3three_questions_stoic crOwl in your post, calm, you say, "i experience it all?" please explain in reference to your vision of the "city, vast and powerful." 2two. are you new to red_blather or are you writing under a different name? 3three. did you see the new tim burton film, "big fish?" if so, please shre your feelings about it. if not, go see it asap. 040113 ... stoic first. I do not need to take part in a thing. if I watch the thing, and feel the thing, I know everything about the thing. when it was written, I was talking about my body. I do not need to respond to what my body tells me. knowing is enough. it was a reference to the stoics, whom I know little about, but feel connected to in a small way. second. I have not played with red words for very long, and when I did before, they were filled with fire. I am from the icy lands. third. no. have you seen the last samurai? . 040113 ... stoic so there. . 040125 ... stoic third now I have seen big fish. well. it is true that we live on through other peoples memories. There were a few bits I liked a lot, and a lot of bits that simple were there. I cannot remember which bits I liked a lot. But there were a few. What did you think of it? 040201 ... crOwl sorry i failed to answer your question about the last samurai. i didn't see it, although i want to. i am a major film addict, especially for the critically acclaimed ones. my brother just foned me yesterday and told me he was able to attend the santa barbara film festival's featured evening at the arlington theatre with peter jackson, director of the lord of the rings. we go way back with our infatuation with the silver screen. my daughter will be attending summer camp at the nyc film academy and plans on doing college there. she made a snowboarding film last year at 15 years old that was a huge hit at our local resort. anyway, i'm a major tim burton fan. and big fish is a stunning expose of his eclectic talent. the film meant much more to me because my father was almost identical to the one portrayed. he was an amazing storyteller, was able to wring every drop of life out of a situation, could make friends from strangers in five minutes, had a stunning imagination, and even died of a stroke's complications. so, for me, big fish hit hard. i was a huge weeping mess several times during the showing. i couldn't move emotionally as eddie vedder's haunting song, "man of the hour," played. and finally i had to wash my entire face in the restroom. all i can say is, love your father. try to see him as a whole person. who he is as well as who he was. where he came from. try to understand him. we all have a lot of our father's influences, whether we like it or not. some dads walk out. some are never there, or never were. and that sucks. thank god i had one who loved my mother. he wasn't perfect but he was there. overall, i'm nothing without his love and his example. 040202 ... stoic there was a bit where I looked away, where he had the plastic tubes going into his nose... but that really is another story - too much association. And I'm lucky because both my parents are ok, and despite a very rocky start, we get on ok now. 040202 what's it to you? who go blather from