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FiftyFive ~ # 55
There are days when the world is not quite what we think it is. And on those days I confess, I retreat into doing this - simply playing guitar and singing for myself. But this other picture on the left is where my eyes just went wrong. I was lost in Sydney's Kings Cross, I had a rough Idea where my hotel was but just couldn't get my bearings and I saw this sign that said 
"Girl and Noodle Bar'. How bizarre is that, I thought, until after finally finding my hotel and organising to go out I took my camera with me to take a picture of the sign. Which didn't say 'Girl and Noodle' but 'Grill and Noodle' - and I felt a bit of a fool - well only for a second. But it just goes to show how hard this can be - you see while narratology is, I suppose, etymologically, the science of narrative - if narrative can indeed be scientific - it is surely flawed when we consider that not everything we see, or read (as examples) actually make sense or indeed are that which we thought they were. Narrative is, after all, only a semiotic representation of of a series of events or images. So this posting is entitled "Noodles and Girls" just for noodling's sake! It isn't trying to say anything except this - narratology is suspect because representation is not an exact science but merely a point of view. And there is no evidence to suggest that the "original" sign didn't, indeed, say 'Girls and Noodles' like I suspected all along - besides, it sounds like a Tom Waits song, does it not. But never mind that - this is how to do something great with very little effort - so good - but if this doesn't swing yer boat - the sad news that Soloman Burke died today should switch you onto it, cos he wrote itl this is great cinema: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCTJeT2i9QU! I couldn't clip it - but hey click...
There are days when the world is not quite what we think it is. And on those days I confess, I retreat into doing this - simply playing guitar and singing for myself. But this other picture on the left is where my eyes just went wrong. I was lost in Sydney's Kings Cross, I had a rough Idea where my hotel was but just couldn't get my bearings and I saw this sign that said 
"Girl and Noodle Bar'. How bizarre is that, I thought, until after finally finding my hotel and organising to go out I took my camera with me to take a picture of the sign. Which didn't say 'Girl and Noodle' but 'Grill and Noodle' - and I felt a bit of a fool - well only for a second. But it just goes to show how hard this can be - you see while narratology is, I suppose, etymologically, the science of narrative - if narrative can indeed be scientific - it is surely flawed when we consider that not everything we see, or read (as examples) actually make sense or indeed are that which we thought they were. Narrative is, after all, only a semiotic representation of of a series of events or images. So this posting is entitled "Noodles and Girls" just for noodling's sake! It isn't trying to say anything except this - narratology is suspect because representation is not an exact science but merely a point of view. And there is no evidence to suggest that the "original" sign didn't, indeed, say 'Girls and Noodles' like I suspected all along - besides, it sounds like a Tom Waits song, does it not. But never mind that - this is how to do something great with very little effort - so good - but if this doesn't swing yer boat - the sad news that Soloman Burke died today should switch you onto it, cos he wrote itl this is great cinema: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCTJeT2i9QU! I couldn't clip it - but hey click...
