conceptual oyster
the world is my oyster…living in random oyster beds, oceans and marshes worldwide, currently:, New ZealandArchive for July, 2007
random thursday…i mean tuesday
1. i’m so tired, i just want to put my head down and rest.
2. my poor computer is held captive by the twits at HP…i’ve been more than patient for about 5 months with this notebook, and now, i’m down right pissed. (and that’s probably why i’m tired)
3. my recent …i forgot
4. i have poison ivy.
Bigger, Stronger, Hungrier…Celebrate Shark Week’s 20th Anniversary
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/sharkweek/sharkweek.html?sicontent=0
yep, it’s that time of year again for a time honored tradition…i will hunkerdown with hot tea, peanut butter & crackers, as i have for so many years and consume…Shark Week ‘07.
Here’s this year’s new feature:
Ocean of Fear: Worst Shark Attack Ever
A dramatic documentary featuring the story of the of the USS Indianapolis in World War II. Explore the sinking and the horrifying shark attacks that cost hundreds of soldiers’ lives.
wednesday’s written verses
i’ve been collecting ‘banana stickers’, and here’s what i’ve gotten so far.
go forth and be inspired, even if it is from a banana…
‘nourish your body’
‘heart healthy’
‘ive got vitamin C’
‘brain fuel’
toothy tuesday…
Rugby Player Finds Rival’s Tooth Buried in Forehead
Mon Jul 16, 11:16 PM ET
An Australian rugby player who went to his doctor with severe headaches was amazed to find he’d been living with an opponent’s tooth embedded in his forehead for months, it was reported Tuesday.
Ben Czislowski clashed heads with an opponent during a game in the Queensland Cup competition in early April, slicing open his forehead and leaving his opponent with a broken jaw and several missing teeth.
Czislowski told Brisbane’s Courier Mail newspaper that his wound was stitched up after the match and since then he had suffered shooting headaches, lethargy and an eye infection.
After trying to ignore the symptoms, the 24-year-old went to his doctor when he became concerned the constant pain and listlessness would force him to quit rugby league.
Czislowski said he was shocked when doctors told him the problem stemmed from a tooth that had been buried in his forehead just above his left eye.
“I can laugh about it now but the doctor told me it could have been serious with teeth carrying germs,” Czislowski told Australian Associated Press.
“I feel so lucky that the worst that I got out of it was that my head looked uglier than it does normally.”
Czislowski said he was prepared to mail the tooth back to its rightful owner if it was wanted, but until he received a request, he was keeping hold of it as proof of his bizarre injury.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070717/od_afp/offbeatrugbylaus_070717031612
written wednesday
* i don’t know what’s going on with formating…
here is a literary genre to explore (as i intend to) if you are bored with the latest commercial paperback. i think it appeals to that same portion of our psyche that wants to climb on a roller coaster perfect for those stormy late summer evenings in the northern hemisphere.
Gothic Literature
The Gothic novel springs forth rather suddenly as the increasing preoccupation with individual consciousness that begins in the early 18th century collides with the unique cultural anxieties of the late 18th century. The emotions of these characters are externalized in a radical new way; their deepest passions and fears are literalized as other characters, supernatural phenomena, and even inanimate objects. At the same time, the nature of the fear represented in these novels–fear of imprisonment or entrapment, personal violation, of the triumph of evil over good and chaos over order–seems to reflect a specific historical moment characterized by increasing disillusionment with Enlightenment rationality and by bloody revolutions in America and France.
also, some links to explore further:
http://www.engl.virginia.edu/enec981/Group/title.html
http://www.zittaw.com/gothicliterature.htm
http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~dougt/gothic.htm
excerpts by elizabeth gaskell:
those july lazies…
i know, i've been a bad blogger...and honestly, i have nothing to say.
well, i have tons to say but haven’t had the time to do it justice. and the computer…it’s not fixed, infact it’s going to the sanitarium now for a bit of therapy.
i’ve been reading tons and this is such a luxury.
a bit dark, but i highly recommend The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult. yeh, now after that, i’m on the the infamous The Bell Jar… i just felt i should read it feeling as if i’m the only american co-ed not to have read it before.
hope you are well, and we’ll catch up soon!
