Thursday, March 19, 2009

Bill to the S and Phil Sid.



So I'm writing my final term paper for my English class that specializes in the sonnets of Shakespeare's famous tragedies (Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear). And while writing this paper.. and sometimes during lectures, I strongly think about William Shakespeare being alive and imagine him walking in on a lecture and saying: "What? That's not what I meant! What the eff are they teaching you?!". Of course I'm not discrediting any information regarding him, nor am I insinuating something "wrong" in the multitude of interpretations in the world, and I barely know anything about the guy.
But I often w o n d e r.
This also goes for any other famous historical literary figure.. like for instance Sir Philip Sidney. I'm using him in my paper to compare to Shakespeare, and wouldn't it be nice to interview these guys for a paper? The most primary of primary sources imaginable.
Now back to writing.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

DOMO!


Aww. I love this guy. I bought this little Domo at the Richmond Night Market in the summer and took him to Switzerland with me in December. Recently I found this blog where this woman takes her Domo everywhere! I take my little Domo with me to school now, he hangs on one of by backpacks and learns with me. If you don't know what or who Domo is check out Domo Nation and you can watch the little animations! But on youtube I think they have the animations in Japanese. Ok, enough Domo advertising for today.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Dream


A few nights ago, I had this dream:
I lived in a house that was beachside, and the area was a combination of English Bay, Kits Beach, and Spanish Banks because English Bay and part of downtown was to the left, and in front was the water but also the North Shore. The setting was night and day.. but night was the most memorable. The house was 2 storeys and the first floor was partly like a basement, with the windows being level with the ground outside. The windows were big and wide, and curved. My best example would be the windows in the Wendy's on Kingsway >_>..... they're big, wide, and go from the ground and curve upwards to become part of the ceiling.
Anyway, it was a nice and spacious house, and at night, the shimmering lights from the city around the house, and the ocean in front, gave a spectacular view. Even more breathtaking was when I turned off all the lights in the first floor where the big windows were, and once they were off, I could REALLY take in the view. It felt like I was part of the ocean. The windows felt like they weren't there, it felt like I could reach out to the city lights in front and step in the ocean at the same time. I just stood in the dark of my house and let the city lights give off this glow in my house.. My other best example would be as if that part of my house turned into the big Omnimax at Science World. It was the most surrealist feeling ever.

Neu

Soo my first blog.. hm. I'm supposed to be doing homework, like this paper I have due next week for English, which I clearly won't do until the last minute despite how "motivated" I was to write it after talking to my professor last week. I'll probably be watching style.com fashion shows all day. Speaking of which, last night I went to a fashion show at UBC, which was cool, followed by a drop-in to a hotel room for my friend's birthday party downtown. Today I look out the window and the SNOW has returned. Vancouver weather is completely unpredictable. There was one week... maybe two weeks ago, when I started seeing the flip-flops and sunnies coming back. And the week after, the rain and snow returns, bringing back the mittens and the toques. It rained yesterday, and it was freezing. Anyway. Enough with the weather reports. I'll be back with more useful information.
'Til then.