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Monday, July 31, 2006

	Quick... ... somebody give me some interesting ideas about directions in current Anglo-Saxon scholarship! I gotta figure out something brilliant and scintillating to propose when I meet my prof about my undergrad thesis credit on Tuesday morning. simmer simmer And somebody tell these darned cicadas to shut up already! Later edit: You guys are all really cute!
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Um, this is horrible. I would drown it or freeze it. I am so upset that I came here and found these graphic details. Maybe I shouldn't visit here.

the details are what upset me the most O_o it was so sick i cant believe the lady and dan both posted it :(:cry:

Posted 7/30/2006 8:45 PM by hollow_rose423 - reply

I have no ideas for you.

Posted 7/30/2006 8:46 PM by TheTheologiansCafe - reply

Cicadas are at it here, too. I am not sure I can concentrate any better than you can! Hope you come up with something fab.

Posted 7/30/2006 8:47 PM by CynaraJane

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No clue, sorry! CICADAS..........ugh! I think they would be a perfect war-time torture to get anyone to confess! they drive me to insanity within seconds! (better than chinese water torture!) LOL!

Posted 7/30/2006 8:50 PM by browneyedpsycho

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Desperation topic: Comparing and contrasting the two religious views of the island - the Pagan Norse Gods of the Anglo-Saxons / Germans and early Roman Christianity as evidenced in Beowolf and other surviving literature of the time. Might not hurt to torture yourself through a bit of Carlisle as he was a very pro-pagan historian / lecturer. If possible, link the duality of the pagan tradition and early Christian beliefs as one of the causes of lollardy, the acceptance of Wycliffe's writings and protestantism.
Yeah, I'm grasping at straws here on your behalf, but there must be something therein - sadly I'm not sure where current research is leaning.

Posted 7/30/2006 9:34 PM by litterae_regis - reply

hey -- i like the cicadas! look forward to them every summer -- they're a sign that autumn is on the way...
wow! been way too long since i've read Anglo-Saxon Lit back in college many many many moons ago...

Posted 7/30/2006 11:08 PM by lunaticnan - reply

Wow. Cicadas are nice. Crickets too. They mean it's summer. Anything that means it's summer is SACRED! We here in CT like the rest of the country apparently are having 100º weather. Can't help u on the lit question. Never read Beowulf...

Posted 7/30/2006 11:30 PM by butshebites

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I can't believe how loud the cicadas are this year. It is almost deafening.

Posted 7/31/2006 12:07 AM by skanickadee

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The cicadas are driving me crazy too!! I sitting out on my front porch this evening trying to study for a test and I couldn't cause those insects were so loud!! :mad: At least they aren't as bad as last year:wink: I don't know what direction the anglo saxons are going...hubby says I am directionally impaired:laugh: (sorry about the pun!)

Chris

Posted 7/31/2006 12:17 AM by luv2teachpk - reply

how about the effects of certain insect noise on a persons stress level?

Posted 7/31/2006 1:05 AM by Jaded_Raven - reply

Earplugs are good as regards snoring, maybe for cicadas too. I like the wax ones best.

You could move to England..lots of Anglo Saxons and no cicadas.

Posted 7/31/2006 6:24 AM by Zimbo - reply

I can't stand cicadas, they just just annoy me. Then again, so does George Carlin, but in a completly different way. :p

Posted 7/31/2006 8:34 AM by bluemarsupial

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Cicadas sound GREAT. They are the hearalds of August and I hear that is a great month. As for Anglo-Saxon, how bout something to do with Beowulf's swimming ability. Did Jacques Cousteau violate Beowulf's preexisting claim to be the inventor of the Self Contained Underwater Breathing Aparatus? Was Beowulf undead? Why do Grendle and his mother sometimes seem to be horrible monsters and sometimes an unlucky widow and her orphan son everyone is picking on. Compare the SCUBA equipment used by Grendle's mother to that of Beowuolf. Now compare both to modern SCUBA equipment. Always cave dive with at least TWO lights.

Posted 7/31/2006 10:26 AM by dahemac - reply

For the artists of the past when there was no photography, paintings was the only reproduction of realistic subjects. And now, I think they have a harder time competing with photographic works except for those who truly enjoy painted works. Yet, we still buy paintings for their realistic effects...but it's getting less and less often...now, we go for artistic renditions of say Japanese court life, something that is ancient without the photographic impression back in ancient years. Those we still buy.

Posted 7/31/2006 12:21 PM by writing_samples - reply

But...but! I love cicadas!

Posted 7/31/2006 1:38 PM by thegreenmuse - reply

we only have one that sings around here and not too often or for too long. never hot enough long enough... :eek:

Posted 7/31/2006 4:19 PM by eneventure

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Well, I sent them an e-mail, but I think their server is down. They are at it here too. I just shut the window and drown them out with the A/C. And don't worry about your proposal...I'm sure you will be brilliant!!!

Posted 7/31/2006 11:47 PM by Emme402 - reply