At work lately I've been going through books in the 400s, so I'm seeing lots of rare words, word/phrase origins, foreign phrases, etc.
I think that new French term for email, "courriel," is charming. I don't think it's really worthwhile to keep a language "pure" of foreign influence (where would we be without "barbecue"? I guess stuck with "BBQ"?) but it sounds classier than "email".
Saw a lovely quote attributed to Anthony Burgess by William Buckley. Some nutty Britain-chauvinist was criticizing Burgess for living overseas, comparing Burgess leaving England to "a rat leaving a sinking ship" (which doesn't even make sense, unless the guy's suggesting/admitting Britain sucks), to which Burgess replied "A rat is wise to leave a sinking ship".
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I went to a mellow party Friday night held by an employee and her brother. I talked at length about travel to a coworker's husband from India; I might've talked his ear off a bit, but then I'm just realizing how much I want to travel more (and maybe I also need to see more new sights around DC, Virginia, Maryland and [most probably] Baltimore).
It was very much not a drinking-type situation party. I had chips, cookies, and ice cream cake and not a drop o beer. Sometimes sobriety is more relaxing.
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Is there any 'Dream Band' genre/style anyone wants to see from the thing I did a few weeks back?
braveliltoaster has suggested I do more, and I had thought I should do more just a couple days before....but I think I did every type of music there is, and made up a couple more.
For those who didn't see my journal bck then, I made up bands, with me usually in them, with SG members usually in them...with vaj and Hel and Cherry and Nic and Kikka usually in them, haha. I tried various styles and I occassionally just tried to make up a new style of music to have a band be...if you get what I mean.
I think that new French term for email, "courriel," is charming. I don't think it's really worthwhile to keep a language "pure" of foreign influence (where would we be without "barbecue"? I guess stuck with "BBQ"?) but it sounds classier than "email".
Saw a lovely quote attributed to Anthony Burgess by William Buckley. Some nutty Britain-chauvinist was criticizing Burgess for living overseas, comparing Burgess leaving England to "a rat leaving a sinking ship" (which doesn't even make sense, unless the guy's suggesting/admitting Britain sucks), to which Burgess replied "A rat is wise to leave a sinking ship".
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I went to a mellow party Friday night held by an employee and her brother. I talked at length about travel to a coworker's husband from India; I might've talked his ear off a bit, but then I'm just realizing how much I want to travel more (and maybe I also need to see more new sights around DC, Virginia, Maryland and [most probably] Baltimore).
It was very much not a drinking-type situation party. I had chips, cookies, and ice cream cake and not a drop o beer. Sometimes sobriety is more relaxing.
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Question
Is there any 'Dream Band' genre/style anyone wants to see from the thing I did a few weeks back?
braveliltoaster has suggested I do more, and I had thought I should do more just a couple days before....but I think I did every type of music there is, and made up a couple more.
For those who didn't see my journal bck then, I made up bands, with me usually in them, with SG members usually in them...with vaj and Hel and Cherry and Nic and Kikka usually in them, haha. I tried various styles and I occassionally just tried to make up a new style of music to have a band be...if you get what I mean.
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hmm...I'm just not into SG that much anymore. it really has come to the point where I'm here for the interesting people like yourself.
I dig the Amy Linton pic and yes NOW I know who she is because I was debating a while ago about buying a 'Go Sailor' CD of which she was a member (and cretor of too I think). Definitely in that genre of indy-grrl rock I was reintroduced to by 'But I'm A Cheerleader'. Tattle Tale and Dressy Bessy are very much similar bands.
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personally i think 'courriel' is a really nice word. I think it's more of an irony that they took the word from their Canadia-French cousins whom the Continental French frequently deride for their 'hideous mangling of the mother tongue'.
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definitely gonna get my travel licks in myself. thinking of seeing a friend in Finland to try and see if their still exists a friendship between us. Also, moving to England in September. Next summer I plan to fly to canada and then road trip down through the States. Lots of fun.
I really really like the parties which involve deep conversation and hilarious banter. I like a party that makes my stomach mucles hurt from laughing.