etc, but due to some language obstacles, the conversation soon petered out.

Unfortunately, P. did not eat it. I once had an appetizer powder mostly consisting of grounded liver powder, and he refused it too. A short sniff, and then a disgusted look on his face.

I wonder if he can still take his medicine if he hardly eats anything. Probably this had made him feel so sick yesterday. He had half a can of duck drink, some kibble and quite a lot of treats today. I'm at a crossroads if i should give him all the treats he wants, or rather wait for him to get so hungry that he considers eating his normal food again. Probably this is going to be the last of our food-related power struggles...

Did you chop it up into little miniscule pieces smaller than a pea? Otherwise i can imagine they don’t go near it. And actually it can be really difficult to cut that small. One time i gave up and tried to whizz it for a few seconds in a blender. Revolting, i know. That gave me something a bit like a stringy liquidy mess, but i was able to remove the stringy pieces because that’s also what the kitties don’t like, not being able to bite through it and also a big disgusting hunk of the unknown. Maybe if you whizz it you can drip a bit over something he does like? The commercial foods are all full of garbage and chemicals, it’s so difficult with kitties, but it sounds for sure like he should just eat whatever you can get him to eat. I hope he has a nice rest with you together today. Poor little honey

 

[Deleted member 28602]

Did you chop it up into little miniscule pieces smaller than a pea? Otherwise i can imagine they don’t go near it. And actually it can be really difficult to cut that small. One time i gave up and tried to whizz it for a few seconds in a blender. Revolting, i know. That gave me something a bit like a stringy liquidy mess, but i was able to remove the stringy pieces because that’s also what the kitties don’t like, not being able to bite through it and also a big disgusting hunk of the unknown. Maybe if you whizz it you can drip a bit over something he does like? The commercial foods are all full of garbage and chemicals, it’s so difficult with kitties, but it sounds for sure like he should just eat whatever you can get him to eat. I hope he has a nice rest with you together today. Poor little honey

Yes, i cut it all up in little pieces and also removed the sinewy part. I even tried to rub it on his mouth, which irritated him. Sometimes it helps him to get an appetite for it, but i think he simply is not into inner organs. He is such a picky eater at the moment. It's just duck drink from the can and "wild child" kibble with turkey, and of course all the crap that treats are made of. Nothing else. I usually open three more bags of wet food every day, but at the end of the day, i have to throw it all out. I buy everything i can get, high-quality food and junk food. But to no avail.

It was the same with T. before he died. But T. had lymphoma and kidney disease, and was in pain. With P. it's mostly old age (almost 18) that is slowly wearing him out. He seems to be free of pain at the moment. So i try to enjoy the remaining time with him as much as possible. he is a good cat to rest with thoroughly, even from a distance.

 

[Deleted member 28602]

Average life expectancy seems to have decreased distinctly, when i look at the book of condolence thread.

 

[nicky wire's legs]

nicky wire has the most beautiful smile ive ever seen. wow wow wow wow wow

 

[Barking]

On Eigg island, there's only one taxi, and the driver offers you a wee glass of whiskey to welcome you, and if you don't drink it, he drinks it himself; then drives.

An island bought by the peepl for the peepl to live as they please!

 

[Deleted member 28602]

Visited the vet today. P. got a strange new injection against his arthritic pain in his lower back. It,s called solensia, and it has to be renewed every month. Does this sound familiar? It's also quite expensive.
Vet couldnt tell me much about it, so i thought it was just another pain killer.

Turned out it consists of felinized monoclonal antibodies derived through genetically-engineered Chinese hamster's ovary-cells! Sounds perverse.

Holy shit!! If i'd known this before, i wouldnt have let her give him this injection. Do we want or need any more new gene-therapeutic medication for which the chinese have killed female hamsters and removed their ovaries? No thanks. And this bitch of a vet didn't tell me about it. Shit. You really cant trust anybody nowadays. They just inject you with their overprized genetically manipulated clone-shit from China without knowing anything about the long-term side-effects.

And may we guess that our dear pets are only used as guinea pigs so that this stuff can earlier than usual be sold as a treatment for humans as well?
I am so angry that this f*** vet didn't tell me about it. Whats this money-making f*** scheme all about?

I am so sorry, P.!

 

[Mozzer1980]

I feel a bit uncomfortable with it .
but I still feel sorry for those who had to pay big bucks for parking in front of the Greek Theater

 

[Redacted]

Snowstorm!