tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75346546836477840502024-02-21T15:49:17.075+07:00Delineating Despractising the art of adventureHazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.comBlogger555125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-9280327002052563912011-11-22T20:43:00.006+07:002011-11-22T22:30:21.717+07:00Sense and Sensibility: 200th anniversaryIn 1811 Thomas Egerton of Whitehall, London published Sense and Sensibility. Quick math shows it has been two centuries since Jane Austen became a full-fledged author.
Quite an anniversary, indeed. A celebration, I declare.
Blogs regarding the publication anniversary of this romance novel picture Jane Austen's engagements whilst making the final touches of her manuscript from Sloane Street. In Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-50714625148680382552011-11-15T23:43:00.000+07:002011-11-15T23:43:48.643+07:00RumfordThe Rumford is a much more efficient way to heat a room than earlier fireplaces.... (Wikipedia on Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, designer of tall, shallow fireplaces which are now known as the Rumford, was an Anglo-American physicist known for his investigations of heat)Living in the tropics, I have been in close proximity with only three fireplaces in my life. There was an unused one in the Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-30160139325084648982011-11-14T14:02:00.001+07:002011-11-14T21:41:53.096+07:00Purple and whitePurple, heather, Rod Stewart with beautiful pictures to boot. The decision is unanimous :)
I couldn't shake white snake off when I checked this week's theme. Searched Youtube and found it's "White Lion." A mammal not a reptile, silly. Forgetfulness progressing. Being divorced does not keep me from liking Til Death Do Us Part. When I saw scenes depicted in this video, I said Pride and Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-53558015373443986122011-11-10T11:33:00.005+07:002011-11-13T13:57:19.352+07:00Q without UThese are words that begin with Q and not followed by U; in random order. Is there anything that's not new to you or have you used some in speech, writing, or word games?
1. qadi - an Islamic judge
2. qat - leaves chewed like tobacco or used to make tea
3. qabala - an esoteric or occult matter
4. qi - circulating life energy in Chinese philosophy
5. qiang - the Tibeto-Burman language Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-69668237853987148532011-11-08T23:13:00.002+07:002011-11-09T08:13:38.225+07:00Quixoticism"All the heroical fictions of ecclesiastical quixoticism"
That, claims, Wikipedia, is the first time quixoticism is mentioned, giving Pulpit Popery, True Popery as the source. Urban Dictionary defines quixoticism as unattainable idealism.
Let's take ism from quixoticism and we have quixotic. Anyone who knows Don Quixote would have an idea what the adjective is about. Merriam Webster Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-85390969459030797422011-11-07T08:54:00.004+07:002011-11-14T10:01:38.128+07:00Shattered DreamsShattered Dreams became a hit in 1988 (US; 1987 UK). As I was more on loving the beat I didn't pay much attention to the lyrics. Or maybe deep inside I knew the song described about 80% of what I was going through thus I avoided it. Thank goodness I'm so over 1988. Now I can dance to this tune with my two left feet.
This post is linked with:XmasDolly @ XmasDolly, Lori @ Shewbridges of Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-11879746383182755322011-11-01T23:27:00.001+07:002011-11-02T09:41:14.877+07:00PhaetonRemember that 1995 Sense and Sensibility scene in which dashing Mr. Willoughby recklessly drives a phaeton around town with Marianne Dashwood? The novel was published in 1811. Fast drag your imagination to 2011 and the two lovers are today's rich hunk and a happy-go-lucky, attractive chick speeding on say, a Lamborghini Reventon.
In Pride and Prejudice, obsequious Mr Collin declares, "sheHazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-32862130049763265122011-10-27T10:33:00.001+07:002012-10-17T20:56:39.552+07:00Editorial cartoons
As Bangkokians brace for "what now?, what next?..." the end of the country's worst flooding in 50 years seem drowned in the depths of either two major bursting dams. Blame, criticism and serious politicking affect flood (mis)management further. The situation could be Thailand's halloweenish watery scare. I personally just went out yesterday to pick a few items that will somehow ward off Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-23155719727452091872011-10-17T10:41:00.003+07:002011-10-27T10:41:16.168+07:00Don Gato and companyIn the 80s we had a neighbor who played Senor Don Gato repeatedly on his cassette. The sound was loud enough to reach other houses. Fortunately, the song was amusing - a very cat-like human voice would respond "meow, meow, meow." It probably helped that I'm an animal lover so I didn't mind hearing the song over and over.
Mozart, my fur kid looks very much like this pooch. See how Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-56319928912291167602011-10-13T10:48:00.001+07:002011-10-13T10:57:14.624+07:00Shout outsBeautiful, sarcastic, funny, pessimistic, creative, to-be-verified, positive, sad, true. Facebook has it all covered. These are shout outs I noticed friends have posted recently. My faves are those that ring true.
1."Which would you rather be...divinely beautiful or dazzlingly clever or angelically good?" - Anne Shirley
2. What is real happiness?...It is when you feel fine even if there Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-29587467943313811422011-10-11T23:59:00.008+07:002011-10-13T07:50:52.306+07:00MelancholiaThere's a marriage celebration in a castle
where the bride is hassled
for a campaign tagline.Everyone would diedid you just sigh?Back to the titleMelancholia must be that high.
~ Hazel, Stasia Desiderata
Cannes Review
Has anyone seen Melancholia yet? I haven't. My coffee and movie meetup group sent me an invite to watch this film which is shown this week in Bangkok. According to summaries Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-9867970394590519162011-10-10T13:52:00.004+07:002011-10-10T14:13:24.822+07:00Orinoco flow"from Tripoli to the Yellow Sea, from Peru to Cebu..."
Quite international: about 16 other locations are referenced on Enya's Orinoco Flow which topped the charts for weeks in the 90s. The mention of Cebu brings me to the summer of 1990. I was 18, traipsed Cebu and said to myself - one day I'll go look at what's beyond this old city. That is not the only reason I like Sail away (incorrectlyHazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-51688498317491711372011-10-06T23:14:00.001+07:002011-10-08T12:11:22.109+07:00Neurotic old maid patties"...I'm single. I eat in the kitchen sink."- Sarah (Diane Lane) in Must Love Dogs
Well, I'm single too, and I eat on top of the fridge facing a rickety bread toaster and a good, old reading lamp amongst pens, receipts, stray ear rings and notes bound for the loony bin. In this one particular case when I had been in bed too long, I stood on my 5th floor porch for some fresh air. These are Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-4051114145249860072011-10-06T23:12:00.006+07:002011-10-08T12:34:02.474+07:00Casa embrujadaBuilt in world war twothe Spanish house stoodalong the roadCapiz shells made upits windows
Mom and daughter upstairswent down the exteriorstaircase to join the familyfor evening storiesdownstairs
They chatted for hoursuntil the wind howledand the heavens pouredas they adjusted the cordto record memoirs
Uncle Roth began"farewell my motherland...."they pressed the play buttonto hear how the Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-78456496564434358212011-10-06T09:03:00.069+07:002011-10-06T16:08:57.960+07:00Girl readingThe pictures space in my e-library contains a folder named Anastasia's Looking Glass. It is where I store photos that inspire me. Recently I stumbled upon this website called vi.sualize.us where you can "bookmark your favorite images and share them with everyone." So far I found 12; (thought I'd include one of me to complete the list as I like it the way it is), and I'm sharing all with youHazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-35376034468919222952011-10-05T18:21:00.008+07:002011-10-06T21:11:57.840+07:00FlareA little note: I was scared of Santilmo or St. Elmo's fire until a teacher in high school explained it from a scientific point of view. The first haiku is my way of appreciating science and knowledge in general for helping me overcome a silly fear. The second - I like to think that if my dreams are flared up, it will be easy to chase them, even if they are on wings :-)
Sun blazes, blood Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-37467249405316300222011-10-04T22:47:00.003+07:002011-10-05T16:41:38.851+07:00LigeiaL for Ligeia
Lydian Ligeia didn't last would she have given up forbidden wisdomin exchange for lyterian?
Allan gulps in lypemania as she sleeps underneath the earth where a lychgate stands
even in her lysis she lies lyncean
- Hazel, Stasia Desiderata
Wikipedia
Ligeia is a story about female beauty, intelligence, human mortality and opium-induced hallucinations of Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-65377024516659261552011-10-03T16:13:00.004+07:002011-10-04T00:08:19.194+07:00Under PressureAnyone out there who is under pressure, please raise your right hand. There goes mine.
Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Bonnie Tyler are some of my favorite songsters who have hits among the top 100 songs of the 80s. Resisting them was hard. The Queen and David Bowie's Under Pressure is, as far as the title goes, what I exactly am nowadays. Here's hoping some of the pressure get kicked away by Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-45083701694764071752011-09-29T10:31:00.002+07:002011-09-29T13:20:53.569+07:00A BBC list of 100 booksA BBC meme asks how many of the 100 books of a list they published have you read. Library Thing comments that "the BBC apparently believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books." It's probably true to me. While I read two Harry Potter books and Da Vinci Code twice, I managed only parts of numbers 7-13 on my list: (Library Thing link has the Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-90105434911386363372011-09-26T17:01:00.001+07:002011-09-26T18:30:13.211+07:00Autumn LeavesOver here in the tropics there are only two seasons: rainy and dry, so that keeps me appreciating autumn. Who would not like distinct colors! Many beautiful stories, poetry, visual arts, lovely lyrics are inspired by this very charming season. I grew up listening to Matt Monro (parents are fans), and I remember quite well the horrified look on my mother's face when she found out I listened Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-78499476268070480112011-09-22T10:34:00.000+07:002011-09-22T10:34:22.331+07:00IncunabulumWhat is your connotation of these words? I wrote mine under each definition.
1. ictus - stress in poetry and verse
My college English professor
2. iamb - poetic foot consisting of short then a long syllable
A scene from Dead Poets Society
3. iconomatic - using pictures to represent sounds of words
My great aunt's flash cards
4. iconophilism - a taste for pictures and symbols
Robert Langdon Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-47338017864692279122011-09-19T12:39:00.011+07:002011-09-20T17:02:07.829+07:00If a picture paintsMusic Monday: Song from your birth year
Monday Mayhem follows
As to what songs came out when I came out - I do not have any idea. It was fun recognizing titles as soon as I skimmed a hundred of them on Music Outfitters.
Images resonate with femmes fatales. Or it's just me. Here's She's a Lady by Tom Jones. And one that flashes Helen of Troy and awakens nostalgia, a fave - If by David Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-45225458357472199572011-09-18T18:34:00.006+07:002011-09-20T17:06:32.528+07:00EasyI watch, I listen
it comes naturally
I get into the water
I kick and flip over
Dog paddle
and breast stroke
I gasp for air
and choke
When flutters the Butterfly
I might as well Crawl
and forget Freestyle
It sounds quite easy
But a stone sinks
very easily.
Easy on Sunday Scribblings
Poetry Pantry on Poets UnitedHazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-55539979576514822122011-09-11T07:44:00.010+07:002011-09-12T11:43:12.450+07:00Knock on wood
Today we ripped off a blogger and blog called Highway Girl. We will do the forty question in two parts. She states that she shamelessly stolen from Rappy. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Take the time to comment on other player's posts. It's a great way to make new friends! Link back toHazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534654683647784050.post-26661840112975463972011-09-08T12:02:00.003+07:002011-09-08T20:27:42.058+07:00H dreams and realitiesDo your dreams and realities interlap?
1. Herbs. I vaguely recall being hazy on the indication that I "need to take a new approach toward some situation or relationship." Dream Moods Dictionary, which is my reference for today's T13 offers an alternative: "herbs are symbolic of healing and magic." I say AMEN.
2. Hero. Nope, didn't dream I was a hero but its significance on "Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.com9