Monday, September 22, 2008

A house in the forest




This house reminds me of the fairy tale SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS! The cute little lady's story is here as a poem by Anne Sexton. I found it as I was browsing and I found it very interesting. So thought of sharing with all my friends!

No matter what life you lead
the virgin is a lovely number:
cheeks as fragile as cigarette paper,
arms and legs made of Limoges,
lips like Vin Du Rhône,
rolling her china-blue doll eyes
open and shut.
Open to say,
Good Day Mama,
and shut for the thrust
of the unicorn.
She is unsoiled.
She is as white as a bonefish.

Once there was a lovely virgin
called Snow White.
Say she was thirteen.
Her stepmother,
a beauty in her own right,
though eaten, of course, by age,
would hear of no beauty surpassing her own.
Beauty is a simple passion,
but, oh my friends, in the end
you will dance the fire dance in iron shoes.
The stepmother had a mirror to which she referred--
something like the weather forecast--
a mirror that proclaimed
the one beauty of the land.
She would ask,
Looking glass upon the wall,
who is fairest of us all?
And the mirror would reply,
You are the fairest of us all.
Pride pumped in her like poison.

Suddenly one day the mirror replied,
Queen, you are full fair, 'tis true,
but Snow White is fairer than you.
Until that moment Snow White
had been no more important
than a dust mouse under the bed.
But now the queen saw brown spots on her hand
and four whiskers over her lip
so she condemned Snow White
to be hacked to death.
Bring me her heart, she said to the hunter,
and I will salt it and eat it.
The hunter, however, let his prisoner go
and brought a boar's heart back to the castle.
The queen chewed it up like a cube steak.
Now I am fairest, she said,
lapping her slim white fingers.

Snow White walked in the wildwood
for weeks and weeks.
At each turn there were twenty doorways
and at each stood a hungry wolf,
his tongue lolling out like a worm.
The birds called out lewdly,
talking like pink parrots,
and the snakes hung down in loops,
each a noose for her sweet white neck.
On the seventh week
she came to the seventh mountain
and there she found the dwarf house.
It was as droll as a honeymoon cottage
and completely equipped with
seven beds, seven chairs, seven forks
and seven chamber pots.
Snow White ate seven chicken livers
and lay down, at last, to sleep.

The dwarfs, those little hot dogs,
walked three times around Snow White,
the sleeping virgin. They were wise
and wattled like small czars.
Yes. It's a good omen,
they said, and will bring us luck.
They stood on tiptoes to watch
Snow White wake up. She told them
about the mirror and the killer-queen
and they asked her to stay and keep house.
Beware of your stepmother,
they said.
Soon she will know you are here.
While we are away in the mines
during the day, you must not
open the door.

Looking glass upon the wall . . .
The mirror told
and so the queen dressed herself in rags
and went out like a peddler to trap Snow White.
She went across seven mountains.
She came to the dwarf house
and Snow White opened the door
and bought a bit of lacing.
The queen fastened it tightly
around her bodice,
as tight as an Ace bandage,
so tight that Snow White swooned.
She lay on the floor, a plucked daisy.
When the dwarfs came home they undid the lace
and she revived miraculously.
She was as full of life as soda pop.
Beware of your stepmother,
they said.
She will try once more.

Looking glass upon the wall. . .
Once more the mirror told
and once more the queen dressed in rags
and once more Snow White opened the door.
This time she bought a poison comb,
a curved eight-inch scorpion,
and put it in her hair and swooned again.
The dwarfs returned and took out the comb
and she revived miraculously.
She opened her eyes as wide as Orphan Annie.
Beware, beware, they said,
but the mirror told,
the queen came,
Snow White, the dumb bunny,
opened the door
and she bit into a poison apple
and fell down for the final time.
When the dwarfs returned
they undid her bodice,
they looked for a comb,
but it did no good.
Though they washed her with wine
and rubbed her with butter
it was to no avail.
She lay as still as a gold piece.

The seven dwarfs could not bring themselves
to bury her in the black ground
so they made a glass coffin
and set it upon the seventh mountain
so that all who passed by
could peek in upon her beauty.
A prince came one June day
and would not budge.
He stayed so long his hair turned green
and still he would not leave.
The dwarfs took pity upon him
and gave him the glass Snow White--
its doll's eyes shut forever--
to keep in his far-off castle.
As the prince's men carried the coffin
they stumbled and dropped it
and the chunk of apple flew out
of her throat and she woke up miraculously.

And thus Snow White became the prince's bride.
The wicked queen was invited to the wedding feast
and when she arrived there were
red-hot iron shoes,
in the manner of red-hot roller skates,
clamped upon her feet.
First your toes will smoke
and then your heels will turn black
and you will fry upward like a frog,
she was told.
And so she danced until she was dead,
a subterranean figure,
her tongue flicking in and out
like a gas jet.
Meanwhile Snow White held court,
rolling her china-blue doll eyes open and shut
and sometimes referring to her mirror
as women do.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Stop with this Jay

God help me get settled with this cute template. This template looks so good and I prefer using this for quite sometime. Though three columns were my true concern, I will surely stop with this mainly for the cute picture this template has.. so let me stop with this!

Friday, September 12, 2008

Idiot box

Yup, I am mentioning the television which runs many serials without any vision.. There are many programs I accept but being in the extreme south has put me under the pressure of Set Top box which none of my cousins who stay in other states use. Getting a set top box is not a issue.. There are these big brands available at offer prices but what really matters is the service provided by these satellite channel providers. Channels provided by the local cable operators are not being up to the mark in certain areas. Since the cable connection provided is not being good in my area hathway or scv options are ruled out. When I read forums about the dish tv, I felt its the last thing one could ever choose. Its too costly also. But not worth the money as the service provided by them is the worst. Tata sky, the first provider stands high still.Big TV by reliance is one such to look out for and it would be great if it is really worth it like watching the advertisement. Right now I am left with the normal cable channels.Hoping for the best in few days time!!

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Checking the current template

This minima black template also looks good. I am kinda satisfied. But what I want more is the 3 column or 4 column template. Not for the advertisements, that has become my second thought right now. Free from ads I am thinking about freedom in writing. Maybe later I can think of it. I've tried a google adsense ad to see the color that is being used. mainly for the looks. Right now my layout button is missing. Need to find it :D

Testing phase

I've been trying some new templates for this blog. So do adjust till the testing phase is over. Been trying three columns and 4 columns templates. But suddenly it is now in 2 column template due to errors. So will solve it and make sure the blog has a good look at the end :) This blog is under construction. And it is applicable for the elements in the blog and not the posts.

How is my template?

Well, I guess you people know the reason I've started another blog. If yes, Kudos to you pals! The first reason is that I needed an attractive template for my blog and since my Jay's corner blog has lots of stuffs other than just posts in it, I have started this blog. And well I should also say that I wanted to maintain a separate personal blog and so I preferred writing this blog. I will personalize this page so that I will have enough time to spend with you all and to chat when you people have time.... :)

Hi Friends!

Hi folks! This is my second blog and here I am gonna share some really fishy stuffs with you people. I am happy with the response for my first blog Jay's corner from all friends. So with your help lemme make this blog also shine well!

Thanking you all in advance!



With regards,
Jay!