You know, I'm listening to Christmas music as I write this, getting into the holiday spirit. You know, that would be if we actually had any SNOW!!!
Anyways, putting my weather angst aside, I accidentally read an extra book last week, so I'm starting up on book 14. First of all, I'm just wondering why this book's in Roman. I mean, it's the Odyssey. If you want to put it in Roman, why is it called the Odyssey? I think it should be the Ulyssey if you want to put it in Roman. Just saying.
What in the world is figgy pudding?
Sorry, got sidetracked. For me, these books were slightly annoying. Has anyone else noticed that whenever Ulysses lies, he comes up with this huge backstory? I bet if you saw Ulysses at a party wearing a pink tie and you came up to him and asked what color tie he was wearing. If he doesn't want to admit that he's wearing a pink tie and lies, it will go something like this:
"Hear me and hear me true, my father was from Russia and my mother from Italy, so when rosy-fingered Dawn appeared the morning of my birth my mother died because of the cold and also my father was the king of Russia and I had a unicorn but then some guys stole my unicorn and I was sad so I went to work as a professional stooper and bla bla bla bla bla so I'm wearing a green tie." Really, what is the point of that?
Also, did anyone notice how when Ulysses disguised as old beggar and he came to Eumaeus (I call him the pigman), Eumaeus calls up his servants to get a pig ready for Ulysses. His servants. He's the pigman. Does Penelope's dishboy have his own servants? Does the dishboy's servants have their own servants? Do the dishboy's servants' servants have their own servants? How is this possible?
Pregunta: Why do all the suitors have the hots for Penelope, anyways? I mean, it says in the book that she's all pretty, but wouldn't she be, like, old? She has a twenty year old son. Helloooooo! I get it that woman had children earlier back then, but people also died earlier back then. Forty was considered pretty old. Did she have Telemachus when she was six or something? Am I missing something? Why do all these suitors have the hots for an old lady? How old is Penelope anyways? I'm guessing that she uses some age-defying skin cream granted by Diana or something, or maybe a magical pickle from...
Holy wombats.
Did I just say (or type actually) Diana? Call the doctor! I'm speaking Roman! Artemis. Artemis, you fool! I think I might need to read the Percy Jackson series again to get my Greek brain working again. The book is contagious!
Aw man, Celtic Christmas is so beautiful!
So yeah, that's it for today, bye!
Artemis. Artemis. Artemis. Artemis. Artemis. Artemis. Aphrodite. Apollo. Athena. Zeus. Poseidon. Hera. Hermes. Ares. Hades. Artemis. Artemis. Artemis. Artemis. GAH!
Ok. A few things: Why do you want snow? It's just wet cold annoying stuff except for right after the first snowfall and the two times that you go sledding. You have a really good point about Ulysses lying about everything. It would make more sense to tell a short simplified version of the reality, but "the gods are guiding his tongue" and their codes of honer probably demand lengthy detailed response. I found it amusing that before he began a big lie, he would pledge to tell his truth. And last, have you read The Lost Hero? It has the roman gods, but it still has camp halfblood and the greek people, the main character just happens to know them by there roman names.
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