Thursday, March 15, 2007
Am I "Mittyesque"?
Bat For Lashes - Prescilla (video)
Physical State: lumbering
Mental State: foggy
Music: Bat For Lashes - Fur and Gold
Fashion sense: grey sweatshirt, blue jeans
For the past few days I have had the name Walter Mitty coming up in dreams and when I'm walking around during the day. You know like when you get a jingle from a commercial or some obscure name that you keep repeating over and over again in your mind? (Ok just me huh? uh haha). So Walter Mitty is the name I kept thinking about (or heard in some dream). So today I looked the name up and this is what I found in Wikipedia:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1941) is a short story by James Thurber. The most famous of Thurber's stories, it first appeared in The New Yorker on March 18, 1939; and was first collected in his book My World and Welcome to It (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942). It has since been reprinted in James Thurber: Writings and Drawings (The Library of America, 1996, ISBN 1-883011-22-1). It was made into a 1947 movie of the same name, with Danny Kaye in the title role, though the movie is very different from the original story.
The name Walter Mitty and the derivative word "Mittyesque" have entered the English language, denoting an ineffectual person who spends more time in heroic daydreams than paying attention to the real world.[1]
I think the last sentence strikes me immediately, speaking about the adjective "Mittyesque". Weird that I would have this name going over and over again in my mind (and in dreams). I should rent the movie. Maybe I should stop daydreaming. I probably read it or heard it referred to on the radio. Strange how this stuff gets in there.
Oh and Natasha Khan (aka Bat For Lashes, above) is this week's new musical obsession. Mix of Cat Power, Siouxsie Sioux, Kate Bush and Pram among other comparisons. Love it!
Bat For Lashes - Prescilla (video)
Physical State: lumbering
Mental State: foggy
Music: Bat For Lashes - Fur and Gold
Fashion sense: grey sweatshirt, blue jeans
For the past few days I have had the name Walter Mitty coming up in dreams and when I'm walking around during the day. You know like when you get a jingle from a commercial or some obscure name that you keep repeating over and over again in your mind? (Ok just me huh? uh haha). So Walter Mitty is the name I kept thinking about (or heard in some dream). So today I looked the name up and this is what I found in Wikipedia:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1941) is a short story by James Thurber. The most famous of Thurber's stories, it first appeared in The New Yorker on March 18, 1939; and was first collected in his book My World and Welcome to It (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942). It has since been reprinted in James Thurber: Writings and Drawings (The Library of America, 1996, ISBN 1-883011-22-1). It was made into a 1947 movie of the same name, with Danny Kaye in the title role, though the movie is very different from the original story.
The name Walter Mitty and the derivative word "Mittyesque" have entered the English language, denoting an ineffectual person who spends more time in heroic daydreams than paying attention to the real world.[1]
I think the last sentence strikes me immediately, speaking about the adjective "Mittyesque". Weird that I would have this name going over and over again in my mind (and in dreams). I should rent the movie. Maybe I should stop daydreaming. I probably read it or heard it referred to on the radio. Strange how this stuff gets in there.
Oh and Natasha Khan (aka Bat For Lashes, above) is this week's new musical obsession. Mix of Cat Power, Siouxsie Sioux, Kate Bush and Pram among other comparisons. Love it!
