tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post7089531235841862594..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: 'Please hate these people'Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-50222127074568099832009-03-16T09:47:00.000-04:002009-03-16T09:47:00.000-04:00"I wasn't at all bothered by the Europeans or faux..."I wasn't at all bothered by the Europeans or faux-Europeans with family money -- I'm glad they're spending it."<BR/><BR/>I guess I should have been more precise. I'm not bothered <I>by the (faux-) Europeans</I>, so much as by the attitude that somehow trashy decadence (or discount designer rummaging) is more understated and acceptable when the participants come from Europe than when they come from Long Island or Kansas. <BR/><BR/>"the Wall Streeters who say they made enough in the past 5 years that the road goes on forever and the party never ends."<BR/><BR/>You're right, that quote may have been the more annoying one.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-80670357177487427532009-03-16T09:32:00.000-04:002009-03-16T09:32:00.000-04:00I wasn't at all bothered by the Europeans or faux-...I wasn't at all bothered by the Europeans or faux-Europeans with family money -- I'm glad they're spending it. The bailout guy is annoying, but bothers me far less than the Wall Streeters who say they made enough in the past 5 years that the road goes on forever and the party never ends. That makes me think "clawback." (Refers to "clawing back" bonuses that ultimately turn out not to have been earned: if they gave bonuses based on how well the funds etc. did, and it turns out that that was a Bear Stearns house of cards, take back the bonuses -- they weren't genuinely earned.)PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-17630700911306176102009-03-15T23:16:00.000-04:002009-03-15T23:16:00.000-04:00I read Cheri for the MA exam, and don't remember i...I read Cheri for the MA exam, and don't remember it being particularly overwritten. Then again, I read a lot for that exam, and my mind's now on other novels and exams, so who knows, maybe it's a mess in French and English. Or maybe it's just a crappy translation?Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-38345191718118439682009-03-15T23:13:00.000-04:002009-03-15T23:13:00.000-04:00hmm... I think I have an copy of Zola's collected ...hmm... I think I have an copy of Zola's collected works around here somewhere. Now very tempted to read L'Argent. But it's probably not nearly as good in translation. (Is it just me, or do other people find French novels vastly overwritten in English? Case in point, Colette. Does Cheri sound totally normal in French?) <BR/><BR/>(Wow, that was digressive. Sorry.)Paul Gowderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987034334075962676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-42177155601429230922009-03-15T23:06:00.000-04:002009-03-15T23:06:00.000-04:00Where I'm at in L'Argent, something a bit like tha...Where I'm at in L'Argent, something a bit like that appears to be happening, but much stranger and more religious...<BR/><BR/>I just can't imagine, if 'bailed out', spending it on... that. Not that what it would go to would be 'better' or more intellectual or something, but fancy cheese, expensive-but-possible-to-walk-in shoes, travel, a dishwasher, and, fine, some Amazon.fr book purchases might be nice. (I could even get to own a copy of L'Argent!) But waking up early on a Saturday to vastly overpay for alcohol and go dancing with women wearing (what I'd imagine was) the Official Clubbing Outfit of 1998? Not seeing it.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-82545372073465949182009-03-15T22:51:00.000-04:002009-03-15T22:51:00.000-04:00Hmm... I think I want to found the Bank of Gowder ...Hmm... I think I want to found the Bank of Gowder and convince the Treasury Department to give me huge truckloads of unmarked hundreds on the condition that I promise to think about loaning some of it out sometime. I'd kind of like to go to one of those brunches. From here. In a private jet.Paul Gowderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987034334075962676noreply@blogger.com