Ecard from Suzannah

[jackofallgeeks]

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The Ecard Said:
This is a thank you for the roses. They are beatiful and I appreciated them very much. It was quite thoughtful and generous of you. The last email I received from you, saving most recent about coming up on Thursdays, was about writing class and the girl with the suicide intro. Happy thought:) I think it would be nice if you could keep Contra up, especially since you enjoy it. Have a blessed Holy Week. And thank you again for the flowers.--Suzannah


-giggles- She called me the Prince of Cats -- Rachel, maybe you can verify this, but perhapse that was the epithet from Romeo and Juliet which she said would be fitting for me... I'm going to go sit in a corner and beam for the rest of the night, now. If you'll excuse me.

Comments

[otakulk.livejournal.com]

Yeah its a shakespear thing... though I think she meant it in a flattering way.

In Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio called Tybalt a "Price of Cats", reffering to the idea that he was less-than-noble I guess. I guess its a play on word cause tybalt is a common name for cats at the time, or something like that. But anyway, Tybalt is Juliet's cousin, and he kills Mercutio. Romeo in turn, kills Tybalt. So I guess maybe she thinks of you as her cousin?

Watch your back! :P

[starlight1184.livejournal.com]

:-) Yes. It's from Romeo and Juliet. It is Tybalt's nickname. Here is the segment of text it appears in:

MERCUTIO
Alas poor Romeo! he is already dead; stabbed with a
white wench's black eye; shot through the ear with a
love-song; the very pin of his heart cleft with the
blind bow-boy's butt-shaft: and is he a man to
encounter Tybalt?

BENVOLIO
Why, what is Tybalt?

MERCUTIO
More than prince of cats, I can tell you. O, he is
the courageous captain of compliments. He fights as
you sing prick-song, keeps time, distance, and
proportion; rests me his minim rest, one, two, and
the third in your bosom: the very butcher of a silk
button, a duellist, a duellist; a gentleman of the
very first house, of the first and second cause:
ah, the immortal passado! the punto reverso! the
hai!

There may be a few various interpretations for this term. It may have come from the famous Persian fencer, also named Tybalt also named Prince of Cats. Or it was a sexual slur (from an Italian word similar to cats) which Shakespeare is certainly known to put all over the place. But most likely, it is a reference to his skill of fighting, because everything else dexcribed in that passage from Mercutio is all about different fight moves (i.e. I used a punto reverso in my SPT fight last year. It's a fun move).

So, I'm not sure what the connection Suzannah has made is... possibly just that you like cats. :-)

Nice note. Have fun beaming. :-)

thoughts

[koshnaranek98.livejournal.com]

Prince of Cats...hmmm...does this mean in a few years you will be the King of Pu- nevermind

[mordainlove.livejournal.com]

the replies to this? priceless.

w00+

[tzohekiti.livejournal.com]

I TOLD YOU! Now arent you glad you listened? :-)