30 Day meme day 5, another meme from Kun, and a brief slice of life
day 05 → your favourite quote
I read through my list of Charioteer quotes while pondering this and it hit me all over again how much I love that book.
If you're looking at this through my journal page, there's a box on the right between my calendar and tags called "Epitaphion." This is the Greek root (Επιτάφιον) of the English word "epitaph," so named because I could imagine the quote inside as a summary of my life and view of myself that could be written upon my death.
"On a stricken field littered with the abandoned trophies of his lifetime, he remembered a victory which had once seemed beyond the furthest reach of the most secret aspiration." (From Mary Renault's The Charioteer.)
I often feel like things I accomplish are important momentarily, then left behind as markers of sorts for different stages of my life as I wander onward into something else, searching for something I can only grasp at the very edges of my conscious.
The full quote is: "There would be frost soon on the pane. Laurie pressed his forehead to the icy glass and shut his eyes. He didn't know why memories which had lain with his mind's lumber for so many years, waking no more than a dim nostalgia, should return now to charge the present with so unbearable a weight of longing. On a stricken field littered with the abandoned trophies of his lifetime, he remembered a victory which had once seemed beyond the furthest reach of the most secret aspiration. But he only said to himself that he must have someone to talk to." In the context of the novel, the victory Laurie is thinking of is loving and being loved by someone.
How Old Are You?
[ ] You know how to make a pot of coffee. (Don't drink coffee.)
[ ] You keep track of dates using a calendar.
[x] You own a credit card. (Though I try to use my debit card or cash instead.)
[ ] You know how to change the oil in a car. (In vague theory.)
[x] You've done your own laundry.
[x] You can cook for yourself. (. . . but I don't made things from scratch very often.)
[x] You think politics are interesting. (Certain topics.)
TOTAL SO FAR: 4
[ ] You show up for school late a lot. (N/A -- not taking any classes currently; didn't show up late when I was with a few rare exceptions.)
[ ] You always carry a pen/pencil in your bag/purse/pocket.
[x] You've never gotten a detention.
[ ] You have forgotten your own birthday. (Would have once if parents hadn't reminded me.)
[x] You like to take walks by yourself. (. . . but not particularly in this area; here, I usually go with my mom.)
[x] You know what credibility means, without looking it up.
[x] You drink caffeine at least once a week. (Tea, usually caffeinated [green, black, or white] in morning and decaf/herbal in afternoon/evening.)
TOTAL SO FAR: 8
[x] You know how to do the dishes.
[x] You can count to 10 in another language.
[x] When you say you're going to do something you USUALLY do it.
[x] You can mow the lawn (Have with a John Deere riding mower, but never a push one.)
[ ] You study even when you don't have to. (Not sure how to interpret this with not being in school right now.)
[x] You have hand washed a car before.
TOTAL SO FAR: 13
[x] You can spell experience, without looking it up.
[ ] The people at Starbucks know you by name. (Don't like Starbucks or coffee houses in general.)
[ ] Your favorite kind of food is take out.
[x] You can go to the store without getting something you don't need.
[x] You understand political jokes the first time they are said. (Most.)
[x] You can type pretty quick.
TOTAL SO FAR: 17
[ ] Your only friends are from your place of employment.
[ ] You have been to a Tupperware party.
[x] You have realized that practically no one will take you seriously unless you are over the age of 25 and have a job. (No one or myself?)
[ ] You have more bills than you can pay.
[x] You have been to the beach.
[x] You use the internet every day. (Almost every day.)
[ ] You have been outside of the United States 3 or more times (Twice.)
[ ] You make your bed in the morning.
TOTAL SO FAR: 20
Huh. I've never viewed myself as immature, but atypical? . . . maybe.
Valentine's Day (which is also the third day of the Winter Olympics and also also Chinese New Year -- Happy Year of the Tiger!) we're having my dad's birthday dinner. (His actual birthday was yesterday, but we always have our homemade family dinners on Sunday.) My dad requested burritos, but my mom didn't want to make something she can't eat (she's not suppose to have spicy foods or tomatoes), so I'm cooking them while my mom makes the soup and cake.
I read through my list of Charioteer quotes while pondering this and it hit me all over again how much I love that book.
If you're looking at this through my journal page, there's a box on the right between my calendar and tags called "Epitaphion." This is the Greek root (Επιτάφιον) of the English word "epitaph," so named because I could imagine the quote inside as a summary of my life and view of myself that could be written upon my death.
"On a stricken field littered with the abandoned trophies of his lifetime, he remembered a victory which had once seemed beyond the furthest reach of the most secret aspiration." (From Mary Renault's The Charioteer.)
I often feel like things I accomplish are important momentarily, then left behind as markers of sorts for different stages of my life as I wander onward into something else, searching for something I can only grasp at the very edges of my conscious.
The full quote is: "There would be frost soon on the pane. Laurie pressed his forehead to the icy glass and shut his eyes. He didn't know why memories which had lain with his mind's lumber for so many years, waking no more than a dim nostalgia, should return now to charge the present with so unbearable a weight of longing. On a stricken field littered with the abandoned trophies of his lifetime, he remembered a victory which had once seemed beyond the furthest reach of the most secret aspiration. But he only said to himself that he must have someone to talk to." In the context of the novel, the victory Laurie is thinking of is loving and being loved by someone.
How Old Are You?
[ ] You know how to make a pot of coffee. (Don't drink coffee.)
[ ] You keep track of dates using a calendar.
[x] You own a credit card. (Though I try to use my debit card or cash instead.)
[ ] You know how to change the oil in a car. (In vague theory.)
[x] You've done your own laundry.
[x] You can cook for yourself. (. . . but I don't made things from scratch very often.)
[x] You think politics are interesting. (Certain topics.)
TOTAL SO FAR: 4
[ ] You show up for school late a lot. (N/A -- not taking any classes currently; didn't show up late when I was with a few rare exceptions.)
[ ] You always carry a pen/pencil in your bag/purse/pocket.
[x] You've never gotten a detention.
[ ] You have forgotten your own birthday. (Would have once if parents hadn't reminded me.)
[x] You like to take walks by yourself. (. . . but not particularly in this area; here, I usually go with my mom.)
[x] You know what credibility means, without looking it up.
[x] You drink caffeine at least once a week. (Tea, usually caffeinated [green, black, or white] in morning and decaf/herbal in afternoon/evening.)
TOTAL SO FAR: 8
[x] You know how to do the dishes.
[x] You can count to 10 in another language.
[x] When you say you're going to do something you USUALLY do it.
[x] You can mow the lawn (Have with a John Deere riding mower, but never a push one.)
[ ] You study even when you don't have to. (Not sure how to interpret this with not being in school right now.)
[x] You have hand washed a car before.
TOTAL SO FAR: 13
[x] You can spell experience, without looking it up.
[ ] The people at Starbucks know you by name. (Don't like Starbucks or coffee houses in general.)
[ ] Your favorite kind of food is take out.
[x] You can go to the store without getting something you don't need.
[x] You understand political jokes the first time they are said. (Most.)
[x] You can type pretty quick.
TOTAL SO FAR: 17
[ ] Your only friends are from your place of employment.
[ ] You have been to a Tupperware party.
[x] You have realized that practically no one will take you seriously unless you are over the age of 25 and have a job. (No one or myself?)
[ ] You have more bills than you can pay.
[x] You have been to the beach.
[x] You use the internet every day. (Almost every day.)
[ ] You have been outside of the United States 3 or more times (Twice.)
[ ] You make your bed in the morning.
TOTAL SO FAR: 20
Huh. I've never viewed myself as immature, but atypical? . . . maybe.
Valentine's Day (which is also the third day of the Winter Olympics and also also Chinese New Year -- Happy Year of the Tiger!) we're having my dad's birthday dinner. (His actual birthday was yesterday, but we always have our homemade family dinners on Sunday.) My dad requested burritos, but my mom didn't want to make something she can't eat (she's not suppose to have spicy foods or tomatoes), so I'm cooking them while my mom makes the soup and cake.