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Strega - Apr 09, 2006 4:30:16 pm PDT #9764 of 10001

He wasn't dating her? He proposed to someone he just knew? Huh.

Oh no, he's known her for 15 years. They've dated for intervals during that time, just not lately. It sounds more insane when summed up than it is. I think.

[Supernatural] Hm. Striga seems to be a "noxious weed." Oh, wait: " Latin striga and Italian strega also derives from hedge." So the words are related. Was it an evil plant? Because that would be kind of awesome.

ETA: ack, wrong whitefont code.

Jesse - Apr 09, 2006 4:33:02 pm PDT #9765 of 10001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I always think Strega Nona. Is that wrong?

SailAweigh - Apr 09, 2006 4:38:09 pm PDT #9766 of 10001

Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Strega:

It did appear kind of plant-like when it's first introduced. You see something that looks like tree branches in a window and then it turns out to be a hand. It was nicely creepy.

Trudy Booth - Apr 09, 2006 4:40:18 pm PDT #9767 of 10001

Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Anyone watching Law & Order du jour ? Writers can't tell the difference between a vulcan mind mold and a jedi mind trick? Bad Geeks.

brenda m - Apr 09, 2006 4:41:23 pm PDT #9768 of 10001

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Yeah, that made me scratch my head.

§ ita § - Apr 09, 2006 4:43:18 pm PDT #9769 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

They've dated for intervals during that time, just not lately. It sounds more insane when summed up than it is. I think.

No, I like it. It's very charming.

Aha! It was a shtriga on Supernatural.

SailAweigh - Apr 09, 2006 4:50:44 pm PDT #9770 of 10001

Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I think you're right that it was a shtriga on the show, but I think they spelled it striga. When I looked it up on wikipedia, it sounded like it had earlier root derivations. The Albanian shtriga is related to other witch/vampires such as the Romanian striga and the Roman strix. Of course, my eyes and my hearing isn't so good, if you think they actually used shtriga, they probably did.

Strega - Apr 09, 2006 4:56:00 pm PDT #9771 of 10001

I always think Strega Nona. Is that wrong?

Heh. You're not the only one. That's actually one of the Tomie dePaula books that I didn't read when I was little, so I didn't have that immediate association when I picked "Strega." But I had several of his books, and when I was maybe 6 my dad could get me to laugh just by saying "Tomie dePaula." I thought that was the funniest name ever. So it works.

If you want to tell this story, and are only refraining out of concern that people don't want to know, you should not have that concern. If you don't want to tell the story, you should drink more beer. Or do both.

Aw, thanks. More beer! But no, it's not a dramatic & painful story. See previous post, I guess. Turns out it's not so long after all! It just can sound like it's crazy in the bad way rather than crazy in the neat way. When he was telling me the whole story I was thinking, "Well, I'll be bummed about this later, but it is awfully sweet. Sigh."

Jessica - Apr 09, 2006 5:03:11 pm PDT #9772 of 10001

If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I really hope

Me too! But oh well. Poor Brooklynite! I should go bring him some soup. (Except I have no idea where in Brooklyn he lives.)

Trudy Booth - Apr 09, 2006 5:04:00 pm PDT #9773 of 10001

Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

So glad you were there with me, Brenda.

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