Could be a whole series. With a lot of complaints.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Interesting Translation
Many of you know that I found an interesting translation for Ovid's telling of Romulus and the Sabine Rape. The translation was something to the effect of "The king gave the long awaited signal. Project Rape was on. The men jumped up..." Well, I found this so amusing that I had to make a bumper sticker for FaceBook about it. Thought I should share it here as well!
Could be a whole series. With a lot of complaints.
Could be a whole series. With a lot of complaints.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
My Little Roman
Latin as a class may be over for me now, but I wanted to share my son's shared love for the ancient Roman world.
He recently requested that he get a "Caesar" haircut and wanted me to take pictures of him in a "toga":
This was partially due to our recently having read a book about Pompeii from his favorite book series The Magic Tree House. In the book the two heroes, Jack and his little sister Annie, are tasked with rescuing a scroll of Roman mythology from the city before it is covered in ash by the explosion of Vesuvius:
So watch out, Dr. Manolaraki; you just might be seeing my little guy in your Beginning Latin class in about, oh, 13 years or so. :)
He recently requested that he get a "Caesar" haircut and wanted me to take pictures of him in a "toga":
This was partially due to our recently having read a book about Pompeii from his favorite book series The Magic Tree House. In the book the two heroes, Jack and his little sister Annie, are tasked with rescuing a scroll of Roman mythology from the city before it is covered in ash by the explosion of Vesuvius:
So watch out, Dr. Manolaraki; you just might be seeing my little guy in your Beginning Latin class in about, oh, 13 years or so. :)
LATIN IV perfectus est
I can't believe Latin IV is finished! 15 weeks. 6 ancient authors. Wow.
Caesar-surprisingly easy, absolute abl. fest
Cicero-in retrospect not so bad
Livy-whoa. most difficult by far
Catullus-I love him and easy
Ovid-I love him and even easier
Virgil-hmmm. craziest word order ever.
-Anne
Caesar-surprisingly easy, absolute abl. fest
Cicero-in retrospect not so bad
Livy-whoa. most difficult by far
Catullus-I love him and easy
Ovid-I love him and even easier
Virgil-hmmm. craziest word order ever.
-Anne
Monday, April 21, 2008
Happy Birthday Rome
According to legend, the city of Rome was founded on April 21, 753 B.C. by Romulus and Remus, twin sons of the war god Mars. According to my math that would make Rome 2761 years old. No wonder they call it la Citta Eterna (The Eternal City)
If I had known earlier I would have brought cupcakes with garum icing to Latin class for all!
If I had known earlier I would have brought cupcakes with garum icing to Latin class for all!
Monday, April 14, 2008
Hi all,
Every now and then I visit this blog with the hope of thinking of something worth posting, and I always draw a blank.
Over the weekend, however, I took in three stray kittens with the intention of bringing them to a shelter where they could find a home. They were nasty little things at first, but they came around quite a bit by this morning. I was out of the house by 9:00 to bring them to a shelter (no small feat for me, as I'm not much of a morning person and Latin is my first Monday class); however, the National Humane Society had no room for them. By 11:00, I was at the Hillsborough County Animal Services center, which is when they open for animal surrenders. I've just returned home as there were several people waiting before me, and the facility didn't seem in much of a hurry. My bleeding heart has gotten me in trouble though, as I missed class over this; I couldn't bring them back to my apartment anyway, we have a no-pets policy and I'd already harbored them in secret for 2 days. The woman at the shelter assured me that they were very likely to find a good home.
I thought I'd share a few pictures of them with you all, as they're absolutely precious.
Notably, I have also learned from this experience that if a blanket's tag says 'dry clean only', it doesn't mean 'wash on delicate cycle and air dry'.
Katie
P.S. If someone could fill me in on what was covered today in class, and let me know what the homework was, I would greatly appreciate it. See you all tomorrow!
Every now and then I visit this blog with the hope of thinking of something worth posting, and I always draw a blank.
Over the weekend, however, I took in three stray kittens with the intention of bringing them to a shelter where they could find a home. They were nasty little things at first, but they came around quite a bit by this morning. I was out of the house by 9:00 to bring them to a shelter (no small feat for me, as I'm not much of a morning person and Latin is my first Monday class); however, the National Humane Society had no room for them. By 11:00, I was at the Hillsborough County Animal Services center, which is when they open for animal surrenders. I've just returned home as there were several people waiting before me, and the facility didn't seem in much of a hurry. My bleeding heart has gotten me in trouble though, as I missed class over this; I couldn't bring them back to my apartment anyway, we have a no-pets policy and I'd already harbored them in secret for 2 days. The woman at the shelter assured me that they were very likely to find a good home.
I thought I'd share a few pictures of them with you all, as they're absolutely precious.
Notably, I have also learned from this experience that if a blanket's tag says 'dry clean only', it doesn't mean 'wash on delicate cycle and air dry'.
Katie
P.S. If someone could fill me in on what was covered today in class, and let me know what the homework was, I would greatly appreciate it. See you all tomorrow!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
So... I went to EyeCon in Orlando this weekend... the whole weekend... I was smart and got my homework done beforehand 'cause there is no way it could be done now. I am floating on a cloud of fangirl joy. It was awesome. I love this show. Jared Padalecki has the exorcism memorized and said it for us (and someone has already posted it to YouTube). I screamed... I think... I know I was leaning against a wall, both to steady my camera and so I didn't fall down from the pretteh. Check it out:
~Rachael
Addendum - I told you I love Supernatural... Also, I think I'm getting sick. I hope it's just allergies and the weather. But we'll see after a good night's sleep...
Addendum the second (04/08/08) - Yes, I'm certainly sick. It started with dizziness and has now progressed to more flu-like symptoms. I have been unable to do anything since yesterday afternoon because if I look down to focus on a book, the room starts spinning around so much I have to tilt my head back and close my eyes for several minutes to make it stop. I hope it gets better soon 'cause this is not fun.
~Rachael
Addendum - I told you I love Supernatural... Also, I think I'm getting sick. I hope it's just allergies and the weather. But we'll see after a good night's sleep...
Addendum the second (04/08/08) - Yes, I'm certainly sick. It started with dizziness and has now progressed to more flu-like symptoms. I have been unable to do anything since yesterday afternoon because if I look down to focus on a book, the room starts spinning around so much I have to tilt my head back and close my eyes for several minutes to make it stop. I hope it gets better soon 'cause this is not fun.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Family Emergency
I just found out that my biological mother (long story, short version is that I was adopted as an infant and am now really close to all of my parents, biological and adoptive) was taken to the hospital a little while ago. We don't know what's wrong yet other than she's hemorrhaging. I'm freaking out a little... which will probably pretty soon turn into a lot... so I might not be in class and even if I am, I probably will need to leave my cell on and sit near the door, in case there's any news because she and her husband don't have cell phones and when they call, if they aren't at home, it's impossible to call them back. I would have just e-mailed Professor M, but then I couldn't find her e-mail address just now, so...
~Rachael
Addendum at 3:08pm: It's a good thing I wasn't in class today because she called at 2:10pm and we talked for almost an hour about how she's doing. She's okay. The doctor thinks she might have had a miscarriage. They're waiting to get test results back to know for sure. Very scary. She thought she was going to die. But she's okay. Next week, she's going to have to have surgery, but the doctor said after that, she'll be fine.
Addendum, The Second, at 5:55pm: I just found out that class was cancelled today from Julie. I hope everything is alright.
~Rachael
Addendum at 3:08pm: It's a good thing I wasn't in class today because she called at 2:10pm and we talked for almost an hour about how she's doing. She's okay. The doctor thinks she might have had a miscarriage. They're waiting to get test results back to know for sure. Very scary. She thought she was going to die. But she's okay. Next week, she's going to have to have surgery, but the doctor said after that, she'll be fine.
Addendum, The Second, at 5:55pm: I just found out that class was cancelled today from Julie. I hope everything is alright.
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