i like cox.
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langwidereI have some kind of gross stomach flu! Luckily, I am still on "spring break" (haha, it is snowing) so I can roll myself into the bathroom* as many times a day as I would like (I would not like to roll myself into the bathroom any times a day, to be honest) (well, maybe once a day). Disaster averted.
Also I have a very terrible new haircut. When my mother saw it, she said: "Oooo, it looks like you killed a rare and sacred bird and then put the carcass on your head!" I am still wondering, actively, whether or not she intended this comment to be a compliment. (It's just hair; I find these sorts of things merely annoying.)
Between the bathroom-rolls, I have spent all my time today watching a person called "Brian Cox" on the YouTube**. I first encountered Brian Cox at The Tinned Fruit Conundrum, as you do, and at the time I thought he was a cast member from Little Britain or something. In my defense, he is a physicist, and physicists are practically indistinguishable from comedians in nearly all applications. Also, I thought he was high. And wearing lipstick. I expected a man in a dress to come wandering into the scene and hit him in the face with a fish. Gradually I began to realize that he was a serious individual and probably neither actually really high nor wearing cosmetics, but instead of losing interest I somehow began to find him even more compelling. This is because I can't understand a word that comes out of his mouth (also he is incredibly good-looking and he has shiny black hair, two things which always help me to maintain my interest in anything). He smiles incessantly, for some reason, even when he is calling people fuckwits, so it is impossible to read his lips. His words have too many vowels, and not enough syllables. Trying to figure out what he's talking about is a process of discovery. I eventually realized, for example, that the often-repeated word "feeengz" means "things," because once I heard him apply the root "feeengh" to the prefix "nuff," to create the term "nufffeeengh," a cognate to the English word "nothing." This process is a million times more interesting than whatever dumb/boring space thing he is always blabbering about in inappropriately dramaturgical, Sherloquesque tones. ♥
I was translating some dictionary sentences to sharpen my grammar, when I came upon this one:
Here is my version, ololllololol:
Where the magic happens:
It is a well-known scientific fact that you cannot complete a correct translation of any kind without a cat sleeping nearby:
God is a fan of April Fools' Day, I guess:
* as you can see by the photos, I mean this literally
** What has happened to the YouTube today? I realize that the occasion of April 1 presents an utterly irresistible opportunity for asshats to promulgate sanctioned acts of blatant idiocy upon the internets, but I'm not quite understanding how the 1911 thing is supposed to be funny.
Also I have a very terrible new haircut. When my mother saw it, she said: "Oooo, it looks like you killed a rare and sacred bird and then put the carcass on your head!" I am still wondering, actively, whether or not she intended this comment to be a compliment. (It's just hair; I find these sorts of things merely annoying.)
Between the bathroom-rolls, I have spent all my time today watching a person called "Brian Cox" on the YouTube**. I first encountered Brian Cox at The Tinned Fruit Conundrum, as you do, and at the time I thought he was a cast member from Little Britain or something. In my defense, he is a physicist, and physicists are practically indistinguishable from comedians in nearly all applications. Also, I thought he was high. And wearing lipstick. I expected a man in a dress to come wandering into the scene and hit him in the face with a fish. Gradually I began to realize that he was a serious individual and probably neither actually really high nor wearing cosmetics, but instead of losing interest I somehow began to find him even more compelling. This is because I can't understand a word that comes out of his mouth (also he is incredibly good-looking and he has shiny black hair, two things which always help me to maintain my interest in anything). He smiles incessantly, for some reason, even when he is calling people fuckwits, so it is impossible to read his lips. His words have too many vowels, and not enough syllables. Trying to figure out what he's talking about is a process of discovery. I eventually realized, for example, that the often-repeated word "feeengz" means "things," because once I heard him apply the root "feeengh" to the prefix "nuff," to create the term "nufffeeengh," a cognate to the English word "nothing." This process is a million times more interesting than whatever dumb/boring space thing he is always blabbering about in inappropriately dramaturgical, Sherloquesque tones. ♥
I was translating some dictionary sentences to sharpen my grammar, when I came upon this one:
Here is my version, ololllololol:
Where the magic happens:
It is a well-known scientific fact that you cannot complete a correct translation of any kind without a cat sleeping nearby:
God is a fan of April Fools' Day, I guess:
* as you can see by the photos, I mean this literally
** What has happened to the YouTube today? I realize that the occasion of April 1 presents an utterly irresistible opportunity for asshats to promulgate sanctioned acts of blatant idiocy upon the internets, but I'm not quite understanding how the 1911 thing is supposed to be funny.
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Date: 2011-04-02 03:17 am (UTC)Get well soon! ♥♥♥
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Date: 2011-04-02 06:01 pm (UTC)Why yes, yes I do. [*BATS EYELASHES*]
Thank you! I am already starting to feel a little better.
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Date: 2011-04-02 02:03 pm (UTC)I'm sorry to hear about your stomach bug. Hope you feel better soon! ♥
His words have too many vowels, and not enough syllables.
This amuses me greatly. Of course, being a northerner, Prof Cox don't speak proper like what I do :D
Brian Cox's two main shows are called Wonders of the Solar System and Wonders of the Universe. They're both well worth a watch (although I'm not sure if there's any way for you to see them over there). I originally thought the series were both going to be a bit too pedestrian, but they're actually very interesting; in every episode there's at least something that blows my mind. And there are also multiple shots of the Prof staring lovingly into the camera :D
Failing that, if you have 20 minutes to spare, there's a fun clip of the Prof being interviewed by Jonathan Ross. Butt plugs are involved!
Yesterday, I was also listening to a podcast of the Prof's radio show where they talk about probability. Tim Minchin was one of the guests, and I found it hard to know who to fangirl more!
Also about SCIENCE: here's a Sherlock cartoon that I found on tumblr
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Date: 2011-04-02 06:21 pm (UTC)Doubtless.
(I tried Latin once; I still have flashbacks in the night, sometimes.)
Prof Cox don't speak proper like what I do :D
I find the topic of British dialects unendingly fascinating. Especially when they are being spoken by incredibly attractive people on the teevee.
although I'm not sure if there's any way for you to see them over there
HA. I used to be able to download shows like that with a program called iPlayer, but then the BBC made some kind of infernally ill-considered decision to change the code that allows iPlayer access, so now it doesn't work at all even with a decent UK proxy. MAD. MAD AS HELL. So now I just GO DOWNLOAD ALL THOSE THINGS ILLEGALLY, IN TORRENT FORM. The saddest part of this, of course, is that I would've cheerfully paid a subscription fee to have legitimate download access in the first place.
Anyway, I have a 'Wonders of the Solar System' complete season one torrent starting up right now. I'm going to try and get through at least some of the eps later this week.
there's a fun clip of the Prof being interviewed by Jonathan Ross
I am amazed at the media gauntlet to which British stars are regularly subjected. In this country, the interviewers often actually suck the stars' toes on camera, the end. Charlie Sheen!
Tim Minchin was one of the guests, and I found it hard to know who to fangirl more!
I still catch myself singing the Motherfucking Pope Song any time I see a unit of Catholic personnel. I probably ought not to find that so funny, given the background.
Also about SCIENCE: here's a Sherlock cartoon that I found on tumblr
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. It seems perfectly reasonable to me that John is made up of microscopic kittens. That explains just absolutely everything.
(Also my whole day today was taken over by Sherlock fic; your friend's recs are truly amazing! I don't really do fandom anymore, so I hadn't heard of 98% of them. I'm going to send her a thank-you note... just as soon as I finish this last story.)
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Date: 2011-04-03 12:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-07 09:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-07 11:48 am (UTC)(I'm fine now, thanks! ♥)