February 2011
doodle-muse asked: All right, this one may be superfluous BUT it needs to be asked: which Sherlock Holmes story (Canon, of course) is your favorite?
January 2011
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THANK YOU ALL.
Relevant responses were wonderfully relevant!
With this outstanding evidence, I will hopefully be able to finally convince my brother that Sherlock Holmes is, in fact, one BAMF, and is not “boring.” Especially all the connections that I was not aware of (and I’m sure he has no clue about) between Sherlock Holmes and Batman, who is by far his favorite superhero.
Or, to use the...
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I could use some help, Tumblr-peoples.
Specifically, my fellow Sherlockians/Holmesians.
I’m still trying to convince my Mycroft brother that he needs to watch Sherlock. Recently got him started on Doctor Who, which led to him watching Jekyll (which not even I have seen), also written by the incomparable Moff, yet his life-long (well, eight or so years, actually) hatred of Holmes makes him utterly refuse to give Sherlock even...
thomashanley asked: Hey, nice photos! I don't remember following anyone called irreglar 221b, did you change your name recently?
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I really want to go to Monticello.
I think Thomas Jefferson might be my spirit animal.
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Colin Firth wants a Doctor Who role - Shadowlocked →
I’m no expert, but …
I THINK ALL OF THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
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LAST DAY OF JAN TERM
Academic break starts now.
Woooooo!
Well, Sock Monkey is excited, at least.
Plans for break?
Sherlock Holmes for Dummies. Largely for whimsical reasons (I still can’t get over the fact that the “for Dummies” publishers did a whole one for SHERLOCK FREAKIN’ HOLMES), but partially because I tried to take a silly little online quiz about Sherlock Holmes the other day...
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JUST FINISHED WATCHING 1776
ASDJKLFJ;F;ASKLD;FDSKLDFJLASD
Why has it taken me so long to finally get around to seeing this movie?
Fair warning: 1776 silliness may be forthcoming in the next few days.
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The Blog at the End of the Universe.: Good... →
D’awww … thanks for the encouragement! I had the eye contact thing down and I’m pretty sure I threw in something about further study (they only gave me seven minutes. How can even someone as reticent as I am manage to cover anything interesting about Charlie Dickens in just seven minutes?!), but I can’t really recall. It’s all a bit fuzzy as a result of my panic on...
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Stay up until 4 am creating a beastly good...
*headdesk*
*headdesk*
AND, once more for emphasis:
*HEAD-FLIPPIN’-DESK*
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Good morning.
It is raining and 37 degrees here in South Carolina right now. I have to give a presentation on Charlie Dickens (whom I will never call “Charles” again in a non-academic setting) in half and hour, and, as usual, I feel sorely unprepared. I hate giving presentations and making speeches—I always forget to breath and then when I talk it sounds like I’m about to cry.
And...
findingsherlock-deactivated2012 asked: This is sad. I have no idea how to work Tumblr and can't for the life of me respond to your reply. So I'll do it here. Childhood in Victorian Lit is a really interesting topic. I wish you were able to depart from the usual novels and research something amazing like The Maiden Tribute and W.T. Stead. Stead was a journalist (the inventor of New Journalism which is more people focuses than...
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ANGRYBEIGE: THIS IS A POINTLESS STORY YOU... →
angrybeige:
ONCE THERE WAS A THING THAT NOBODY KNEW ABOUT AND IT LIVED UNDER A ROCK IN A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN
ONE DAY THE THING POKED ITS HEAD OUT FROM UNDER THE ROCK AND SAW THE GARDENER STANDING OVER IT. THE THING WIGGLED ITS ANTENNAE HAPPILY AND SAID, “HELLO! I DON’T KNOW WHAT I AM. YOU ARE THE FIRST LIVING…
I was very depressed and frustrated about not being done with my homework yet...
findingsherlock-deactivated2012 asked: This is sad. I have no idea how to work Tumblr and can't for the life of me respond to your reply. So I'll do it here. Childhood in Victorian Lit is a really interesting topic. I wish you were able to depart from the usual novels and research something amazing like The Maiden Tribute and W.T. Stead. Stead was a journalist (the inventor of New Journalism which is more people focuses than...
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The lightest dusting of snow out this morning. I was not expecting it, but it was lovely to see, even if it was only visible on cars and rooftops. It looked for all the world like a salt shaker tipped over.
The problem was that I was not expecting it, or for it to be quite so cold as it is. So I didn’t wear a coat, only a light sweatshirt and my trusty caramel corduroy jacket, and I...
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Going to a Chinese buffet and having to try all...
Am I the only one who does this?
Also, my fortune: Fate is not quite as strange as it appears … in bed.
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A Study in Syntax
syntax, n.
2. Grammar, etc.
a. The arrangement of words (in their appropriate forms) by which their connection and relation in a sentence are shown. Also, the constructional uses of a word or form or a class of words or forms, or those characteristic of a particular author.
From the Oxford English Dictionary.
Syntax is a surprisingly important if seemingly minor part of grammar. Most...
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Cigarette?
Yes, I know.
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That awful moment when you realize that your...
This is why I will never have a serious romantic relationship.
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“Rule Forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court.”
– The King, from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Forty-two.
FORTY-TWO.
COULD THIS BE THE ULTIMATE ANSWER TO THE ULTIMATE QUESTION OF LIFE, THE UNIVERSE, AND EVERYTHING?!?!
Or is it all just some huge, inexplicable literary in-joke?
Or am I just nerding out?
ALSO, I...
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I'm not sure why I'm posting this.
More than that, I’m not sure why anyone would read this.
Basically, I’ve written some Sherlock fanfiction.
Yeah.
I’ve never written fanfiction before. Actually, no, that’s a lie—I’ve written some Good Omens stuff that should never see the light of day, and have an ongoing one in my head that revolves around an obscure children’s mystery published in...
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I'm not sure why I'm posting this.
More than that, I’m not sure why anyone would read this.
Basically, I’ve written some Sherlock fanfiction.
Yeah.
I’ve never written fanfiction before. Actually, no, that’s a lie—I’ve written some Good Omens stuff that should never see the light of day, and have an ongoing one in my head that revolves around an obscure children’s mystery published in...
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Watch“A Wrinkle In Time” In 90 Seconds (by James Kennedy)
Taking great children’s literature and making it unaccountably hilarious.
Also, win for explanation of what exactly a “tesseract” is.
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Spent part of last night watching Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.
Also watched State of the Union and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington recently.
What is about old movies that is so good? How shamelessly political yet inspirational they are? The fact that they make going to court seem like an absolute lark? The romanticism of the newspaper business? Seriously, if working for a newspaper were that...
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PEOPLE KEEP FOLLOWING ME.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND IT.
But thanks ever so much. Y’all really know how to make a girl feel loved.
Here, have some Sexy!Paget!Watson.
I bet he’s reading a book about jam.
That’s about as sexy as they could get in the 1890s, okay?
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