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squonkhunter In reply to ??? [2013-10-31 22:54:25 +0000 UTC]

Yep! There are exactly three! And Jekyll and Hyde should be somewhat recognizable. XD

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Phoenix-FireMage In reply to squonkhunter [2013-10-31 22:55:56 +0000 UTC]

Yes, it was. I didn't see a second picture for that, though, so I wasn't sure if it was in there twice or not.

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squonkhunter In reply to Phoenix-FireMage [2013-11-02 06:12:56 +0000 UTC]

Hmm...I believe I only put Jekyll and Hyde in once, and it's basically only Jekyll preparing to drink the tincture.

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squonkhunter In reply to the-mongoose [2013-02-25 05:43:12 +0000 UTC]

Haha what a crazy guy, Christopher Smart, literally!

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the-mongoose In reply to squonkhunter [2013-02-25 13:28:13 +0000 UTC]

My sisters and I often use quotes from that poem to describe our kitties. :3 Indeed, but the crazy ones often make life more interesting than the sane ones!

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squonkhunter In reply to the-mongoose [2013-02-26 02:01:24 +0000 UTC]

I agree wholeheartedly.

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squonkhunter In reply to mord3K41s3r [2013-02-22 07:15:47 +0000 UTC]

It helps to have smaller leads, yes. Or smaller pens. If you sketch out the rough idea on a separate sheet of paper, that helps too.

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mord3K41s3r In reply to squonkhunter [2013-02-24 01:38:20 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, Ill try that, ty!

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squonkhunter In reply to violet-raincrow [2012-12-12 22:16:29 +0000 UTC]

Haha but "The Rape of the Lock" is hilarious! I don't know...that doesn't sound like so much of a threat as it does just a fun project. XD
And yeah, hehe, when my friend was presenting on "Rapaccini's Daughter," she summed it up in the phrase, "Is she hot or is she scary?" I laughed so hard.
Thank you, and I'm glad you like the color composition too.

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squonkhunter In reply to ToscaSam [2012-12-12 22:14:25 +0000 UTC]

I know exactly what you mean! I was cackling reading Earnest; I had to do it at home because I was afraid of attracting too much attention on the bus. XD
Ach, I'm so glad you love literature too. :3

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ToscaSam In reply to squonkhunter [2012-12-13 14:21:59 +0000 UTC]

after the reading of the book, I went to see the theater play. and .... it was totally awesone (this sjdhgfafhjasfhk guy was Algernor [link] )

Ahw I am glad too that you love litterature! I feel lonely sometimes!

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squonkhunter In reply to ToscaSam [2012-12-14 23:24:03 +0000 UTC]

Ahhhh he's cuuuuute!
I love literature so much I'm majoring in it. XD I'm an English major and Animation major.

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ToscaSam In reply to squonkhunter [2012-12-15 13:12:35 +0000 UTC]

really? woww! congrats! How long are you studying litterature?
Next year I will go to university and I choose to study History and History of Art

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squonkhunter In reply to ToscaSam [2012-12-15 23:23:47 +0000 UTC]

I'm technically done with my English major this semester but I'm taking a class next semester as well because...because...I can't handle a semester without English, there ya go.
Neat! Those sound like great majors. Let me know what weird things you learn, like specific weird stuff like...The Battle of Jenkin's Ear and such things. I love history too but had to make a choice in my interests, and history was not it.

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ToscaSam In reply to squonkhunter [2012-12-16 09:34:41 +0000 UTC]

AT the moment I am at my last year of the lyceum. I am studying ancient greek and latin <3 <3 (that are the most weird subject, i think) then I also study philosophy, history, art, italian and english litterature ... and loooots of other (boring) things >_>"

Ahahah So you really love English! Then good luck with your classes!

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squonkhunter In reply to ToscaSam [2012-12-16 22:02:30 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow hehe that's amazing! My friend the other day was translating a thousand-year-old text, which was absolutely crazy to me, but hey, that's your text for Latin! Absolutely incredible.
Yep! I love English but have also taken German and Italian.

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ToscaSam In reply to squonkhunter [2012-12-17 13:30:55 +0000 UTC]

so you can speak my language? *-* wow I am honored.

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squonkhunter In reply to ToscaSam [2012-12-17 20:37:27 +0000 UTC]

Sì, cara, perché è la lingua dell'opera lirica. :3

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ToscaSam In reply to squonkhunter [2012-12-17 21:13:57 +0000 UTC]

oooohwww *________*

ma io ti adoro! Ti auguro di leggere le più belle opere italiane che siano mai state scritte, perché le cose in lingua originale sono sempre sublimi.
Che bello!! mi commuovo quando qualcuno impara l'italiano!
Was it difficult to learn?
I think english is easier to learn, because of its grammar. Languages who arrives directly from latin have a much more complicated one ....

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squonkhunter In reply to ToscaSam [2012-12-20 00:10:32 +0000 UTC]

Sono d'accordo, sì. Capisco più della lingua di posso parlare. L'italiano è stato difficile, sì, perché i suoi verbi trasformano più di l'inglese. Non parlo l'italiano bene. Parlo e scrive il tedesco più meglio di l'italiano. Ho studiato la tua lingua per due anni ma pratica l'italiano con l'opera lirica. Qualche volta non ho bisogna una traduzione, ma anche a volte non capisco l'opera lirica inglese perché il canto stile è difficile a capire. Tuttavia, italiano è decisamente la lingua dell'opera lirica. È perfetto per l'arte.
English can be difficult or easy depending on what language you've spoken beforehand. The Russians have a lot of trouble with "the" since they don't use those articles in their language. For English speakers learning a Romance language, we have trouble with the genders of inanimate objects. The only time we ever refer to an object as male or female when they're not actually a person or animal with that sex is when we call ships females, like "Thar she blows!" XD
Italian is difficult still for me (because I haven't been practicing XD) because the verbs take on strange shapes and you can say very little in a sentence to communicate the tense, the hypothetical situation, who's involved, etc., all by transforming the verb. English, in the tradition of German, just adds more words. You can especially see this amount of verbosity in Victorian literature.
English is a strange language. We're a Germanic tongue trying to be Romantic. We're a combination of German, French, and one of those Nordic languages, which is how we got the "th".
Do a lot of people in Europe learn English? Is it a necessity?

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ToscaSam In reply to squonkhunter [2012-12-20 13:24:19 +0000 UTC]

You are right, italian verbs are quite difficult to learn to forein people. Yes, in Europe English is teached everywhere because it's like the language that most of the people understand (for example, if I have to talk with a russian or with a german, we speak english).

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squonkhunter In reply to ToscaSam [2012-12-20 21:04:11 +0000 UTC]

How interesting! And I've heard a lot of English swear words in foreign language films, even in Korean.

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squonkhunter In reply to Sorastro [2012-12-12 22:13:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Haha Pope is so wonderful. I was hoping to include a bit of Dryden, but it was such a small sheet of paper.

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squonkhunter In reply to Jamie1317 [2012-12-12 22:12:33 +0000 UTC]

Oh, we didn't get to read Goethe in this class...I think he's before that time. Funnily enough, I was the one who educated my teacher on the Ghost of the Flea, since I used to have an obsession with Blake back in my teen years. In this class we did little kick-starters where the students would do five minute presentations to get the class interested in what we were reading. It was basically like "What did you find cool about it?" and I told everyone about the Flea and they thought it was neat.

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squonkhunter In reply to barmybritishbird [2012-12-12 22:09:59 +0000 UTC]

Haha it's quite an interesting poem by a Smart (heh) and crazy guy.

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barmybritishbird In reply to squonkhunter [2012-12-12 22:11:52 +0000 UTC]

Yep, deffo!

I just wrote a poem about a cat but not to that standard LOL

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squonkhunter In reply to barmybritishbird [2012-12-12 22:34:02 +0000 UTC]

Hehe did you post it?

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barmybritishbird In reply to squonkhunter [2012-12-13 18:48:32 +0000 UTC]

Yeah but ignore the comment with it. I was feeling VERY sorry for myself yesterday!

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squonkhunter In reply to barmybritishbird [2012-12-13 23:11:11 +0000 UTC]

Aww you poor thing. Don't feel so bad. There are lots of people who love you, myself included.
Cute poem. I liked it a lot; it made me smile.

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barmybritishbird In reply to squonkhunter [2012-12-14 09:34:00 +0000 UTC]

Awww, what a lovely thing to say. Love you too of course!

Nah, I was just a bit upset - that bloody directory! And she said I was being "offish" with her partner. I didn't realise I was. Nearly told 'em where to stick their directory LOL but if I want a proper job I need a reference!

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squonkhunter In reply to barmybritishbird [2012-12-14 23:21:24 +0000 UTC]

True! Well, good thing you handled it well.

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barmybritishbird In reply to squonkhunter [2012-12-15 12:59:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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squonkhunter In reply to VFreie [2012-12-12 08:48:05 +0000 UTC]

8D I'm glad you did! How many did you recognize?

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VFreie In reply to squonkhunter [2012-12-13 15:51:23 +0000 UTC]

Pope, Stevenson, Swift, Blake and Wilde. Sorry, Hawthorne, Smart and Rossetti, but high school English lit classes here skim through you like there's no tomorrow

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squonkhunter In reply to VFreie [2012-12-13 23:09:23 +0000 UTC]

That's pretty impressive, though!

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squonkhunter In reply to OneLittleWitch [2012-12-12 05:24:17 +0000 UTC]

Ah, wonderful! How'd you like the story?

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OneLittleWitch In reply to squonkhunter [2012-12-12 05:34:59 +0000 UTC]

Well, we only had time to read the voyage to Lilliput, since it's a really fast-paced, intense course. I enjoyed it, but couldn't grasp some of the satire. I think I would enjoy it more if I understood more completely the historical subjects that it adresses. ButI still enjoyed it. How about you?

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squonkhunter In reply to OneLittleWitch [2012-12-12 07:18:06 +0000 UTC]

The beautiful thing about Gulliver's Travels is that it not only is satirical to England at the time, but it's satirical towards humanity in general, making it identifiable throughout the ages.
Personally, it's one of my favorite books. :3

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squonkhunter In reply to KillingersBlood [2012-12-12 05:24:02 +0000 UTC]

8)
TOO LATE.

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