'M afraid I must use a link here, because the video in question is on a Russian website. BUT for those of you who like Sherlock Holmes, this is a must-see. You can skip through most of it if you like, I suppose, but Holmes' showdown with Moriarty is absolutely amazing. It makes the Granada version look like kid's play. So I'd say you could jump ahead to 41:30 if you want to.
http://webteleradio.com/media14/sherlok-shvatka2.htm
And for those of you who haven't read the book *gasp* this episode is an adaptation of 'The Final Problem'. So read it first!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
The Reason Why . . .
. . . I decided to study Russian. Well, a big part of the reason anyways.
I don't know how to upload video and am too tired to try and learn right now. So you'll have to make do with a link for the time-being.
Who says the best Sherlock Holmes in the world has to be British?
I don't know how to upload video and am too tired to try and learn right now. So you'll have to make do with a link for the time-being.
*EDIT* Thanks to Andromache's brilliance and kind-heartedness and/or lack of other posting topics, I have now uploaded the video here. So now you don't have to navigate away from my beautiful blog to watch videos I recommend. Because I know you REALLY hated leaving . . .
Who says the best Sherlock Holmes in the world has to be British?
Friday, September 5, 2008
Ramble. . . ramble . . . ramble . . .
Well, I'm not bored anymore. Homework kinda kills the boredom.
I am particularly happy right now because I discovered a place on campus which is basically a common drop-off site where all students can dump the things they don't want, and where scroungers like myself can go and find some worthwhile things. I found an old beat-up book of Arthurian tales. Granted, there's nothing quite as good as Once and Future King or the original Malory, but as I left both of those at home (dratted luggage weight limits!) I'm delighted to have some version of the stories for free now. It'll tide me over until I go to the bookstore and have spending money to use getting some books. I desperately want Les Miserables and the Once and Future King.
Speaking of Les Miserables, has anyone here seen the musical? I have the soundtrack, and listen to it literally whenever I have my iPod on. I listen while doing homework, while exercising, etc. Gorgeous music/songs/voices. I also listen to soundtracks, though.
Kat, I am going to buy some Poets songs just as soon as I get access to iTunes. Can't wait.
Hum, anything else? . . . I was going to talk about how much fun I had while speaking on the phone yesterday with the amazing Lady Linden, but she beat me to it. I'm not a very efficient blogger. Um, well, to make a long story short, I was doing philosophy homework and then got a lovely surprise phonecall and spent about an hour chatting with the Maid of the North. And yeah, I NEVER talk about politics--But it was fun, Laura!
Well, it rained slightly today, but there was only one rainbow that I saw. I was inside most of the time, doing homework/attending classes. My Russian class is very awesome.
I also had lunch with my grandma and a friend, and spent the morning borrowing pens from various acquaintences because I had forgotten mine >.<
Oh, and while I was walking on the sidewalk I came across a dead cockroach as long as my forefinger, with its legs all curled up they way bugs generally look when they're dead. But this one got me wondering: When cockroaches know they're dying, do they fold their limbs in prayer?
. . . Yes, I'm sleep-deprived. How could you tell? ;)
I am particularly happy right now because I discovered a place on campus which is basically a common drop-off site where all students can dump the things they don't want, and where scroungers like myself can go and find some worthwhile things. I found an old beat-up book of Arthurian tales. Granted, there's nothing quite as good as Once and Future King or the original Malory, but as I left both of those at home (dratted luggage weight limits!) I'm delighted to have some version of the stories for free now. It'll tide me over until I go to the bookstore and have spending money to use getting some books. I desperately want Les Miserables and the Once and Future King.
Speaking of Les Miserables, has anyone here seen the musical? I have the soundtrack, and listen to it literally whenever I have my iPod on. I listen while doing homework, while exercising, etc. Gorgeous music/songs/voices. I also listen to soundtracks, though.
Kat, I am going to buy some Poets songs just as soon as I get access to iTunes. Can't wait.
Hum, anything else? . . . I was going to talk about how much fun I had while speaking on the phone yesterday with the amazing Lady Linden, but she beat me to it. I'm not a very efficient blogger. Um, well, to make a long story short, I was doing philosophy homework and then got a lovely surprise phonecall and spent about an hour chatting with the Maid of the North. And yeah, I NEVER talk about politics--But it was fun, Laura!
Well, it rained slightly today, but there was only one rainbow that I saw. I was inside most of the time, doing homework/attending classes. My Russian class is very awesome.
I also had lunch with my grandma and a friend, and spent the morning borrowing pens from various acquaintences because I had forgotten mine >.<
Oh, and while I was walking on the sidewalk I came across a dead cockroach as long as my forefinger, with its legs all curled up they way bugs generally look when they're dead. But this one got me wondering: When cockroaches know they're dying, do they fold their limbs in prayer?
. . . Yes, I'm sleep-deprived. How could you tell? ;)
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Can You Tell I'm Bored?
New format, multiple posts in one day . . . Sheesh! But when my homework's all done and my emails are all replied to and my next class isn't for three hours--what else is there for me to do? :)
Anyway, here's a new piece of art! It's also in my gallery, but you know . . . this way you don't have to jump around. Not unless you REALLY want to, that is.
My first attempt at drawing Luthien. Because a Tolkien fan and artist just ain't a Tolkien fan and artist until she's attempted a portrait of Arda's most beautiful being, right? ;)
Anyway, here's a new piece of art! It's also in my gallery, but you know . . . this way you don't have to jump around. Not unless you REALLY want to, that is.
My first attempt at drawing Luthien. Because a Tolkien fan and artist just ain't a Tolkien fan and artist until she's attempted a portrait of Arda's most beautiful being, right? ;)
The Sweet Potato god
I went to a museum yesterday with a friend, and since he has a superior camera, he was able to get this picture in the dim museum interior, a picture we both wanted because the little idol was just so funny! Then he sent it to me this morning in a surprise email.So, pic for this post courtesy of N.S. Thanks, mellon!
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