LOL, and I though I was the only one who thought that about Froog. JES, thanks for mentioning the thing I never wanted to mention, so that I wouldn't blow his cover.
Surely in Everett's day they would have been rollerskates, Tony?
I jest, of course. That's one of my favourite moments from Kane. And I did come upon you retelling of the incident when I was browsing through your archives earlier in the year.
I have a nagging feeling that there's something similar in L'Éducation sentimentale - Frederic glimpses a young woman on at a train station or on a boat, never speaks to her or sees her again, yet his romantic imagination is haunted by her for the rest of his days. Am I just deluding myself on that? I haven't read the book since I was at school.
A leading presenter on China Central Television's English-language channel has revealed himself to be a xenophobic hate-monger. WHY does he still have a job? Lobby for his dismissal - by any and all means.
Days Ai Weiwei was detained
80
With ironic, sinister symmetry, the celebrity artist/activist was incarcerated on the same day that my friend Wu Yuren was finally released from 10 months' detention.
Now, like Wu, he's been released on extremely restrictive 'bail' terms - but could face re-arrest at any moment. He was detained incommunicado from April 3rd to June 22nd 2011.
Days Wu Yuren was in prison
307
"Released on parole" after 10 months; "parole" lifted another year later. The original charges against him were apparently dropped without his trial ever being formally concluded.
Froog is an escaped lawyer - but there is no need for alarm; he is only a danger to himself, not to the general public. An eternal wanderer, he now lives in an exotic city somewhere in the 'Third World' *, where he is held prisoner by an unfinished novel (or, more precisely, an unstarted novel). He spends a lot of time running, writing, taking photographs, and falling in love with women who fail to appreciate him. He also spends a lot of time in bars.
[* OK, I'll come clean: I've been living in Beijing since summer '02.]
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Following the link, I found your touching story about the girl on roller blades. Just like the one Everett Sloane told.
You're in the USA? My, you do get around. No wonder everyone thinks you're a spy.
LOL, and I though I was the only one who thought that about Froog. JES, thanks for mentioning the thing I never wanted to mention, so that I wouldn't blow his cover.
Earthling
They seek him here, they seek him there...
Surely in Everett's day they would have been rollerskates, Tony?
I jest, of course. That's one of my favourite moments from Kane. And I did come upon you retelling of the incident when I was browsing through your archives earlier in the year.
I have a nagging feeling that there's something similar in L'Éducation sentimentale - Frederic glimpses a young woman on at a train station or on a boat, never speaks to her or sees her again, yet his romantic imagination is haunted by her for the rest of his days. Am I just deluding myself on that? I haven't read the book since I was at school.
One of my favorite moments in the movie, too. (Bernstein in general, for some reason, is for me the most affecting character.)
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