The bell...OF MY GRANDPARENTS! *weird music plays*

[glacier_kitty]

My grandparents have a bell in their yard now...awesomeness moreness! Haha next time I go there I'll be amused ;)

I got this book on churches and read it to Crystal and I showed her a pic and asked if she thought it was beautiful and I swear she tried to say yes...awesomeee

Friday five:
1. What book or books were special to you in your childhood? Where the Red Fern Grows
2. What was particularly special or memorable about those books? It's sooo good and very sad and I loved sycamore trees when I read it (it talks about sycamores lots)
3. Have you re-read any of them as an adult? Well I'm not an adult yet sooo...
4. If so, were the books as good as you remembered them?
5. What do you think about movies being made out of children's classics (like the Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of The Rings, etc.)? I LOVE them!


plundering-robbing or taking goods by force
gable-triangular part on roofline of building
afflictor-one who causes pain or distress (i've never heard of the word but i probably would know what it ment if i saw it so that's why it's not bolded)
sinews-tendons
disperse-scatter
barren-unproductive of life
devastated-ruined
infest-to swarm
scabbard-sheath for blade of a weapon
chalice-cup or goblet (out of the wine, out of the chalice of agony, welcome to avantasia!)
molten-fused or liquified by heat
livid-discolored by brusing, pale, enraged
epic-long narrative poem about a hero
jackal-one who performs menial tasks for another, wild dogs
affliction-great suffering
health-tract of wasteland, shrubbery
wend-to direct one's course
render-to give up (i've heard of the word...thought it mebt something different though)
intoning-vocalizing
personable-likeable
absolution-act of forgiving
accrue-increase in size, quantity, scope
sundry-various
hostelry-inn, hotel (i've heard of hostel...but i don't remember where...)
burnished-to make smooth and bright
solicitious-anxious
supple-flexible
eminent-high rank or reputation
sanguine-cheerful (i thought it ment full of blood...it does have sangue in the word!)
utter-to express by speaking


Today's Latin: infinitus est numerus stultorum (infinite is the number of fools)

"Cold hallways so old, a chalice of gold, a guard as they say, paralyzed. Follow the cries from out of the blood, the wine in the cup"--"Chalice of Agony," Avantasia

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[rdyfrde.livejournal.com]

chalice-cup or goblet (out of the wine, out of the chalice of agony, welcome to avantasia!)
Tobi would be proud that one of his songs taught you what the word "chalice" means ;)

(i've heard of hostel...but i don't remember where...)
Probably in Europe as there are Youth Hostels all over the place. My aunt stayed in a good number of them when she went to Europe after college :)

[glacier-kitty.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah...that's probably it...thanks!

[opera-lover-44.livejournal.com]

1. What book or books were special to you in your childhood? The Giving Tree (I had it memorized apparently)
2. What was particularly special or memorable about those books? It was Shel Silverstien who's awesome and I must have loved the story or something
3. Have you re-read any of them as an ? lol No (whoo apparently I'm an ! lol)
4. If so, were the books as good as you remembered them? Oh yeah...*raises eyebrow*
5. What do you think about movies being made out of children's classics (like the Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of The Rings, etc.)? I like them...mainly cause I like movies more than books lol

yay bells! yay churches!

I didn't know any of the words either...lol

Friday Five!

[foxydanish.livejournal.com]

Friday five:
1. What book or books were special to you in your childhood? Anne of Green Gables (hey! That's one of your vocab words!)
2. What was particularly special or memorable about those books? I guess it was the first "Young Adult" book I read (my 3rd grade Reading teacher gave me a copy for Xmas) and I just fell in love with Anne...I wanted to be her more than anything, haha.
3. Have you re-read any of them as an adult? Hmm, the last time I read them was probably when I was 15 or 16.
4. If so, were the books as good as you remembered them? --
5. What do you think about movies being made out of children's classics (like the Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of The Rings, etc.)? I haven't seen Narnia yet, but it's on the queue...I love LOTR, though. And I actually have seen the movies they made out of Anne of Green Gables, and I absolutely loved them, too. :)

Re: Friday Five!

[glacier-kitty.livejournal.com]

LMAO I thought of that book as I wrote the word! I was like...Anne of the triangular part on a roofline of building?? lmao

Re: Friday Five!

[foxydanish.livejournal.com]

Hahaha!!

[sydpenguinbunny.livejournal.com]

My favorite book in my childhood was the Butter Battle Book ^_^ And a children's classic that I just read yesterday was Wind in the Willows. I <3 <3 <3 Wind in the Willows! Toad rocks :) heheh and Badger... and Mole... and Rat... I love them all!

[glacier-kitty.livejournal.com]

I haven't read either lol

[king-gravewater.livejournal.com]

I am picturing your grandparents removing the bell once you leave again. *grin*

[glacier-kitty.livejournal.com]

LMAO I can SO see that...and putting back up the next time I come ;)

[king-gravewater.livejournal.com]

Bells can be so much fun. At the school I went to when I was very young, we had a bell that sounded more like an air raid siren. *laughs*

[glacier-kitty.livejournal.com]

Your school had a real bell?! *jealous*

[king-gravewater.livejournal.com]

The early-years section of my primary school had an honest-to-goodness bell that they got "volunteers" to ring at specific times. It made a racket that one could hear from across the grounds. The later-years section had an automated buzzer type deal that really did sound like an air-raid siren.