It's been a while since I left a post on the blog. This is a good thing, 'cause it amounts to at least one less thing to keep me from my dissertation duties. Promise to write more from the 20th of May onwards. For now, I just want to share with you that I've seen quite a few great great films recently (that's ok because my filmviewing doesn't overlap with the time of the day intended for my dissertation duties - this, on the other hand... *looks away*). Those great great films are: Chocolat (finally got round to seeing that one- nowhere near the amount of fluff I'd expected!!!!), Casino Royale (excellent flick, and *uhm* excellent *uhm* Bond), The Departed (it WAS great, and, Leasle, how can you mind the swearing when it's delivered in such a funny accent, or by the likes of that outrageously funny character 'Dignam', role of Mark Wahlberg ; did love LdC -and Nicholson, recently outed psychodad Baldwin, Wahlburg, Damon - in it, even though he's no new & improved Bond...), The Illusionist ( triple wow!!!!, magical in every department - sooooo... Jessica Biel is actual actress... interesting).
Does it show that I'm a sucker for atmosphere-building in films? Each and everyone of them excells in that department!
I'm leaving you lot with a feel-good video my lovely Maria sent me recently, for which I thank her again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4
kroe kroe
Axxx
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
Kissy: Prince Williams is single
Oh my God. Prince William, future king of England is single again, so I susgest we young attractive females all drop or lovely partners and flock to the English shores. (One of those new irony marks would be great here, but the site won’t let me download it)
So to answer your question Kroe, yes I suggest that we fully embrace this new punctuation mark, that is as soon as it becomes more easily downloadable. Since a lot of communication is written and smiley often don’t convey the right feeling and don’t look very professional, this is a great solution.
Earthquake/tsunami alert went virtually unnoticed over here. The only reason I knew about it was because mum mailed me to ask if we had felt any shocks. I told Paul about it and he even thought it was dumb to assume that we would feel anything because there is some land between NZ and Solomon Island. The evening news decided not to agree with him thought.
All in all it wasn’t scary at all. You have to remember that kiwis are very aware that they are living on a fault line and are used to frequent minor shakes.
This time no earthquakes or effects were felt on NZ mainland (or should I say Island Land.
So to answer your question Kroe, yes I suggest that we fully embrace this new punctuation mark, that is as soon as it becomes more easily downloadable. Since a lot of communication is written and smiley often don’t convey the right feeling and don’t look very professional, this is a great solution.
Earthquake/tsunami alert went virtually unnoticed over here. The only reason I knew about it was because mum mailed me to ask if we had felt any shocks. I told Paul about it and he even thought it was dumb to assume that we would feel anything because there is some land between NZ and Solomon Island. The evening news decided not to agree with him thought.
All in all it wasn’t scary at all. You have to remember that kiwis are very aware that they are living on a fault line and are used to frequent minor shakes.
This time no earthquakes or effects were felt on NZ mainland (or should I say Island Land.
Friday, April 6, 2007
Kroe: Just say hello
'cause I'm afraid, I haven't got anything else to say, really. The real reason I'm writing is that I don't want my previous post to be the first thing my nieces get to read... My lovely nieces being my sister's eldest daughters. I've written them a letter recently, and I've actually had the guts to refer them to this page. Part of me feels, they should not come here at all - seeing as the role their auntie plays on here is anything but inspiring... Still, always the optimist, I hope their lurking presence will inspire ME on my righteous path of self-hatred *almost chokes in her attempted rendering of an earnest demeanor*
Question for Leasle and anyone else who feels compelled to think about the matter: should we embrace the 'irony mark' that has been admitted to the Dutch language recently? Leasle, for further info, have a look here: http://www2.vrtnieuws.net/cm/vrtnieuws.net/cultuurmedia/kunsten/1.97482
My guess is that Leasle would indeed enjoy this kind of extension to her repertoire, seeing as she's had so many people not understand her, as a result of her knack for irony. But then, what do we do with spoken irony? And isn't the very appeal of irony rooted in the fact recipients (listeners/speakers) don't expect a humorous quip, but a serious remark? To me, at least, irony is not so much about the laughs it raises, but about surprise & suspense, interrupting the normal flow of conversation. That poo-poo punctuation mark takes that away from us.
But if you have another take on the matter, you're most welcome to try and convince me. Good luck, by the way :p
A final note for Ch&A, my wonderful nieces: feel free to lurk around, or even reply to any posts you want to, and know that responses in Greek are equally welcome as English ones (although I might have to do some translating for the co-host of this blog, Leasle a.k.a. Annelies/Anne/Kissy).
Final note for Leasle: was the earthquake/tsunami alert scary? I'm sure all of us would like to read about it.
Kroe kroe xxx
Question for Leasle and anyone else who feels compelled to think about the matter: should we embrace the 'irony mark' that has been admitted to the Dutch language recently? Leasle, for further info, have a look here: http://www2.vrtnieuws.net/cm/vrtnieuws.net/cultuurmedia/kunsten/1.97482
My guess is that Leasle would indeed enjoy this kind of extension to her repertoire, seeing as she's had so many people not understand her, as a result of her knack for irony. But then, what do we do with spoken irony? And isn't the very appeal of irony rooted in the fact recipients (listeners/speakers) don't expect a humorous quip, but a serious remark? To me, at least, irony is not so much about the laughs it raises, but about surprise & suspense, interrupting the normal flow of conversation. That poo-poo punctuation mark takes that away from us.
But if you have another take on the matter, you're most welcome to try and convince me. Good luck, by the way :p
A final note for Ch&A, my wonderful nieces: feel free to lurk around, or even reply to any posts you want to, and know that responses in Greek are equally welcome as English ones (although I might have to do some translating for the co-host of this blog, Leasle a.k.a. Annelies/Anne/Kissy).
Final note for Leasle: was the earthquake/tsunami alert scary? I'm sure all of us would like to read about it.
Kroe kroe xxx
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