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artyartieIt must be an admission of total geekitude, when studying the history of England' naval officers, to realize the first time you heard any of these ranks was in Star Trek, which is totally just Captain Cook in space.
This afternoon I hiked (and do I mean hiked) to Panera from my apartment - about half an hour, but totally worth it. It's so fall here - the weather is warmish today but there's a cool hint in the breeze and there is no humidity, absolutely none. Still nice enough for a glass or two or three of sweet tea though. *glares at her cup* Evil, evil beverage.
Yesterday was my first day home for class - I actually apologized to my prof for being sick. But my girly bits were being stubborn and I spent most of the day chewing on ginger and waiting for various things to stop hurting and the world to stop spinnning. It was a good excuse to watch Sense and Sensibility that night. Oh, I must read that book still, and just imagine Alan Rickman's voice. Mmmmmm. He needs to be in more period movies, seriously. He should have a quota, just like Colin and Matthew and Ioan should. And they all need to be in a movie together.
If only Anglophilic fangirls ran the world! It would be a wonderful place filled with beautiful accents and real Cadbury chocolate.
Back to the reading and the sweet tea, but just wanted to make this little post. Maybe it's the sugar, maybe it's the fact one of my ILL books came in, but I'm just in an good mood!
This afternoon I hiked (and do I mean hiked) to Panera from my apartment - about half an hour, but totally worth it. It's so fall here - the weather is warmish today but there's a cool hint in the breeze and there is no humidity, absolutely none. Still nice enough for a glass or two or three of sweet tea though. *glares at her cup* Evil, evil beverage.
Yesterday was my first day home for class - I actually apologized to my prof for being sick. But my girly bits were being stubborn and I spent most of the day chewing on ginger and waiting for various things to stop hurting and the world to stop spinnning. It was a good excuse to watch Sense and Sensibility that night. Oh, I must read that book still, and just imagine Alan Rickman's voice. Mmmmmm. He needs to be in more period movies, seriously. He should have a quota, just like Colin and Matthew and Ioan should. And they all need to be in a movie together.
If only Anglophilic fangirls ran the world! It would be a wonderful place filled with beautiful accents and real Cadbury chocolate.
Back to the reading and the sweet tea, but just wanted to make this little post. Maybe it's the sugar, maybe it's the fact one of my ILL books came in, but I'm just in an good mood!
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Date: 2006-09-27 08:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-27 08:58 pm (UTC)And once again, come finals time? Get some coloring books. I'm considering getting a whole set when it comes time for my thesis defense.
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Date: 2006-09-27 09:05 pm (UTC)i'm definitely going on a shopping trip over thanksgiving break to stock up on coloring books and supplies. most specifically crayons because for some reason i find them really theraputic. something about the wax maybe?
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Date: 2006-09-28 07:46 am (UTC)Yes folks, In adition to being a squee-ing anglophilic fan girl, I am also destined to be a lab rat.
I wish I was back in school...
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Date: 2006-09-28 07:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-27 09:28 pm (UTC)For one, I hope that you will soon be better and for another, I loved to read that you are in a good mood.
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Date: 2006-09-28 03:12 am (UTC)*grins* Wish I would have gotten a bit more done today, but the good mood was a definite perk - especially after feeling so icky yesterday! Hope you're doing well, too!
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Date: 2006-09-28 04:39 am (UTC)I'd always liked Roddenberry's Hornblower in Space, though POB with his Jack Aubrey seems closer to Kirk.;D
I had meant to ask earlier on, will you be seeing Surprise sail in November? Any chance of pics? I'm just too far away ...
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Date: 2006-09-28 08:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-27 09:34 pm (UTC)And I do approve of your suggestion that Colin, Alan and Ioan should all do a period movie together. But not even my excessively campy anglophilia could bring me to eat Cadbury chocolate while watching it. ;)
*is a chocolate snob*
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Date: 2006-09-28 03:15 am (UTC)See, in Europe, you guys have good chocolate and lots of it. Here in the States, we are deprived. I mean, have you ever eaten a Hershey bar? So compared to 99% of our chocolate, real Cadbury is heaven.
That makes me wonder, what's considered the really good German chocolate? Al I've had is Ritter and Kinder, really. *misses Kinder eggs so very, very much*
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Date: 2006-09-28 06:17 am (UTC)Heh, yes, indeed. Which is why I can't stand him. I mean, seriously, why should any sane women find William Shatner attractive?
That makes me wonder, what's considered the really good German chocolate? Al I've had is Ritter and Kinder, really. *misses Kinder eggs so very, very much*
Hmm, Ritter and Kinder and Milka are brands of the average quality (I do love Kinderschokolade, though). Lindt is among the more expensive stuff you can buy round here, and then there are always the really expensive high-quality brands from local confiseries. For example, Dallmayer and Neuhäuser for the Munich era. (Really expensive = $3.50 per bar).
And, no, I don't have any idea what a Hershey might taste like. :)
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Date: 2006-09-28 08:42 pm (UTC)Good lord, I need a gourmet chocolate fix. Some ridiculously decadent Godiva truffles. Mmmmmmm.
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Date: 2006-09-28 01:16 am (UTC)Can you describe it to poor, deprived me?
Sense and Sensibility is true love.
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Date: 2006-09-28 03:19 am (UTC)Make a pitcher of iced plain black tea.
Boil a quarter of a small pot of water and add sugar. Add more and more until the water is sickly sweet. Let water cool and add to iced tea. Drink at your own peril. :)
Sweet tea is a strictly Southern thing - it's from Virginia south and east of Texas. Anywhere beyond that, iced tea is plain and you have to add your own sweetener. Here, you're lucky if you can get unsweetened tea when you go out to eat.
I really want to watch the BBC Persuasion now - I need more Austen!
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Date: 2006-09-28 02:57 am (UTC)Ooh - let's do that! :)
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Date: 2006-09-28 03:20 am (UTC)We need a cool acronym and quite possibly a secret handshake. :) And then we kidnap all these beautiful British men and we...we....make them read the phone book!
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Date: 2006-09-28 07:51 am (UTC)While wearing kilts!!!
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Date: 2006-09-28 08:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-28 05:35 pm (UTC)And t-shirts. T-shirts are in order.
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Date: 2006-09-28 08:48 pm (UTC)Yes, I think we're onto something. Too bad we can't slip fictional characters into our devious plans...or can we!
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Date: 2006-10-02 05:29 pm (UTC)Wrote a comment to this entry as I agree about the chocolate - the food in England is generally so much better than the other side of the pond. (Unabashed English girl here.) Have a great time in Greenwich and don't forget to visit Portsmouth too.
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Date: 2006-10-26 11:47 pm (UTC)And I may not be able to make good icons, but I can choose them well. I love the loyalty pics, as I always find more good icons, especially for Hornblower.
This year I have to read Gaudy Night, because as I started with Busman's Honeymoon, it's the last of the Wimsey's for me, which makes me sad, for some reason. But I do have two and a half seasons of Foyle's War to Netflix!
Oh, I cannot wait to be back and have real Cadbury and honest to goodness fish and chips (I'm a little addict now). Once I know, oh, where I'm going, I'll let everyone know! It will be impossible not to tell!
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Date: 2006-10-27 11:45 am (UTC)Have you also read the two Jill Paton Walsh books - she finishes off an uncompleted Sayers ('Thrones, Dominations') and adapts some letters into another novel (whose name escapes me).
Do try some Belgian choccy while you're over here.
PS I've friended you back, if that's OK.
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