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a.d. II Kal. Oct.

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So, listening to Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis is not a good idea when you're supposed to be writing a paper. Because it's really hard to concentrate on anything else. It's also kind of weird to be sitting, having this beautiful, awful₍₁₎ music in your ears watching people wander around completely oblivious.

Though said paper is progressing.

Something really neat we talked about the other day in class: the importance of one's sister's son in legends. He gave a bunch of examples, and I'm collecting more:

King Arthur and Sir Gawain
King Mark and Tristram
Charlemagne and Roland
Hyglac and Beowulf
Conchobor and Cuchulainn
Theoden and Eomer

Anyway, if you come up with any, I would be interested.

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1)That would be "awful" in the sense of "inspiring awe."

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And now, because I evidentally want to waste more time:

( Trick or Treat Meme. Because everyone else did it. )