I guess I do have weird things going on in my head. BUT I SHAN'T BE WRITING CRACKY AU FIC. ... Well, okay, I'm going to be writing AU pretty soon, but not too cracky, I hope. Mostly just light romance with some minor shenanigans. To be honest, I'm not good with crack at all. I get ridiculous ideas, lik the Jesus and the vampire thing, but the thing is that I take them too seriously, and while the situation is very silly indeed, I write as though it's Very Serious Business. Not sure why, just can't. Can't do crack RP, either. (Someone mentioned today that I'm too serious in RP situations... hah, maybe they're right. Oh well.)
Anyway. YES. I GET DISTRACTED BY CLEANING. I do my best to clean up messes as soon as they are made, but it's more than just that; no matter what I do, there is always something else that needs to be cleaned. That's the most frustrating thing about living in my apartment. There's always something that needs to be washed or scrubbed or vacuumed or fixed up. Arrrrgh. And I want to get a bookshelf, but it's not the most practical. I'll just get another box. I put them with the spine facing upward. I can fit maybe 22-ish books in there, if they are all paperback.
You gonna build me a time machine, eh? Better hop to it, bro. 8D I have some cash saved up, all ready to go! (It's for my trip to Finland but mayyyyybe I could be convinced to change my mind~) Wellll actually no. I wouldn't want to go back in time. That would just end badly, I'm sure. Pfft. Such things are only good in novels~
As for the video, yeah, it's pretty incredibly, isn't it? The Canterbury Talesone - I'm assuming you're refering to this one, right? It's pretty amazing how that - that is, Middle English - sounds similar to English, but so different. But it isn't as if the change from Old English to Middle English, then Middle English to Modern English just happened. The change from Old to Middle English happened around/after the Norman conquest, with the influence of the French langage. Then the change from Middle to Modern happened toward the end of the medieval period, and I can't quite remember what the cause was (something to do wtih the black death I think), but for some reason the pronunciation of vowels (among other things) shifted. So while it happens it isn't spontaneous.
Anyway. As far as America goes, you've hit the nail right on the head. The reason it seems like they have more good things about them is because they have more people, so they produce a greater volume of media - I was actually talking about precisely this, the other day. Sure, we produce a good amount of crap, but we turn out some awesome things too. In my case... I admit, I'm more likely to give something a try if it's Canadian, mostly when it comes to literature. It's mostly because I find I can more readily identify/gain interest in something that's set in my own country. So if someone mentions to me "I read this book, such and such, by this Canadian author so-and-so" I'd be more likely to pick it up than if it was just another American author. But I've met a fair bit of disappointment when it comes to Canadian literature. A lot of the stuff I've had to read for school is crap (I can't stand Joseph Boyden's novels, for instance).
Moving on - Foreign fans. Oh gods, yes, I love that. When they go on about where they're from, I mean. Or when I manage to persuade them to take photos of their city, and they just go around snapping everything, and then in the entry talk about it... gahhh, I could read those entries and talk with them about it forever. And to them it's nothing, but to me it's so amazing. Some of them seem to find my reaction funny. Ahhh, well. And then there are others who say, "Come visit me! We can hang out and visit all these historical sites that are just down the road from me!" OMG. I WISH. Saving up for that, yes indeed. I still feel as if I won't get to go anywhere. But I AM DETERMINED. Saving my pennies. And people say they want me to come see them. So it looks like it'll either be Sweden or Finland next year, woooo. I can't wait. (Sometimes having friends in far-flung places is convenient...)
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Date: 2009-08-29 08:06 am (UTC)Anyway. YES. I GET DISTRACTED BY CLEANING. I do my best to clean up messes as soon as they are made, but it's more than just that; no matter what I do, there is always something else that needs to be cleaned. That's the most frustrating thing about living in my apartment. There's always something that needs to be washed or scrubbed or vacuumed or fixed up. Arrrrgh.
And I want to get a bookshelf, but it's not the most practical. I'll just get another box. I put them with the spine facing upward. I can fit maybe 22-ish books in there, if they are all paperback.
You gonna build me a time machine, eh? Better hop to it, bro. 8D I have some cash saved up, all ready to go! (It's for my trip to Finland but mayyyyybe I could be convinced to change my mind~) Wellll actually no. I wouldn't want to go back in time. That would just end badly, I'm sure. Pfft. Such things are only good in novels~
As for the video, yeah, it's pretty incredibly, isn't it? The Canterbury Talesone - I'm assuming you're refering to this one, right? It's pretty amazing how that - that is, Middle English - sounds similar to English, but so different. But it isn't as if the change from Old English to Middle English, then Middle English to Modern English just happened. The change from Old to Middle English happened around/after the Norman conquest, with the influence of the French langage. Then the change from Middle to Modern happened toward the end of the medieval period, and I can't quite remember what the cause was (something to do wtih the black death I think), but for some reason the pronunciation of vowels (among other things) shifted. So while it happens it isn't spontaneous.
Anyway. As far as America goes, you've hit the nail right on the head. The reason it seems like they have more good things about them is because they have more people, so they produce a greater volume of media - I was actually talking about precisely this, the other day. Sure, we produce a good amount of crap, but we turn out some awesome things too.
In my case... I admit, I'm more likely to give something a try if it's Canadian, mostly when it comes to literature. It's mostly because I find I can more readily identify/gain interest in something that's set in my own country. So if someone mentions to me "I read this book, such and such, by this Canadian author so-and-so" I'd be more likely to pick it up than if it was just another American author. But I've met a fair bit of disappointment when it comes to Canadian literature. A lot of the stuff I've had to read for school is crap (I can't stand Joseph Boyden's novels, for instance).
Moving on - Foreign fans. Oh gods, yes, I love that. When they go on about where they're from, I mean. Or when I manage to persuade them to take photos of their city, and they just go around snapping everything, and then in the entry talk about it... gahhh, I could read those entries and talk with them about it forever. And to them it's nothing, but to me it's so amazing. Some of them seem to find my reaction funny. Ahhh, well. And then there are others who say, "Come visit me! We can hang out and visit all these historical sites that are just down the road from me!" OMG. I WISH. Saving up for that, yes indeed.
I still feel as if I won't get to go anywhere. But I AM DETERMINED. Saving my pennies. And people say they want me to come see them. So it looks like it'll either be Sweden or Finland next year, woooo. I can't wait. (Sometimes having friends in far-flung places is convenient...)