Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
High Books
Wow, is this guy high?
This is probably the response that I will have when I'm starting to read a text that is more than 100 years old. You probably think this is silly, but I'm serious when I'm saying this. Just imagine someone saying this in the most high and stupid voice ever:
"Dude, I mean, dude, I am like a freakin' ninja. I travel like 6 billion miles every day. And me and my buddy Enkidu, we were like, superheros, man. We were like 9 feet tall, and, we were like gods, dude. We traveled for like a week, and then we found this mountain, man. We were like, duuuuuude, look at that mountain, man. Hey mountain, sup? And then we started having these funky dreams man, man. We saw like spirits and stuff. And we were like, duuuuuude. Are you a spirit. But the other would reply, no man. I'm, like sleeping. And then we got to this forest place. There were, like, trees, EVERYWHERE. And we saw this demon thing and it, like, started chasing us, man. We, we started crying, 'cause the stupid man started chasing us. Then, this like, giant dude sent spirits to us, and they used, like winds or something. Then we killed the evil man, and we were like, yeahhhh!
*chuckles* I like pineapples."
This is what the fourth and fifth books of Gilgamesh looked like to me. And its not just this one. For example, The Iliad, Midsummer Night's Dream, The Bible. For me, the people that wrote the books were all a little bit crazy. The choice of words, the gramatical style, basically all the components of a text are different than what we are used to today.
But don't get me wrong, I love when a text is different. For example, the Game of Thrones books have a VERY different way of writing than the Harry Potter series. And the GOT books are probably just as good as the HP ones. So to wrap things up, I am very surprised to see how much the style in which people write in has changed. I wonder how the style will be in a couple of decades.
This is probably the response that I will have when I'm starting to read a text that is more than 100 years old. You probably think this is silly, but I'm serious when I'm saying this. Just imagine someone saying this in the most high and stupid voice ever:
"Dude, I mean, dude, I am like a freakin' ninja. I travel like 6 billion miles every day. And me and my buddy Enkidu, we were like, superheros, man. We were like 9 feet tall, and, we were like gods, dude. We traveled for like a week, and then we found this mountain, man. We were like, duuuuuude, look at that mountain, man. Hey mountain, sup? And then we started having these funky dreams man, man. We saw like spirits and stuff. And we were like, duuuuuude. Are you a spirit. But the other would reply, no man. I'm, like sleeping. And then we got to this forest place. There were, like, trees, EVERYWHERE. And we saw this demon thing and it, like, started chasing us, man. We, we started crying, 'cause the stupid man started chasing us. Then, this like, giant dude sent spirits to us, and they used, like winds or something. Then we killed the evil man, and we were like, yeahhhh!
*chuckles* I like pineapples."
This is what the fourth and fifth books of Gilgamesh looked like to me. And its not just this one. For example, The Iliad, Midsummer Night's Dream, The Bible. For me, the people that wrote the books were all a little bit crazy. The choice of words, the gramatical style, basically all the components of a text are different than what we are used to today.
But don't get me wrong, I love when a text is different. For example, the Game of Thrones books have a VERY different way of writing than the Harry Potter series. And the GOT books are probably just as good as the HP ones. So to wrap things up, I am very surprised to see how much the style in which people write in has changed. I wonder how the style will be in a couple of decades.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Ferrari Photograph
This is my favourite photo. Here are 3 inferences I can make about it:
1. It is Ferrari. This I can tell by the badge.
2. It is made for racing. I can tell this from the numbers on the side.
3. It is old. I think this because the design is very antique and retro.
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