figure i: Anne Hathaway

(The earlier post on this is The Irreducible Infinitude Of Love: A Spry Conversation On Love, Romanticism, Counter-Enlightenment Ideals / Anti-Intellectualism, etc.)

<joe> man, i was just thinking, anne hathaway’s roles have been tasteful as heck: she played Fatima in Les Miserables, very very well, she played Catwoman in Batman, and Agent 99 in Get Smart – i used to love the old Get Smart on Nick At Nite as a kid. that is some tasteful roles.
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<JohnGuru> I think shoe phone was a parody of Dick Tracy’s wrist phone
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<JohnGuru> the origin of the word “dick”
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<JohnGuru> in 40’s slang, a “dick” was a detective
<JohnGuru> in later jargon, it came to mean anybody who was up tight and institutionally repressed
<joe> lol sweet. urban etymologies. i used to like looking up rock & roll’s etymology
<JohnGuru> :)
<joe> oh
<joe> that sense
<joe> lol
<joe> lol
<JohnGuru> haha
<joe> etymologies are great
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<joe> so yeah, what you said re rainforests, & also this court has found anne hathaway to have good tastes *bangs gavel*
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<joe> but i am here to prove! lol
<joe> anne hathaway has good tastes – agent 99, cat woman, fatima
<JohnGuru> *nods*
<joe> lol
<joe> romanticism =)
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<joe> romanticism is all about love really.
<JohnGuru> possibly
<JohnGuru> romanticism is a general term referring to idealising as time in history, a place, or a person
<JohnGuru> as/a
<joe> “The Magus Of The North” said something to the effect, ‘i want a woman’s loveletter more than i want a logical proof’
<joe> showing the value of Love over truth, as i’ve been noticing
<JohnGuru> like some people fall in love with the “old west,” and romanticize it
<joe> no, not really
<JohnGuru> oh yes
<JohnGuru> well, I can see that
<joe> that’s one sense<joe> but not as a philosophy
<joe> or its roots & real meaning
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<joe> consider it vis a vis counter-enlightenment ideals, non-reductionism, & even some non-intellectualism
<joe> anti-/non-
<joe> Love as greater than truth/science/knowledge
<joe> is really my thrust
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<joe> with romanticism
<JohnGuru> *nods*
<JohnGuru> sure, those are all good things :)
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<joe> JohnGuru: but romanticism simply comes from romantic love poems, as well as chivalarous knight tales

{ . . .When we talked again, I had one more Cupid’s arrow to send out on this:

from my notes I said:}

“- i just have one question – when you found your wife, your girlfriend, your love interest, did you measure her vital signs – was she “the one” because she had good blood pressure, her pupils weren’t too dilated, her lips weren’t too pink — is that how you chose your Love? — or was it something amazing, beyond human describibility, perhaps something mystical —-”

{John laughed & agreed, in the short time for conversation we had.}

Love is the greatest thing you can get.

Love is the greatest thing you can gift.

Savor every moment of it.

Joe