Sunday, September 30, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Shakespeare
Answer these "Pre-Will"questions in a post on your blog:
a) What do you already know about Hamlet, the "Melancholy Dane"?
Hamlet was the son a King who died suddenly and mysteriously. The king's brother, then marries the Queen, hamlet's mum. He gets verrryyy upset about this and feels like everyone is against him. However, there is talk of a strange phenomenon going on within the walls of the palace. Hamlet's good friend Horatio tells the Prince that he has seen a ghost that resembles the dead king. Hamlet goes to see for himself and sure enough it is his father's ghost which tells him that Hamlet's uncle poisoned him. Things happen, "To be or not to be," and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern come and say hey, but Hamlet gets mad at them because the king and queen sent them to spy on him etc. He is very revengeful, but at the same time very cautious, we see this when he holds the play, that was his test. Hamlet is also very deep in his thoughts, he gets lost in them often and doesn't trust anyone else, sometimes not even himself. He pushes friends away only to wish he had more of them and he can also be VERY silly at times. "More like a whale." XD
b) What do you know about Shakespeare?
I know that he is my home-skillet and he had a wife named Anne Hathaway but he had many mistresses. He wrote for the Globe Theater and many of his works were copied from other writers and then he revised them to suit the stage.
c) Why do so many students involuntarily frown when they hear the name "Shakespeare"?
That's a good question... I think it's because they don't understand him very well. His words are very complex and his sentences, intricate.
d) What can we do to make studying this play an amazing experience we'll never forget?
make it more relative to their lives, some how. Because Shakespeare's themes are universal any one could connect with at least one of his plays.
a) What do you already know about Hamlet, the "Melancholy Dane"?
Hamlet was the son a King who died suddenly and mysteriously. The king's brother, then marries the Queen, hamlet's mum. He gets verrryyy upset about this and feels like everyone is against him. However, there is talk of a strange phenomenon going on within the walls of the palace. Hamlet's good friend Horatio tells the Prince that he has seen a ghost that resembles the dead king. Hamlet goes to see for himself and sure enough it is his father's ghost which tells him that Hamlet's uncle poisoned him. Things happen, "To be or not to be," and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern come and say hey, but Hamlet gets mad at them because the king and queen sent them to spy on him etc. He is very revengeful, but at the same time very cautious, we see this when he holds the play, that was his test. Hamlet is also very deep in his thoughts, he gets lost in them often and doesn't trust anyone else, sometimes not even himself. He pushes friends away only to wish he had more of them and he can also be VERY silly at times. "More like a whale." XD
b) What do you know about Shakespeare?
I know that he is my home-skillet and he had a wife named Anne Hathaway but he had many mistresses. He wrote for the Globe Theater and many of his works were copied from other writers and then he revised them to suit the stage.
c) Why do so many students involuntarily frown when they hear the name "Shakespeare"?
That's a good question... I think it's because they don't understand him very well. His words are very complex and his sentences, intricate.
d) What can we do to make studying this play an amazing experience we'll never forget?
make it more relative to their lives, some how. Because Shakespeare's themes are universal any one could connect with at least one of his plays.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
We are all stories in th end...
I saw this play last night aaand it was pretty intense especially considering that I've only ever seen Comedy Chekhov... not Serious Chekhov
"Time will pass, and we shall go away for ever, and we shall be forgotten, our faces will be forgotten, our voices, and how many there were of us; but our sufferings will pass into joy for those who will live after us, happiness and peace will be established upon earth, and they will remember kindly and bless those who have lived before."
ANTON CHEKHOV, The Three Sisters
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
BLEAK HOUSE
1. Briefly summarize the plot of the novel you read.
There is a court case that has been going on for generations called Jarndyce and Jarndyce. This case led many people who became involved in the case into thinking they would inherit a VERY large sum of money when it was all settled. The problem is that the late Mr. Jarndyce left many different versions of his will that were all written at different dates. The case has never been resolved and it has ruined many people's lives. The newest victims of the case are announced to be Richard Carstone and Ada Clare; both orphans who end up falling in love with each other. Ada is given a companion named Esther Summerson to accompany them to their new home, Bleak House. Mr. John Jarndyce owns this estate and he's a very fun guy, but he has seen too much of the J&J case that he wants nothing to do with it. He has made his own way in the world without relying on the possibility of it ever being solved. Anyway this book has so many different parts to it and sooo many other characters to track, that I’ll skip to the near end. Mr. John wants Esther to marry him, but she is in love with Mr. Woodcourt. In the end he sees this and releases Esther from her acceptance of his proposal. Many people die for example Lady Dedlock herself, Mr. Tolkienhorn, Jo, Richard and at the beginning, Captain Nemo who was the start of this whole investigation in the first place. The J&J case if FINALLY solved after a more recent will is found by Mr. Smallweed under Mr. Krook’s cat. Sadly, however, what everyone expected to be a happy day for the wards in J&J (they were supposed to get a large amount of money) ended badly as the cost of the case had eaten up the inheritance money because it had gone on for so long. This is what kills Richard. Ada has his baby, but is a single mother and Esther marries Mr. Woodcourt.
2. Succinctly describe the theme of the novel. Avoid cliches.
"And yet, in the clouded, eager, seeking look that passed over him..." (ch.37) There certainly is something to say about obsession in this book. It shows the reader the difference between passion and obsession. Richard becomes obsessed with the case while Mr. Jarndyce has a passionate love for Esther. Rich sadly went too far and because of his infatuation he ended up not taking good care of himself and dying.
3. Describe the author's tone. Include three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).
I have always loved reading Dickens novels because you know that everyone will get what they deserve, in the end. However he writes to my vision of London. Dank, rank, putrid, cruel, cold, foggy, and unrelenting. His tone is knowledgeable. He grew up with all that bad stuff and he knows what the world is like, therefore he writes from his own experience with the knowledge that there are evils in this world AND at the same time, goodness. "With so much of itself abandoned to darkness and vacancy. With so little change under the summer shining or the wintry lowering; so sombre and motionless always." Truth. "And don't you know that you are prettier than you ever were?"
Harsh truth and yet love and hope. "Allan, standing at the window, was as pleased as Caddy; and I was as pleased as either of them; and I wonder that I got away as I did, rather than that I came off
laughing, and red, and anything but tidy, and looking after Caddy, who looked after us out of the coach-window as long as she could see us." The people who do find each other as friends love each other so much and are so contented in each others company that they remain friends through out the story. I wonder if that's possible today...
4. Describe five literary elements/techniques you observed that strengthen your understanding of the theme and/or your sense of the tone. Include three excerpts (for each element) that will help your reader understand each one.
Many symbols were used in this story:
- Miss Flite’s birds, all with names like Hope, Joy, Freedom, Despair, Ruin, Dust, Disease, and
The Wards of Jarndyce. Only to be set free from their cages when J&J is concluded.
- Mothers, to me were also a very big symbol. In many of Dickens’ books he writes about mother figures being extremely negligent and treating their children horribly. Lady Deadlock gave Esther away and put her in a house where the nanny dashed her self esteem greatly. Then there’s Mrs. Jellyby who is so obsessed with her mission to “save Africa” that she neglects her children. The irony is she is so wound up with the children of Africa that she scars her own children very deeply. She isn’t even the slightest bit interested when Caddy tells her she’s marrying Mr. Turveydrop.
- The Jarndyce and Jardyce case itself is a symbol of ruin and despair for all those who become entangled in its web. It has made people obsess over its verdict that they forgot how to live, eat, and sleep, killing them with each passing moment of its dreary life-time.
Dickens uses very interesting and descriptive language:
- “There is much good in it; there are many good and true people in it; it has its appointed place. But the evil of it is that it is a world wrapped up in too much jeweller's cotton and fine wool, and cannot hear the rushing of the larger worlds, and cannot see them as they circle round the sun.
It is a deadened world, and its growth is sometimes unhealthy for want of air.” (ch2)
- “I say seemed, for the windows were so encrusted with dirt that they would have made midsummer sunshine dim.” (ch. 5) Stopping in mid-sentence to help the reader better understand what Esther was looking at.
- ”In the shade of Cook's Court, at most times a shady place, Mr. Snagsby has dealt in all sorts of blank forms of legal process; in skins and rolls of parchment; in paper--foolscap, brief, draft, brown, white, whitey- brown, and blotting; in stamps; in office-quills, pens, ink, India-
rubber, pounce, pins, pencils, sealing-wax, and wafers; in red tape and green ferret; in pocket-books, almanacs, diaries, and law lists; in string boxes, rulers, inkstands--glass and leaden--pen-knives, scissors, bodkins, and other small office-cutlery; in short, in articles too numerous to mention, ever since he was out of his time and went into partnership with Peffer.” (ch. 10)
Repetition:
- “I had never heard my mama spoken of. I had never heard of my papa either, but I felt more interested about my mama. I had never worn a black frock, that I could recollect. I had never been shown my mama's grave. I had never been told where it was. Yet I had never been taught to pray for any relation but my godmother. I had...” (ch.2)
- “... like inferior blood unlawfully shed, WILL cry aloud and
WILL be heard. Sir Leicester's cousins, in the remotest degree,
are so many murders in the respect that they.” (ch. 27)
- “Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls deified among the tiers of shipping and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city. Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights.” (ch. 1)
Allusions:
- Many Shakespeare references, "will out." and quoting some of the Tempest.
- Referencing to Rip Van Winkle
- The Flying Dutchman, “with a crew of ghostly clients imploring”
Foreshadowing:
- Many people were worried about Richard and we learned about his obsession through Ada's worried looks, Mr. & Mrs. Badger warning Mr. John that if Rich doesn't settle down soon he we become too entangled and Esther warning him against letting Mr. Skimpole run his affairs.
- We can tell that Mr. Jandyce likes Esther when they have their talk about Esther being unhappy. She says she sees him as a father figure only to make a connection and reassure him that he wasn't doing anything wrong. When she says this, however Mr. John gets pretty upset and she doesn't know why, but later she understands it when he tells her how he feels.
- Lady Dedlock's obsession with the hand writing of a particular law document suggested she had a much deeper past than her husband gave her credit for.
- The final one is dear Mr. Guppy. Having been rejected once by Miss Summerson he would stalk her
and try to find out everything he could about her past, this only meant that he was still in love with her and would try again, soon, to see if her mind had changed.
There is a court case that has been going on for generations called Jarndyce and Jarndyce. This case led many people who became involved in the case into thinking they would inherit a VERY large sum of money when it was all settled. The problem is that the late Mr. Jarndyce left many different versions of his will that were all written at different dates. The case has never been resolved and it has ruined many people's lives. The newest victims of the case are announced to be Richard Carstone and Ada Clare; both orphans who end up falling in love with each other. Ada is given a companion named Esther Summerson to accompany them to their new home, Bleak House. Mr. John Jarndyce owns this estate and he's a very fun guy, but he has seen too much of the J&J case that he wants nothing to do with it. He has made his own way in the world without relying on the possibility of it ever being solved. Anyway this book has so many different parts to it and sooo many other characters to track, that I’ll skip to the near end. Mr. John wants Esther to marry him, but she is in love with Mr. Woodcourt. In the end he sees this and releases Esther from her acceptance of his proposal. Many people die for example Lady Dedlock herself, Mr. Tolkienhorn, Jo, Richard and at the beginning, Captain Nemo who was the start of this whole investigation in the first place. The J&J case if FINALLY solved after a more recent will is found by Mr. Smallweed under Mr. Krook’s cat. Sadly, however, what everyone expected to be a happy day for the wards in J&J (they were supposed to get a large amount of money) ended badly as the cost of the case had eaten up the inheritance money because it had gone on for so long. This is what kills Richard. Ada has his baby, but is a single mother and Esther marries Mr. Woodcourt.
2. Succinctly describe the theme of the novel. Avoid cliches.
"And yet, in the clouded, eager, seeking look that passed over him..." (ch.37) There certainly is something to say about obsession in this book. It shows the reader the difference between passion and obsession. Richard becomes obsessed with the case while Mr. Jarndyce has a passionate love for Esther. Rich sadly went too far and because of his infatuation he ended up not taking good care of himself and dying.
3. Describe the author's tone. Include three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).
I have always loved reading Dickens novels because you know that everyone will get what they deserve, in the end. However he writes to my vision of London. Dank, rank, putrid, cruel, cold, foggy, and unrelenting. His tone is knowledgeable. He grew up with all that bad stuff and he knows what the world is like, therefore he writes from his own experience with the knowledge that there are evils in this world AND at the same time, goodness. "With so much of itself abandoned to darkness and vacancy. With so little change under the summer shining or the wintry lowering; so sombre and motionless always." Truth. "And don't you know that you are prettier than you ever were?"
Harsh truth and yet love and hope. "Allan, standing at the window, was as pleased as Caddy; and I was as pleased as either of them; and I wonder that I got away as I did, rather than that I came off
laughing, and red, and anything but tidy, and looking after Caddy, who looked after us out of the coach-window as long as she could see us." The people who do find each other as friends love each other so much and are so contented in each others company that they remain friends through out the story. I wonder if that's possible today...
4. Describe five literary elements/techniques you observed that strengthen your understanding of the theme and/or your sense of the tone. Include three excerpts (for each element) that will help your reader understand each one.
Many symbols were used in this story:
- Miss Flite’s birds, all with names like Hope, Joy, Freedom, Despair, Ruin, Dust, Disease, and
The Wards of Jarndyce. Only to be set free from their cages when J&J is concluded.
- Mothers, to me were also a very big symbol. In many of Dickens’ books he writes about mother figures being extremely negligent and treating their children horribly. Lady Deadlock gave Esther away and put her in a house where the nanny dashed her self esteem greatly. Then there’s Mrs. Jellyby who is so obsessed with her mission to “save Africa” that she neglects her children. The irony is she is so wound up with the children of Africa that she scars her own children very deeply. She isn’t even the slightest bit interested when Caddy tells her she’s marrying Mr. Turveydrop.
- The Jarndyce and Jardyce case itself is a symbol of ruin and despair for all those who become entangled in its web. It has made people obsess over its verdict that they forgot how to live, eat, and sleep, killing them with each passing moment of its dreary life-time.
Dickens uses very interesting and descriptive language:
- “There is much good in it; there are many good and true people in it; it has its appointed place. But the evil of it is that it is a world wrapped up in too much jeweller's cotton and fine wool, and cannot hear the rushing of the larger worlds, and cannot see them as they circle round the sun.
It is a deadened world, and its growth is sometimes unhealthy for want of air.” (ch2)
- “I say seemed, for the windows were so encrusted with dirt that they would have made midsummer sunshine dim.” (ch. 5) Stopping in mid-sentence to help the reader better understand what Esther was looking at.
- ”In the shade of Cook's Court, at most times a shady place, Mr. Snagsby has dealt in all sorts of blank forms of legal process; in skins and rolls of parchment; in paper--foolscap, brief, draft, brown, white, whitey- brown, and blotting; in stamps; in office-quills, pens, ink, India-
rubber, pounce, pins, pencils, sealing-wax, and wafers; in red tape and green ferret; in pocket-books, almanacs, diaries, and law lists; in string boxes, rulers, inkstands--glass and leaden--pen-knives, scissors, bodkins, and other small office-cutlery; in short, in articles too numerous to mention, ever since he was out of his time and went into partnership with Peffer.” (ch. 10)
Repetition:
- “I had never heard my mama spoken of. I had never heard of my papa either, but I felt more interested about my mama. I had never worn a black frock, that I could recollect. I had never been shown my mama's grave. I had never been told where it was. Yet I had never been taught to pray for any relation but my godmother. I had...” (ch.2)
- “... like inferior blood unlawfully shed, WILL cry aloud and
WILL be heard. Sir Leicester's cousins, in the remotest degree,
are so many murders in the respect that they.” (ch. 27)
- “Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls deified among the tiers of shipping and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city. Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights.” (ch. 1)
Allusions:
- Many Shakespeare references, "will out." and quoting some of the Tempest.
- Referencing to Rip Van Winkle
- The Flying Dutchman, “with a crew of ghostly clients imploring”
Foreshadowing:
- Many people were worried about Richard and we learned about his obsession through Ada's worried looks, Mr. & Mrs. Badger warning Mr. John that if Rich doesn't settle down soon he we become too entangled and Esther warning him against letting Mr. Skimpole run his affairs.
- We can tell that Mr. Jandyce likes Esther when they have their talk about Esther being unhappy. She says she sees him as a father figure only to make a connection and reassure him that he wasn't doing anything wrong. When she says this, however Mr. John gets pretty upset and she doesn't know why, but later she understands it when he tells her how he feels.
- Lady Dedlock's obsession with the hand writing of a particular law document suggested she had a much deeper past than her husband gave her credit for.
- The final one is dear Mr. Guppy. Having been rejected once by Miss Summerson he would stalk her
and try to find out everything he could about her past, this only meant that he was still in love with her and would try again, soon, to see if her mind had changed.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Bacov... too much LOTR
beatitude- Supreme blessedness
Arowen's beatitude is what attracted Aragorn.
bete noire- a detested person (disliked or avoided)
I know a few bete noire people. Guy Noire, Private Eye.
bode- Be an omen of a particular outcome
bode- Be an omen of a particular outcome
It bode a certain reluctance and I could tell it would be hard to budge the donkey.
dank- Disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold
dank- Disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold
In Great Expectations, Miss Havisham's house was dank.
ecumenical- Promoting or relating to unity among the world's Christian churches
ecumenical- Promoting or relating to unity among the world's Christian churches
the ecumenical convention was meant to united them.
fervid- Intensely enthusiastic or passionate
fervid- Intensely enthusiastic or passionate
David tennant is fervid when it comes to playing the Doctor.
fetid- Smelling extremely unpleasant
fetid- Smelling extremely unpleasant
Gollum's cave is fetid
gargantuan- of great mass
gargantuan- of great mass
there was a gargantuan of tarantulas.
heyday- The period of a person's or thing's greatest success or popularity
heyday- The period of a person's or thing's greatest success or popularity
"cuz this is our heeeey daaayy, baby! And we're not gonna be afraid to shout!"
incubus- A cause of distress or anxiety like a nightmare
incubus- A cause of distress or anxiety like a nightmare
I had an incubus last night that woke me up and I was sweating.
infrastructure- The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation
infrastructure- The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation
The infrastructure of the building was badly built
inveigle- Persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery
inveigle- Persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery
"because it's my birthday and I wants it." -Smeagol
kudos- Praise and honor received for an achievement
kudos- Praise and honor received for an achievement
Kudos to Samwise Gamgee!!! He's the real hero.
lagniappe- Something given as a bonus or extra gift
lagniappe- Something given as a bonus or extra gift
we will give u a new parking spot as a lagniappe
prolix- Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy
prolix- Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy
To prolix your essays makes the reader bored.
protege- a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career
protege- a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career
You shall be my protege and I will show you how to get down in Funky Town.
prototype- A first or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied
prototype- A first or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied
The prototype for the cyborg looked perfect, but when it came to fusing flesh with metal... not everything went as smoothly as planned...
sycophant- A person who acts obsequiously toward someone in order to gain advantage; a servile flatterer
sycophant- A person who acts obsequiously toward someone in order to gain advantage; a servile flatterer
haven't we had-- never mind anyway, YOU SYCOPHANTIC SYCOPHANT! (not you personally, never. but the other person next to you. Nope actually not them either, I wouldn't want to insult readers. What readers? shhhhhhh just act like you have readers! OK Fine then, your sister's neighbor's cow is the sycophantic sycophant. Better? Better.
tautology- The saying of the same thing twice in different words
tautology- The saying of the same thing twice in different words
You're just rephrasing it so I won't understand you and you'll come out on top!
truckle- Submit or behave obsequiously
truckle- Submit or behave obsequiously
Obsequious sorrow? what hamlet.... what?
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Sinome Maruvan
"In this place will I abide"
... I've been watching too much Lord of the Rings
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Bicyclists
Monday, September 10, 2012
Bacov
1.) acumen: The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions
~The mad men must be able to make good business acumen if they want to advertise well.
2.) adjudicate: Make a formal judgment or decision about a problem or disputed matter
~The committee adjudicates on all of the cities decissions
3.) anachronism: something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time
~psshhh The Doctor, that is all
4.) apocryphal: of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
~She told an apocryphal stpry about how the knife got there, the truth was later revealed.
5.) disparity: lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference
~The disparity of the south was deplorable, and parts of it still are.
6.) dissimulate: to disguise or conceal under a false appearance
~Lemony Snicket
7.) empirical: depending upon experience or observation
~The nurse used an empirical idea based upon her experience in the Serengeti.
8.) flamboyant: strikingly bold or brilliant
~ The nebula the visited was flamboyant with color and stars being born right in front of them.
9.) fulsome: disgusting; sickening; repulsive
~American television is fulsome, unlike British telly.
10.) immolate: to sacrifice
~River immolated herself to save him from the Silence.
11.) imperceptible: very slight, gradual
~The imperceptible slope of the road
12.) lackey: a footman or liveried manservant
~Bailey Nelson is my lackey >:P
13.) liaison: a person who initiates and maintains a connection.
For references you need to call upon a reliable liaison
14.) monolithic: characterized by massiveness, total uniformity, rigidity, invulnerability
monolithic hull on the Albion
15.) mot juste: right word: exactly the right word or words to express something
Molto Bene! Allons-y! Will you go for a spin in the TARDIS with me?
16.) nihilism: belief that nothing is worthwhile
Just listen to Bohemian Rhapsody
17.) patrician: somebody with the qualities and manners traditionally associated with the upper class
Mr. Darcy--> ci---> Darci
18.) propitiate: win somebody's favor
Huzzah let's go kiss up to teachers!
19.) sic: thus or so
Sic, the world came to an end
20.) sublimate: redirect, to channel impulses or energies regarded as unacceptable
Did you know you can fix that Chameleon Circuit if you just try hot wiring the fragment links and superseding the binary fibula- clusters? ... well you can.
~The mad men must be able to make good business acumen if they want to advertise well.
2.) adjudicate: Make a formal judgment or decision about a problem or disputed matter
~The committee adjudicates on all of the cities decissions
3.) anachronism: something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time
~psshhh The Doctor, that is all
4.) apocryphal: of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
5.) disparity: lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference
6.) dissimulate: to disguise or conceal under a false appearance
~Lemony Snicket
7.) empirical: depending upon experience or observation
~The nurse used an empirical idea based upon her experience in the Serengeti.
8.) flamboyant: strikingly bold or brilliant
~ The nebula the visited was flamboyant with color and stars being born right in front of them.
9.) fulsome: disgusting; sickening; repulsive
~American television is fulsome, unlike British telly.
10.) immolate: to sacrifice
~River immolated herself to save him from the Silence.
11.) imperceptible: very slight, gradual
~The imperceptible slope of the road
12.) lackey: a footman or liveried manservant
~Bailey Nelson is my lackey >:P
13.) liaison: a person who initiates and maintains a connection.
14.) monolithic: characterized by massiveness, total uniformity, rigidity, invulnerability
monolithic hull on the Albion
15.) mot juste: right word: exactly the right word or words to express something
Molto Bene! Allons-y! Will you go for a spin in the TARDIS with me?
16.) nihilism: belief that nothing is worthwhile
Just listen to Bohemian Rhapsody
17.) patrician: somebody with the qualities and manners traditionally associated with the upper class
Mr. Darcy--> ci---> Darci
18.) propitiate: win somebody's favor
Huzzah let's go kiss up to teachers!
19.) sic: thus or so
Sic, the world came to an end
20.) sublimate: redirect, to channel impulses or energies regarded as unacceptable
Did you know you can fix that Chameleon Circuit if you just try hot wiring the fragment links and superseding the binary fibula- clusters? ... well you can.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Beowulf and Godzilla
Meanehwæl, baccat meaddehæle, monstær lurccen;
Meanwhile, back at the mead-hall, the monster lurks;
Fulle few too many drincce, hie luccen for fyht.
full of too many drinks and goes looking for a fight.
Ðen Hreorfneorhtðhwr, son of Hrwærowþheororthwl,
Then Hreorfneorhtðhwr, son of Hrwærowþheororthwl,
Æsccen æwful jeork to steop outsyd.
Hears an awful jerk to stop outside.
Þhud! Bashe! Crasch! Beoom! Ðe bigge gye
Fudd! Bash! Crash! Boom! The big guy
Eallum his bon brak, byt his nose offe;
feeling his broken back, bites his nose off;
Wicced Godsylla wæld on his asse.
Wicked Godzilla was on his ass.
Monstær moppe fleor wyþ eallum men in hælle.
Monster mopped the floor with all the men in the hall.
Beowulf in bacceroome fonecall bamaccen wæs;
Beowulf who was in bathroom phone call (bamaccen?) was;
Hearen sond of ruccus sæd, "Hwæt ðe helle?"
Hearing the sound of ruckus and said, “What the hell?”
Graben sheold strang ond swich-blæd scharp
Grabbing his shield and sharp switch-blade
Stond feorth to fyht ðe grimlic foe.
he stood forth to fight the grim foe.
"Me," Godsylla sæd, "mac ðe minsemete."
“I,” Godzilla said, “am the mincemeat
Heoro cwyc geten heold wiþ fæmed half-nelson
Hero can getting held with famed half-nelson
Ond flyng him lic frisbe bac to fen
And flying him like a frisbee back to
Beowulf belly up to meaddehæle bar,
Beowulf went belly up to the mead-hall bar
Sæd, "Ne foe beaten mie færsom cung-fu."
and said “No foe can beat my fiercesom Kung-Fu.”
Eorderen cocca-cohla yce-coeld, ðe reol þyng.
He ordered a Cocoa Cola ice- cold, the real thing.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
vocab
apostate (n) a traitor
there was an apostle apostate.
effusive (adj) enthusiastic exuberant, ebullient
David Tennant’s acting style is effusive and wild
impasse (n) gridlock, a jam, (Lady Deadlock)
Jaundice & Jaudice was impasse and the court couldn’t come to a verdict
euphoria (n) bliss, ecstasy, jubilation
Some feel a sense of euphoria when in nature
lugubrious (adj) gloomy, sad
Richmond was feeling very lugubrious indeed, not his usual cheery self at all.
bravado (n) boastfulness
The young boy was teaming with slightly masculine bravado. He was no where near maturity.
consensus (n) general agreement
The senate reached a consensus and decided to pass the bill.
dichotomy (n) a division or difference of opinion
The dichotomy prevented everyone from negotiating b/c no one would back down.
constrict (v) confine, restrain
The witch constricted sleeping beauty in a castle.
gothic (adj) eerie, mysterious
Poe wrote gothics... ‘nough said.
punctilio (n) civility etiquette, DECORUM
Ladies have the punctilio to only put 2 sugar cubes in their tea.
metamorphosis (n) transformation, mutation, evolution
caterpillars go through a metamorphosis
raconteur (n) a narrator or storyteller
the prologue is usually read by the racnteur
sine qua non (n) something essential
decus et tutamen, sine qua non erit sine morte.
quixotic (adj) dreamy, unrealistic
Midsummer Night’s Dream is a quixotic play
vendetta (n) feud a dispute
V for Vendetta
non sequitur (n) an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
your argument is non sequitur.
mystique (n) an aura of mystery or mystical power surrounding a particular occupation or pursuit
Mystique is all over the xmen movies.
quagmire (n) predicament or dilemma
I’ve gotten meself into a bit of a quagmire.
parlous (adj) perilous dangerous
the slippery slope is parlous
there was an apostle apostate.
effusive (adj) enthusiastic exuberant, ebullient
David Tennant’s acting style is effusive and wild
impasse (n) gridlock, a jam, (Lady Deadlock)
Jaundice & Jaudice was impasse and the court couldn’t come to a verdict
euphoria (n) bliss, ecstasy, jubilation
Some feel a sense of euphoria when in nature
lugubrious (adj) gloomy, sad
Richmond was feeling very lugubrious indeed, not his usual cheery self at all.
bravado (n) boastfulness
The young boy was teaming with slightly masculine bravado. He was no where near maturity.
consensus (n) general agreement
The senate reached a consensus and decided to pass the bill.
dichotomy (n) a division or difference of opinion
The dichotomy prevented everyone from negotiating b/c no one would back down.
constrict (v) confine, restrain
The witch constricted sleeping beauty in a castle.
gothic (adj) eerie, mysterious
Poe wrote gothics... ‘nough said.
punctilio (n) civility etiquette, DECORUM
Ladies have the punctilio to only put 2 sugar cubes in their tea.
metamorphosis (n) transformation, mutation, evolution
caterpillars go through a metamorphosis
raconteur (n) a narrator or storyteller
the prologue is usually read by the racnteur
sine qua non (n) something essential
decus et tutamen, sine qua non erit sine morte.
quixotic (adj) dreamy, unrealistic
Midsummer Night’s Dream is a quixotic play
vendetta (n) feud a dispute
V for Vendetta
non sequitur (n) an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
your argument is non sequitur.
mystique (n) an aura of mystery or mystical power surrounding a particular occupation or pursuit
Mystique is all over the xmen movies.
quagmire (n) predicament or dilemma
I’ve gotten meself into a bit of a quagmire.
parlous (adj) perilous dangerous
the slippery slope is parlous
Doctor.... Who?
The Doctor's journey from Gallifrey to Earth has spanned over hundreds of years. Since he is 945? 947? IDK it varies in each episode. Well, the Doctor has had lots of time to gain wisdom and he realized, sometime or other that our little planet filled with little people is the place for him. Ever since he left Gallifrey in the TARDIS things have basically just gone bonkers for him. I guess this will be hard for me, talking about his life as if is was a timeline, but since he's a Timelord, his story is anything but a linear one. I'll just go through the main events.
Firstly, his adventures all kicked off when he was just a little tike (about 302) when he stole a TARDIS from a stock-pile of TARDISes after the type 40s had been decommissioned. Like all TADISes this type 40 could travel through time and space, but it had a certain... spice to it's mechanical soul. This is why the Doctor decided to keep it when he had the option of acquiring the newer type of TARDIS. It is commonly known that this spaceship never takes the Doctor where he wants to go, but where he needs to go. Therein lies the premise for his heroism. Always zooming about in his time machine saving peoples' lives and stopping alien invasions on Earth. "The mad man with a box."
Second, is his feud with the Master, who is the antithesis of the Doctor. Both grew up together on Gallifrey right around the time when the academy was initiating a new ceremony... gazing into the Untempered Schism. It was known that the schism had 3 after effects. 1) you would run away screaming 2) become a genius 3) or go absolutely coocoo for coa coa puffs. The Doctor, well, he ran. The Master, however mmm, let's just say that's when the drumming started, but that's whooole nother story. Anyway, the Master went crazy and is always trying to foil the Doctor. Their feud has lasted for ages with the Doctor always doing the right thing and saving the planet from the Master's horrible mischief.
The last point in time that was incredibly significant in the Doctor's long life was the day he killed his own race... The Daleks of the planet Skaro were fighting the Timelords of Gallifrey and if ever there was or will be a more detestable race full of anger, greed, and destruction, multiply them by 1000 and you'll have the Daleks. They were trying to take over the universe... their favorite word is "EXTERMINATE!!!" so let me rephrase that: the wanted to take over the universe and exterminate every other race so that the Daleks could reign supreme. The Timelords tried to stop them and things happend, circumstances evolved and the Doctor has to lock EVERYONE in a time bubble (A time bubble occurrs when an individual meets their past or future self under certain circumstances. This results in time being frozen save for the individual who caused the bubble. The bubble would quickly deteriorate and normal time resumes.)He saved the universe at a tremendous cost and later on when the timelords get out of the bubble (through the Master) they're pretty pissed off.
Having to make sacrifices is what the Doctor does best, not that city of Pompeii is very greatful for that, but hey, he does his best. He has faced daleks, suntarens, cybermen, atraxi, weaping angels, the master, the rest of the timelords, the vashta nerada, satan himself and so many other horrific beings throughout time. Yet the most dangerous thing in existance is the doctor himself. If he ever turned against the earth and its inhabitants, or even the whole universe, we would never stand a chance.
Firstly, his adventures all kicked off when he was just a little tike (about 302) when he stole a TARDIS from a stock-pile of TARDISes after the type 40s had been decommissioned. Like all TADISes this type 40 could travel through time and space, but it had a certain... spice to it's mechanical soul. This is why the Doctor decided to keep it when he had the option of acquiring the newer type of TARDIS. It is commonly known that this spaceship never takes the Doctor where he wants to go, but where he needs to go. Therein lies the premise for his heroism. Always zooming about in his time machine saving peoples' lives and stopping alien invasions on Earth. "The mad man with a box."
Second, is his feud with the Master, who is the antithesis of the Doctor. Both grew up together on Gallifrey right around the time when the academy was initiating a new ceremony... gazing into the Untempered Schism. It was known that the schism had 3 after effects. 1) you would run away screaming 2) become a genius 3) or go absolutely coocoo for coa coa puffs. The Doctor, well, he ran. The Master, however mmm, let's just say that's when the drumming started, but that's whooole nother story. Anyway, the Master went crazy and is always trying to foil the Doctor. Their feud has lasted for ages with the Doctor always doing the right thing and saving the planet from the Master's horrible mischief.
The last point in time that was incredibly significant in the Doctor's long life was the day he killed his own race... The Daleks of the planet Skaro were fighting the Timelords of Gallifrey and if ever there was or will be a more detestable race full of anger, greed, and destruction, multiply them by 1000 and you'll have the Daleks. They were trying to take over the universe... their favorite word is "EXTERMINATE!!!" so let me rephrase that: the wanted to take over the universe and exterminate every other race so that the Daleks could reign supreme. The Timelords tried to stop them and things happend, circumstances evolved and the Doctor has to lock EVERYONE in a time bubble (A time bubble occurrs when an individual meets their past or future self under certain circumstances. This results in time being frozen save for the individual who caused the bubble. The bubble would quickly deteriorate and normal time resumes.)He saved the universe at a tremendous cost and later on when the timelords get out of the bubble (through the Master) they're pretty pissed off.
Having to make sacrifices is what the Doctor does best, not that city of Pompeii is very greatful for that, but hey, he does his best. He has faced daleks, suntarens, cybermen, atraxi, weaping angels, the master, the rest of the timelords, the vashta nerada, satan himself and so many other horrific beings throughout time. Yet the most dangerous thing in existance is the doctor himself. If he ever turned against the earth and its inhabitants, or even the whole universe, we would never stand a chance.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Summer reading notes
Lit. Book
I'm going to read Bleak House by Charles Dickens for my Literature analysis. Dickens is awesome and I like all of his books that I've read so far. The title sounds, well bleak but almost always in his books, things are not as they appear...
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