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[oneirophrenia]

My "ideal woman" according to match.com:



Yeah...it's Emily Bronte.

OK, yes, she's been dead for almost two centuries, but come on: she was cute as hell in that early-Victorian fashion that I find so incredibly alluring, and she wrote Wuthering Heights, truly one of the most bitter, vicious, and sophisticated Gothic novels of all time. Were I able to reainmate or digitally recreate my literary heroes and heroines, she'd probably be among the first--right after H. P. Lovecraft and Charles Baudelaire.

I can only imagine what a great time would be had sitting around the ol' parlor, guzzling tea and absinthe, with those three would be....

Comments

[raincrystal.livejournal.com]

Match.com matched you with Emily Bronte? So wait, does that mean Emily has a profile there? O__________________o;

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[oneirophrenia.livejournal.com]

Heh. I wish! Unfortunately, I don't believe they have records for women dead since the early 1800s. :)

Actually, I've seen a meme going around that match.com can offer up photos of folks "ideal" man or woman based on certain appearance questions or something like that....I find it kind of a dumb idea because, as far as *I* am concerned, I simply don't have some kind of "ideal" partner, at least as far as physical traits are concerned. I have a few slight physical predilections--long, dark hair and fair eyes being the only really notable ones--but I've always found ideality to be more of a *mental* construct than anything else. THAT is a whole 'nother story, as they say! I am quite picky in that regard.

Knowing who my literary idols are--and having read them as well--is an excellent starting point!

Charles

[jdecay.livejournal.com]

I'd be down with reanimating Baudelaire, even though he'd probably just drink himself right back to the grave.

But finding his remains? I tried to find his tombstone when I was in Paris, but could not find it. Despite having it placed on a map of the cemetery, I couldn't figure out which was his; the text on most of the old graves in the cemetery he's in are eroded and illegible.

Probably end up reanimating the french equivalent of Baldrick.

Re: Charles

[oneirophrenia.livejournal.com]

Renimated Baudelaire would be an interesting time....There would certainly be a truly heroic amount of booze involved, definitely, but if we could keep him from drinking himself to death within three hours of reboot I think he'd be a great conversationalist!

I'm sure Charles would just be thrilled to know that his gravestone has become completely illegible.