"Dime cómo mueres y te diré quién eres."
"Hay no tal pompa que la muerte no rompa"
The incas believed that hell was cold. Which is funny considering where they lived. and Dear lord, roomates, stop being so affectionate.
Those were some thoughts while doing my spanish homework. I'm trying to finish up the trivial homework that I have for spring break so I can really focus on:
1. Proposal for Senior Thesis- this involves going over the story I wrote during the Christmas break and looking to see how I can expand it through research. I am very excited about this, have made some notes, but need to find some focus. Can't write everything into a short story.
I can't even tell who is in the living room right now. I think I know, but their voices sound weird. They better be doing dishes. And a cell phone keeps ringing.
2. Start doing research for my Tolkien class essay. I am going to be writing on the idea of healing/forgiveness gardens. As you can see, I need to find some focus on that as well.
But the idea of a forgiveness garden sounds so cool! Maybe I can use Tolkien's example as a counterpoint for those who think a forgiveness garden is stupid. Or those who think forgiveness is stupid.
I love Lord of the Rings. It was amazing, and I have a new respect for it. And Frodo is amazing.
I liked that he gets called to the west. I wish that I felt more of a calling toward the west. I like the direction, but I have a feeling that my path in life is not in Washington or Oregon, as I would like it to be.
3. Economics exam. Got to save the GPA and study for this exam. This is lame, but I made one of those home-made notebooks Terri came up with...and it looks terrible, but that doesn't bother me, but I'm going to use it specifically for my economics studying, and I believe that having the notebook will motivate me. I used cardboard from Glen's "Franizskaner Weissbier" and it has a picture of a really fat old friar drinking beer. The back cardboard is from seventh generation with a quote "in our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations."- The Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy
I LOVE THAT QUOTE! WHY DID WE GENOCIDE THE NATIVE AMERICANS? WHY? Why would that make sense?
This is turning into a long post. And I haven't really said anything I want to say.
I have also recently become obsessed with "Gloryland", a hymn song by the Watersons. I really like the opening line "there is a land beyond on the stars", because it ties in with the Grey Havens, and death, and how death isn't the end, but the beginning, and life is a cycle!
When they sing "gloryland, cry, gloryland" it gets me. It's mostly the violins.
I think that I would have much liked to be a cello/string player of some sort. Oboe is fun and all...it just doesn't rip at your heart quite like the string instruments can.
I think Banjo is the stringed version of an oboe.
Glen is learning banjo.
We are always learning.
Friday, March 13, 2009 | ramble by Anonymous at 5:01 PM |
spring break has begun
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What do the top two quotes mean? I could probably figure it out, but I thought I would just ask; my high school Spanish is weak.
I always wondered if maybe hell was cold. It kind of makes sense for the Incas; since they lived in a warm/hot place, that must have felt like the climate-identity of earth to them, so it would make sense that a realm of punishment would be the opposite of what they were used to. Maybe.
Could I read your thesis/story someday? If not, it's fine. But I'm very interested.
I would also love to read your Tolkien essay. It made me think of this quote someone gave me recently. I think it's a football quote: "Tolerance is a sign of weakness" I disagree with the quote. I think it's backwards. I think maybe people think that forgiveness is a sign of weakness, too, though I believe it is a sign of strength. I don't know, I just thought I would mention it on the off-chance it would help. Forgiveness gardens sound amazing. It's okay if you'd rather I not read your essay, but I would love to.
Oboe has caused me to feel great emotion before... perhaps this is because I hear so little of it. I understand your call to the strings, though. I feel it, too.
Tracey, I would love for you to read my Tolkien essay and stories. I haven't started the essay yet, and I am remolding the story, but when I have something workable on both, I will gladly send them to you. I used to be in a writer's critique group in high school, and I really miss their feedback, so any feedback you have would be great :-)
I laughed at the football quote a little. Man, that scares me to think that people think that. It reminds me of Palin being like "we can't pull out of Iraq, because then it would look like we are surrendering." That comment scared me as well.
I'm glad that oboe has caused you to feel something :-) it's nice to know that the instrument isn't always being thought of as a duck. I think I have heard it too much...except when an oboe and a stringed instrument play together...then it is moving.
your comment brightened my day :-)
Oh, good. :)
I will be happy to give you feedback. ^_^ I'm happy to read anything you'd like to share, and looking forward to the essay and story, whenever they're out of the oven.
Me, too. I verified with the person who gave me the quote a couple of times before I believed it--I thought, surely he said "intolerance"... Palin's comment... I cannot understand this obsession with 'winning' at all costs.
Oh, no; not a duck at all! More a mysterious something that pulls at the edge of my thoughts when I hear it, that conjures images on the periphery of my mind, that if I could only turn, I would see... I think oboe is beautiful.
I'm glad the comment brightened your day. ^_^ I hope today was bright and that tomorrow is, too.
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