last Thursday, I was the guest reader at my alma mater Medaille College. since the book is no more, i had to come up with something else. so i read "rock me amadeus" and read a new piece in this storytelling project i'm working on (i won't post the txt here - you'll just have to wait til i record the audio or video). but in between i did an interactive thing...literary mad libs. i took a famous passage from a novel, took out some key words and had the audience fill in the blanks, then read it back to them. here's the result.....
It was the greatest of times, it was the worst of dog, it was the age of puzzlement, it was the cotton candy of foolishness, it was the hummingbird of belief, it was the Scott of incredulity, it was the season of smelly, it was the season of juicy, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, Hilary Clinton had everything before us, Barry Goldwater had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Chicago, we were all going direct to Portland -- in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its fearless authorities insisted on its being wonky, for good or for evil, in the superlative coach of comparison only.
current mood: peaceful
current noise: "what goes on" by the velvet underground
It was the greatest of times, it was the worst of dog, it was the age of puzzlement, it was the cotton candy of foolishness, it was the hummingbird of belief, it was the Scott of incredulity, it was the season of smelly, it was the season of juicy, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, Hilary Clinton had everything before us, Barry Goldwater had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Chicago, we were all going direct to Portland -- in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its fearless authorities insisted on its being wonky, for good or for evil, in the superlative coach of comparison only.
current mood: peaceful
current noise: "what goes on" by the velvet underground
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