Rapture
- a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
- the end times in Christian theology
Regarding the first, I turned in the stupid paper that I have been working on sort of constantly since I got back from the FSU. Hurray! It is officially out of my hands. I don't think there was anything else to do with. I mean the paper has 9 pages of references. I just kept reading things that I thought were relevant. But it had to stop.
The second is regarding random articles about end of empires, end of the world weather, and apocalyptic books. It is all around us... beware*
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*Mostly kidding.
Flathead by The Fratellis
Just because she feeds me well
and she made me talk dirty in a pink hotel
doesn't mean she's got eyes for me
she might just want my bones you see
hey flathead don't you get mean
she's the second best killer that I have ever seen
they don't come much more sick than you
I could go on if you want me to
it's just so wrong so very nice I told you
once and you killed me twice
I saw you one time at the back of the
club chewing on glass and a ticket stub
I heard they kicked the boy till he bled
then stood and said oh my god till she said
bara bap bara ra ra bara bap bara ra ra ra...
everybody knows you're the one to call
when the girls get ugly at the back of the wall
Josephine says you got a bleeding nose
so taking it with her wherever she goes
hey flathead don't check me in
well hers is a tonic and mine is a gin
they don't come much more slick
than you I'd drive your car if you ask me to
said the boy's not right in the head
so he stood and got a kicking instead till she said
bara bap bara ra ra bara bap bara ra ra ra...
And she said the boy's not right in the head
And you stood and said oh my god till she said
bara bap bara ra ra bara bap bara ra ra ra..
Supernova by Me
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Oh hi,yes, I am still around. Came back from summer-fun-with-language, and have sort of been working on finishing those pesky prelim papers.
In other news, I am hopelessly distracted by this site. Why is it so much fun? Who knows...It doesn't take much to distract me anymore btw. Basically you create colors, palettes, and patterns and then people rate them. This is like the online version of coloring for me, which I must admit even up until grad school I used to do quite often. I like colors, and new colors, and learning new color words. Yeah, I know, weird hobby.
But actually you get to make things like this:
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I have also been reading the new China Mieville book. Called Kraken. If you have never heard of this writer, I suggest at least reading this book. It is about cult conspiracies in London, the end of the world, and giant squid deities. How awesome is that! (Please note connection to this paragraph and the thing right above :).
So sorry that I subjected you all to that naked mole rat picture for so long. I apologize.
I have to pack right now, but hey maybe later I will post some better pictures - of flowers, and sunshine, and summer in La.
That is if I figure out how to squeeze all the stuff I want to take into one suitcase. Third summer I have done this and I still can't pack light. I truly need everything.
Learned about this creature today. One of the most hideous things I have ever seen. You should watch the video on BBC. They had the dumbest headline "Saber Toothed Sausage" which of course made me want to see what the hell they were talking about. It was the Naked Mole Rat. Interesting creature, but I am utterly turned off by its appearance.
And yes, I do have better things to be doing. But whatever...
