Secret Writing
Toulouse-Lautrec is a fascinating artist… not at all a poor … but born into wealth… and yet he chose to hang out in the brothels and night clubs of the seedy Montmartre area outside of Paris. His pastels are caricatures of Montmartre nightlife… so colorful and his lines are so wonderfully deliberate. Tres magnifique!
Brig,
I just saw your reply (yesterday) to Joe about ticket and couch-providing Emily having other, more important things to do than hang with R & R at the art buffet.
Wow, and here I thought Em had Ry-designs going, and Randie was but a third wheel.
Should we expect a surprise appearance of Em with her not-so-EXXXXXXXXXXXXXX?
If Em is really so into Ryan, you’d think she’d take a greater sense of, oh, “ownership.”
Stick, if Emily really was that possessive, she’d have sent one ticket, just for Ryan.
Also, Brig pointed out that Emily had already been to see the exhibition. Ryan will have explained his relationship with Randie to Emily, so Emily wouldn’t see Randie as a potential threat. If she did, I’m pretty sure we’d have seen it before now.
I’m inclined to suspect that given the evidence of Emily’s consideration, she didn’t want to create awkwardness. She and Ryan could hardly be all kissy-face in front of Randie, because that would have made the latter feel very uncomfortable (having been a third wheel – or as we call it in England, a gooseberry – on many occasions, I speak from experience).
There’s a possibility that Emily’s ex could have flown all the way from England, but my suspicion is that Emily was firm but gentle with her former bf, thereby dissuading him from spending hundreds of dollars on a trip only to be rebuffed.
Having said all of this, given my high failure rate with prediction, all of what I said won’t happen will happen.
I wonder how Emily would react to some of the things Ryan’s written about Randi.
If forced to articulate their relationship, Ryan and Randie would come up with “big brother-kid sister”. NOTE – I am not saying this description is accurate, just that this is they would perceive it.
The relationship between Randie & Ryan is complicated. She’s terribly dependent on him… and he recognizes this and doesn’t fight it. Ryan likes to take care of people. Perhaps this is a source of jealousy on Randie’s part… YET, she wants Rye to be happy… and…well, more on this whole thing later… read on, my Squiddies!
Yes, Ryan has notebooks filled with “stuff about Randie”… Em, being somewhat of a writer of horror stories… might be shocked!
Gooseberry! Gooseberry! I love that word. Gooseberry. Although, it sounds as if you don’t want to BE one. And being a third wheel is poopy. Em is thoughtful of Randie in this way. No gooseberry there at the musee de Young.
Hmm.
If Randie had two available tickets to the art buffet, and had already dined there earlier, as had Em, would she have given them to Rye and Emily to go there together? Uh, no.
Would Ryan knowingly let Emily read any of his romanticized musings about Randie? Not likely.
And, ah yes, Emily. Being a writer of horror stories, might she conjure up a murder mystery involving R&R should she inadvertently become wise to Ryan’s prose? If so, would the victim in the tale be one of the R’s, or both, or the M, or any other combination there of?
Which romance will ultimately bloom? I guess we’ll just have to stay tuned to this strip.
I’ve always hated when good friends go off and get married and then opt to hang out with all their married friends. Oh sure, they’ll try to hook you up with awkward date connections so you and some of their other single friends can join them in the married club, together. Yet, until you do join that club, they become pretty much lost to you.
Gooseberries!
Aww, Ryan, Toulouse-Latrec is awesome!
Stick:
What Randie would do, and what Ryan would do, shouldn’t dictate what Emily should do.
Romanticised is not necessarily the same as romantic.
To me, the probability of Randie and Ryan hooking up is disappointingly small. There’s affection, but little else. Randie, for one, seems unable to see what’s right in front of her face.
Oh, and Brig: Gooseberries are green, bitter and are often made fools of. Who’d want to be one?
Alls I can say is… keep a’readin’! I am writing away at a BIG story change soon. I say no more.
Gooseberry, gooseberry, gooseberry!
Better a gooseberry than a goose I reckon…..
Astra…and Brig,
Today’s paper had an article with some interesting survey results.
Entitled, “If Forced To Pick, Some Choose Pet Over Mate,” pet owners were asked, if either their pet, or their spouse or significant other had to go, which would they hold onto?
84 percent of all pet owners would hold onto their spouse/mate.
14 percent would pick their pet.
25 percent of unmarried pet owners would choose their pet over their sig-other.
8 percent of married pet owners would go with the pet over the spouse.
Once respondent, Count Fidel Martinez, 30, Akron, OH (could he really be named that?) was totally loyal to Killer, his 100 pound, mixed breed, rescue dog. Said he, “I would absolutely give up my girlfriend for him,” and, “I know it sounds insane, but I’ve had numerous relationships with women. My dog has never let me down.” They said, for the record, Count has been together with Killer for seven years, and with his girlfriend for four. Hmm, see the relevance of this below.
Oh…
40 percent of women said making a pet or human choice would be tough.
26 percent of men said the one-or-the-other choice would be hard.
35 percent of both cat and dog owners similarily called the choice a hard one (so no difference there).
Tough choice for: urban dwellers (47%), suburbanites (35%), rural folk (25%).
There was more about why people chose against pets in the past (poor health, dangerous behavior, …), but you get the idea.
Now picture Ryan as the guy forced to choose, Randie as, well, the pet, and Emily in the role of his girlfriend…
According to the (AP-Petside.com) poll, what with Ryan being a single, male suburbanite, he’d have a 25% chance of picking Randie with a 74-65% range that the choice would not be hard.
googleberry.
I’ll never quite look at Toulouse-Lautrec the same again after seeing Terry Gilliam’s cartoon on Monty Python, ‘No-Time Tolouse’. “The story of the wild and lawless days of the post-Impressionists.”
Dada,
Just checked out your “No Time Toulouse” on youtube.
Pretty funny stuff.
I found it amusing as well… What a bunch of silliness, non? No time to lose!
I watched “Mame” last night… whose motto is “Live, Live, Live!” …which you could add onto that… “no time to lose!” If you’ve not seen this movie (and you like old movies), grab some popcorn. It’s not the musical “Auntie Mame” with the poorly cast Lucille Ball… but the one with Ros Russell (1958). This movie is rich…