Jun. 13th, 2002

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Which Classic Book Are You?
Book: Homer's The Iliad.
Synopsis: The Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer, and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to say the Iliad is a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the tenth and final year of the Greek siege of Troy.
Excerpt: Thus then were the Achaeans hemmed in at their ships, calling out to one another and raising their hands with loud cries every man to heaven. Nestor of Gerene, tower of strength to the Achaeans, lifted up his hands to the starry firmament of heaven, and prayed more fervently than any of them. 'Father Jove,' said he, 'if ever any one in wheat-growing Argos burned you fat thigh-bones of sheep or heifer and prayed that he might return safely home, whereon you bowed your head to him in assent, bear it in mind now, and suffer not the Trojans to triumph thus over the Achaeans.'
Amazon: The Iliad
Which Classic Book Are You?


I am a little surprised but then again not totally.
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Today I was watching one of the little girls in my class on the tire swing. She was laying across it and spinning in circles. I remember doing that and the way it felt. It was dizzying, yes, but it was also freeing. I was watching her and all I wanted to do was swing like that again. I don't want to be 5 again, I just want to be that carefree again. I guess I just miss my innocence(sp) and the fact that I teach kids helps but it also makes me nervous when I talk to "grown -ups" as I am afraid I will bore them or I have nothing to contibute to coversations. I am getting too old some days and not nearly old enough other days. I keep acting like somebody's mom or big sister (trying to curb that but I am not so good at it...). I guess I just feel like I belong some days and not others. Just feeling old. No I am not but I feel old.

BTW Thanks to the great idea for what I can do next to the Spanish guy,who ever you are......

Well see you at Fair Oaks.
Night.....

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