[silly fic]Severed Heads, Human Sacrifice, and Turtles 1/?

[garnettrees]

So I'm studying for my Chinese midterm when I suddenly find myself getting really, really fed up with the dry writing style of Sources of Ancient Chinese Philosophy. This snarky little voice in my head starts making all sorts of little comments and, rather than have them come out in, oh, say, my actual midterm, I decided to type it up

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[miyeko]

What happens if you turn this in for an essay test? (^_^)

[garnettrees]

I imagine Dr. K would use me as an in-class example of human sacrifice. ^_~
-Meredith

[hsapiens]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! *wipes eyes* You rock, woman. I've known your name through reading older SG-1 fan fic and now I'm delighted to find your LJ, wherein you tackle history.

So yeah, two hundred years ain't really history, not in the grand scheme of things...

I'm sure you've encountered the difficulty in explaining time to John Q. Public, for whom what he ate for lunch last Thursday is history. I had a prof once who had a great line: "Urbanization is an experiment for humanity. It hasn't run long enough to know if it's for real or a flash in the pan."

(Another thing archaeologists and anthropologists love to do is assign a Deep Philosophical Meaning to random squiggles. But hey, everyone needs a hobby.)

Gods, yes. And when it's something seemingly inexplicable, describe it as "religious or ceremonial." Tag assigned, case closed.

in the minds of anthropologists who, as I've mentioned, are just mad about finding new old things to name*nods* Oh yeah. Absolutely. Mmmm-hmmmm

[garnettrees]

I'm so glad you were amused, Mish! This is the first historical "parody" I've done, so your encouragement is greatly appreciated.

You're absolutely right about John Q. Public and time. Some of the things people call 'historic' would make me laugh if it wasn't so bloody insane.

And wow, you learned something, too! ^__^ Who'da thought? ^_~
Thanks again,
-Meredith