It has been some weeks now since my last substantive entry, and undoubtedly many meaningful things have happened in my life in the interim.
However...I'm not going to talk about any of them at the moment. Later, perhaps.
I've finally started my Latin work this week. I am hoping to cram all forty chapters of Wheelock's first year grammar into the next few months. I am actually enjoying it immensely...for the moment, at least. I have a bit of a head start, I know, because of my Greek work, and it is fun going back to simple sentences and translation. To whit, a poem I thought was intensely amusing:
Cattullus Bids His Girlfriend Farewell
Puella mea me non amat. Vale, puella! Catullus obdurat; poeta puellam non amat, formam puellae non laudat, puellae rosas non dat, et puellam non basiat! Ira mea est magna! Obduro, mea puella--sed sine te non valeo.
Translation:
My girl does not love me. Goodbye, girl! Catullus is tough; the poet does not love the girl, he does not praise her beauty, he does not give the girl roses, and he does not kiss the girl! My ire is great! I am firm, my girl--but without you I am not strong.
I admit it loses something in the translation...
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Hehe...You're right. Its a fun poem. Wish I could read it in the ancient language. Aaron is rabid about learning Latin. I've never been able to really catch the fire.
*ahem* That was me..I forgot to say so.
I really liked the poem. It was easy to follow along with spanish.. and a clear translator!
so... you're buying timber? (=
-chelle
Brian! I still have your graphic novels and wish desperately to return them to you with Maus (and to pick up some Sandman). Alas, my broken leg makes travel and socializing a bit difficult. Keep in touch, and we will make the trade.
Have you checked out any of the Lucifer comics?
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