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[mercat]

So I think I also forgot to mention yesterday that one professor is making us write an essay on ourselves. So yes... definitely feel like i'm back in fourth grade. Drove down to UC to see Anna. The medicine didn't work so they don't know what they're going to try next. She's in good spirits but very tired and sore bc she's not allowed to move and her clot is causing severe headaches & neck pain. Damn, though, her mom is a wreck. =/ Also saw Sherlock Holmes tonight. It was good but I'll write more tomorrow when I have a real keyboard. I realized it is a dreadful oversight that though I've seen both Wishbone's and carroll's Hound of the Baskervilles, I HAVE NEVER READ HOLMES. Considering my propensity for detective stories, I'm appalled. This must be rectified. Also I like the word "gambit". This keyboard needs more pointer control, too, editing is a bitch. Anyway I'm glad "swagger" is coming back into use because it reminds me of "swashbuckler". Also I need to make a Stan Wars gif bc that word still confuses me, yet it would be hilarious.

Comments

[laughingrat.livejournal.com]

O, the original stories are great fun. :-D

[mercat.livejournal.com]

Good to know! I think as a kid I always suspected they were rather dull... But I just downloaded a free Holmes app on my ipod so I can read it in boring classes, so I am HOPPING TO IT. :D

[laughingrat.livejournal.com]

Well the language is Victorian, but really it's sort of lovely and precise once you get used to it. It always takes me a bit to get back into it but it soon becomes natural.

[mercat.livejournal.com]

Language doesn't bother me so much as much as plot line... I think when I was little I supposed that Holmes was just a rather straighforward detective with few twists and no action like the Hardy Boys had. lol

[laughingrat.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha omg. That is sort of awesome. Sadly, I have trouble with dense language. Me<---dork.

[mercat.livejournal.com]

For older literature it depends a lot on the author. I read one of the Holmes short stories the other day and it wasn't too bad, but I cannot stand the Brontes. D: