Life's few perks...

I just finished that essay.



Sigh.



The one on Hitler's art obsession and ridiculous standard for perfection and their effects on his WWII campaign.



I was just looking up those last few illustrations/graphics to accompany my essay on Google images, searching for a particular painting of a very buff male discus thrower. The Nazis loved it, it was the epitome of their art standard, and the image really would have added to my paper.



But I couldn't find it.



And I forgot about that famous statue from the Classical art era. You know... the Discus Thrower? THE discus thrower?



If you don't, go look it up. I promise you you'll find it. I did, and I wasn't even looking.



Yeesh. At least the Nazis' painting had clothes on.



Actually, while I appreciate the sculpture as a beautiful piece of art (doesn't it just look like that discus is about to fly from his fingers? DUCK!), I didn't exactly have the best of times wading through 342 Google Images of it while still in search of my Nazi painting.



Still, even when wading through hundreds of classical nude sculptures on the web at 30 minutes shy of midnight, life has its perks, as my title said.



I found this splendid T-shirt:




Oh! How I wish I knew some discuss throwers!

If I stopped following you...

...I'm sorry. I probably didn't mean to. Blogger just cleared the list of ALL the blogs I was following. It says:

"You are currently not following any blogs. To learn how to follow a blog, click here,"

or something like that.

It'll probably take me a little while to find you all again... sigh.

Mwahahahahahaha! Libby's going to kill me, but I'm shamelessly promoting her new blog:

A Trail of Thoughts.

Also, Gabby just wrote a great post over HERE. Go read it. We had loads of fun.

Basically, go read everybody else's blogs, because they're utterly UP and I don't have time to post on mine.

Wow. How lame. Me, that is. The other blogs really are up.

TTFN--- Ta Ta For Now!!

PS- Sorry-- blogger doesn't like me today. It's doing this excessively odd extra-space-between-the-lines thing.

PPS- I needed a random header. Thanks, Levi. That's Gabby's little brother. you may recognize him from the Celtic Zucchinis.

PPS- I'll write more about NaNo soon... I should be studying Gothic Art right now... shhhh. Abbot Suger, I don't mean to say you're boring or anything...

BY ROBIN'S BOW!!!

I JUST WON NANOWRIMO AT THE LAST SECOND!

I would write something witty, but it's very late and I've been trying to write witty things for a whole month now.

*sigh of happiness*

Goodnight....

Writing.... Frantically...

I'm at 43,343....

That's aprox. 7000 words tomorrow.

I can do it!

That is, I think.

Thankful for...

Food.

As you can tell, I'm not in a very contemplative mood. I'm in a happy food daydream of yesterday...

I had about the most amazing Thanksgiving Dinner last night-- green beans, garlic mashed potatoes, stuffing, rolls, sweet potatoes...

I could keep going, but you all are getting bored. i can tell.

Man. My grandma is a great cook.

I think I'll go have a piece of leftover pie...

A Rawther Personal Tag...

Hmmm... because this tag asks some interesting questions, I'll name my imaginary interrogator. Giovanni! Let's name him Giovanni.

1- Have you been asked out?
I'm not sure you're setting the proper tone with me, Giovanni. Shall I answer you? Any attempts have been strongly discouraged. How's that?
3 - What's your middle name?
Wouldn't you like to know...
4 - Your current relationship status?
Madly in love... with Alister Macruadh from a George MacDonald novel.
5 - What's the first thing you do when you wake up from a nap? Nap? stretch my legs till they reach my foot-board.
6 - What is your current mood?
Guilty. I'm being unproductive.
7 - What color shirt are you wearing? Green and black...
8 - Missing something? Probably..
9 - Current Favorite Quote?

First thing in my Head-

"Coward. A man in whom the instinct of self-preservation acts normally." Sultana Zaraya.

10 - If you could go back in time and change something what would be?
Yesterday. I was not my best self. I grouched at lots of people.
11 - If you must be an animal for one day, what would you be?
A swallow. Rarely do I see such freedom than when a swallow flies.
12 - Ever had a near death experience?
Probably. I'm always as near death as God wants me to be. If you know what I mean, Giovanni.
13 - Something you do a lot? Feed my pets...
14 - The song stuck in your head? "Kissing in the Rain," listening to it right now...
15 - Least favorite household chore? Delivering laundry
16 - Name someone with the same birthday as you.
Thomas Jefferson
17 - When was the last time you cried?
Do misty eyes count? Sometime today when I was feeling something sad... But really cried? I'm not sure.
18- Have you ever sung in front of a large audience? Yes-- Lib, I'm with you!
19 - If you could have one super power what would it be? Flight! Oh to fly! I think every human wishes as much.
20 - What's the first thing you notice about the opposite gender? A sincere listener always sticks out to me... conversely, so does someone who seems like he doesn't care two bits about what I say.
21 - What do you usually order from Starbucks? Vegetarian mushroom thing... very good.
22 - What's your biggest secret? Secret? Big secrets are only big because they stay secret...
23- What's your favorite color? Green... though I love variety....
24 - Do you still watch kiddie shows or TV shows? No. Movies, yes.
25 - What's on your walls?
Hung: safari hat, jockey cap, "get well soon" poster from my church family, large canvas of Jesus talking with two apostles, Monet print, saddle ornament, picture frame depicted Ophe and me with our friends, mirror, etc.

The wall paint is khaki.

26 - What are you?
What is real?
27 - Do you speak any other language?
Scottich brogue and a wee bit of Spanish

28 - What's your favorite smell? I second Lib's "night," as well as rain and horses.
29 - Describe your life in one word!
Adventure!
30 - Have you ever kissed in the rain?
I let the rain kiss my face... listen, Giovanni, once again, things are getting kind of personal. And I have a question: Why are we all so in love with the idea of kissing in the rain?
31 - What are you thinking about right now? Christmas!
32 - What should you be doing? I should skip off to play with my animals... which I'll do in a few seconds. MAN! This thing is LONG!
33 - Who was the last person that made you upset/angry?
What kind of question is that? YOU, Giovanni! With all your personal questions!
34 - How often do you talk to God? Mmmm... that's something I need to do more. We're in a sad state when we're too busy share our musings with Him. I try to keep up a constant "cord of communion" with him... to borrow a phrase form Mr. Rochester (Jane Eyre).
35 - Do you like working in the yard?
Yes-- But even more, I love working in the WILD!
36 - If you could have any last name in the world, what would you want? Ernest Worthing... hmmm (thinks of heroines from favorite play).
37 - What is your natural hair color?
My only hair color. Browney brown.
38 - Do you have many friends?
I'm rich in them! Gio--- can I call you Gio, Giovanni? Do you want to be one of them? Stop the puppydog eyes!
39 - Who is your role-model?
Queen Esther.
40 - Do you like your life? I love it.
50. (Giovanni, can you count?)I am going to tag...
Equus Delirus
Gabby (DO IT!!)
Hannah D
Quipster

Tournies!

A Round Robin.

Done! Very exciting! Ophie and I had oodles of fun...

Although once I gave my apologetics speech in the wrong room! All I had to do was switch places with another competitor, so it all worked out all right. Still... (sigh).

One (awesome) novice made my day. He said:

"At first, when everyone was talking about Qualifying tournaments, they were calling them "Qualifiers" and I had no idea what they were talking about. I was thinking, 'Koala fires? Why would you want to go to a Koala fire?'"

Is that an epic quote or what? The rest of the day I kept saying (in my Aussie accent), "Crikey! It's a Qualifier!"

Time for bed...

Grace, earnestly looking forward to the rest of the year's Qualifiers/Koala Fires!