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timerippleSo, you know that part in the Chushingura where everybody commits seppuku?
And in Happier News (or Maybe Not):
I too have joined the ranks of poor grovelling souls contriving to obtain an iPod. *ponders* Now, would that be in indirect discourse, or would a simple participle suffice? I think I'll go with the participle. I wonder how one might grovel in H&Q-land. It might become necessary, were one to steal a goat intending that it might bear the having-been-stolen wine out of the marketplace. For the hoplites, on the one hand, the ones having come from the ship, must be educated by Homer's brother. On the other hand, we are intending to give the having-been-stolen wine, a gift/bribe, to Homer's brother, so that we may not be indicted by him.
*runs from H&Q-withdrawal-craziness*
And in Happier News (or Maybe Not):
I too have joined the ranks of poor grovelling souls contriving to obtain an iPod. *ponders* Now, would that be in indirect discourse, or would a simple participle suffice? I think I'll go with the participle. I wonder how one might grovel in H&Q-land. It might become necessary, were one to steal a goat intending that it might bear the having-been-stolen wine out of the marketplace. For the hoplites, on the one hand, the ones having come from the ship, must be educated by Homer's brother. On the other hand, we are intending to give the having-been-stolen wine, a gift/bribe, to Homer's brother, so that we may not be indicted by him.
*runs from H&Q-withdrawal-craziness*
Re: i know that one!
Date: 2004-07-11 05:21 pm (UTC)i think i saw the ceilidh collections when i bought my book, but decided that this one was cooler. or less expensive, i don't remember. mine doesn't have illustrations though :( but it does have nifty tunes, which i have begun to learn:)
< rant> (which totally loses its point when you're typing it a second time, but i'll try to get all annoyed again)
has anyone else had this experience? because i have experienced it twice now, and i am bewildered. maybe it's a michigan thing:
i'm sitting in a university library in a big space with lots of computers and tables and chairs and people working at stuff - quietly, i might add, and a guy comes in with his shirt tucked into ironed slacks and his hair parted and he's holding a bible. he proceeds to inform us something to the effect that the wages of sin are death, and then also feels the need to give numerous examples not only of these sins (which will, apparently, most certainly lead to horrendous torture in the afterlife if one neglects to accept the lord jesus christ into one's heart), but also of the full extent of the definitions of these sins (apparently, if one feels angry at someone, they might as well have killed the person as god sees it). twice, this has happened to me (once just now, hence the fresh annoyance). and with nearly identical speeches, too. this bothers me for a number of reasons, the easily justifiable one of which is that this is a public library, not a soapbox, no matter how important the message. if everyone who felt really convicted about something decided to get up and give a short lecture in spaces in the library, no one would be able to get any work done, although i have to say it would be interesting. being the only one with the gall to get up in a public but designated as quiet space and tell everyone how you think they should be living their lives (i don't see any rabbis going around and doing this) does not mean you've earned the right to do so. anyone who knows me knows that i am totally eager to hear people talk about things like this in many situations, and have chosen to subject myself to such on many occasions. but i don't want to be lectured when i'm trying to get work done (or reading fanfic, which makes the whole conversation here even more interesting), in a place for being quiet, by someone i've never seen before in my life. i doubt he's winning over many people... < /rant>
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