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biked home from work in the rain. the hood of my jacket, while not actually preventing rain from getting on my face & glasses, did manage to completely obscure my peripheral vision. had to sing a little song to passing cars that went a little like this: "please don't kill me, please don't kill me, i know i don't have a bikelight but i'm still generally a good person, tra la la la." i think it'll be an international hit.
n. brought home the director's cut of stargate. i hadn't particularly noticed before, but i really love the music in this movie. i keep humming along. maybe i'll look for the soundtrack.
and now i'm wondering about the roots of the word sarcophagus. '-phage' usually has to do with eating, right? i'm vaguely recalling that 'sarc-' is flesh. i suppose it would be too difficult to actually go get a dictionary and look up the etymology. that's what online dictionaries are for!
ooh, i was right. greek sarkophagos --> latin sarcophagus. and i love that 'sarcasm' basically means 'the tearing of the flesh.' etymology's so much fun.
and, as an added bonus, here's a little ditty inspired by redsouffle
Super-Nun and Squidboy in The Mystery of the Lost Zodiac
"Squidboy, where did you put that zodiac?"
"Which zodiac?"
"The one we retrieved from the Pigeonmeister's secret lair."
"Oh, that zodiac. I think it's in the atrium."
"The... atrium."
"You know, big hall, lots of kelp."
"Yeah... how 'bout you go look for it while I stay here and do important nun-things. That don't involve kelp."
"Oh, honestly. Your aversion to kelp is simply ludicrous."
"It smells like dead fish!"
"It smells like kelp!"
"My point exactly."
"Hmph. Super-Nun my aunt fanny..."
"And quit muttering. It's unbecoming of a squid your age."
next episode's words: sinew, vex, clear, envy, goat.
am now apparently watching 'eloise.' i love the book, but somehow it doesn't quite translate to the screen. i keep seeing the illustrations in my head, overlaid on the scenes.
n. brought home the director's cut of stargate. i hadn't particularly noticed before, but i really love the music in this movie. i keep humming along. maybe i'll look for the soundtrack.
and now i'm wondering about the roots of the word sarcophagus. '-phage' usually has to do with eating, right? i'm vaguely recalling that 'sarc-' is flesh. i suppose it would be too difficult to actually go get a dictionary and look up the etymology. that's what online dictionaries are for!
ooh, i was right. greek sarkophagos --> latin sarcophagus. and i love that 'sarcasm' basically means 'the tearing of the flesh.' etymology's so much fun.
and, as an added bonus, here's a little ditty inspired by redsouffle
Super-Nun and Squidboy in The Mystery of the Lost Zodiac
"Squidboy, where did you put that zodiac?"
"Which zodiac?"
"The one we retrieved from the Pigeonmeister's secret lair."
"Oh, that zodiac. I think it's in the atrium."
"The... atrium."
"You know, big hall, lots of kelp."
"Yeah... how 'bout you go look for it while I stay here and do important nun-things. That don't involve kelp."
"Oh, honestly. Your aversion to kelp is simply ludicrous."
"It smells like dead fish!"
"It smells like kelp!"
"My point exactly."
"Hmph. Super-Nun my aunt fanny..."
"And quit muttering. It's unbecoming of a squid your age."
next episode's words: sinew, vex, clear, envy, goat.
am now apparently watching 'eloise.' i love the book, but somehow it doesn't quite translate to the screen. i keep seeing the illustrations in my head, overlaid on the scenes.