Vocabulary Misconception

I get most of my vocabulary from reading, thus I often garner definitions from the context, rather than a dictionary definition.  (My pronunciation similarly suffers; when I was a kid I though youth was pronounced like mouth. My mom still won't let me live that down...)

Just today, for example, I learned that laconic means using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious.  To me this makes it synonomus with terse.  However, I've always linked laconic with the word languid, meaning drooping or flagging from/as if from exhaustion, sluggish in character or disposition, or lacking in force or quickness of movement.  Oddly enough, I've also associated a slightly more elegant meaning with the word languid, associating it more with Greek royalty lounging in chaises, receiving grapes and being fanned with palm leaves, than with someone drooping with exhaustion.


I guess the moral of this is to have a dictionary on hand while reading, for instant definition (and pronunciation)

TV/Movie Mania : Part One

Ok, maybe it doesn't have the same alliterative ring as 'Movie Mania' but I felt that I needed to be honest with the title.

I've created a nice little dent in my couch, glued to the wonders that are Hulu.com and Netflix/Netflix watch instantly. With my DVD fetish, I can't believe how many wonderful movies and TV shows I haven't seen.

I just finished Legend of the Seeker, which I think compares to Heath Ledger's show Roar. (That means I loved it) And if you haven't seen Roar, go for it. It's only 11 or so episodes. Celtic hero prince traveling the village with a small posse and saving the oppressed from the oppressors. Although I haven't read the Sword of Truth books by Terry Goodkind, internet rumors are that Legend is very loosely based on his series. I will have to investigate this for myself.

I’m still working through it, but I’m greatly enjoying HBO’s series The Tudors. Jonathan Rhys Myers does a wonderful job, as do all the other players. It almost makes me want to look into the history of the time period. This is amazing; as a rule, I highly dislike history!

And I recently watched Penelope, which ranks in my book up with Ever After and Ella Enchanted. I LOVE a good Cinderella story!