( Nov. 4th, 2005 09:59 am)
The girl's name, 'Fanny', does of course result in chuckles on either side of the Atlantic. Anthony Trollope's mother, Frances, wrote a highly critical book called The Domestic Manners of the Americans. The Americans were rather non-plussed since they simply could not believe that the 'Fanny Trollope' was not a pseudonym. There is also the phrase 'sweet Fanny Adams' which is sometimes abbreviated to 'sweet FA'. Fanny Adams was an eight-year-old child who was murdered and dismembered in Alton, Hampshire, in 1867. Her grave is still there. At around the same time, the British Navy started preserving chopped mutton in tins, and the sailors - always an uncouth lot - described this as 'sweet Fanny Adams' which eventually came to mean 'nothing of any good at all'. An unhappy epitaph to a nasty story.

Am I the only one that thought it meant "sweet fuck-all"?

And yes, this is research. :)
( Nov. 4th, 2005 03:14 pm)
Instead of either doing the post-capa party, or Jarhead I'll most likely be staying home tonight to actually get some rest. After the most boring class ever (almost) this morning, I threw a wee wobbler when I couldn't talk to one of my teachers. I had a chat with my other prof, which made me feel a whole lot better, then with [livejournal.com profile] hadespuppy and [livejournal.com profile] greek_amazon, then for kicks I stopped by the other prof's office, and wahey. Got to see her.

My problems on the quiz were that 1. she couldn't read my writing very well (seriously, don't mention anything about it, guys. I know, I'm working on it, I don't need people harping on this fact) and 2. I'm focussing too much on the picky details and not mentioning the big picture in my tests.

All right, I can handle this. Also, good to know before the final.

I also talked to her about possibly doing the double honours, and how screwed up everything seems. And so we worked it out that I can just do the requirements for the regular honours, and I'll do the requirements for the double honours in Anthro, and I'll be fine. So I have to sign up for textual analysis and discourse analysis next term (I don't need discourse analysis, but it would be a good idea to take it anyway if I want to do ethnography or linguistic anthropology, which I do.)

Came home to discover my cat has gotten over her constipation. In the worst way ever. Ugh. (My poor bed...)

Is today over yet?
( Nov. 4th, 2005 06:10 pm)
Which Action Hero Would You Be?  )

Baryluk said she would be satisfied if Warner Bros. added a line in the credits of the movie saying: the real Wyrd Sisters live in Canada.

*facepalm* Ah well. At least we're getting Harry Potter the day we're supposed to be.
( Nov. 4th, 2005 07:08 pm)
It's quite possible that my mom has a girlcrush on Nancy Grace.

Oh god, the Johnston women are having a love affair with CNN. *hangs head in shame*
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