Poetic

I was told last night by one of my colleagues that I come off as a writer and that I speak poetically. I thought that was an interesting thing to say. I asked him how he came up with those conclusions, and he couldn’t really describe how those traits came to mind. I just was a writer and a poet. He’s seen a humorous piece I did, nothing for law school. I tried to think of the conversations I had with him, going over the words to see if they could somehow be considered poetic. I’ve got nothing but then again, I’ve spent a lot of time in his company under the influence. What a thing to notice about someone. Should I break out into sonnet the next time I’m hanging out with him? haha

Vixen

I was sitting at lunch with two law school friends. They were trying to come up with one word each to describe me. One said “Vivacious” and the other said “Vixen.”  Curious as to what the definition would be for vixen, I looked it up on Dictionary.com. I too wondered by you would call a creature “vixen” when it’s based on a fox. I got my answer.

Word History: Why does the word fox begin with f but its female counterpart, vixen, begin with v? The answer lies in English dialects. In the speech of Devon, Somerset, and Cornwall, counties of southern England, words that begin with the voiceless fricative sounds (f) and (s) are pronounced instead with voicing, as (v) and (z). (The local rendering of the county name Somerset, in fact, is “Zomerzet.”) The voicing is due to a Middle English sound change and may have roots even earlier. At least three examples of this dialectal pronunciation have entered standard English: vat, vane, and vixen. The first of these is a variant of an earlier word fat; the pronunciation with (f) was still used in the 19th century before being displaced by the southern pronunciation (vāt). Vane, which used to mean “flag,” has a cognate in the German word for “flag,” Fahne, showing the original f. Vixen, finally, represents the southern pronunciation of a word that goes back to Old English fyxe, the feminine of fox. It was formed by a change in the root vowel of fox and the addition of a suffix -e or -en. Besides being one of the rare southern English dialect forms to have come into standard English, vixen is also the only survival of this type of feminine noun in the modern language.

Stop being so difficult

“If you are looking for that special relationship, then try not to adopt your usual appearance of dark and brooding intensity. The astral influence indicates that potential lovers will not respond to this call of the wild, and are looking for an easier time. You need to lighten up, and quit looking like someone who has just emerged from playing an extra in a horror movie.”

Okay I get it. Stop being so difficult! This might be easier said than done…

I might be seeing him

Tim: Just whatever you do, remember, don’t get swept up in this completely, ok? You’re a big girl with your own life and stuff to do, this isn’t even the most important thing you have to face

That Split Second

Your best friend is getting married this weekend. You’re going to be so happy for him. You’re going to want this big step for yourself, someone to share your life with, at least for a split second. And we both know you’ll think about me.

The “Gallery of Hercules”

Located at the Hotel Lambert

Ed Alcock for the New York Times

Kinda Creepy

A huge screen at a mall in Beijing shows ceremonies commemorating 60 years of Communist rule. The International Monetary Fund predicts 8.5 percent growth in China this year.

By Andy Wong, Associated Press

Take A Chance On Me

We’re not perfect people. No one is. People don’t always live up to our expectations. If we were perfect or right for each other, maybe if we didn’t have these issues we still were trying to get over, we wouldn’t have this rough beginning dance. But we’re still dancing. I don’t know how long we’ll keep doing this but I realized a few things after our premature lover’s spat. In seeing him angry, I understood him in that moment like I haven’t with anyone else. Fire and passion has always been something that never came fast to me. It was there on that street with us. The argument could be made that I’m falling back into old habits. I would argue that maybe one has to learn the same lesson over and over again until they stop making the same mistake. It’s not an issue of who he was in college. The issue is me not being a giant pussy anymore. So I know what I have to do. I just hope it’s not too late.

Yeah sorry, I’ve been watching a lot of Mama Mia. Abba’s been influencing me.

DTP

I put in my application Thursday, I’ll be joining one of the legal fraternities. Woo! I feel these things are more like honor societies with the occasional drinking event. The one I’ll be apart of is more academic based. I think it should help balance out my party nature which is always a good thing, and I’m looking forward to widening my social circle.  With all the drama that has been happening these past few weeks, it can be a bit stifling to walk around campus.

Problems Sleeping

What do you do when the thoughts that helped you fall asleep have stopped working?

“You used to think that someone would come along.
And lay beside you in a space that they belong.
But the other side of the mattress and box springs stayed like new.
What’s the point of holding onto what never gets used?”

~ Death Cab For Cutie, Your New Twin Sized Bed