― di, Wednesday, 19 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Maria, Thursday, 20 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I would love to write something in ultra-neat Latin (preferably in snazzy dactylic hexameter, or at least with some Ciceronian clausulae), just 'cos Maria's post sounded like a gauntlet being thrown down to me, but, eh, it's been too long (and I was never *that* good - or indeed any good at all - anyway).
Someone is now going to tell me that Cicero never used clausulae, but I never really got what they were anyway, I just got told that they were a good stylistic thing. I then promptly ignored this advice, 'cos using 4 different ways of saying "and" (and trying not to use enclitic -que at the end of the sentence because it's not good style, even though I always ended up putting it there anyway) and going crazy with the compound verbs are much easier ways to pick up style points...
I so miss my Kennedy's Primer. (Oh, it looks like I'm quite good at writing really long, rambly, boring, pretentious, geeky, completely off-topic posts. Yeah, I admit I can be good at inadvertantly doing things which suck, but I think that's stretching the word "good" a little.)
― Rebecca, Friday, 21 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Or has anyone stopped being good at anything, or started being good at anything new?
― the pinefox, Thursday, 24 April 2003 23:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 24 April 2003 23:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 24 April 2003 23:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Thursday, 24 April 2003 23:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 24 April 2003 23:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 24 April 2003 23:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― buttch (Oops), Thursday, 24 April 2003 23:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 24 April 2003 23:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― buttch (Oops), Thursday, 24 April 2003 23:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 24 April 2003 23:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― buttch (Oops), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― buttch (Oops), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― buttch (Oops), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― buttch (Oops), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― buttch (Oops), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― buttch (Oops), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― buttch (Oops), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
Actually I think I eschew references and would rather form my own opinions.
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― buttch (Oops), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― buttch (Oops), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― buttch (Oops), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 25 April 2003 00:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 25 April 2003 03:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
(ally, you're just asking for it, ain'tchya?)
― buttch (Oops), Friday, 25 April 2003 03:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 25 April 2003 03:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 25 April 2003 03:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 25 April 2003 03:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― buttch (Oops), Friday, 25 April 2003 03:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 25 April 2003 03:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 25 April 2003 03:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― buttch (Oops), Friday, 25 April 2003 04:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 25 April 2003 04:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
I can imitate Barney from The Simpsons pretty well, too. And, thanks to the tutelage of Chris "Buh" Butler, I developed a wickedly effective imitation of your stereotypical "otaku" indie-rock obsessive record buyer.
Other than that, fuggit, I'm worthless.
― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Friday, 25 April 2003 04:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― buttch (Oops), Friday, 25 April 2003 04:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 25 April 2003 04:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan I., Saturday, 26 April 2003 01:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― kirsten (kirsten), Saturday, 26 April 2003 02:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
Martin, I have NOOO idea how that works... The Chinese grip, that is. It's insane - when I try it, often I'll strike the ball at a funny angle and it'll go flying off to the side.
― phil-two (phil-two), Saturday, 26 April 2003 04:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 26 April 2003 10:21 (twenty-one years ago) link