A woman who is getting older but no wiser. Mother of a splendid daughter, wife, writer, Ph.D., former university lecturer in English and theatre, bibliophile. cinephile, music lover. I read constantly and widely -- I'm never without a book in my hand. Should practice piano more. At work on a novel. After living all over Canada and in England, I have returned to the Maritimes. This is a Hiddlescentric blog with a little JJ Feild and Benedict Cumberbatch on the side. You have been warned. Here be dragons.
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Currently reading:
Emile Zola. Pot-Bouille (1882).
What I'm Watching:
Slumdog Millionaire (dir. Boyle, 2008)
What I'm Listening To:
Crowded House
Orff's Carmina Burana
Jonsi
Oscar Wilde(1854-1900)
During a time of moral conservatism, Wilde managed to survive his youth decked out in flamboyant clothing exuding eccentricity, because of his stunning wit – the true cause of his celebrity. While studying at Oxford University, Oscar would walk through the streets with a lobster on a leash. His room was decorated with bright blue china, sunflowers, and peacock feathers. He was the direct opposite of what Victorian England expected a man to be and he flaunted it for all he was worth. Unfortunately an affair with Lord Alfred Douglas brought an end to a brilliant career when Wilde was jailed for sodomy.
woah salvadore dali eat your heart out
gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know what’s awesome? Oscar and I have the same birthday!
This man is my hero in about a billion ways.
it would be incredibly tedious to actually walk a lobster. unless he was just dragging a dead lobster behind him, which...
woah salvadore dali eat your heart