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[commotiocordis]

Hee, I've got my email set up now to deliver all lj comment notifications to a folder called "Unreplied LJ comments" so hopefully I won't lose them so much in my 300 someodd message strong inbox. I had tried to do that earlier, more than a year ago, but for some reason it didn't work. Of course, that doesn't mean that I'll find time to answer them, but still. Yay.

Must go to bed. I've got more things to talk about, but I've decided that as I've got to get up early enough tomorrow to take a shower (as I managed to completely forget tonight and my hair is scummy) and take all the trash to the curb for pickup (of which there is a lot because of continued room cleaning), I should probably endeavor to get more than three hours of sleep. Which will not happen unless I fall asleep within the next 20 minutes. Damn.

Oh. And since I actually played volleyball for two games in one match on Sunday (which was funfunfun)? My knees are purple. Badly so. Makes me laugh, because it's all *paleywhitepaleywhite-purplishbrownishyuck-paleywhitepaleywhite* Dumb annoying habit of diving for the ball even when there's no chance of reaching it in time. I realize that there's no chance, and yet I dive. Probably because I want to make it look like I tried to get it so people don't think I'm lazy. Even though there's no chance that anyone would have been able to get it in my position. This needing to please people thing, I dunno.

I had to make a tag for self-analysis. Because I have tags for everything else and I do that so often that it practically deserves its own LJ. Makes me smile, because I realize that most people probably don't spend as much time analyzing the motives behind every unconscious decision/action/thought/dream as I do. Dunno what that says about me.

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[crashcart9.livejournal.com]

You have a Xena icon! *sprints off to view your profile* And you like Everworld? (Btw, did you ever read Animorphs?)

I do; I do, but it's been a long time since I've read them; and yes, a bit, but not all of them because I liked Everworld better.

You...are amazing.

Hee, thanks!

I used to watch Xena all the time when I had good cable (for the Oxygen channel...and when it was on USA)

Yeah? I don't have cable at all, but I watched them when they aired and then was getting my dad to tape them at his school (as he's a teacher and his school has cable) at one point until I finally broke down and bought the DVDs.

Mind if I friend you?

Absolument not minding. Friend away. *Does so también.*

[playpink.livejournal.com]

I loved when the Everworld group went to Mt. Olympus...and I love the Norse gods too. (Xena first got me into classic mythology and stuff...hehe, helped a lot with allusions in all my English classes later on.)

I tried to tape all the Xena episodes, because I was poor and couldn't afford the DVDs...I loved the first few seasons best, with Gabrielle's long hair and Callisto and Xena and Joxer! Oooh, and Ares. Hee, I used to have a crush on Ares. I mean, uh...
I really really hated it when the whole Eve and Eli thing came up and everything started changing...so basically everything after the Ides of March...

Absolument not minding. Friend away.
Merci! << That's all I'm gonna try to write in French. I took three years and ended in 10th grade (the French teacher at my school was kinda crazy/intense), so all my conjugations are screwed up. I wanna pick it up in college again though!

[crashcart9.livejournal.com]

(Xena first got me into classic mythology and stuff...hehe, helped a lot with allusions in all my English classes later on.)

OMG, exactly with me too. Especially because we did a bit of mythology in english class last year, and everybody was surprised that I knew everybody we covered. I was like "Yeah, most of them were on Xena. The ones that weren't were because I looked up the people on Xena and found out about them on the way."

I was poor and couldn't afford the DVDs

I shouldn't have afforded the DVDs, lol. It was the most expensive thing I've ever bought in my life. By probably a factor of 10. I'm uber cheap. I have no idea why I bought them, actually. It's weird that Xena DVDs got exempted from my normal "No! Will not pay more than $20 for anything ever!" thing.

I loved the first few seasons best, with Gabrielle's long hair and Callisto and Xena and Joxer!

Me too, before it got all major, long arching plotline and dark and monotheistic and such. When it was a bunch of friends (or, you know, more than that) traveling around. My favorite bit was when they retold myths and such. Like with Odysseus, when Xena had to help him restring his bow under the table? That sort of thing. Because it was mythology with a girl power twist, and they did it in such a way that made you want to go look up more about it.

Hee, I used to have a crush on Ares.

Mmm. I know exactly what you mean. He was kinda a sexpot.

I wanna pick it up in college again though!

That's cool. I almost dropped Spanish in 10th grade because my teacher that year sucked, but I didn't, which was fortunate because this year my teacher is pretty cool. I pick up the French on occasion just because my best mate takes it at school and we randomly jump into our respective languages without noticing sometimes. It works because her French makes it so that using cognates between both that and Spanish and English and Spanish, she can figure out the gist what I'm saying often, and vice versa.

[playpink.livejournal.com]

Especially because we did a bit of mythology in english class last year, and everybody was surprised that I knew everybody we covered.
That was SO me! I'm always explaining mythological allusions to my friends, and I can never understand why they can't get it. But it's because they never had the chance to link it to something important to themselves...like, I'll remember the Xena ep along with the myth so it's easier to recall. But then I'll be like, "Psh, Ulysses SO owes Xena for that." Hehe. I'm LAME.

My favorite bit was when they retold myths and such.
I absolutely love those, because it's funny how the writer's work Xena and Gabs into the centerfold. Go GirlPower! And Xena/Gabrielle subtext. ;)
The only thing I liked about the later episodes was that Gabrielle seemed stronger and more independent, less of the innocent girly girl...it also changed the subtext relationship a bit. But it was weird how much her look changed...she was so pale and butch...

It works because her French makes it so that using cognates between both that and Spanish and English and Spanish, she can figure out the gist what I'm saying often
I get what you mean. Except, I'm bad a deciphering Spanish...which is why I have to ask you to translate everything you type. LOL *facepalm*

HA! That's so 'bloody' cool, you used "best mate"...are you British/Aussie?

[crashcart9.livejournal.com]

But it's because they never had the chance to link it to something important to themselves...like, I'll remember the Xena ep along with the myth so it's easier to recall.

Hee, exactly. I connect everything to TV shows. It really does help when you're as much of a geek as I.

The only thing I liked about the later episodes was that Gabrielle seemed stronger and more independent, less of the innocent girly girl...it also changed the subtext relationship a bit.

Yeah, early on sometimes it's a little too "Oh, look, there are some bad guys on the horizon. Stay back, Gabrielle, I must protect your virtue!" Though the stories were better earlier, I prefer their relationship when they're more equal, honestly.

That's so 'bloody' cool, you used "best mate"...are you British/Aussie?

Nah, just. . . odd. I've got no idea why I started using either, but 'bloody' has been around for a while and 'mate' is a rather new (only this year, really) addition to my vocab. I've a penchant for odd words.

[playpink.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's nicer when Gabs could fend for herself and not be a liability and all. A lot of the earlier eps had her being the hostage or something similar.

Are you going to be an etymologist when you "grow up"?

[crashcart9.livejournal.com]

A lot of the earlier eps had her being the hostage or something similar.

Yeah. That got so boring. It was all "Oh, look, Gabrielle's been kidnapped. Again."

Are you going to be an etymologist when you "grow up"?

Nah, lol, though I did dabble with minoring in linguistics at one point. I've wanted to be a doctor pretty much since I was born, and decided on emergency medicine probably 8 years ago. Before that, I declared my intentions to be a cardio-thoracic/neurosurgeon, but I then realized that I'd get bored with it being the same kinds of things day after day. I need the puzzle, the unknown unconscious patient that comes in through the doors and you've got no idea what's wrong but you've got to fix it in the next 30 minutes or he'll die kind of thing, you know?