2010/08/26 New York
Murder
Bill
This evening, a man stormed out of a cab in front of my building. He was wearing a suit and he walked decisively towards Park Avenue.
Two seconds later a woman came out of the cab as well.
“You can’t do this to me,” she shouted. “You can’t leave me alone with the bill.”
The woman was dressed more casually than the man.
She started running after the man.
They were both in their early thirties.
The cab was waiting. The bill had not been paid yet, that much was clear.
I thought of an evening a while ago when a woman with whom I was having dinner stormed out of the restaurant.
I hate these fights in public.
There are hotel rooms for fights and sex -- and murder, if necessary.
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My bedroom has been the setting of several murders last night. Somehow the gnats breed like hell and what's more they are fairly huge. Had to give the bedroom up to them at 3 a.m.
The night before there had been men under the window fighting and shouting between 3 and 4 a.m. I heard a massive thump when one of them was thrown against the wall.
Ground floor flats are a punishment.
The night before there had been men under the window fighting and shouting between 3 and 4 a.m. I heard a massive thump when one of them was thrown against the wall.
Ground floor flats are a punishment.
I live near a forest, so I'm pretty used to hearing gunshots. Usually they're made by hunters or forest rangers. The other night, however, someone shot a machinegun. I don't know whether it was used in the forest or a nearby mansion.
We all know the stillness of a greek island can be addictive , it can take while again, or you may never come to your sences, longing to move.
@Dens
Well, forests are again very different i suppose;)
@Dens
Well, forests are again very different i suppose;)
neighbors
I'm going to recommend a good hotel to my neighbors!Almost everybody can fight their fight on tv these days. The fights in public now are done by people that even the most disrespectful tv-programmes turned down because of lack of talent, i dont know. I'm in favour of a tv-channel for these fighters. They are commercially very interresting.
brilliant piece, it worked on my imagination well enough. Naw York , New York , it suits you and your writings .
(When I was a kid, my parents liked to punish me in public. My mother explained: “We do not believe in God, we believe in the people, so you shall always stand trial before the people.”)
The people as my ‘oberster Gerichtsherr’, so to speak. Or public opinion as a ‘Stellvertreter’ for God.
@Dens
It was Mieke…
The people as my ‘oberster Gerichtsherr’, so to speak. Or public opinion as a ‘Stellvertreter’ for God.
@Dens
It was Mieke…
@ Bernard f
Thats wonderful, and thats almost the way society works now even when they claim its on (non-)religious grounds, isnt it? In a few hundred years we live in a Spartan world, where we don't need no parents any more, only for sentimental reasons, there will be anniversaries to copy with that, the rule of law.
Thats wonderful, and thats almost the way society works now even when they claim its on (non-)religious grounds, isnt it? In a few hundred years we live in a Spartan world, where we don't need no parents any more, only for sentimental reasons, there will be anniversaries to copy with that, the rule of law.
I adore these fights in public. It's the ones you don't see you need to worry about.
Psychology
@AliefkaI don't think you can make a general rule about this really, that's a bit too easy, a bit pseudo-psychology i call that. But maybe that's because i studied it.
Milan,
You studied pseudo-psychology?
You studied pseudo-psychology?
@Jeanette
Lol:)
Lol:)
Irrational thinking will be creative, as long as its still alowed. A cliché may sometimes be used in a work of fiction for comedic effect. Literaire work may become a cliché, while the true art turns out to be interesting.
Milan, can you yourself shed a little light on what you are trying to say here?
1. Irrational thinking will be creative, as long as its still alowed.
- Allowed by whom?
2. A cliché may sometimes be used in a work of fiction for comedic effect.
- Isn't this a cliché?
- What about the other times?
3. Literaire work may become a cliché, while the true art turns out to be interesting.
- 1rst part: under which conditions? Please give us two examples.
- 2nd part: while? the true art?? turns out to be interesting??
1. Irrational thinking will be creative, as long as its still alowed.
- Allowed by whom?
2. A cliché may sometimes be used in a work of fiction for comedic effect.
- Isn't this a cliché?
- What about the other times?
3. Literaire work may become a cliché, while the true art turns out to be interesting.
- 1rst part: under which conditions? Please give us two examples.
- 2nd part: while? the true art?? turns out to be interesting??
1.The American Psychological Association
2.No / The other time it can still be funny;)
3.When people force themselves to write literature with a L. / Spontaniously written (artistic), intuitive, seems to be more interesting for the mind(s of the people), makes them think or forget
2.No / The other time it can still be funny;)
3.When people force themselves to write literature with a L. / Spontaniously written (artistic), intuitive, seems to be more interesting for the mind(s of the people), makes them think or forget
1. The APA as thought-police? What are their sanctions when you think something they don't allow??
3. Are you referring to yourself, Milan?
If your 'seems to be' is related to a research/book you read, can you send me a link?
You give the impression writing literature equals therapy.
3. Are you referring to yourself, Milan?
If your 'seems to be' is related to a research/book you read, can you send me a link?
You give the impression writing literature equals therapy.
@Jeanette
Only autobiographies are therapy, i do not like that type of books personally. Do you find them interesting?
Only autobiographies are therapy, i do not like that type of books personally. Do you find them interesting?
Milan,
Autobiographies have no appeal to me (yet). Diaries and correspondances do.
Which autobiographies did you read to base your opinion on?
Can you answer my question on the APA and nr. 3? Or do I have to consider your remarks at nr. 3 as deriving from pseudo literary studies?
Autobiographies have no appeal to me (yet). Diaries and correspondances do.
Which autobiographies did you read to base your opinion on?
Can you answer my question on the APA and nr. 3? Or do I have to consider your remarks at nr. 3 as deriving from pseudo literary studies?
@jeanette
Your questions do not seem open enough. Maybe you can try to answer them without my help.
Your questions do not seem open enough. Maybe you can try to answer them without my help.
Milan,
Guess what?
The APA won't allow me answering my questions to you all by myself. They especially object to me answering the one on the biographies you read, stating I would get far too creative in doing so.
The sanction is a compulsory reading of your website. Well, .....
Guess what?
The APA won't allow me answering my questions to you all by myself. They especially object to me answering the one on the biographies you read, stating I would get far too creative in doing so.
The sanction is a compulsory reading of your website. Well, .....
@Jeanette
Poor thing, give me your email address so i can answer you personally, i can not make you suffer this much;)
Poor thing, give me your email address so i can answer you personally, i can not make you suffer this much;)
Milan,
Perhaps Josiane Pollet wants to exchange her email address with you?
Third time's the charm...
Perhaps Josiane Pollet wants to exchange her email address with you?
Third time's the charm...
@Jeanette
Just wait for the new novel of Arnon to read compulsory, i understood it's fully autobiographic....but i have no idea when the english version will be out for you.
Just wait for the new novel of Arnon to read compulsory, i understood it's fully autobiographic....but i have no idea when the english version will be out for you.
Milan,
You consider reading one of Arnon's novels a sanction?
I'm still waiting for Tirza.
Bert Hesper made you an offer you might want to accept.
You'll have to pay his fees yourself of course.
You consider reading one of Arnon's novels a sanction?
I'm still waiting for Tirza.
Bert Hesper made you an offer you might want to accept.
You'll have to pay his fees yourself of course.
@Jeanette
Waiting for Tirza? Saw a trailer (the movie, u mean the movie not?) and that actually looks promising, honestly, i have a feeling it might be a good one.
(hope it will be better received then the one from Houellebecq, that i have not seen yet ..)
ps: do not look at my website yet, it's not finished....
Waiting for Tirza? Saw a trailer (the movie, u mean the movie not?) and that actually looks promising, honestly, i have a feeling it might be a good one.
(hope it will be better received then the one from Houellebecq, that i have not seen yet ..)
ps: do not look at my website yet, it's not finished....
Milan,
Tirza: waiting for the English edition of the novel.
Tirza: waiting for the English edition of the novel.
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