Factos and Facties.

Here’s some cool shit I’ve gained from that book I borrowed from the library. What’s it called again wait a sec… Uh… Ah yes, time to go APA style-desu.

Fu*k You.. yes, you above me.

D’Epiro, P., & Pinkowish, M. D. (1998). What are the seven wonders of the world? New York: Anchor       Books.

Ah, such a small image. Moving on.

Okay I’ve compiled some interesting facts from this book, mainly Greek mythology and stuff, ‘cause I love mythologies shut up. The science-y facts I left behind. I’M UNINTERESTED LALALALA. Oh I'll include some piccies too, BECOS I LOVE PICTURES SHADDAP.

IM ON FIRE SO Let’s Starttttoooo!

1.       3 sons of Adam and Eve: Cain, Abel, Seth.

2.       3 gods of Hindu Trinity (Trimurti): Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu.

3.       3 daughters of King Lear (William Shakespeare): Goneril, Regan, Cordelia. (reminds me of the cranberries song: Cordell. Cordleeeelll time will tellll)

4.       3 persons of the Christian Trinity: The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit.

5.       3 Musketeers: Athos, Porthos, Aramis. (D’Artagnan) Oh wow, when i searched for a pic of the 3 musketeers this came out

why are they making candy bars out of fictional characters??? what, are we supposed to think that's what Aramis taste like... oh wow.

 perverseness is bliss.

6.       3 sons of Noah: Shem, Japheth, Ham. There's a really god-damn-what-bastards story behind this one. 

7.       3 Ages of Vico’s historical cycle: Age of Gods, Age of Heroes, and Age of Man. 

8.       3 Magi and their gifts: Melchior (gold), Caspar (frankincense), Balthazar (myrrh). What the hell is frakinwtfuc...

Ah.. so these are frankincwtf and myrrh.. It's an incense thingie. Maybe like a kapur barus? You burn it or something. This is obtained from the gum of a tree.. I think mainly found in the middle-east.

9.       3 components of Freudian psyche: Id (das Es), Ego (das Ich), and Super-Ego (Uber-Ich). This Freudian psyche, oh man oh man oh man. I freaking love psychology stuff like this. um hum. I get what you're saying Freud.

10.   3 beasts confronting Dante in Canto 1: Lion, She-wolf, Leopard. ...wait. What's a she-wolf?

hmm... not quite...

Muuuuch better!

11.   3 Furies: Alecto, Megaera, Tisiphone.

12.   3 Fates: Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos.

Eggzactly what i imagined.... HERCULES~~!

13.   4 elements and their associated humor: Earth (melancholic), Water (phlegmatic), Air (sanguine) and Fire (choleric). Eww why is water phlegmatic??? Can't it be like muddy, or thick or anything else? But phlegmatic? Eurgh blergh.

14.   4 voyages of Gulliver: Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa (the whore), Balnibarbi, Glubdubdrib, Luggnagg, Japan, Houyhnhnms. The names.. good god the names.. I'll make my own country names from now on like Greengrassgoswish or Myretinaisblack or even Landofhotguys. Oh, there's this island,Brobdingnag, where the dwellers are giants as opposed to microscopic. And Gulliver was disgusted when the nekkid ladies of the island stripped him and placed him on their boobs and nipples... Oh the wonders of antique pornography... How amusing.

Imagine that dude there nekkid. Whoa-wee. What, Viggo? nnoo.. Nope.

 15.   4 chief winds of Greece: Boreas (north wind), Zephyrus (west wind), Notus (south), Eurus (east). Boreas and Zephyrus, the names are very2 sexy, no?

You can summon him to.. GO PIERS!!!

16.   4 horseman of the Apocalypse: War (white horse), Slaughter (red horse), Famine (black horse), Death (pale horse). The plague of the homos will summon upon this horse.

Allwaays i wanna be with youu and make believe with you.. and live in harmony HARMONY OHH LOOVEEEE~~
Which is pretty awesome mind you.

17.   4 evangelists: Mark (lion), Matthew (man), Luke (ox), John (eagle).

18.   5 civilized tribes: Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw.

19.   5 rivers of the Underworld: Acheron, Styx, Phlegthon, Cocytus, Lethe. Styx... sound so death like.. Mmm..

Styx..... feels so.... hairy... WTF where's the river?? Wait  i don wanna know...

20.   6 wives of Henri VIII: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr.

21.   6 Iroquois nations: Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora. What's not awesome about mohawks?? 

It's nude, it's gay, its got mohawk.. Umm.. its NUGAYHAWK!! FU-- yEAH!

22.   6 ranges of human voice: soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto (alto), tenor, baritone, bass.

23.   6 Axis power of WWII: Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria. Ahh.. Japan land of the BUROKEN WEA!

24.   7 wonders of the Ancient world: Great Pyramids of Cheops (Giza), Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus (Olympia), Temple of Artemis (Ephesus), Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, and Pharos (lighthouse) of Alexandria.

25.   7 hills of Rome: Palatine, Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, and Aventine.

26.   7 days of the week: Sunday (sunnandaeg: Sun’s day), Monday (monandaeg: Moon’s day), Tuesday (tiwesdaeg: Tiw’s day), Wednesday (wodnesdaeg: Woden’s day), Thursday (thursdaeg: Thor’s day), Friday (frigdaeg: Frigg’s day), Saturday (saeterndaeg: Saturn’s day).

27.   7 against Thebes: Polynices, Adrastus, Capaneus, Tydeus, Parthenopaeus, Hippomedon, Amphiaraus.

28.   7 sages of Greece: Solon of Athens, Pittacus of Mytilene, Bias of Prienne, Cleobulus of Lindus, Periander of Corinth, Chilon of Sparta and Thales of Miletus.

29.   7 deadly sins: Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Avarice, Gluttony, Lust. Well, usually, these 'SINS' makes better looking art...

Copyright by an artist from DA... can't remember her name. But it's a good piece of art, no?

30.   7 virtues: Faith, Hope, Charity, Justice, Prudence, Fortitude, Temperance. Than these 'VIRTUES' Bleeergh...

'Bleergh' - RayWilliamJohnson

31.   7 metals of alchemy and its associated gods and planets: Gold (Apollo: sun), Silver (Diana: moon), Quicksilver (Mercury), Copper (Venus), Iron (Mars), Tin (Jupiter) and Lead (Saturn).

32.   7 French dynasties: Merovingian, Carolingian, Capetian, Valois, Bourbon, Bonapartist and Orleanist.

33.    9 great Gods of Ancient Egypt (The Great Enneads): Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Seth, Nephthys.

34.   9 great Houses of England after 1066: Normandy, Plantagenet, Lancaster, York, Tudor, Stuart, Hanover, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Windsor. Dear God... Tudors... when speaking of Tudors, everytime I utter the word 'Tudor', this popped out in mah head.

Mmmmpphhh... grurk.. grakk. Must not... touch.. monitor screen...

35.   9 Muses: Calliope (epic poetry), Urania (Astronomy), Clio (history), Terpsichore (dance), Melpomene (tragedy), Thalia (comedy), Euterpe (lyric poetry, flute), Erato (love poetry), Polyhymnia (sacred songs).

36.   12 tribes of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamen. One intersting fact, for the game Xenosaga 3: Also Sprach Zarathustra, the ES's uses these israelites name... Wanna see what the ES's are?

Badass ES Asher TRAATTATATATAT (machine-gun)

A!! Shion's bruther!! Nooess!! Uh.. this is ES Reuben

And the buttteerrrfllyyyyy ES Dinah.. wait, that's not an Israelite name..

ES Issachar, they look Fyucking Awesome ne? *hearts fluttering*

37.   12 Olympian Gods and their Roman equivalents: Zeus (Jupiter), Hera (Juno), Poseidon (Neptune), Hades (Pluto), Pallas Athene (Minerva), Phoebus (Apollo), Artemis (Diana), Aphrodite (Venus), Hermes (Mercury), Ares (Mars), Hephaestus (Vulcan/Mulciber), Hestia (Vesta). Olympian Gods huh... All I can think of is..

No.. not this..

THIIIIIISSSSSS is tha real Zeus!!

Wait... you can't mention Disney's Hercules without a picture of....

Hades, my man! Chillin' like a villain as ALWAYS I see~

38.   12 main branches of Indo-European language: Indic, Iranian, Germanic, Italic, Hellenic, Celtic, Slavic, Baltic, Anatolian, Armenian, Albanian, Tocharian.

39.   12 Knights of the Round Table: Lancelot, Galahad, Bors, Perceval, Gawain, Tristan, Lamorack, Torre, Kay, Gareth, Bedivere, Mordred. Lancelot and Mordred sounds so sexay ne?

And the final one is kinda of the classic greek alphabets. Y’know, with little practice I can write in greek now, well, still in English but with classic greek letters aghahahahahahhahahahaha :9

Speaking of which, next entry's gonna be all about mangas I've read and/or own. Oh tha memories.