David Given Schwarm

Freud liked to collapse distinctions:masochism is the continuationof sadism (“nothing but”), in whichone’s own person takes the place of the sexual object; so lookingis analogous to touching; is basedon touching, is base in so far forth;but neither the lingering at the touching nor the lingering at the lookingsatisfies the libido, the lust;not the hunger, not…

It makes me wonder just how many supposedly brave people in the world are just men and women trying to imitate someone more courageous than themselves.

Wallbanger by Alice Clayton My rating: 3 of 5 stars ugh. This is not my genre, at all–selected by my book club and I read along. I struggled with the idealized Northern California mindset, I struggled with the cat, I struggled with the travel, I struggled with just about design and decorating, I struggled with…

The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy.

“I’m hanging in there,” I say, which is, of course, the thing you say when you’re not.

Another fantastic week at Alakazam Comics! We got some great new vocab words & clarified some key pronunciations. Everyone had a wonderful time!