Halloween Countdown, Day 12
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eldritchhobbitEvery year, my parents send their granddog, the fabulous Virginia, a Halloween costume for her to wear (as well as treats to bribe her to model for pictures). This year she is a banana split. That's right: a banana split. *wink*
As always, you can see more pictures of Virginia here.
I hope you enjoy the Text of the Day!
"Sonnet 100"
by Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (1554-1628)
In night when colors all to black are cast,
Distinction lost, or gone down with the light;
The eye a watch to inward senses placed,
Not seeing, yet still having powers of sight,
Gives vain alarums to the inward sense,
Where fear stirred up with witty tyranny,
Confounds all powers, and thorough self-offense,
Doth forge and raise impossibility:
Such as in thick depriving darknesses,
Proper reflections of the error be,
And images of self-confusednesses,
Which hurt imaginations only see;
And from this nothing seen, tells news of devils,
Which but expressions be of inward evils.
As always, you can see more pictures of Virginia here.
I hope you enjoy the Text of the Day!
"Sonnet 100"
by Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (1554-1628)
In night when colors all to black are cast,
Distinction lost, or gone down with the light;
The eye a watch to inward senses placed,
Not seeing, yet still having powers of sight,
Gives vain alarums to the inward sense,
Where fear stirred up with witty tyranny,
Confounds all powers, and thorough self-offense,
Doth forge and raise impossibility:
Such as in thick depriving darknesses,
Proper reflections of the error be,
And images of self-confusednesses,
Which hurt imaginations only see;
And from this nothing seen, tells news of devils,
Which but expressions be of inward evils.
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Date: 2012-10-12 12:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-13 06:18 pm (UTC)I'm so glad you like the poem, too! I see exactly what you mean about that "pre-electric light world" atmosphere it creates.
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Date: 2012-10-12 01:21 pm (UTC)I am going to get booted out of the office for laughing so hard. : P
Brandon's dogs are going to be bees this year and he is going to be the beekeeper.
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Date: 2012-10-13 06:19 pm (UTC)Brandon's dogs are going to be bees this year and he is going to be the beekeeper.
Oh, how clever! That will be brilliant.
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Date: 2012-10-12 02:11 pm (UTC)Love the bee one especially! And is that Princess Leia?!
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Date: 2012-10-13 06:22 pm (UTC)The bee costume was a hoot!
Yes indeed, that's Princess Leia. :D It was sort of a family joke, since my favorite costume when I was young was Princess Leia. (See below.) Poor Virginia, paying for my youth! Haha.
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Date: 2012-10-13 06:24 pm (UTC)LOVE your icon!
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Date: 2012-10-12 02:35 pm (UTC)Thoroughly enjoying this year's Halloween Countdown!
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Date: 2012-10-13 06:26 pm (UTC)Thoroughly enjoying this year's Halloween Countdown!
Oh, I'm so tickled to hear it! Thank you. :)
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Date: 2012-10-17 01:55 am (UTC)I'm still trying to get over the Princess Leia one myself. I was laughing so hard I could barely hold the camera still. And just when I'd think I had the perfect shot, one of her ears would pop out from under the wig, and we'd have to start all over again. *snort*
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Date: 2012-10-17 02:06 am (UTC)That is an absolute hoot. *high fives*
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Date: 2012-10-12 11:50 pm (UTC)Ok, my mind is now officially warped for the weekend.
Very cute, but incredibly odd!
(And the sonnet is a nice exercise in weirdness, too.)
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Date: 2012-10-16 01:34 am (UTC)And the poem is right, the internal workings of the self are by far the scariest thing out there.
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Date: 2012-10-17 02:11 am (UTC)So true!