Angel Dust on 19/1/2011 at 10:40
:laff:
RE Black Swan: Doesn't open over here until next week but I'll be there on opening night!
SubJeff on 19/1/2011 at 11:44
Quote Posted by Renzatic
PERUSE MY COLLECTION, PERSONS OF INTEREST. ENJOY MY TASTE IN VARIOUS READING MATERIALS AND OTHER INFOLOGICAL HAPPENSTANCES INVOLVING DATA TRANSFERENCE VIA THE WRITTEN WORD!
I FIND YOUR COLLECTION IN ELECTRONIC READING MATERIAL ENTHUSING, AND YOUR ITUNES PLAYLIST APPROPRIATELY ECLECTIC! ENGAGE PRE-COITAL ACTIVITIES!
...you people scare the shit out of me.
Ha ha ha. No, I'm not that much of a Robot. This was the icing on the crapcake. I'm not going to dismiss someone because they don't share my musical/reading/film interests. My main issue was the "I didn't get it". I'm not a snob of any sort and I can get on with anyone. But I rarely feel a connection to someone of the opposite sex if I feel that our intellectual levels are too far apart, and that goes either way.
Anyway, my point was someone's bookshelf is not an accurate reflection of their personality.
Stitch on 19/1/2011 at 15:56
Quote Posted by Aja
you guys really think common interests aren't important? The nice girl I'm getting along with tells me she's into Hemingway and I am suddenly doubly interested/aroused.
This thread isn't about not reading Hemingway, it's about not having his drunk ass taking up space on your bookshelf. I get where you're coming from--collections of things are nice, and defining oneself by them is a longstanding tradition with young, opinionated dudes--but ultimately the e-book shift changes nothing beyond moving things out of physical space and into pure data.
That girl you're talking to can still love Hemingway, you'll just be prevented from making snap surface judgments on a collection that you can't actually see.
Stitch on 19/1/2011 at 16:22
Two other observations about aging that are relevant to this thread:
First: the older I get the more I find that the hassle of storing and moving physical collections outweighs the benefits. I was exactly where Aja was when I was his age, and now I can't help but see possible purchases as just taking up space and collecting dust. Eight years ago I moved all my CDs into books and put the cases into storage, and now I'm just considering tossing the latter entirely. I'm in the middle of a condo purge and I honestly think most of my book collection is going to go. It's a bit terrifying, yeah, but I've found that I don't really miss offloaded stuff once I get used to no longer seeing it sitting around.
Secondly: the older I get the less I give a shit about shared "likes" with a significant other, unless they are part of an important shared pastime. It would be nice to date a woman who is as into Health or LCD Soundsystem as me, yeah, but it's hardly crucial, as I listen to that stuff by myself and go to those shows with existing friends. Discussing Hemingway with a girlfriend would be nice, again, but reading is a solitary activity and I can get my book club fix elsewhere. Yes, you need to share some interests--what are you going to listen to while having sex, otherwise?--but in the end what is far more important is that you two synch up in what you're looking for in shared couple time (and sex, and relationships, and life, and the rest).
Mr.Duck on 19/1/2011 at 18:22
Dammit Stitch, you're not even 40 and I feel like you calling you uncle Stitches.
:)
Aja on 19/1/2011 at 21:59
So when I'm an opinionated *old* man, I'm gonna wanna throw my books away and settle down with someone who doesn't like LCD Soundsystem? Now that I'm aware of this bleak future I'm going to do everything I can to avoid it!
;)
PigLick on 20/1/2011 at 00:24
Ok seeing the topics been broached, I'm gonna say that I could never have sex with someone who listened to music during the act, absolutely cannot stand this!
All I want to hear is the slapping of flesh. Seriously though I find it highly distracting.
Scots Taffer on 20/1/2011 at 00:57
Agreed. It's like people who converse during sex. Unless it's "say my name bitch" or "but I poop from there" wait until after.
Fingernail on 20/1/2011 at 09:50
Yeah, far too distracting/funny in a mood-killing "well this is ridiculous" kind of a way, depending on the choice of music. But if I were to nail it down, it's probably that it introduces too much direction from an exterior source, when surely you want the sexual dynamics to be a product of just THE TWO OF US
WE CAN MAKE IT IF WE TRY
JUST THE
PigLick on 20/1/2011 at 11:14
heh "Worst Choices of Songs to Make Love To"
- any country song
