I just had to learn all the spondee, trochee, etc, stuff for the CSETs. I know what they all are, but have a hard time figuring out if a poem is in, say, anapestic tetrameter or iambic hexameter or whatever. Even when I say it out loud, I have trouble counting the stresses. I think all the meter jargon is wicked cool, though, and have been running around saying things like an-a-PEST and DAC-tyl-ic for several weeks now.
I fed off a flowerperson, and I spent the next six hours watchin' my hand move.
Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Scrappy - Jan 13, 2009 7:55:41 am PST #1074 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
amych - Jan 13, 2009 7:58:28 am PST #1075 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Anapest always sounds to me like it should be a suburb of Budapest.
§ ita § - Jan 13, 2009 8:05:38 am PST #1076 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am...applying for jobs. I'm way tired of this unemployment shit.
Trudy Booth - Jan 13, 2009 8:09:10 am PST #1077 of 30000
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
Looks like Gene Robinson, openly gay Episcopal bishop, will be delivering an invocation at the innauguration.
(Btw, I think the article is wrong in saying he is the first ordained openly gay PRIEST in a major denomination -- but I could be wrong. He is definatley the first openly gay bishop, however.)
I've met him. He lead a workshop at my then-church and we spoke for a while afterwards. He is a remarkable man.
Sue - Jan 13, 2009 8:13:47 am PST #1078 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Are you quibbling with the use of the word, Priest, Trudy, or that he was the first? Because the Episcopalians do call their minister's Priests. Esp. The High Anglicans, who are sometimes more Catholic than the Pope.
erikaj - Jan 13, 2009 8:15:39 am PST #1079 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I read Gene Robinson and my brain fills in Washington Post. For half a second, I was like "talk about multifaceted!" But I'm a moron(With a name that people don't just have that many of.) Still, D'oh!
Trudy Booth - Jan 13, 2009 8:17:04 am PST #1080 of 30000
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
I'm familiar with the terms. What I'm trying to say (apparently badly) is that there were openly gay Episcopal priests before Robinson. He's the first one of them to be elevated to Bishop, however.
Trudy Booth - Jan 13, 2009 8:22:41 am PST #1081 of 30000
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
Robinson always makes a point that he's the first OPENLY gay bishop -- he insists there have been many gay bishops serving for years and that the change here is the honesty. And who could object to honesty?
He's a great man.
javachik - Jan 13, 2009 8:36:27 am PST #1082 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
javachik, I can't get that address to find anything. Is it through tivo.com's website, or is it a different site?
Oh! Sorry. You're right. Go to Tivo.com, and you'll see a tab on the top right that says "My Tivo".
Kathy A - Jan 13, 2009 8:44:25 am PST #1083 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil