i'll name him bernie...

*Firstly, I love Dante. I love how the Divine Comedy is both high-flying epic adventure, political commentary, and personal vengeance, and how he can be literary and brilliant one moment and totally childish the next (Filippo Argenti, anyone?), although that's all part of the literary brilliance as well. I also love the way Dante the Pilgrim interacts with Vergil, and I think it is incredibly sweet, and have probably doomed myself to utter scholastic-dorkness by saying that. But I do. It's adorable.

Also I really want to sit down with paper and pencil because there are so many images from the Inferno that I want to draw [Vergil shielding Dante's eyes from Medusa, Dante flipping out at Nicholas III, the wood of suicides, the three animals, the Geryon...]

And Erin and I have decided we want pet Geryons to live in boxes under our beds, and make funny purring noises, and eat salesmen and Mormons who come to the door. So it shall be.



*Can I reiterate how awesome Ultimate is? I don't know why; there's just something incredibly satisfying about that powerful flick right before it sails across the green. Plus, the concept is just cool. I mean, really.



* I have to write a critique of an essay for my writing-consultant application. I don't really know what to say besides, "this needs a lot of work." Which is kind of the point, but still...I'm okay telling people when they're right there, I just need to figure out how to put the words on the paper. Which I guess IS the point, so. There you are.



* Finally, for some reason this always makes me laugh. A lot. It shouldn't. It's kind of pathetic. But it's so funny. ( PENGUIN! )

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....so. I'm applying to be a writing consultant, right? And this involves, among other things, editing papers. Ok, I can do that. I like doing that, making little marks on paper and weird marginal comments and telling people that their grammar is terrible. But...well. Are we supposed to be nice about it? Because, really...the paper I'm editing for my application--is this supposed to be an average college-level paper? Because it's terrible. Maybe (ok, probably) I'm an effete linguistic and grammar snob, BUT. Please. I was writing papers better than this in seventh grade. How am I supposed to say "your paper sucks, can I just rewrite it for you?" nicely? Bah.


...ohgawd. I really AM an effete grammar snob, aren't I? I'm doomed. *hides*