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"I put my heart and soul into that house!"
"You should've used Lumber."
I got stuck home from Enid Outreach because I developed a massive case of hives right before it was time to go. After a shower and a quick inventory, I positively identified these swollen body parts:
Eye (just one, of course)
Top lip
Bottom Lip
Cheek
Right shoulder.
Complete with red spots Everywhere.
Two eggs
about seven cups of flour
1.5 cups milk
2 packets yeast (4.5 tsp)
half a cup of sugar
2 tsp salt
.5 cups warm water
.5 cups shortening
Cinnamon rolls!
Mr. Carroll and I discussed Nickel Creek today. I agreed with him, so he didn't learn a thing (as he had hoped).
From this discussion, I've developed a word of wisdom for all aspiring songwriters:
Don't be clever. Be clear. Only say something if you have something to say.
And that's it!
Well met, Well met, said an old true love;
Well met, Well met, said he.
I've just returned from the salt, salt sea,
And it's all for the love of thee.
To me, the House Carpenter has always meant this:
The House Carpenter himself, a man with no role in the song whatsoever, represents God (or he could).
His wife, the unfaithful, represents the church. She goes into hell with her old true love, who represents evil.
Which is why the song is theologically unsound. If the House Carpenter truly represented God, the woman wouldn't have left him.
In the story, of course, she leaves her darlin little babe with the House Carpenter, and weeps for it as she dies, but it's too late. Of course, it's implied that the baby is fine. But still.
It has this moral: When you commit spiritual adultery, you DIE. That's a great moral, really.
Now that I retell the story, it sounds like Anna Karenina.
They had not been on the ship three weeks,
I'm sure it was not four.
When there came a leak in the bottom of the ship,
and sank it for to rise no more.
"You should've used Lumber."
I got stuck home from Enid Outreach because I developed a massive case of hives right before it was time to go. After a shower and a quick inventory, I positively identified these swollen body parts:
Eye (just one, of course)
Top lip
Bottom Lip
Cheek
Right shoulder.
Complete with red spots Everywhere.
Two eggs
about seven cups of flour
1.5 cups milk
2 packets yeast (4.5 tsp)
half a cup of sugar
2 tsp salt
.5 cups warm water
.5 cups shortening
Cinnamon rolls!
Mr. Carroll and I discussed Nickel Creek today. I agreed with him, so he didn't learn a thing (as he had hoped).
From this discussion, I've developed a word of wisdom for all aspiring songwriters:
Don't be clever. Be clear. Only say something if you have something to say.
And that's it!
Well met, Well met, said an old true love;
Well met, Well met, said he.
I've just returned from the salt, salt sea,
And it's all for the love of thee.
To me, the House Carpenter has always meant this:
The House Carpenter himself, a man with no role in the song whatsoever, represents God (or he could).
His wife, the unfaithful, represents the church. She goes into hell with her old true love, who represents evil.
Which is why the song is theologically unsound. If the House Carpenter truly represented God, the woman wouldn't have left him.
In the story, of course, she leaves her darlin little babe with the House Carpenter, and weeps for it as she dies, but it's too late. Of course, it's implied that the baby is fine. But still.
It has this moral: When you commit spiritual adultery, you DIE. That's a great moral, really.
Now that I retell the story, it sounds like Anna Karenina.
They had not been on the ship three weeks,
I'm sure it was not four.
When there came a leak in the bottom of the ship,
and sank it for to rise no more.
posted by Unknown at 4:18 PM
2 Comments:
Poor girl. What gave you hives? They are very uncomfortable.
You and Mr. Carroll... :) It was funny to listen to you two talk about Nickel Creek. I didn't know he liked it that much.
Quote=Green Acres, right???
Haha. Now you can't say there are no comments. =)
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