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Post by yfwe on Oct 20, 2008 1:01:39 GMT -5
That sounds like a wonderful time. xDD Do you like English?
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Post by Miki Maus on Oct 20, 2008 1:06:18 GMT -5
Most aspects of it, absolutely! I love to read when I get the time, and write my own stuff (whether it bit a small bit, or a lot) daily. I also, unlike most, quite enjoy Shakespeare! It's when it comes to writing/reading essays, and doing large projects on things where I lose interest. I'm also a bit of a grammar geek, so this can be both good and bad in English class. Good for my grade, bad (more like sad) when I'm correcting my teacher's grammar. *nerdy grin*
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Post by yfwe on Oct 20, 2008 1:09:36 GMT -5
SHAKESPEARE?!
Haha, that's wonderful. What's your favorite work of his?
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Post by Miki Maus on Oct 20, 2008 1:14:12 GMT -5
I HATED Romeo and Juliet... which is contradicting what I said above, but hey... So far I like the comedies, thus The Taming of the Shrew. My sister says her favourite was by far Othello, which I'm pretty sure I will read in class next year, so will wait until then to read it for myself. As soon as I stop being so lazy and have less things to do, I plan on finding the time to read even more of his work. Oh, and I just rememebred, for my drama class I had to memorize one of his sonnets (113) and liked that one quite a bit, along with the other couple ones I've heard/read.
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Post by barkydog2000 on Oct 20, 2008 1:49:47 GMT -5
What is the best part of living where you do?
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Post by Miki Maus on Oct 20, 2008 1:56:10 GMT -5
Hmmm... well, scenery-wise, I'm really close to the Rockies, and I think the mountains are absolutely beautiful... practically-wise, we've got the lowest taxes in the country here ;D and weather-wise, where I am is one of 2~ish places in the world which gets what we call chinooks. Chinooks are strong winds that come off the coast to the west of us, travel over the mountains, and thus turn very warm, and so since chinooks come in winter, they can melt all the snow, and bring the temperature from about -30 (celsius) one day, to around +10 the next. ((Which in farenheit would be from ~ -22 to 50 degrees.)) I love where I live, and as you can see, I can't pick just one thing
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Post by barkydog2000 on Oct 20, 2008 2:03:04 GMT -5
that's awesome! (oh and I like Shakespeare too My favorite is definitely Hamlet) have you read Hamlet?
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Post by Miki Maus on Oct 20, 2008 2:05:46 GMT -5
Yay, another fan of Bill And no, Hamlet hasn't yet been explored by my eyes and mind ... but I have seen The Lion King, which is supposedly written off of the concept from Hamlet!
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Post by barkydog2000 on Oct 20, 2008 2:17:15 GMT -5
one of my english teachers on the day that we started to go over Hamlet wrote on the board Billy really big and drew hearts all over. hehehe
indeed it is. Oh and if you like Shakespeare I recommend watching/seeing Shakespeare Abridged. It has to be one of the funniest plays ever! 3 guys act out all of Shakespeare's plays.
Have you heard of it/ seen it?
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Post by yfwe on Oct 20, 2008 10:12:18 GMT -5
I HATED Romeo and Juliet... which is contradicting what I said above, but hey... So far I like the comedies, thus The Taming of the Shrew. My sister says her favourite was by far Othello, which I'm pretty sure I will read in class next year, so will wait until then to read it for myself. As soon as I stop being so lazy and have less things to do, I plan on finding the time to read even more of his work. Oh, and I just rememebred, for my drama class I had to memorize one of his sonnets (113) and liked that one quite a bit, along with the other couple ones I've heard/read. Othello's a great play; I read that last year. Have you ever heard of/read A Midsummer Night's Dream?
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Post by Miki Maus on Oct 21, 2008 0:04:46 GMT -5
Whew! It's been a long day. Yay for a bit of fun here. Barky - OOooooh, no I haven't heard OR seen that, but it sounds hilarious!! I definitely want to check that out now too! Kevin - I have heard of it, yes, but once more, not read...... okay, okay, admittedly, I've only read The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, some sonnets, and part of Julius Cesear... So I'm not that experienced, but I still enjoy his stuff
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Post by yfwe on Oct 21, 2008 0:24:11 GMT -5
That's good to hear! =]
Do you have a favorite writer?
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Post by Miki Maus on Oct 21, 2008 1:01:34 GMT -5
Well... this is going to sound majorly corny... but okay My favourite writer is most definitely one of my best friends, Mike Lemley. He's had one or two poems published, and so obviously has talent there, but me and him will just write back and forth a lot, and I can't get enough, heh ^_^ There's also another guy I go to school with, and he's absolutely incredible with words. (For example, a small sample of his writing: Also, I am a proponent of rationality, and despite my espousal of such romantic ideas such as Platonic Idealism, I believe strongly in the need for rational discourse within society.) I'm addicted to his writing, but not in a creepy way ;D heh. More on topic of the question though, another sort of corny answer, but how can I not love J. K. Rowling. I've read 'classics' like To Kill a Mocking Bird, but I don't know... I was pretty bored there... and just tonight I read part of Machiavelli's The Prince, and haven't made up my mind for that one yet. So, like I said, even if it's a bit unoriginal, I truly love the Harry Potter series
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Post by yfwe on Oct 21, 2008 16:55:01 GMT -5
Which HP book was your favorite?
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Post by Miki Maus on Oct 21, 2008 17:35:47 GMT -5
Well, The Prisoner of Azkaban has been my favourite for AGES, but when I read The Deathly Hallows, it gave PoA a run for its money! So, probably still PoA, but DH is a close second I've read each twice except for Deathly Hallows pretty much because of lack of time recently, although that's kind of contradictory considering I've started going through Philosopher's Stone again, haha. I'm pulling out all the possible trivia from it for our school's Harry Potter club! *yet another nerd smilie* hehe.
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