Comments on: goreyphilia

By: jam

jam — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:12:07 +0000

the Edward Gorey House is wonderful – did they still have up the framed series of lunch checks from the local diner, every single one of them either tuna sandwich or grilled cheese?

I had a similar experience to Holly – at the end of the tour I asked about possible partners & the docent literally blushed & stammered out the “There’s no evidence of anything!” line & then excused himself – the kid at sitting at the register for the gift shop then said “Well, they say he had a girlfriend in high school” & then smiled slyly & winked – very funny

next time you’re out on the Cape, if you’re near Dennis you should check out the Cape Cinema – it has an utterly stunning mural by Rockwell Kent on the ceiling – also, it has the distinction of being the first cinema to have shown The Wizard of Oz – all in all: very cool

By: an australian in london

an australian in london — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:45:21 +0000

dzieger
I am twenty eight, have dialled plenty of phones, adjusted rabbit ears and did 90% of my university research and 99% of my high school ‘research’ with books and journals pulled off bookshelves in libraries. You can’t be that old.

I have skimmed through and seen some comments about gen x and y. I should reread them when I’m better rested and try to think of some kind of intelligent response. Hope I’m not too apathetic.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:03:59 +0000

Gorey was roommates with poet Frank O’Hara in college. The story was that even then, Gorey was going around campus flamboyantly in his long fur coats. (There must be a better way to Gorey-ize that sentence.)

I always loved that The Doubtful Guest wore converse high tops.

By: Natkat

Natkat — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:10:40 +0000

This is the most fascinating blog discussion I’ve seen in ages. I truly love this site.

I gave my daughter The Gashlycrumb Tinies for Christmas 2000 when she when her Goth phase was in full flower. I had no idea the author had such a fascinating life. I really need to get out of the house more. I’m happy to have a new interest to explore. I’m so glad I stopped by to check out the blog action here.

As for his not ever mentioning a partner, perhaps her never wanted one. I have a gay friend who just turned 50 last year and has never been in a relationship in his life. He doesn’t want to be in a relationship and prefers the anonymous encounter and “what the hell, it’s too wet to plow” moments over a settled life. Always has, always will.

By: ravaj

ravaj — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:50:02 +0000

oddly enough, i also found an old manhattan phonebook when i was a kid and growing up in england. wish i had thought to look for gorey, but my guru at that time was a stand-up comic called woody allen. he was listed like a regular human, and i tore out the page and kept it in my scrapbook for years

By: Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:17:48 +0000

Josiah!
Someone’s making a movie of the Doubtful Guest! Apparently it’s a metaphor for a child…someone who arrives unexpectedly then hangs around for 18 years.

By: andrewo

andrewo — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:18:11 +0000

Re Gorey: many years ago I knew someone who worked in one cubicle over from him at a publishing house, in the design department. She said he spent all day calling up his boyfriends.

By: Josiah

Josiah — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:20:55 +0000

On Sundays, it brooded and lay on the floor
Inconveniently close to the drawing room door.

I now have another destination for my next visit to the Cape — the Gorey Museum! The only problem is that my next visit is likely to be when my wife goes to the medical fiction writers’ conference in October, and she’ll be busy at the conference, but won’t want me to go to the Gorey House without her. We’ll just need to take an extra day, I suppose!

By: BDOC1992

BDOC1992 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:12:40 +0000

At times it would tear out whole chapters from [phone] books,
Or put roomfuls of pictures askew on their hooks.

but my personal favorite is:
It was subject to fits of bewildering wrath,
During which it would hide all the towels from the bath.

I’m so glad you went there!!!! and posted for all to see.

By: Aunt Soozie

Aunt Soozie — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:03:32 +0000

Was Holly jealous of you getting so lovey dovey with The Doubtful Guest…?
(or do you two have some kind of “understanding” re: cats and garden sculpture?)