Jade gave me this terrific children's book for Christmas. Micol Ostow has fused together a plethora of Seinfeld escapades into a storyline about something.
Basic premise is that Jerry's mom tells him off for wanting to do nothing, so Jerry goes along with Elaine's desire to see a friend's baby (You've got to see the baby).
I loved it and offered to read it to Jacky, but she was disinclined to acquiesce to my suggestion. I believe she said something along the lines of "No thanks, I don't really like Seinfeld". Sharp intake of breath!
I'm not sure, but could that be grounds for divorce right there?
I don't get it - how can anyone not like Jerry? He's so adorable.
What I do get is how annoying I am with quotes and references to popular culture.
Seinfeld scenes and lines leap into my brain on many occasions - some appropriate, some not. Not only that but my brain keeps a constant barrage of song lyrics on tap. Not only that but films, poetry, old adverts and other pulp media references are loitering just below the surface in my brain at all times. They rise to the top layer and speed themselves on their merry way to my mouth with alarming regularity.
Either that or I grin, or worse, laugh. Forget about a resting bitch face, those are my default settings.
Super annoying. I get it. Is it shallow (that 'pool' line from Elaine* just came to me - see what I mean)? Is that wrong? Should I not do that?
This is something I've been aware of for a very long time (like using song lyrics for titles). Here's a poem I wrote a long time ago:
Warren Peace (symbol) 1994
a complicated pun which like the sloping vase in the picture in our bedroom defies gravity every day of its life i nonetheless like it because it contains the enigmatic dichotomy which is in fact my life or has been for the last thirtysomething lifetimes it is existing in a sea of contradictions of yin yang on a global scale that sustains me during the long nights when the wolf howls and so back to the pun which clues the reader into the basic personality of diplomatic friend protecting the near and dear ones i am the man with the unorthodox style which is nevertheless successful nevertheless is itself an interesting expression containing the same contradiction where positive and negative live together in close proximity and harmony i digress again why is it i wonder i cannot keep my mind from fracturing into tiny shards of song lines what i really wanted to leave was a reminder of who i am and why i was here there and everywhere i guess i have done so in my own inimitable fashion still the warren peace symbol haunts me it demands further thought but that is what the future is for comma
Love and peace - WNP
* Elaine to Jerry - 'Sometimes when I think you're the shallowest man I've ever met, you somehow manage to drain a little more out of the pool'.
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