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.

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

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.

Monday, September 3, 2012

Summer reading notes



I uploaded the first page of each section. If you want me to bring my notes in again, I will.

Treasure Planet



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...