tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794978458772149149.post4958121313990037296..comments2023-10-25T07:38:16.249-07:00Comments on Green Thoughts: My nemesis.Renaissance Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06243095907452011303noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794978458772149149.post-51121572901148206382010-05-06T20:12:01.230-07:002010-05-06T20:12:01.230-07:00I'm pretty certain you're not on the list,...I'm pretty certain you're not on the list, and that, yes: you have lulled him into a false sense of security. (I don't know the exact people on said list, but I've heard them described in general terms.)<br /><br />Knew about the book contract--but that makes it all the more likely, don't you think, that he'd be helpful & generous because he <i>doesn't suspect</i> your dastardly intentions?Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794978458772149149.post-41667331414451621152010-05-06T20:00:54.394-07:002010-05-06T20:00:54.394-07:00Damn. I just checked my nemesis's faculty web...Damn. I just checked my nemesis's faculty webpage, and his book is, in fact, under contract, and will be out in 2011. Damn.Renaissance Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06243095907452011303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794978458772149149.post-22699711881574622292010-05-06T19:46:15.341-07:002010-05-06T19:46:15.341-07:00Flav--Are you suggesting that I am NOT on this lis...Flav--Are you suggesting that I am NOT on this list of nemeses to which you are privy? (Maniacal cackle.) Then perhaps it is <i>I</i> who have lulled <i>him</i>...Renaissance Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06243095907452011303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794978458772149149.post-18395258875807729662010-05-06T18:33:19.230-07:002010-05-06T18:33:19.230-07:00Goddamn his eyes! Why does he have to be so ... n...Goddamn his eyes! Why does he have to be so ... nice?the rebel lettristehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369013300190217105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794978458772149149.post-59252483279240305822010-05-06T16:50:40.115-07:002010-05-06T16:50:40.115-07:00Hee.
FWIW, I happen to know that your nemesis has...Hee.<br /><br />FWIW, I happen to know that your nemesis has nemeses--a full-on enemies list, in fact--but I'm pretty sure none of them work on quite what you/he do.<br /><br />But in any case, I'm with Moria: I think you'd be really fruitful collaborators, and I suspect he'd give you generous feedback on your work. Best thing about having a nemesis who doesn't know he's your nemesis? Surprise attack! You can take advantage of his obliviousness.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794978458772149149.post-66337589968057091962010-05-06T15:12:10.058-07:002010-05-06T15:12:10.058-07:00Fie et al.--I hope it's clear here that my nem...Fie et al.--I hope it's clear here that my nemesis doesn't actually know that I call him my nemesis. That this archrivalry is all in my head.Renaissance Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06243095907452011303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794978458772149149.post-63369810837855840452010-05-06T15:06:17.270-07:002010-05-06T15:06:17.270-07:00You know, it's crazy. I never want to talk Sha...You know, it's crazy. I never want to talk Shakespeare with other Shakespeareans in my RL because of my own insecurities. I'm afraid they will reference something I haven't read, or that they will poke holes in my arguments with something I don't know about. There's just too much scholarship out there for me to know it all, and I worry that others will somehow have a photographic memory, and read 1000 books a year because they don't have children or responsibilities keeping them from doing all that work. <br /><br />It's silly of me, I know. But I get the nemesis thing. You'd think that someone who writes about the same thing you do would be a good buddy. And yet... I totally get why he's just the opposite.Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794978458772149149.post-51845194452069657132010-05-06T15:01:00.689-07:002010-05-06T15:01:00.689-07:00Oh, Leslie. I have my poetry nemesis, too. But s...Oh, Leslie. I have my poetry nemesis, too. But she's a for-real nemesis: a talentless hack who uses her personal connections to get good gigs and a backbiting bitch on top of it all. I've all but designed her supervillain costume.Renaissance Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06243095907452011303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794978458772149149.post-15420194146216708532010-05-06T13:24:51.403-07:002010-05-06T13:24:51.403-07:00My god, he sounds dastardly!!! Where will it stop?...My god, he sounds dastardly!!! Where will it stop???squadratomagicohttp://squadratomagico.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794978458772149149.post-74636839980015121592010-05-06T13:19:18.365-07:002010-05-06T13:19:18.365-07:00Geeze Louise. I gotta get me a nemesis. All my fav...Geeze Louise. I gotta get me a nemesis. All my favorite poets have them. Several have arch-nemeses. Me? I got nuthin'. D'ya suppose that means I am a failure as a poet?<br /><br />And if anyone would like to suggest a nemesis or arch-nemesis, I'm taking names.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163920808413285914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794978458772149149.post-8234167216058391312010-05-06T13:06:37.452-07:002010-05-06T13:06:37.452-07:00No chance of starting a collaborative relationship...No chance of starting a collaborative relationship? Once the book(s) are done, that is. It strikes me that philology + theory makes a powerful team (by your powers combined, you are Captain Poetics?). Worth a try for an article or two, if not a book-length thing.moriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390704103460109691noreply@blogger.com