Poster of a girl and Oscar Wilde

[G-Rod]

Poster of a girl is the contemporary Portrait of Dorian Gray.

"Je sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité
Tu sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité
Tu sais que je n'aime pas ma réalité
Je sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité
Tu sais que je n'aime pas ma réalité
On ne peut pas fabriquer la vérité
Tu sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité
Je sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité"

This is the dialogue between the person and the poster. The narrator is one person and the person on the poster is another one.

"Portrait d'une femme
Affiche d'une fille
Portrait d'une femme
Affiche d'une fille"

"Portrait d'une femme" is the woman herself and "affiche d'une fille" is the projection of this woman. Great reflexion on society, very coherent with the song Succexy.

Emily has done with The Portrait of Dorian Gray what James Joyce did with Homer's Odyssey.

Emily is a real littéraire. She is the Leonard Cohen female. Haines is one of the few songwriters we have today who are littéraire.

Metric sounds like only a "fun band" but they are deeper than what you think.

She denied some important "things" which are in The Portrait of Dorian Gray because it would not have been actual to keep them for the song. Also, we are in post-modernity and we don't need another Oscar Wilde because we have Frederic Beigbeder writing forgettable aphorisms everywhere.

I request a Borgessian song from Metric. It would be very nice considering the name of the band is Metric and it fits very well with Borges.

[Ralph]

-i wanna kick you in the nuts everytime you open your mouth-

I can relate to that.. weirdly..

[G-Rod]

Metric sounds like only a "fun band" but they are deeper than what you think.

ok so what you think that we're all 'tards and didn't know this?
fuck who are you? are you the annoying -i wanna kick you in the nuts everytime you open your mouth- guy in my poetry class? ''ah, moi je trouve que ce texte la ressemble vraiment à ce que rimbaud aurait écris concernant la guerre'' FUCK YAAAAAH!

No, I'm not that guy. I don't raise my hand. But everything has been written and it's normal that contemporary literature has some similitudes with works from the past. And for the annoying guy in your poetry class... At least, he thinks and likes poetry so that's nice. But the example you wrote '('ah, moi je trouve que ce texte la ressemble vraiment à ce que rimbaud aurait écris concernant la guerre'') is stupid. At least, if the guy would have made a comparaison with Aragon... No, he chose Rimbaud! And anyway, the thematic isn't more important than the structure.
And I was talking about some people around me disliking Metric because in their opinion, it's only a "band for high school fat girls thinking they are scene". I wasn't talking about people on this forum.

[G-Rod]

-i wanna kick you in the nuts everytime you open your mouth-

I can relate to that.. weirdly..

Yes, you all hate people who think. We are all this way in Quebec.

Allez donc coller d'autres stickers CHOI FM sur vos minounes.

[Van.]

interesting analysis! And I can see where you're going with the Leonard Cohen comparison!

[G-Rod]

-i wanna kick you in the nuts everytime you open your mouth-

I can relate to that.. weirdly..

Yes, you all hate people who think. We are all this way in Quebec.

Allez donc coller d'autres stickers CHOI FM sur vos minounes.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
wait, i like you! ridicule la brigade pro CHOI FM eh?! haha.
but i don't understand the first sentence... ralph wasnt referring to me (were you sweetheart?)... and i dont hate people who think. the guy in my class just is very very very arogant. i hate arogant people. not people who think, 'cuase i admire the ones who think properly. i'm not an anti-culture countryside quebec citizen. and i study litterature, too.. so... i cant really hate people who think..

Yes, CHOI FM brigade sucks!

Yes I understand you on some point... Some people aime s'écouter parler and I hate them too because their points are often useless.
My sister was in Literature in cégep... Are you going to cegep Garneau? If yes, are you part of the Gilles Pellerin's écurie? Do you hate Marc Rochette? Or you're going to cegep Ste-Foy? My sister was very angry because of the bomb alert in Ste-Foy because she missed her bus transfer hahahaha. I warn you... In university, there is more people than in college qui aiment s'écouter parler.

[wibblewobble]

Professionally trendy in the glow of Clapham sun
There's life after work and it can be such fun
You see all the models in magazines and on the walls
You wanna be just like them
Cause they're so cool

They're just narcissists
Well wouldn't it be nice to be Dorian Gray?
Just for a day
They're just narcissists
Oh, what's so great to be Dorian Gray
Every day?

We're living in a looking glass
As the beauty of life goes by
You're going to be so oh
You're going to grow so old
Your skin so cold

Well they're just narcissists
Well wouldn't it be nice to be Dorian Gray
Just for a day?
Such narcissists
What's so great to be Dorian Gray
Every day?

They're just narcissists
Wouldn't it be great to be Dorian Gray?
Just for a day
Just for a day

[G-Rod]

oh my god... gilles pellerin... i luh him. a lot. well, he's kind of in love with himself but he's a very interesting teacher. I don't know who Marc Rochette is.. yet! and.. yeah i'm going to garneau! haha, my roomate goes to ste-foy and the day of the bomb alert thing i started freaking out and he finally called to say he was okay and that it was totally ridiculous.. he was also very pissed 'cuase his chemistry exam was in the afternoon and he had to do it a week after... so! there were people in their swimmin suit outside! I mean, come on! The guy/girl that called in and said there was a bomb inside is a very bright/stupid/lazy kid!

This is G-Rod's sister typing now.
Is it your first session at Garneau? Do you have Frederic Simard?
Who have you in the art history class? Danielle? Nathalie?
Gilles is cool... I had him for three classes... You are lucky because you will have a conference with Daniel Pennac I think? Gilles invited our group at this conference even if we aren't garneau students anymore. Do you know when it will be? Hey Gilles is friend with everyone!
Do you know Sherman Seizibera lol? If you're a girl, watch out because I heard a lot of stories about him hahaha. Do you know Anne-Catherine?
I don't know how many you are in the literature group, but at my last session in Garneau, we were around 14 lol.
Mais je suis une traître maintenant... Je n'ai pas poursuivi en lettre à l'université. Disons que Marc Rochette ne nous a pas donné le goût de devenir comme lui plus tard hehe. On a fait une overdose de littérature... Résultat : 4 étudiants sur 14 sont en droit et 3/14 sont en communication. I think only two students decided to study literature at University Je les admire!

[Sophie]

Du français, sur ce forum...ENFIN !!!

[AUSLANDER]

I really need to learn French and German and Mandarin and Japanese... But i dont even have a grasp of english... Being Canadian i guess i should start with French

[jonzey]

I really need to learn French and German and Mandarin and Japanese... But i dont even have a grasp of english... Being Canadian i guess i should start with French

I might suggest you put priority on the big E so you fit in with the rest of your conservative (but very friendly) little city dwellers quicker.

[the_borderline]

I think G-Rod has a few interesting points, but then screws them up by explaining them too much and trying to make it look like he gets it, and we don't.