Saturday, February 1, 2003
Our local station occasionally flashes messages on the screen about new phone lines being opened to report debris sightings. I'm just thankful that the main impact didn't happen in a big city like Dallas or Houston (or Waco...), because it crashed right at rush hour, and hundreds of lives might have been lost. It's also relieving to hear that the chances are practically nonexistent that terrorism was involved. Just a strange day to be in east Texas. :'-(
Posted by DeeDee @ 02:17 PM
A little over an hour ago, the space shuttle Columbia crashed in pieces just an hour east of us. They even told us on the news that pieces of the shuttle landed in Waco. It's especially sad because the mission included the first Israeli astronaut, who was a huge national hero. I just hope it has nothing to do with terrorism.
Posted by DeeDee @ 09:13 AM
eeeeeeeek!!! *dances about*
Posted by DeeDee @ 07:54 AM
Friday, January 31, 2003
Awww, Lily sent me a pretty sign for the Chinese New Year! :-D New layout with Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey of SNL's Weekend update. Why? Because they are hilarious and great. And because Jimmy is adorable. And because Tina rants better than any person living. Go forth and experience the greatness.
It feels sooo good to know that I didn't skip a single class this week, and even better that I have no class for the next two days. *dances* I'm also in a good mood because I'm starting to realize that I have attractive options for the fall, even if I don't get that job at my old college. Next year is beginning to look more like a door than a brick wall. =)
Posted by DeeDee @ 06:29 PM
fudgebiscuit: if i were a guy i'd make it a point to be gay
And if that wasn't scary enough...
fudgebiscuit: lmao if i were a guy i'd totally be gay
But I have to admit, I understand. It's for the sake of all the men we love now! So really, I think Alyssa's theory is goog.
Posted by DeeDee @ 03:53 PM
Yikes! Guess we'll see Orli walk the plank.
Posted by DeeDee @ 08:32 AM
I'm a little tired of feeling sick.
Posted by DeeDee @ 07:19 AM
Thursday, January 30, 2003
This morning I did my occasional tedious task of going through the fanlists I joined to make sure they're still there. And as usual, 10% of them weren't. I also found some that I had joined months ago, that never added me to their list. Oh sorry, it's not that I used up space on my server to save your button and wasted my time. Grrrr.
The Oxford class was pretty good - we started LotR! And Dr. Wood's book is going to be published on my birthday, which is right spiffy. :-D Just class for an hour tomorrow, and I can say that I went all week without skipping a class. And yes, in case you're wondering, I consider this an accomplishment.
Posted by DeeDee @ 05:10 PM
Wednesday, January 29, 2003
How many great ideas do I steal from this spiffy person? To follow her example, here are the opening lines from my favorite books. :-D
Strange how some opening lines compel you to keep reading, while others are just blah. But they're all books of greatness. Speaking of greatness, visit the new layouts of Choi and Alyssa!The Salinas Valley is in Northern California.
-East of Eden by John Steinbeck (my all-time favorite, the most beautiful, tragic, and brilliant book ever written)-It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
-Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe schoolmaster was leaving the village, and everybody seemed sorry.
-Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy-"Harvest is ended and summer is gone," quoted Anne Shirley, gazing across the shorn fields dreamily.
-Anne of the Island by L.M. MontgomeryImagine a ruin so strange it must never have happened.
-The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverMy name is Deedee.
-I am a Mouse by Ole Risom :-DHarriet Vane sat at her writing-table and stared out into Mecklenburg Square.
-Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersSCENE.--Morning room in ALGERNON's flat in Half-Moon Street.
-The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeWhen Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.
-The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways.
-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingThe first Wednesday in every month was a Perfectly Awful Day - a day to be awaited with dread, endured with courage and forgotten with haste.
-Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
Posted by DeeDee @ 08:27 PM
The presentation went well. It's nice to have it over with. :-D
Posted by DeeDee @ 07:30 PM
Um... good to know? It's from here. It wouldn't let me do Viggo's for some reason. :'-(
Posted by DeeDee @ 07:45 AM
In the middle of the nineteenth century, British art was dominated by the formulaic standards of the Royal Academy, or "The Academics." Their methods were based on the guidelines set by their first president, Sir Joshua Reynolds (nicknamed "Sir Sloshua") in his work Discourses. Members of the Royal Academy produced paintings that all included the same basic elements, and the world of art was becoming close-minded and uninspired.
In 1848, a group of young avant-garde artists, including Dante Rosetti, Holman Hunt, and John Millais, called themselves the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, or PRB for short. They rebelled against the standards of the Academics, often purposefully doing the exact opposite of what they had been taught. Instead of relying heavily on chiaroscuro (the contrast of light and shadow), they used striking colors. Instead of using triangle formations to draw the viewer's attention to one specific focal point, they created jagged lines of focus. They were also identified by their use of skewed or flattened perspective, as well as their attention to nature, detail, and realism.
In 1849, they displayed some of their works at the Free Exhibition, drawing a great deal of criticism from their peers, as well as Charles Dickens, who called one of the paintings "hideous." In January of 1850, they began publishing their small journal, "The Germ," which only lasted for four issues due to financial difficulty. Despite its quick failure, however, "The Germ" has the distinction of being the first house journal of an avant-garde artistic group, as well as the first appearance in print of Dante Rossetti's poetry.
In a way, the Pre-Raphaelite movement in art mirrored the Romantic movement in poetry at the beginning of the century. Like the Romantics, the Pre-Raphaelites rebelled against a formulaic, "classic" style, in favor of emotion and realism. Appropriately enough, the work of Keats was one of the main inspirations for the young Pre-Raphaelite artists.
The End.
Posted by DeeDee @ 05:23 AM
Tuesday, January 28, 2003
New layout with Audrey Hepburn. =) She was my favorite actress all through highschool and most of college, and then Cate Blanchett took her place after I saw Elizabeth and Oscar and Lucinda. But I've been thinking of Audrey lately because I just watched Roman Holiday again a few days ago, and I was reminded of her greatness (as well as Gregory Peck's rarness, but that is quite another matter...). She somehow managed to be both cute and elegant at the same time, she had a long career in Hollywood without being the center of a single scandal, and she was a great actress. Not only that, but there are tons of spiffy photographs of her, which can be found here - 55 pages worth! :-D And this concludes my Audrey Hepburn gushing for the day.
Posted by DeeDee @ 11:51 AM
Happy birthday to blue! *throws confetti*
Class was pretty boring yesterday. Today I have the Oxford class with Dr. Wood, so that should be a little better. And also today, I have the pleasure and stress of putting together a class presentation on a topic I know absolutely nothing about. Wish me luck!
Join Cass's new Kirsten Dunst fanlist, for she is under-appreciated greatness. :-D
I've got to make a new layout, this one bothers me terribly.
Posted by DeeDee @ 06:38 AM
Monday, January 27, 2003
*points* me! ....eek *runs*
Posted by DeeDee @ 06:44 AM
Yikes, it's been a while since I last blogged. A while for me, anyway. There isn't really a lot to say. I've just been sort of tired and down for the last few days. It worries me that I already don't care about school, and it's only the third week of the semester. But the fact is, I can't and I don't.
I read the first chapter of The Hours, and it looks like a book I'll enjoy. Also redesigned my Israel page, which was badly needed.
Shan made me an Aragorn sign, and Moll redesigned my Theoden fanlist for me. It looks beautiful! *clings*
Posted by DeeDee @ 01:51 AM