Prompt [underlining mine to emphasize important parts]: Both Odysseus and the four patriarchs in Genesis all engage in deception and trickery. Choose one of the patriarchs and compare him with Odysseus on how they work their deceptions and trickery and what the significance is in each case.

Secondary Prompt [inspiration only, I'm not actually ( Read more... )

So sometimes I get nervous and stressed and worried and anxious about college, and I worry that I'm going to spend four years and stupid amounts of money accomplishing nothing but being lonely and sad. When that happens, I think to myself: ladyjaida  went to college, and look how awesome she is! She wrote Shoebox and a book and fell in love and graduated ( Read more... )

"Now Achilles was quite aware, for he had been told by his mother, that he might avoid death and return home, and live to a good old age, if he abstained from slaying Hector. Nevertheless he gave his life to revenge his friend, and dared to die, not only in his defense, but after he was dead. Wherefore the gods honoured him even above Alcestis, and ( Read more... )

For the record, I'm starting this at 4:13 p.m. EST. When will I finish it? God only knows.

Got downtown at about 5:20-ish. It was warm enough to wear shorts, gorgeous weather. I honestly wish I'd had a camera to film the line, because it was amazing. The people in front were the REALLY dedicated ones, obviously, all black-bar makeup and shit written ( Read more... )

BEST CONCERT EVAR. Sadly I did not meet anyone from the internets (or else I did, probably came terribly close to molesting them in the pit, and didn't notice, in which case I apologize sincerely), but my friends and I had a fabulous fabulous time. I'll do a full recap later with all the gory details, but here are the highlights

- MIKEY FUCKING WAY ( Read more... )

Star Wars is, very sadly, not much of a fandom nowadays. If it were, however, I am sure some of my opinions would be considered Unpopular Fandom Opinions. These include:

1) Harrison Ford is the only actor who can consistently make George Lucas' dialogue sound like it's totally that way on purpose.

2) Hayden Christensen's acting ability comes second ( Read more... )

Okay, this is kind of a random question, but if you or anyone you knew in college was in honors housing or some sort of living-learning community thing, did you/they enjoy it? By "living-learning community" I mean the sort of arrangement where people with similar majors, similar interests, or in some sort of program together live on the same floor/ ( Read more... )

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 Youtube comments are the best. Things. Ever. Once you sort through the chaff of "omg _ is like so totally hawt *heart breaks with longing*", you have a decent chance of hittting something amusing.

[In reference to a clip of Velvet Goldmine on youtube, which I was watching because it features Brian Molko doing some of the gayest dancing I have ever ( Read more... )

So I've had the new Hush Sound album since Saturday, and every time I listen to it it sounds better. GRETA. ♥ Her voice has this low-husky-sexy thing going on, and just a touch of vibrato. She sounds like a girl I saw at a show once- who, incidentally, looked a lot like Greta. I had such a crush on her for the half-an-hour or whatever they were ( Read more... )