arisha | Limericks to Learn By, hahahaha!! XD

It's snowing but it's the weakest snow in the world. What a joke. BLAH.

So last night I was trying to write some serious poetry for NaNoPoMo but I sorta got a little silly. Man, before this, I've only written like one successful limerick, ever. People say limericks are the lowest form of poetry, but even so, they are freakishly hard to write, says me. XD;

One of the NaNoPoMo topics we came up with was "famous historical dead person" or something like that. So I was all "urgh, I don't want to think too hard, I'll just do Marlowe" because I did some research on him when I did my Elizabethan Theatre presentation (not that limericks require extreme research or anything). Then I thought to myself, "Hmm, 'spy,' 'eye' and 'die' all rhyme, isn't that interesting." So here it is!!

Because Chris Marlowe was a spy,
Somebody thought he had to die.
They engaged in a fight,
And deep in the night,
Young Chris got a knife in the eye.

MAN, BRILLIANT.

Then I was all, "Wouldn't it be cool to write a whole bunch of limericks about the deaths of famous historical people?" So I wrote this one, which contains some of my own scientific hypothesis.

King Tut is a big part of history,
But the way that he died is a mystery.
Though I think he died
From an ache in his side,
And feet that were often too blistery.

PURE POETIC MAGIC.

The next one is a bit of a stretch, I'll admit.

There once was a man named Achilles
(Who's played by Brad Pitt in the series).
On a day that was hot,
Achilles got shot,
In the tendon that's found near your heel-ees.

Then I remembered that we get extra marks in history if we can find a creative way to teach a review lesson to the class. I absolutely love this one, though I think Tsar Nicholas II was actually shot in the head. Not the spleen. :X

Once, in the year seventeen,
Tsar Nicky was shot in the spleen.
Then Lenin took over,
And like a bulldozer,
He wiped out the monarchy clean.

AWE. SOME.

I had to be a little creative with this next one, hahaha. It comes from a conversation I had with one of my friends about stuff we were learning in history class. Asks she, "How old was Gandhi when he died?" Says me, "In his eighties, I think." Says she, "Oh. That's okay then."

Also I wrote "protestor" and then crossed it out and wrote "obsessor" and then crossed it out and wrote "militant," but that doesn't have the same ring to it! ;)

Yeah, Gandhi was quite an old lad,
But man, even so it was sad,
When a Hindu protestor
GotscaredtheMuslimsweregonnagetmorethantheydeserved,
And shot down poor Gandhi's kid's dad.

THE LAST LINE IS MY FAVOURITE.

Then I moved onto English class. XD I gave Holden a middle name, by the way. Quentin!

Holden Q. Caulfield's a whiner
Who drinks lots although he's a minor.
He spends all his days
With his wacky craze
Where he wishes the world could be kinder.

At this point my creative juices were running out (it was past midnight, man!), but I remembered that last year there was a contest in the school for Shakespeare-related limericks, and they might run it again this year, so I wrote this, but it's really really bad. I think my English teacher would be impressed with the way I slipped "vaulting ambition" in there, though. XD

Please remember when reading "Macbeth,"
He held his life above the rest.
The only thing missin'
For his vaulting ambition
Was, at the banquet, one guest.

And man, if those are some awesome bits of poetry, I don't know what is!! XDXDXDXD

I'm going to try to write some more Shakespeare ones, for the contest and all. Maybe no "Merchant of Venice" limericks; last night I spend a good half hour trying to rhyme something with "Portia." ^.~

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Sarah... there are simply no words to express how hilarious these are. I bow to you and your immodest sarcastic interludes. *worship*

Man, you could almost rhyme Trotsky with Frosty. Maybe that'll be my poem. Petrocles didn't get one? :( He's probably crying. Except he's dead. But if he weren't... Maybe he and Achilles will live happily ever after together in the movie. Except for the B problem. Maybe she'll be really weak, and the armour will squish and kill her. Yeah. I'm going now.

I'll let you have Trotsky. :X

Also, nice spelling of Patroclus. ;) I got the book where it's spelled "Patrokles" for Christmas. Hahahaha PATROKLES!!

THEY MADE HER A TROJAN PRINCESS. I think if I don't stop thinking about it I will burst. I mean, I don't know she took over Patroclus' role, but from what I've read it certainly seems that way. Like, really. (Also, today I was informed that the girl in the trailer is not Cassandra but Briseis. THIS SUCKS EGGS.) Oh my God, a Trojan princess. THAT DOESN'T EVEN WORK. I can't even get over it. Hahaha are they trying to pull some sort of Troilus and Cressida thing here? Geeze. -_-;

As I hinted at in another entry in this blog-o'-mine, I suspect that one of the reasons they gave Briseis such a large role was to prevent people from going "Oh, you know Achilles and Patroclus? Oh ho ho they may be cousins but they sure act like they're in love with each other, ifyaknowwhadImean." Which is lame because tons of people have said that already anyway. :P Another reason for changing it would be to give Achilles a real love story, I guess ... it seems they eliminated the fight with Agamemnon in favour of a fight with the Trojan royal family who wants her back?? Um okay. Man they already have two casted couples, I don't see the deal. I had another reason but hahaha I just forgot it. Oh man did I tell you I'm sick again?? WELL I AM.

Sorry if the above paragraph doesn't make sense. ^^;;;;;

*pout*

BUT OH MAN YOU'RE RIGHT ACHILLES LIVES.

You can't see it but I'm crying.

;_; <----- me.

Did I tell you they're going to have portions of the Odyssey in the movie? Well they are. To "round it out" or something. Supposedly the movie ends on a happy note. -_-;

My brother says he'll see the movie with me but he refuses to sit beside me because the whole time I'll be all "Oh, that's wrong. That's wrong too. That's -- guess what? -- WRONG." So I guess you can have the honour of sitting beside me!! Yes/no?? Maybe??

Maybe? I dunno. We could go for S's birthday (it's in March, I think). Boy would she love that. ^^;; If they have Odyssey clips (and how would that make a happy ending??? Are they fastforwarding 10 years into it?) I'll be there shuddering along side. Speaking of Troy, finish the retelling! Or I'll tell Mitchell you're hiding in the cemetery. (Athena (duh))

"Troy" is out in May, S's birthday is May 9, my brother's is May 8, I actually am taking him for his birthday and I was all "I COULD TAKE S TOO AND SHE WOULD LOVE IT" but W deterred me from that idea but since you suggested it too it MUST be a good idea! Thumbs up and all!

Man, I have no idea about the Odyssey thing. -_-;;; Plus, from what I've read, "Troy" seems to be really Achilles-vs.-Hector focused, so to jump from them to Odysseus just to finish off the movie seems a bit weird. :X

It amuses me that you don't write out S's name but you write out Mitchell's name. ;D Hahaha so I shall do the same! XD

Also I'm working on the retelling. Really I am, man. :X

Man, I think Mitchell can deal with stalkers. He'll just show them that "let it be" USSR movie, and run away while they laugh. Or pelt them with his piece of the Berlin Wall. Were you there for that? (the movie) *dies* Yeah.

I don't recall such a movie.
I don't think that piece of the Wall would do much damage!
Yeah.

Limericks to Learn By, hahahaha!! XD

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