Finally February!!!

On the second day, on the second month, in 1987, Ms. Cassi was born in Grand Junction, CO and around seven in the morning. (This will be on the quiz. HA)
James Joyce's Birthday!!!!!!!!! But who the heck is he???
Link to Wikipedia-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce


James Joyce (1882-1941)
I Hear an Army
I hear an army charging upon the land,
And the thunder of horses plunging; foam about their knees:
Arrogant, in black armour,behind them stand,
Disdaining the reins, with fluttering whips, the Charioteers.
They cry into the night their battle name:
I moan in sleep when I hear afar their whirling laughter.
They cleave the gloom of dreams, a blinding flame,
Clanging, clanging upon the heart as upon an anvil.
They come shaking in triumph their long grey hair:
They come out of the sea and run shouting by the shore.
My heart, have you no wisdom thus to despair?
My love, my love, my love, why have you left me alone?
[Des Imagistes, 1914]
Note: a version with different lineation appears as Chamber Music XXXVI.
What a guy, huh? He led a pretty interesting life in Ireland. He is so cool he even has a day that all the people in Dublin celebrate him! Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomsday;
http://www.nifco.org/qt/Bloomsday-Cabaret_300k.mov - small and kind of insignificant video

Ground Hog Day, and also Aztec New Year.....oh heck, Everyday is a holiday "holy day!"



Fredrick Niche
-myth of eternal "de ja vu"

William Shakespeare and Sonnet 18

SONNET 18
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
Here is a link to a "summary" of the sonnet:http://shakespeare.about.com/od/studentresources/a/sonnet18guide_3.htm.
~Interstingly, the author of this article refers to Shakespeare as a "muse." Most definitely true! Shakespeare was a poet of his age and all the ages after him. I am pretty sure that is worthy of the title, "Bill Shakespeare (muse #10 lol)...spiritual god of literature."

January 31

I would like to comment on Brittini's post about goddesses! The blog with Elizabeth Taylor, and all the new "goddesses" is AWESOME! What a great idea! Check out Brittini's blog on Jan. 31, 2007!!! (Link: http://brittsclassylitblog.blogspot.com/)

January 29

Notes:
Respond to someone Else's blog!

Epiphany - "light bulb" Well I have finally discovered that I have an epiphany almost everyday! Even the most insignificant things that I do everyday result in an epiphany. For example, I just realized that spring break is only a month away! I realized that I get to journey to Nevada to see my parents. Like the Trojans, I get to take on the battle of staying focused for eight hours on the road. VERY EXCITING! I may not be fighting a war to change the world, I am fighting a battle of overcoming my fear of driving long, lonely trips to a different state!




Muses: figures of inspiration. Although I don't particularly ask Calliope, Euterpe, Clio, Erato, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, or Urania for inspiration, here are a few people who I look up to for inspiration. (Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muses)
Cupid for love.
The thousands of legendary dancers in this world that entertain with passion, and share the same passion for dance that I do.
Of course my family and my friends who inspire me to love life. They inspire me to do my best at everything I do, and love everything in my life. There are many many more of my personal muses', but I would have to write a novel to tell them all! :)

-Mnemosyne: "memory" Mother of 9 muses

Epic - Homer (Odyssey and The Iliad) and Virgil (Aeneid)
(Is it kinda funny that when googled "Homer", this is the first picture that came up? HAHA)

No, but seriously! Presenting HOMER!

And Virgil's Aeneid!

Drama- a very short and quite focused; Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes.
~Theogony: literature of the birth of the gods.

Could the story of Demeter and Persephone be a "biology metaphor"? Wow! What a question, I will have to get back to you on that one!