Comments | wanderlight: [original: "exit, pursued by bear"]

wanderlight

[original: "exit, pursued by bear"]

Nov 11, 2007 18:25

Something MADE OF AWESOME has recently happened to me. But since I have no time, I'll leave you with that cryptic statement, a rain check for a telling at a later date, and a copy of the article I wrote for the latest issue of the school paper.

( EXIT, PURSUED BY BEAR: on Shakespeare, melissophobia, and (obliquely) existentialism )

fiction, not!school, original

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safebox November 12 2007, 01:36:53 UTC

*dies laughing*

I HEART YOU. Look at those puns! That wit! Those references! a;sdlas

safebox November 12 2007, 11:21:14 UTC

Oh, and you should do Descartes! Because I just about managed to struggle through that with my somewhat lacklustre French - the lingo isn't so bad, really.

wanderlight November 17 2007, 21:06:11 UTC

I think I'm going to end up doing The Outsider by Camus -- won't require as much effort, since I know the book quite well after last year's World Lit course. :) But hey! I didn't know you took French!

safebox November 21 2007, 14:59:18 UTC

Mais oui! Admittedly I dropped it the year before I finished school (hahaha, saying that in the past tense is awesome), but I do love the language very much indeed.

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crewe November 12 2007, 01:51:51 UTC

:) i like the article.

& definitely, Robespierre. what a nutcase.

wanderlight November 17 2007, 21:06:23 UTC

Merci! :)

builtofsorrow November 12 2007, 01:56:30 UTC

Okay, I don't have time to read the article right now, but now I have something to look forward to when I get home from work!

Also, I don't know if this applies to your coursework at all, but I was so incredibly, geekily flabbergasted when I found out that Napoleon is considered an absolute hero in Poland. It seriously took me about three days to get over.

builtofsorrow November 15 2007, 04:40:21 UTC

Rita, how are you so brilliant?

I just... am blown away by your cleverness, and I'm fairly certain I'm missing half of it anyway.

(Also, I've read this about five times, and this bit especially --
(Bear-baiting, by the way, was a primitive Elizabethan sport in which bored commoners tied up a bear to a post, set dogs on it, and watched them fight to the death, kind of like Question Period in the House of Commons.)
-- has yet to fail to make me laugh out loud.)

♥!!

wanderlight November 17 2007, 21:07:08 UTC

♥ ♥ ♥!

*blushes* Thank you, dear. :)) You have just made my day!

wanderlight November 17 2007, 21:06:40 UTC

Wait, Napoleon + Poland? How?! o.O

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wanderlight November 17 2007, 21:07:53 UTC

EXCELLENT. Thank you. :D (Wait, you can look at pictures of Robespierre without snickering? 'Cause I never can!)

terraneanblues November 12 2007, 03:14:10 UTC

*snickers*

would so be right at home in any university's English department newsletter. The writing's quite amazing, as well, if you must know... ;)

And now, to counterbalance the level of intelligence that has been attained by such wordsome playfulness, I present the most cracktastic icon ever. Enjoy. :)

wanderlight November 17 2007, 21:08:31 UTC

BEST. ICON. EVER.

And thank you -- these nice words mean quite a lot, coming from you, Terra. ♥