Jitterbug Perfume, Week 10, Daffy Yum
JITTERBUG PERFUME
Week 10, Dec. 7 – Dec. 14
Page 63
Dale wrote:
I love when Tom turns a phrase. On this page, "poorer of some hopes, but freer of some illusions" gave me a shiver. When he's "on". He can make a phrase tell you your own life story. Guess that's why I’m a fan. What did y'all like about this page?
Dale
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Oh...this is great. Two birds (one in the hand, one in the bush) with one stone. First, the band--the Translucent Cherub Sperms or possibly the Midnight Blue Syrups. (P. 63, JP).
Dale, you ask what we like about page 63. The entire first full paragraph sets my whiskers to vibrating. TR describes the scentsation (heh) when Madam Devalier maneuvers "her midget submarine of a nose along dockside of the concentration crock...washing her in star waters...." TR's descriptive powers fly high and at full throttle in this paragraph.
Also, two catlings have come to live with me in the past week. (I know...cats. ) Upon entering for the first time, the sleek, black panther went directly to my desk and laid down on my JP reading copy, thereby earning the name Kudra. (Obviously a cat with exquisite literary taste.) She has not taken heed of any other tome, but apparently wanted to mark JP as her own--I came home today to find that half the pages have tiny pinpricks in the upper right hand corner from her tiny needle fangs. Thankfully, she did not actually tear pages or render words unreadable. All of this is to ask any linguistic cat people among you (I'm not really one yet) if you've notice that Vlu's speech sounds eerily like Early American lol- cat speak ( e.g.: "Ah not talking 'bout no sleep...Ah be talking 'bout vegables...vegables flying in through dee winda and landing on mah bed."). Was TR the forefather of lol-cat speak? =^..^=
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Christa Rose wrote:
"Bingo Pajama smell nice"
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Denise wrote:
The description of Papa's fat method has always stuck with me. I hadn't ever considered that the fragrance had to be extracted from its organic source, or how one could go about doing that.
That and the midget submarine of a nose...
Denise
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Dale wrote:
I like to get everyone's reactions to the reading. Sometimes things are pointed out to me that I didn't notice or isolate in their beauty. like this smell nice quote or even the midnight blue syrups paragraph really. Then i look back and slap myself upside the head for obtuseness. :-)
thanks y'all
Dale
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Page 64
Dale wrote:
After reading Tom talking about "the lewd breath of Louisiana,” I saw this report:
A new report called America’s Health Rankings considered factors such as binge drinking, immunization rates, pollution, and disease to determine the healthiest and unhealthiest states in America. The winners: Vermont, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Minnesota, and Utah. The bottom five included Texas, Tennessee, South Carolina, Mississippi, and —in dead last—Louisiana.
Dale
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Page 65
Dale wrote:
Does anyone remember who was leaving the beets in Paris, Seattle and New Orleans?
Dale
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Jeanne wrote:
I thought it was Pan
Jeanne
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Chrome Toaster wrote:
Pretty sure you're right, Jeanne, because there was a cloying aroma in the hallway when Priscilla found her beet. By that time, though, wasn't Pan pretty much invisible. (Was this a trick question?)
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Deena wrote:
I thought it was Bingo Pajama...? The 'cloying aroma' being his jasmine?
