timeripple | heart falling fast when she left even the milky way was dressed in black

kayselkiemoon, why have you not told me about this song before? It is AWESOME.

Sunday, May 27, 2007
Dithered about all morning and finally decided to go to Venice. I couldn’t find the canals or any of the stuff in my CityGuide, but this has long since ceased to surprise me. I walked along the ocean blvd thing, which was just like Telegraph Ave on a Sunday, except five times as long and by the beach. Bought two pairs of cheap flip-flops, because you can never have too many pairs of flip-flops. At least, not if you live in LA. And then I decided to walk back to the mall in Santa Monica, because I needed shirts, and it was... er, only a couple of miles, probably. Ah, beach. Oh, my feet.

Two Conversations, for your amusement (or possibly not).

Greek class, as everybody runs for the door:
PROFESSOR: So, next week we’ll do the good parts of Book 9, with the Cyclops.
ME: Finally, some stabnation!
EVERYBODY: ...stabnation? Is that, like...?
ME: You people are NO FUN AT ALL.

Latin class, as everybody runs for the door...
The Text...
ME: Can I talk to you about my paper topic?
PROFESSOR: Sure.
ME: Okay. So, I know I said he was boring...
PROFESSOR: Tibullus?
ME: Yes. But the part in 1.3 about the underworld is really cool, you know, where everybody gets tortured...
HALLWAY FULL OF PEOPLE: ...!
PROFESSOR: *doesn’t bat an eyelash* Yes, that part’s quite interesting.
ME: Excellent!
PROFESSOR: I look forward to reading it. *flees*

The Subtext...
ME: He must be getting used to me and my strange ways at last!
PROFESSOR: I may be getting used to her and her strange ways at last, but I sincerely hope not all Wellesley students are like this.
ME: See? You have something in common with your future colleagues already!

This predilection for gory poetry is starting to disturb me. Perhaps I need to re-think my self-image, again. On plus side, now that I know who he's making fun of, Ovid is positively delightful.

Ye Olde Movie Reviewes:

The 13th Warrior Um. This was fairly bad in terms of being COMPLETELY POINTLESS, but I did enjoy... well, mostly Antonio Banderas. And the crack about bringing a dog to war, because seriously, Arabian horses are tiny but awesome. Also, the Latin was mostly right, from what I could catch of it. This makes up for a lot.

Twelfth Night I don’t know why this freaked me out so much the first time I saw it. It is REALLY GOOD. Possibly I was confused because of all the juxtaposition and cutting back and forth and so on. But it worked really well.

Ye Olde TVye Series Reviewe: Mulberry. It is cute, but less than gripping. Geraldine McEwan is hilarious though.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, with writers commentary. I have learned that with these movies, I sort of have to say, “Okay, it’s a PIRATE movie. With ridiculous battle scenes. Get over it and enjoy it!” Which I did. Also, the commentary helps.

And then I went and saw At World’s End again, and then

snowqueenofhoth saw it, and we flailed at each other about it on AIM this morning.

So afraid he'll be what they never were

Take a trip on a rocket ship, baby, where the sea is the sky
I know the guy who runs the place and he's out of sight
Flying Dutchman
Are you out there Flying Dutchman?