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Bei

Bei

Appreciates simple happiness, loves animals and plants.

Favoriate authors:
Katherine Mansfield, Helene Cixous, Bruno Schulz, Witold Gombrowicz, Thomas Bernhard, Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges, Oscar Wilde, Douglas Hofstadter, Heinrich von Kleist, Amy Tan, Leonora Carrington, Danilo Kis, Shel Silverstein. more »
  • Melbourne, Vi, Australia
  • member since December 7 2007

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Bei’s last login was Friday, July 17 2009.

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  • Parsimon

    Parsimon says

    Hi again, Bei! Great - you are right there right now! What's the time? I just E-mail you two minutes ago.
    By the way - I love your profile photo! Is it your cat? (I have a cat of the race chartreux, not that I am a (pet) racist :-)

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Parsimon

    Parsimon says

    When it comes to sexual abuse (i notices you adding "Stolen tomorrows"), I gather you have already seen the Danish Dogma movie "Festen" by Thomas Vinterberg?
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154420/
    I went to a talk/discussion with Vinterberg one week ago. It was immensely interesting, provocative and inspiring. His thoughts - and acts - about creative processes are very useful and thought-provoking :-)

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Mr-Jason

    Mr-Jason says

    haha, nah, Family Guy is one of my all time fav shows EVER. I like laugh all the way thro it... Hmm, last few seasons have lagged a little. But the Christian Bale thing was hellll funny hahaha

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Mr-Jason

    Mr-Jason says

    A SERIOUS book.. Serious and Family Guy are words that NEVER should be put together haha.. Plus I see you've got some REALLY cool books

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Parsimon

    Parsimon says

    Ah - I see you added my Luria-recommendation ;-) Did you read it already?
    It sounds like a really interesting job you have, Bei! I'd love to hear more about it! Gotta go outside to hang out in the spring garden packed with happy, lusty birds. Spring is here, finally. It's great. Have a nice weekend,
    Simon

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Parsimon

    Parsimon says

    It's great, that you like Borges too. I still lack some of his short stories, so I've got something to look forward to ;-)

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Parsimon

    Parsimon says

    Hi Bei,
    Cheers. Yeah - I do some research mediation at www.icrofs.org. It's great. Took a one-year journalism study on top of a pHD on history of science studies. Now, I guess I don't need more education for quite some time - and it's great. Science communication is interesting - my present employer is coordinating, promoting and communicating research in organic farming and food systems. Being a physicist, I am completely unaware of a lot of scientific details - but my boss says it's only a strengh that I can ask all the stupid questions :-)

    Now, what do you do for a living? Neurology... It that also just your interest, or a professional thing, you've got going on?
    I think Afte Dark by Murakami is one of his best novels - quite short actually, but the screenplay-like writing style really got to me.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Parsimon

    Parsimon says

    Hi Bei, Cool :-)
    Neurology-wise: Oliver Sachs is for fun/interest. I've just recommended an amazing little book about a great Russian mnemonist. A must read for you, I'd say (maybe you've read it already - I didn't check, sorry).
    I'm a trained physicist (theoretical physics), but left the field some years ago. Now, I'm doing communication in an international research centre. So, science is of major interest to me. Both specific and more general, popular science. Murakami is a hero of mine. Dostoyevsky is another. Auster is also very important to me. Hmmm... Let's look into your shelf now... I need to add a bunch of books from there too! Take care, Simon

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • rahul s

    rahul s says

    hi ,

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Dan

    Dan says

    Hi Bei,

    Thanks for the add! I like the list of writers you have. What have you been reading lately?

    I believe everyone can write poetry. The best I can do in a class is to help to set up a comfortable, safe environment so students can create art. I think we live in a society that is sadly too bombarded with consumer stuff, and some people are taught that they're not creative and that they have to buy things. Everyone is creative & can become more creative!

    Cheers,

    Dan

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Yogi David K.

    Yogi David K. says

    Hi Bei , I just want to sincerely thank you for adding me as a new friend. It's a pleasure to meet you. Its always good to find others with similar interests. And by the way, you should be sure to enjoy my favorite book/eBook "This Is PK Mind Over Matter." The Introduction is free at www.thisispk.org. Also if you have any suggestions for good reads, then please let me know. Im always looking for new books and movies to enjoy.
    Hare Krishna,
    Yogi David K.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • chasblackman

    chasblackman says

    I'm only about 100 pages in, but I like it so far. I'll let you know how it finishes for me. Thanks again!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Leigh Newman

    Leigh Newman says

    I'm a big Katherine Mansfield fan, that's why I dropped the note about friendship. Miss Brill is such a fantastic story---the sad little almond cookie at the end. are you a writer by any chance?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • June Duterte

    June Duterte says

    hi, bei!
    ..how are you....hope we can be friends ma'am....please drop me line or two,please...?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • cainpitt

    cainpitt says

    Well I hadn’t listened to him in years but then that movie about Daniel came out and I got back into him. I was always a fan of his art.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • redfishbluefish

    redfishbluefish says

    Hi Bei. Welcome to our group! Please make yourself to home and have a browse through our bookshelf. I am looking forward to your comments....and don't forget to add a few of your favorite books to our shelf! Cheers!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )


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