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My first lj post in almost two months, hello!
Catherynne M. Valente finally blogged something I agree with!
And in a literary world where everyone and their aunt adores Austen and writes pastiches, homages, fan fiction, and stories set in Austen-analogues, I sometimes feel alone, out on the moors in a black dress with my blind lover and a burning house insisting that Bronte is where it’s at, ( Read more... ) -
Yay head trauma
I sustained a minor head injury today while biking to class. Basically I wasn't paying attention and I crashed into someone while trying to turn left, with the result that I fell off my bike and hit my head on the pavement. This hurt like fuck and I bled all over myself. Because being a dumbshit college student, I wasn't wearing a helmet. There was ( Read more... ) -
Age of Bronze
I just read the first two volumes of Age of Bronze. Um...well...Eric Shanower obviously did do a lot of research. He really tries hard to include all the super obscure details of Trojan War mythology that most people are totally unaware of, like Theseus kidnapping Helen and Agamemnon killing Clytemnestra's first husband. And the art is sexily ( Read more... ) -
The genealogy of Greek heroes is so bizarre
Remember how in Troy they made Achilles and Patroclus cousins and everyone was like "this is a lame cop-out to make them seem less gay"?
Well, they are actually cousins. Or rather, cousins once removed. Achilles' paternal grandfather's mother is Patroclus' father's mother. If that makes any sense. Basically there was this girl named Aegina that Zeus ( Read more... ) -
I am so upset right now
Apparently someone has just written a novel about the epic love story of Achilles and Patroclus. I was going to write this novel! ME! It was going to be my magnum opus after getting a PhD and being a Classics professor for like 20 years, when I would know ALL THE THINGS about Ancient Greece and be able to do it perfectly ( Read more... ) -
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Of course I do not deny, for I feel strongly, the fascination of the desire to unravel the intricately knotted and ramified history of the branches on the Tree of Tales. It is closely connected with the philologists’ study of the tangled skein of Language, of which I know some small pieces. But even with regard to language it seems to me that the ( Read more... ) -
Why am I even doing this to myself?
Reasons to watch Torchwood: Miracle Day
1) John Barrowman is hot, gets naked.
2) Gwen apparently blows a lot of shit up and punches a lot of people in the face.
Reasons not to watch Torchwood: Miracle Day
1) The premise is stupid.
2) Russell T Davies is a nihilistic, egotistical sack of shit.
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shit my dad says
Today, my dad walked into the living room and saw me lying on the couch reading Greek Homosexuality by K.J. Dover. He said, "Do you want to hear about the nightmare I had last night? I dreamed I was about to have a homosexual encounter with Brad Pitt. Luckily I woke up before anything happened ( Read more... ) -
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People keep telling me that my Classical Education will help me get a good score on the GRE. Let's test this, shall we? Here are some GRE vocab words (courtesy of the list compiled by The Princeton Review) which I have been able to define using my knowledge of Classical etymology/culture ( Read more... )