Nice, what translation of Beowulf? The Seamus Heaney one? That is the most popular, if not the most flowery version to come out lately. I like it, but he takes a lot of license with his translations.
Heaney is a great poet though! I have a few of his collections. Talk about another man of many talents.

@Linn, Is that what that was? ::Holds up spine:: Whoops.... If you notice anything different, please tell me. I'll try my hardest to put it back where I found it!

....... i think my bladder just went.... *looks down*... yup.... damn you, woody! :gonk:

hehehe, whoops. You have to admit though, if any of the bodily functions to loose, that one is the most amusing. :P

yea i thought so too :XP

Yes it's the Seamus Heanney transaltion. And he really does take a lot of liberties. My prof absolutely hates it. She knows and can read old english so the translation really bugs her.

I'm back!!! :glomp: *rolls around in thread* what did I miss?

oh, and wings, I remembered something. weren't we going to write a book?

welcome back kat :glomp:

Hahaha, yah. Oh Heaney. I still love him, though.

Here is the girl's head like an exhumed gourd.
Oval-faced, prune-skinned, prune-stones for teeth.

They unswaddled the wet fern of her hair
And made an exhibition of its coil,
Let the air at her leathery beauty.
Pash of tallow, perishable treasure:
Her broken nose is dark as a turf clod,
Her eyeholes blank as pools in the old workings.
Diodorus Siculus confessed
His gradual ease with the likes of this:
Murdered, forgotten, nameless, terrible
Beheaded girl, outstaring axe
And beatification, outstaring
What had begun to feel like reverence.

good poet

Hi Kat!

*shrinks away from Kat* I was hoping you had forgotten. No I haven't done anything yet. I've been so busy haven't even been able to write in my book or my fanfiction

wait, I was skiming that, woody and just read, "Beheaded girl" Um....what is this about?

:P Basically what you just said. I believe Heaney was writing about a bog body that was found...
cheery subject, no?

okay, I read it through. very....um....interesting. good writing, but interesting topic

He's a good writer... got to write about him often in my Seminar.... **oh the memories**

Linn, you still alive or did I do too much damage?

lol. interesting , most definitely interesting.

Nikky!!! :glomp: *snuggle* did you see what I said to you earlier?

X_X <- this is me... dead...

no, but really, i am just playing fangirls... this is my last time... then i have to wait till 1am to play again :(

yes I did. I responded too.

Haha, aww. I gave up playing that, I can never get more than 60 gold...... What about you, and if you have gotten past level 18, what is your secret?

well, I scrolled up and se nothing nikky.

its there. i promise. refresh and find it.

i can beat it (level 22) almost every time i play it now...
a fellow sprinkleteer gave me some good hints

i suck at that game. i never get higher than like 15 gold.... which is why i play helicopter where i can get 30 sometimes

don't hide from me, girl! I actually almost finished my character charts!! at least write that for me! maybe I'll do chapter one if you give me stuff to work with!! I know you said you were procrastinating on your papers and stuff, so why not when you're wasting your time procrasiting, do some writing every now and then!!

you got to 30 gold, nikky?

i get like 8 on all the other games... i think i got 13 on tetris once... but seriously, i suck at all the other games...

if you beat level 22 in attack of the fangirls you can get 100g... so i just play it 5 times and i'm all set...
it just takes a little time

Hints? ::poke poke:: you haf some for Woody, yes?