The Erlking

The Erlking.

The English translation. Apparently, the Erl-king is a creature in German (?) stories who lures away children to eat them.

I remember this from music history. Four times. Trust me, that class doesn't get any harder. Anyway, I remember it took me until the fourth class to realize that maybe the Erlking doesn't exist within the song. It always seemed to me that the father was being unreasonable, taking his child into danger when he could *see* it was there, and then lying and calling it something else, fog and trees. Four terms of music history and it never occured to me that maybe the son was seeing things that weren't there. It just seemed obvious that the father was deliberately leading his son to death, and refusing to accept what he was seeing because he didn't want to believe it, even as the boy screamed to stop. But most people I know seem to think it's obvious the kid was sick. When it doesn't say that at all. *le sigh*

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So, you see a street fair. Everyone loves street fairs. They're the best place to get pad thai for a dollar and zeppoles (now that most pizzarias don't sell them). And, of course, Hanes underwear and a free massage. The massage I see, sorta, but I never understood why "street fair" means "cheap white underwear". Still, I now have the list and can waste time and money on zeppoles.

Online IQ Test

Which of these is not like the others?

Apple
Lime
Orange
Tomato


Well, let's see. The apple is the only fruit with a core, the tomato is the only berry, the lime is the only fruit that's not roughly spherical, the orange is the only fruit without any green on it (no leaves attatched) in the picture. The tomato is the only fruit that is typically used as a vegetable, and it is also the only one that is made of a primary color (the apple is green). The lime is the only fruit without a visible shine, and the only one with a monosyllabic name. The tomato lacks an "e" in its name. I could go on, but I'm bored now.

The whole test is most fucked up. My mom got a Mensa puzzle book once, and I spent a good part of a day noting all the places where, really, their answer was wrong/incomplete because there was more than one right answer to the question. That was fun, if a bit disheartening. Do only conformists join Mensa?

Today's random linkage....

Thoughts are Free.

Amazing what one finds when one is really bored. I should start a new memories category. Um. Once I clear it out, that is.

Yoshi's Island Update...

I have perfect in worlds one and three (excepting the special levels, which I haven't completed) and nearly that in two. I have several hundreds in worlds four and five and am at the world 5-7 now. All in all, not that shabby, and I haven't had this much fun since Jenn downloaded the C64 emulater... reminds me, I should get a copy of that for my laptop. So, when I get bored of Yoshi's Island, what next? Should I switch to Donkey Kong for a while or do the entire Mario collection?

Semi-related link, stolen from codeman38.