Minutes to the 03/25/2006 MDS Meeting
Herein lies the last testament of the inaugural Moby Dick Society members. Those that were able to slog it out meeting after meeting until the very end shall here forever be fondly remembered. These words serving as an everlasting memorial for their hard work and perseverance. ‘Twas this meeting wherein the last remaining chapters of the book were discussed (these pictures notwithstanding). May this memorial adequately honor these intrepid souls, even as they prove trivial and slight, just like the members of MDS, in hindsight.
IN ATTENDANCE
Liz, Dan, Maggie, Matt, Brian, Jenny and Cory (sp? – Jenny, help me out here)
RESOLUTIONS
- IT IS HEREBY RESOVLED that Liz shall research modern piracy;
- IT IS HEREBY RESOVLED that Whet is sanctioned for not writing up by-laws for the Moby Dick Society;
- IT IS HEREBY RESOVLED that Erin shall research the wearing of whale penis skins as tunics;
- IT IS HEREBY RESOVLED that the next meeting of the MDS shall be at Dan’s apartment on 04/22/2006 at 7 PM, whereing whale-shaped and whale-themed foods shall be eaten;
- IT IS HEREBY RESOVLED that the next book shall be chosen at the aforementioned MDS meeting via an overly-complicated lottery system, but that the choice of books shall be limited to post-1950’s fiction.
The Tragic Events of the Fateful Meeting; or, How Joni Mitchell is Not Good Music to Discuss Moby Dick To
- Jenny commencifies the events with a reading, as is her custom, and thus begins the last meeting wherein Moby Dick shall be discussed
- Paczki’s are enjoyed by all, thanks to Liz – note that these are not donuts and should never, ever resemble a Boston crème pie. It is not discussed what these pastries have to do with Easter;
- Relatedly, in some parts of California, people make burgers with Krispy Kreme donuts for buns (gross);
- Did everyone notice that Ahab blessed the whole crew in the name of the Devil? Apparently not Liz and Jenny, who were too busy discussing hair thingee’s to pay attention;
- Melville was born in a water bath, in case you were wondering;
- Brian hasn’t read King Lear, and so doesn’t appreciate fully that Pip plays the role of Shakespeare’s Fool in Moby Dick
- Going back to birthing, Ahab seems to remove the “navel” of the ship, somehow absolving it of original sin – no, that doesn’t make sense, but neither do paczki’s in the context of Easter, so whatever;
- Moby Dick present competing types of madness – Pip is crazy, the Jeraboam is full of crazy people and Ahab is, obviously, crazy, too;
- Ahab sees his own salvation in the “mirror” of the doubloon;
- Liz proceeds to go on a tangent about her recent experience at a bachelorette party:
- Liz was scandalized at the gross amount of ogling
- even while it was a man doing the dancing, he still objectified and embarrassed the women present – will women ever be in a power position where stripping is concerned?!
- at Liz’s bachelorette party, she will rent out a room and fill it with puppies since that beats a stripper’s sweaty ass in the face
- Jenny laughs so hard that she snorts (nerd!);
- Matt enjoys watching a polar bear take a dump;
- What the hell is up with the whalers who skin the whale’s penis and wear the skin like a tunic?!
- No, really, that the hell is up with wearing penis skin as a tunic!?!
- While Jenny is moved by the Joni Mitchell piped over the bar’s PA system, Liz is horrified;
- We see Stubbs rape the baby whale, just as America – a young world power – was already fucking shit up everywhere it could;
- Was Melville concerned with the murder of whales? Slaughtering a whale is messy and wasteful (and in Stubbs’ case, sadistic, as he dug his harpoon in the whale’s open, festering sore);
- The hunting of whales takes a backseat in this particular adventure as Ahab is so taken with killing Moby Dick that he might even ruin the entire supply of whale blubber that already been taken;
- Discussion on Joni Mitchell resumes;
- Moby Dick totally schooled the Pequod;
- We wish there was more written on the Starbuck/Ahab dynamic – perhaps we can substitute dialogue in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan?
- Melville’s tone doesn’t seem to always match the content of the story, as he is generally very dry and business-like, despite describing awful, emotional events. This was perhaps a means to offer a story palatable to a wider audience;
- Maggie openly wishes for a Wrap-It-Up box, as seen in The Chapelle Show;
- And, more or less, the MDS is ADJOURNED at 5:25 PM.
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Herein lies the last testament of the inaugural Moby Dick Society members. Those that were able to slog it out meeting after meeting until the very end shall here forever be fondly remembered. These words serving as an everlasting memorial for their hard work and perseverance. ‘Twas this meeting wherein the last remaining chapters of the book were discussed (these pictures notwithstanding). May this memorial adequately honor these intrepid souls, even as they prove trivial and slight, just like the members of MDS, in hindsight.
IN ATTENDANCE
Liz, Dan, Maggie, Matt, Brian, Jenny and Cory (sp? – Jenny, help me out here)
RESOLUTIONS
- IT IS HEREBY RESOVLED that Liz shall research modern piracy;
- IT IS HEREBY RESOVLED that Whet is sanctioned for not writing up by-laws for the Moby Dick Society;
- IT IS HEREBY RESOVLED that Erin shall research the wearing of whale penis skins as tunics;
- IT IS HEREBY RESOVLED that the next meeting of the MDS shall be at Dan’s apartment on 04/22/2006 at 7 PM, whereing whale-shaped and whale-themed foods shall be eaten;
- IT IS HEREBY RESOVLED that the next book shall be chosen at the aforementioned MDS meeting via an overly-complicated lottery system, but that the choice of books shall be limited to post-1950’s fiction.
The Tragic Events of the Fateful Meeting; or, How Joni Mitchell is Not Good Music to Discuss Moby Dick To
- Jenny commencifies the events with a reading, as is her custom, and thus begins the last meeting wherein Moby Dick shall be discussed
- Paczki’s are enjoyed by all, thanks to Liz – note that these are not donuts and should never, ever resemble a Boston crème pie. It is not discussed what these pastries have to do with Easter;
- Relatedly, in some parts of California, people make burgers with Krispy Kreme donuts for buns (gross);
- Did everyone notice that Ahab blessed the whole crew in the name of the Devil? Apparently not Liz and Jenny, who were too busy discussing hair thingee’s to pay attention;
- Melville was born in a water bath, in case you were wondering;
- Brian hasn’t read King Lear, and so doesn’t appreciate fully that Pip plays the role of Shakespeare’s Fool in Moby Dick
- Going back to birthing, Ahab seems to remove the “navel” of the ship, somehow absolving it of original sin – no, that doesn’t make sense, but neither do paczki’s in the context of Easter, so whatever;
- Moby Dick present competing types of madness – Pip is crazy, the Jeraboam is full of crazy people and Ahab is, obviously, crazy, too;
- Ahab sees his own salvation in the “mirror” of the doubloon;
- Liz proceeds to go on a tangent about her recent experience at a bachelorette party:
- Liz was scandalized at the gross amount of ogling
- even while it was a man doing the dancing, he still objectified and embarrassed the women present – will women ever be in a power position where stripping is concerned?!
- at Liz’s bachelorette party, she will rent out a room and fill it with puppies since that beats a stripper’s sweaty ass in the face
- Jenny laughs so hard that she snorts (nerd!);
- Matt enjoys watching a polar bear take a dump;
- What the hell is up with the whalers who skin the whale’s penis and wear the skin like a tunic?!
- No, really, that the hell is up with wearing penis skin as a tunic!?!
- While Jenny is moved by the Joni Mitchell piped over the bar’s PA system, Liz is horrified;
- We see Stubbs rape the baby whale, just as America – a young world power – was already fucking shit up everywhere it could;
- Was Melville concerned with the murder of whales? Slaughtering a whale is messy and wasteful (and in Stubbs’ case, sadistic, as he dug his harpoon in the whale’s open, festering sore);
- The hunting of whales takes a backseat in this particular adventure as Ahab is so taken with killing Moby Dick that he might even ruin the entire supply of whale blubber that already been taken;
- Discussion on Joni Mitchell resumes;
- Moby Dick totally schooled the Pequod;
- We wish there was more written on the Starbuck/Ahab dynamic – perhaps we can substitute dialogue in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan?
- Melville’s tone doesn’t seem to always match the content of the story, as he is generally very dry and business-like, despite describing awful, emotional events. This was perhaps a means to offer a story palatable to a wider audience;
- Maggie openly wishes for a Wrap-It-Up box, as seen in The Chapelle Show;
- And, more or less, the MDS is ADJOURNED at 5:25 PM.
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