Yellow gingham on the bed, remember?

veni vidi interpretatus sum

2013-01-03T22:58:14Z

Dad: Can yoyu translate "mutatis mutandis"?

me: yeah, it's an idiom - meaning, roughly, changing what is to be changed, or changing what must be changed
only the necessary changes

Dad: you googled it? :D

me: nah, but i didn't translate it either
i recognized it
so i can't really take the credit
taking a crack at the grammar from scratch though, it's not a complete sentence, but then again, most things like this aren't
it's like, a clause you'd put in a sentence about something else to qualify it
(it's funny you should ask, i'm reading a novel right now about greek/latin/classics students at a college)

Dad: can you translate "I came... I saw... I made bugs" ?

Me: haha okay
hmm
i don't know the declension for insectum off the top of my head, so i'm going to assume it's... 3rd, i think
veni, vidi, feci insecta
if you literally mean bugs as in the creepy crawlies
and not 'mistakes'

Dad: thanks :)

Me: perhaps if you're making a programming language
err, programming reference

Dad: yeah

Me: what you're looking for is veni, vidi, feci errata

Dad: "bugs" would be "defects"

Me: yeah, i'd go with errata

Dad: ok!

ETA: ... later that same day...

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Sexy Valjean! At least! We see each other plain!

2011-06-16T06:24:40Z

metonymy  10:30 pm
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=78687

prodigy  10:41 pm
Oh man, did not see your IM!

metonymy  10:41 pm
It's okay!

prodigy  10:42 pm
actor Hugh Jackman will be headlining it, playing Jean Valjean.
actor Hugh Jackman will be headlining it, playing Jean Valjean.
actor Hugh Jackman will be headlining it, playing Jean Valjean.
actor Hugh Jackman will be headlining it, playing Jean Valjean.

metonymy  10:43 pm
I HAD TO SHARE

prodigy  10:43 pm
actor Hugh Jackman will be headlining it, playing Jean Valjean.

metonymy  10:43 pm
DID I BREAK YOU?
OH SHIT
D:

prodigy  10:43 pm
WHO AM I???
WHO AM IIIIIIIIII???????????
I'M SEXY JEAN VALJEANNNNNNNNNNNN

So. Yes. There was that. There was also rumor talk of Paul Bettany for Javert here, and it says a lot for me that my first reaction was not "wat" but was "wait, does he have the right vocal range?" and then "can he sing?" ~~Not that it stopped them with Gerard Butler~~

In other news, for the David Gemmel Legend Award auction Scott Lynch is auctioning off a cameo in one of his books. It starts at $20, which tempts me in terms of cheeky excuses to introduce yourself to famous people. I prefer excuses that don't cost indeterminate amounts of money, and anyway, there's something inherently sad about having to pay to get the attention of someone whose writing you admire. Okay, I lie, my main reservation is wondering whether or not I would get to write my own physical description, or if I am just sending a photo here. I am concerned about the photo possibility. I am concerned that the keen eye of Scott Lynch, given the opportunity to describe me, may pen a tertiary character with adjectives which are not "handsome" and "roguish" but "twinky" and "creepy-looking" and "bitch-faced." I can't be the only one who thinks about these things.

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Andera/Gavril OTP, our love is so shit we're both Leos or wait am I a Cancer now

2011-06-02T12:44:52Z

This is funny enough that I don't care that like three people actually have any idea what we're talking about.

prodigy: I chose kismeses because IT IS THE SUEIEST DESTINY BACKGROUND
DESTINED FOREVER TO LOVE AND HATE ONE ANOTHER
LIKE JASPER CARLUS AND SUSANA MOLINA. IN THE AU HIS BORED MOIRAIL RICKAR EVERIT JUST MADE UP.

relia: YESSSSSSSSSSS
JASPER CARLUS

prodigy: ISN'T IT FUN

relia: LESS FUN FOR SOME PEOPLE.
Like, uh.

prodigy: HE SWORE HE HAD NO INTEREST IN THE REDROM EITHER, AND IT'S JUST BLACKROM WITH THIS CHICK, BUT THIS IS CLEARLY STARTING TO BE BULLSHIT. SOME PALEROM PEOPLE ARE JUST SAYING.

relia: GGUUYY PEPCON.

prodigy: GGUUYY PEPCON

relia: LOOK
HOW DO YOU MAKE "GUY" SIX LETTERS LONG

prodigy: GGUUYY THIS IS WHY YOU INHABIT THE MOIRAIL ZONE

relia: THE MOIRAIL ZONE

prodigy: RICHARD KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE MOIRAIL ZONE

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My new job

2011-06-02T05:25:24Z

prodigy 12:48 am

also, homestuck is a crappily animated and long-winded flash-based comic about 13-year-old computer game players

so i don't even know where the elitism comes from

kaianos 1:00 am

... *really sort of helplessly amused* i'm talking to the friend who really likes it

*snorting* she's willing to bribe you into reading the rest of it

prodigy 1:04 am

what currency does she take? i take bribes

kaianos 1:04 am

or rather she's willing to bribe me and has deemed you undeserving

*snort* i'm tempted to take it and pass the money on

prodigy 1:05 am

how could she possibly know enough about me to know i'm undeserving?

i'll have her know i'm very deserving

i deserve lots of things

people tell me that all the time

kaianos 1:07 am

[Poor Sucker]: hahahaha okay fine i'll paypal him 10 bucks to read through the whole thing

prodigy 1:07 am

that seems like a really cheap bribe to me

like, if she really cared about homestuck she would at least be willing to shell out $20

kaianos 1:08 am

[Poor Sucker]: lollllll ugh

[Poor Sucker]: okay fine 20 -_-

[Poor Sucker]: haha

i am dying of laughter here i will have you know

prodigy 1:09 am

i just need to find more homestuck fans before they talk to each other and extort similar bribes

and then skim the wiki, say i finished it and that i'm a believer

then go fix my car and get a mojito

kaianos 1:12 am
[01:11] [Poor Sucker]: doesnt homestuck get exponentially better after the beginning?
[01:11] [Poor Sucker]: to the point its insanely godly amazing?
[01:11] [Third-Party Consultant]: Uh yes.
[01:11] [Third-Party Consultant]: Even I'll admit it.
[01:11] [Poor Sucker]: and dont you agree that people should keep reading as a former hater of it?
[01:12] [Third-Party Consultant]: Yes. -.- grudgingly

prodigy 1:13 am
are we seriously getting outside opinions here?
because if so, they've surely got another $10 for my pot

All I care about is love.

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