I don't hate the Victorians -- they were their own worst punishment

[felis_ultharus]

--Hnuy illa nyha majah Yahoo
--Take care of thyself, gentle Yahoo

This is now, officially, my new favourite way of saying goodbye in any language ^_^

Finished Gulliver's Travels, and I'm now almost one-fifth of the way through Joseph Andrews. It's hilarious.

Things are down to the wire, so I realized I could make more efficient use of my time if I devote myself to poetry (which I'm getting online) whenever I'm at home and have net access, and whenever I'm out of the house I'll bring a novel with me. That way, I'll get ahead, and have a smattering of the other centuries.

On that note, I won't have time to read my friends-pages for a bit, so lt me know if I miss anything vital. At this point, I'd probably miss the destruction of alll civilization and the reduction of the human race to scavenging mutants.

Right now, I'm reading the alleged poetry of Wordsworth -- the most overrated poet of two eras (Romantic and Victorian).

But I can't be too harsh with him. "We Are Seven" is proving to be quite educational. Until this moment, I had no idea that six-year-old children spontaneously burst out into metrical quatrains of 8/6/8/5 syllables, with an ABAB rhyme scheme.

This is Wordsworth trying to capture the unaffected spontaneity and simple wisdom of childhood.

Tomorrow I'm off to Ottawa by car for the day, for the parade. But I think I'm going to make a very anti-social travelling companion.

Comments

[jenjoou.livejournal.com]

We don't have to scavenge. Our cockroach overlords keep us well fed.

Since you're probably not going to get a chance to read my posts, I'll just ask you to weigh in on the anime night discussion. So far we have narrowed the time down to any evening this week. >_<

Can you do better?

Also plans for my birthday are forthcomming... as soon as I come up with them.

Good luck with the reading and have fun at pride. ^_^

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Thursday is generally my worst day (but I can do it). Friday is even worse for em_fish.

So earlier in the week would be somewhat better, though if you've decided on another day that's okay.

[jenjoou.livejournal.com]

Shall we say Wednesday then?

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Works for me ^_^

6:30 -- but whose place...?

[jenjoou.livejournal.com]

rougemacabre's place again.