[.rousium]

In “Lycidas”, a poem written for an acquaintance’s death, Milton reaches deep inside himself to feel the anguish of death. One could view this as some sort of sadistic plot twist in the course of Milton’s life. I feel Milton was surrounded by death and in a way found a sort of calm divinity in being able to deal more concisely with this part of life. Death is a part of life and if one is to consider them self a sort of right hand of God then one surely has to be understanding and willing to face such facts.
With this same work, it is understood that Milton used the notoriety and ability to take part in such a collection as a means of gaining recognition. Isn’t this just God’s will at work? Isn’t it just divine fate? Is there really any room for anyone else? And if there is, who is a man to judge or decide the better outcome when it’s God the almighty telling you, subtly or not so, that you are chosen; that you are doing his will.
I believe that Milton was in the right place at the wrong time. He seemed almost always to be preaching to a choir that belonged to a completely different set of beliefs. To many other’s it would have been a daunting task. A task maybe not worth their time but a task Milton took to heart. I feel if you look at his perseverance and just his sheer strength of willpower you have to recognize him for what he was or better yet, what he was doing. Milton was on his own epic journey and it was wrought with vast settings, quests, Godly interventions and an incredible amount of unsavory characters for him to struggle and battle against. Who rose above as the victor is a matter of opinion but one that even a blind man could clearly see.

200 or so more words............

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[.rousium]

171 more words to go actually. I feel like I don't know where I can add more. Maybe at the end, I could talk about outsiders views along side my own?

Also, dang...maybe I do write okay?

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[Pisces]

Pssht, of course you write okay! You write fabulous! And 171 words will go by so fast once you get the right direction. If you have ever the slightest idea of what to add, go for it. Also, a tip! You looked pretty good on it, but don't use contractions. "isn't" and "don't" can easily be double if broken. I think you already did that though, I don't see any.

[.rousium]

HAha...cheater peter! Yeah, I tend to not use them because my writer voice is very boom boom boom! And did not sounds better then didn't.

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Man I already feel so much better having this damn thing almost done!!! AAHAH!!

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[.rousium]

Gonna jump in the shower real fast before it gets much later. My hair takes forever to dry.

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[Pisces]

Heehee. Alright, then I'm gonna go spend some time reading. Talk to you tomorrow then? You can totally tackle this paper. <33 You're almost done!

Feel tree to text me!

[.rousium]

Okay! Yeah, I got this shit! Shoooooooooooooooooot...

Nite you!

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[Pisces]

Really. Really now? I spent TIME putting together my part of the information for our group presentation, give it to someone who has access to our group "leader", the one putting the movie together, and they don't fucking email him my share. So I did all that work - for what? Nothing! All the information we present isn't going to include mine.

Ugh.

[Pisces]

STOP POSTING THE SAME THING TWICE. D:<

[.rousium]

Wait, what? You'll get credit won't you?

[Pisces]

Yeah, since my name got thrown in on the slide, but my information was in there. I'm just super miffed. I'm going to sound like a bitch here for a moment, but if they'd just let ME handle gathering the info and putting it together, I would have been anal about getting everyone's contact info and their presentation info. Ugh, I should have expect this. I HATE working in groups because I always get the groups of people who dick around and do a shitty job.

Sorry. I think I'm more than just miffed. -___-;;

[.rousium]

Nah, i'm the same. I'm very organized and most people aren't and when you're names on the line it's hard to let someone else have all that control. Especially when you know they suck. :P

[Pisces]

YEAH. Exactly. X___X But then, lol, when I AM the one who is in charge of the group, I get all resentful-like and would rather just NOT do it at all. XP I KNOW I can be in control of myself, and I KNOW I will get what I need done, done.

*grumblegrumble*

[.rousium]

Hehe. *hugs*

It's snowing so much here! Like...a freaking lot! It was almost a white out but still had to come to class, yay! Couldn't have done this last week when I stayed home, of course.

PS. I updated the rp, in case you haven't checked. :P

[Pisces]

We snowed on Monday, but it all just melted yesterday. Still effing cold.

Derp! I keep meaning to go add my own bit. Lunch, I promise, I'll add something. =)

[.rousium]

No rush lady! None at all. I just didn't know if you saw I updated.

Yeah, we got a buttload of snow today. It's not snowing anymore buuuut..I guess we are looking at the possibility of more.

Ah! Oh well, rather snow then murders all day err day.

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