.Studying in Beijing!
Scholars queue up for their 宫炮鸡丁
Chicken outside the canteen.ŒmÅÚ£¨±¤?)
Beijing is chilly. With washing
hanging on bunk bed ladder my room is
humid and cold - yuck! I would grasp
my tea flask for warmth but its gone
cold. I should go to bed soon, im
having trouble waking up for lessons.
8-11:30 - one little lie-in and you've
missed a whole day's lessons!
Books are healthier than the internet
- why then do i prefer staring at a
blank screen rather than reading one
of my books?
. ..
I went to one calligraphy lesson and
got annoyed. People with neat
handwriting are narrow minded and
psychologic
exception.
is not real art. Or, if it is art,
then its a real low grade one like
ballet. You need to practice every
day in order to get closer to the
correct answer. Neatness and
precision are the attributes of
robots - art should be a celebration
of our humanity.
Yeah i know, when you get good they
let you do running script and go mad
with the brush. I just want to go mad
from the start.
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ger¡¤ry¡¤man¡¤der
tr.v. ger¡¤ry¡¤man¡¤dered,
ger¡¤ry¡¤man¡¤der¡¤ing, ger¡¤ry¡¤man¡¤ders
To divide (a geographic area) into
voting districts so as to give unfair
advantage to one party in elections.
n.
The act, process, or an instance of
gerrymandering.
A district or configuration of
districts differing widely in size or
population because of gerrymandering.
-----------------
[After Gerry, Elbridge + (sala)mander
(from the shape of an election
district created while Gerry was
governor of Massachusetts).]
Word History: ¡°An official statement
of the returns of voters for senators
give[s] twenty nine friends of peace,
and eleven gerrymanders.¡± So reported
the May 12, 1813, edition of the
Massachusetts Spy. A gerrymander
sounds like a strange political beast,
which it is, considered from a
historical perspective. This beast was
named by combining the word
salamander, ¡°a small lizardlike
amphibian,¡± with the last name of
Elbridge Gerry, a former governor of
Massachusettsa state noted for its
varied, often colorful political
fauna. Gerry (whose name,
incidentally, was pronounced with a
hard g, though gerrymander is now
commonly pronounced with a soft g) was
immortalized in this word because an
election district created by members
of his party in 1812 looked like a
salamander. According to one version
of gerrymander's coining, the shape of
the district attracted the eye of the
painter Gilbert Stuart, who noticed it
on a map in a newspaper editor's
office. Stuart decorated the outline
of the district with a head, wings,
and claws and then said to the
editor, ¡°That will do for a
salamander!¡± ¡°Gerrymander!¡± came the
reply. The word is first recorded in
April 1812 in reference to the
creature or its caricature, but it
soon came to mean not only ¡°the action
of shaping a district to gain
political advantage¡± but also ¡°any
representative elected from such a
district by that method.¡± Within the
same year gerrymander was also
recorded as a verb.
........ .. . ............... .
.Gilgamesh
The oldest story in the world, 1,000
years older than the Iliad or the
Bible.
Translated by a guy named Stephen
who did a version of the Daodejing
that was 'a bit pop culture' according
to some guy who spends his time
reading different versions of the
Daodejing [they're called daoists i
think].
/Stephen says "Gilgamesh = Bush" /
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/poetry/0,6121,1328302,00.html
. ...
From Gilgamesh Book 1 translated by Stephen Mitchell
Saturday October 16, 2004
The Guardian
Surpassing all kings, powerful and tall
beyond all others, violent, splendid,
a wild bull of a man, unvanquished leader,
hero in the front lines, beloved by his soldiers -
fortress they called him, protector of the people ,
raging flood that destroys all defences -
two-thirds divine and one-third human,
son of King Lugalbanda, who became
a god, and of the goddess Ninsun,
he opened the mountain passes, dug wells
on the slopes, crossed the vast ocean, sailed
to the rising sun, journeyed to the edge
of the world, in search of eternal life,
and once he found Utnapishtim - the man
who survived the Great Flood and was made immortal -
he brought back the ancient, forgotten rites,
restoring the temples that the Flood had destroyed,
renewing the statutes and sacraments
for the welfare of the people and the sacred land.
Who is like Gilgamesh? What other king
has inspired such awe? Who else can say,
"I alone rule, supreme among mankind"?
The goddess Aruru, mother of creation,
had designed his body, had made him the strongest
of men - huge, handsome, radiant, perfect.
The city is his possession, he struts
through it, arrogant, his head raised high,
trampling its citizens like a wild bull.
He is king, he does whatever he wants,
takes the son from his father and crushes him,
takes the girl from her mother and uses her,
the warrior's daughter, the young man's bride,
he uses her, no one dares to oppose him.
But the people of Uruk cried out to heaven,
and their lamentation was heard, the gods
are not unfeeling, their hearts were touched.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393975169/ref=sib_rdr_dp/002-0757029-6639243
Actually, this version is better.
More accurate and it has historical
notes.
I cant mention ancient epic poems
without giving Heaney's great
translation of Beowulf a mega
recommendation. I didnt. I need to
find time to read it again.
Scholars queue up for their 宫炮鸡丁 Chicken outside the canteen.ŒmÅÚ£¨±¤?) Beijing is chilly. With washing hanging on bunk bed ladder my room is humid and cold - yuck! I would grasp my tea flask for warmth but its gone cold. I should go to bed soon, im having trouble waking up for lessons. 8-11:30 - one little lie-in and you've missed a whole day's lessons! Books are healthier than the internet - why then do i prefer staring at a blank screen rather than reading one of my books?
. .. I went to one calligraphy lesson and got annoyed. People with neat handwriting are narrow minded and
psychologic exception. is not real art. Or, if it is art, then its a real low grade one like ballet. You need to practice every day in order to get closer to the correct answer. Neatness and precision are the attributes of robots - art should be a celebration of our humanity. Yeah i know, when you get good they let you do running script and go mad with the brush. I just want to go mad from the start. =-=----------========-=============---- ger¡¤ry¡¤man¡¤der tr.v. ger¡¤ry¡¤man¡¤dered, ger¡¤ry¡¤man¡¤der¡¤ing, ger¡¤ry¡¤man¡¤ders To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections. n. The act, process, or an instance of gerrymandering. A district or configuration of districts differing widely in size or population because of gerrymandering. ----------------- [After Gerry, Elbridge + (sala)mander (from the shape of an election district created while Gerry was governor of Massachusetts).] Word History: ¡°An official statement of the returns of voters for senators give[s] twenty nine friends of peace, and eleven gerrymanders.¡± So reported the May 12, 1813, edition of the Massachusetts Spy. A gerrymander sounds like a strange political beast, which it is, considered from a historical perspective. This beast was named by combining the word salamander, ¡°a small lizardlike amphibian,¡± with the last name of Elbridge Gerry, a former governor of Massachusettsa state noted for its varied, often colorful political fauna. Gerry (whose name, incidentally, was pronounced with a hard g, though gerrymander is now commonly pronounced with a soft g) was immortalized in this word because an election district created by members of his party in 1812 looked like a salamander. According to one version of gerrymander's coining, the shape of the district attracted the eye of the painter Gilbert Stuart, who noticed it on a map in a newspaper editor's office. Stuart decorated the outline of the district with a head, wings, and claws and then said to the editor, ¡°That will do for a salamander!¡± ¡°Gerrymander!¡± came the reply. The word is first recorded in April 1812 in reference to the creature or its caricature, but it soon came to mean not only ¡°the action of shaping a district to gain political advantage¡± but also ¡°any representative elected from such a district by that method.¡± Within the same year gerrymander was also recorded as a verb. ........ .. . ............... . .Gilgamesh The oldest story in the world, 1,000 years older than the Iliad or the Bible. Translated by a guy named Stephen who did a version of the Daodejing that was 'a bit pop culture' according to some guy who spends his time reading different versions of the Daodejing [they're called daoists i think]. /Stephen says "Gilgamesh = Bush" / http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/poetry/0,6121,1328302,00.html . ... From Gilgamesh Book 1 translated by Stephen Mitchell Saturday October 16, 2004 The Guardian Surpassing all kings, powerful and tall beyond all others, violent, splendid, a wild bull of a man, unvanquished leader, hero in the front lines, beloved by his soldiers - fortress they called him, protector of the people , raging flood that destroys all defences - two-thirds divine and one-third human, son of King Lugalbanda, who became a god, and of the goddess Ninsun, he opened the mountain passes, dug wells on the slopes, crossed the vast ocean, sailed to the rising sun, journeyed to the edge of the world, in search of eternal life, and once he found Utnapishtim - the man who survived the Great Flood and was made immortal - he brought back the ancient, forgotten rites, restoring the temples that the Flood had destroyed, renewing the statutes and sacraments for the welfare of the people and the sacred land. Who is like Gilgamesh? What other king has inspired such awe? Who else can say, "I alone rule, supreme among mankind"? The goddess Aruru, mother of creation, had designed his body, had made him the strongest of men - huge, handsome, radiant, perfect. The city is his possession, he struts through it, arrogant, his head raised high, trampling its citizens like a wild bull. He is king, he does whatever he wants, takes the son from his father and crushes him, takes the girl from her mother and uses her, the warrior's daughter, the young man's bride, he uses her, no one dares to oppose him. But the people of Uruk cried out to heaven, and their lamentation was heard, the gods are not unfeeling, their hearts were touched. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393975169/ref=sib_rdr_dp/002-0757029-6639243 Actually, this version is better. More accurate and it has historical notes. I cant mention ancient epic poems without giving Heaney's great translation of Beowulf a mega recommendation. I didnt. I need to find time to read it again.
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