she's got seagulls in her eyes

[timeripple]

I, like so many other denizens of the FC iTunes conference, have discovered the joys of Great Big Sea. There are no words to describe my love.

Well, “great and t00by” might just about cover it.

Went to traditional Scots fiddle music concert of university student elite group today. Was much goodness, although no toe-tapping. How I wished for my fellow Fiddleheads! However, I was bad and snuck in my devilish little iPod-recorder-gadget. *smacks self* Bad, bad Fiona. Very bad.

I think my iTunes fiddle collection will forgive me.


21 November 2004

I’ve been reading up on the Hellenistic period for context, and there was a bit in this one book about Antigonus Monophthalmos and his son Demetrios. This is familiar territory; we read about their naval battles last semester. Unfortunately this book doesn’t relate the incident in which Demetrios is “ill” and daddy-dearest visits him – only to discover he’s not the only visitor, and makes affectionately snarky comments. Haha. I love those two. Probably the only father-son duo who weren’t trying to kill each other.

I need to find some Lionel Casson books. Just to reassure myself that classical history can be funny.

22 November 2004

Well, here are two things I have a hard time believing exist, yet here they are in my book about Hellenistic Alexandria.

Ammonios, On the Fact that There Were Not More than Two Editions of Aristarchos’s Recension of the Iliad.

Aristophanes of Byzantion, On Words Suspected of Not Being Used by the Early Writers.

Good grief. Still looking for Casson though.

25 November 2004. Thanksgiving

My study abroad program hosted a Thanksgiving dinner at a fancy hotel in Edinburgh, which I attended after much agonizing over appropriate attire and much advice from Melanie. Brown cord skirts are truly wonderful things, as is 10-month-old hair gel. The bus ride home was enlivened by rather a lot of off-key caroling, and then some rather-more-on-key caroling when the off-key people lost interest and went to sleep. All in all a most satisfactory evening, especially as I remembered most of the verses to the Wassail Song (the one about ale).

Also, I have invented yet another proverb: No matter how many stars the restaurant has, a stale roll is still a stale roll.

27 November 2004

Warning: Classicist geek and nautical archaeology reference ahead. Again.

Lionel Casson is a god. I will make sacrifices to him, not because I want something, but because he is simply COOL and I wish to express my complete and utter adoration. How did I not know about these other books of his before?! Oh the joy!

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[kayselkiemoon.livejournal.com]

Also, I have invented yet another proverb: No matter how many stars the restaurant has, a stale roll is still a stale roll.

*grin*

Went to traditional Scots fiddle music concert of university student elite group today. Was much goodness, although no toe-tapping. How I wished for my fellow Fiddleheads!

wish i'd been there!

snuck in my devilish little iPod-recorder-gadget.

What is this?
and, you have an iPod? I'm fairly sure I'm getting one for christmas, although i'll be contributing. so now i need to know all about iPod accesories and foibles. I have iTunes on my computer. I want new headphones - does the iPod come with 'em, do you know? the pretty kind that stick in your ear and don't have a headband? I desire the iCar thingy but have a tape-converter that should do the trick... but a recorder gadget sounds quite desirable! *grins greedily*

meanwhile, glad your thanksgiving went well!

[timeripple.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have an iPod, and I bought the Griffen iTalk voice recorder for the sole purpose of recording music. It works quite well; the sound quality is quite good under certain circumstances, it just plugs onto the top of the iPod, and (this is the best part) it makes no noise while recording, so it's quite easy to make discreet clandestine recordings without those embarassingly loud button-pushing noises. *ahem* Not that I'd know. Because I would never, you know, do clandestine recordings in circumstances where discovery might be embarassing. Of course not. But, for the record, the concert is now safely in my iTunes for all to listen to at such time as is possible.

For more info, try the Apple website. It has pretty pictures and all sorts of cool information that I can't possibly remember right now.

When I'm up I can't get down, get my feet back on the ground

[nimoloth.livejournal.com]

Great Big Sea!! I saw them supporting Runrig at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall a few years ago and have been a big fan ever since, but no-one here's ever heard of them :). I hear they're big in Canada. I got the CD Road Rage at the concert (which has General Taylor twice by mistake, (but only on the tour-sold CD), Play and a copy of one of the others (can't remember which one at the moment *g*).

My favourite song by them is Up (When I'm Up?). I love that song! It's live on Road Rage.

They have a site: www.greatbigsea.com.

Re: When I'm up I can't get down, get my feet back on the ground

[timeripple.livejournal.com]

*happiness*

[(Anonymous)]

Antigonus Monophthalmos and his son Demetrios. Unfortunately this book doesn’t relate the incident in which Demetrios is “ill” and daddy-dearest visits him – only to discover he’s not the only visitor, and makes affectionately snarky comments. Haha. I love those two.

ahh, the memories - those two were absolutely wonderful. so you managed to find more books by him, right? do tell! & your proverb is superb!

-melanie

[timeripple.livejournal.com]

I cleaned out the library with the following:

The Ancient Mariners (huzzah!)
Libraries in the Ancient World (VERY relevant to my essay)
Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (totally irrelevant, but cool anyway)

Sadly, I couldn't find Travel in the Ancient World, which is also all kinds of fun. But I figured those three were a good start.