Today.

These are the words I read about in my homework tonight.
I'd love to know if anyone knows the meaning and usage of more than two of these off the top of their head:

Parallelism

Isocolon

Antithesis

Ellipsis

Asyndeton

Polysyndeton

Anastrophe

Parenthesis

Anaphora

Epistrophe

Antimetobole


On another note, here's some proof that it does rain here occasionally.

Sometimes I Just Don't Have the Words.

Half a page of notes, half of it quotes. I think I spent the rest of class joining in with the awkward cringing and laughter. We were looking at Chapter 8 "Reading, Writing, and Thinking about Multicultural Literature".


"We'll call that one hyperbolic synecdoche"

"Busy as a one legged man in an ass-kicking competition"

"You saying 'we're all cultural' reminds me of 'it's a small world'"

"I just feel like it's beating a dead hor[se]..." (a life lesson on the importance of finishing one's words)

"Student demographics of South Carolina from 2004:
White 54%
African American 40.3%
Hispanic 4.0%
Asian/Pacific 1.3%
Native American 0.3%"

Speak of the devil.

Where the Wild Things Are

Release Date: October 3rd 2008
Director: Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation)
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Catherine O’Hare
The Buzz: Every kid has read the classic illustrated Maurice Sendak book, about Max, a mischievous little boy, creates his own world - a forest in habited by fabulous wild creatures who crown Max as their ruler. Music Video turned filmmaker Spike Jonze has always created some visual and conceptual masterpieces. This is also Spike’s first feature film not written by Charlie Kaufman.
Trivia: Dave Eggers, who adapted the book for the screen has been hailed as “the J.D. Salinger of Generation X”.

Highlights

This week's highlights (I know it's only Wednesday):

Monday: Multicultural Music Miday - translated: at lunchtime over by the Russel house Josh and I had the pleasure of listening to a very talented (they translated from French to Spanish to English just for fun) eight person Mariachi band. What made this probably the coolest and possibly funniest musical experience of my life was when they played "The Devil Went Down to Georgia". You have no idea how amazing this was.

Monday night/Tuesday: Spending the night at Liana's! Got to watch "The Island" and stay up talking with this lovely lady. Good times.

Tuesday: Finding out that one of my Thursday classes is canceled this week.

Wednesday: Playing World of Warcraft. Yaaaay! It was fantastic. I leveled. And I got to talk to Mike and Kelly. And kill a bunch of ugly beasts that wanted to hurt me.
And I had a dream that Josh had a baby brother with long eyelashes. Not like normal long ones, but one's like I wore with my Muppet costume last Halloween. Speaking of Halloween, Josh and I are probably doing nothing. Sad but true. I might get desperate and think of something fun to wear and trick or treat in my classrooms. Just kidding.

Hmph. I was going to show my super awesome library card, but blogger is being dumb. You'll just have to wait.

Congaree National Swamp

We left Oregon to look at trees. I know. It's weird. I think we just can't ever get away from our love of them.

Today's featured picture

On the Wikipedia main page:

"A view of Portland, Oregon from the east waterfront depicting the skyline of the downtown district. The Hawthorne Bridge is prominent on the left. Although Portland is Oregon's largest city, it is not the state capital; that designation falls to Salem."

South Carolina is a place of

Beautiful homes...

[Drayton Hall, Charleston]

[Camden, SC]

Flags...
And rebels.

For Rose...

After about 15 minutes into our ferry ride to Ft Sumter, a 7-ish year old boy to my right commented, "I just wish I could see a shark". Cool kid.
Alas, no sharks.
But.... I saw dolphins and pelicans for the first time! Yaaay!

Making History

Now You Know.

The Goods

I have devised a plan of attack for using up each week's meal plan.

I had so many possibilities for the weekend, I actually had to make decisions.

This weekend is Fall Break and my parents are coming to visit.

I now have at least one friend in each class to whom I can make snide comments or simply chat in the [rare] event that I am early.

It may be 90 degrees out, but there is a breeze.

I have my sanity back because the horrible whining, whistling sound from our AC is gone. I have turned off my music and opened my door, basking in the soft, whirring sound of the air rushing through the vent, as it should.

One word: Josh.

Cultural Experience of the Week

Taking an hour to drive 2 miles from campus to the stadium.

Mallory and her mom and dad rode with us.

It turned out that our long ride in the car saved us from getting drenched in a huge downpour that lasted about the 45 minutes we were trying to find a parking spot. The rain let up about two blocks after we got out of our car. Perfect! Especially since you aren't allowed to take umbrellas into the stadium.

The three of us sat in the student section. At halftime Mallory joined her parents on the other side of the stadium.

The noise in this place is deafening! Josh and I are a little hoarse today. And a little sore from standing on bleachers for 4 hours.
See that little section on the left that's sort of bluish? That was the unfortunate section of Kentucky fans.Those flags mean touchdown!
Final score. We won.
Long line of traffic heading home at midnight after a super fun game.

Fall is in the Air

At least it is this morning. After an evening caramel apple cider at Starbucks, I slept without air conditioning. This morning, on coming downstairs, I put on a sweatshirt (allbeit a short sleeved one). Oh yeah! And yesterday I wore a scarf to church, and saw a few leaves fall.
I hope it's on its way.

In other news... Josh and I have been wandering around town armed with cameras. He has fun photography projects so I have been tagging along. We decided to have our own little photo shoot for anyone who might miss us. And because it's fun.

It's College Life, Right?

Location: Columbia (Blossom Street Bridge)Location: Dorm Room (Mallory, studying as usual)

Location: The Hunter Gatherer (another college past time)

Relationship: end of the rope.

Relationship: Roomies!

Relationship: In love

Confessions of an English Major

I discovered today that it is harder to keep in pace with someone you are walking behind rather than next to.
I was walking home from buying a smoothie, when I heard someone behind me say "and then we read some stuff by a guy who writes about taxi drivers and truck drivers". Hm. People talking about books. Let's see what else they have to say. "...and then we read Flannery O'Connor. And some Hawthorn". I'm wondering what in the WORLD class this could be. Then they start talking about "the lottery - I mean the Babylon lottery". Library, I correct them to myself. The one tells the other that it is a short story by Jorge Louis Borges, which he pronounces wrong. By this time they have passed me and I have to adjust my pace to keep within earshot. He mentions Toni Morrison. By now I am beyond confused about what class this might be. I'm even leaving things out - you have no idea what an insane class this might be. "Have you read Othello?" Alright, I get it: they're just talking about books they've had to read - ever. Not for one class they're in. Okay. Now I can rest in peace and stop stalking them. They were walking into the P.E. building anyway, and I had to take a right.

Happy Fall Ya'll

Skies Over Columbia

Outside the Hunter Gatherer

On my way to work.

Out my window in the rain.

My building on the right. Yes, it's surrounded by construction on all sides, I'm pretty sure.

From the Stronghold Athletic parking lot.