Character Study (III)

It has been almost three years since that mission went wrong. I am no longer with the service and live on my own. I stop every morning at the station to grab a small bite to eat. One day was very peculiar though. There were four people eating there and I have never seen them their before. There was a warrior, a London Spy, a Scholar, and a Sage. They looked like very serious people but seemed to be having a lot of fun as well. They asked me to come and sit with them so I said to myself why not, It can't hurt me.
I grew on these people very quickly and we decided to leave. Before we got out of the station there were three men who came inside and there names are Hingle Mcringleberry, Quatro Quatro, and Sequester Migriclle M.D. They looked like they could be of use so we asked them to tag along with us and we left the station.

Character Study (II)

"I have eyes on target, permission to engage?"
"Permission granted."
"Copy that, engaging."
Boom! An explosion went off sending me flying off the rig and I lost conscientiousness. I woke up three hours later miles down the river and was wondering what went wrong. My radio is down and I have no other way to contact my team. I assume that they are dead from the explosion. I set up a small camp got ready to move at first day light. The only way I think we were found is that somebody on the inside sold us out. I began to walk through the dense forest and I hear a rustle in the trees....

Canterbury Tales (I)

Chaucer- unknown birth date - Married - Son
     Finished 24/120 Tales
Poem
Writing for the cominors
Lived with different types of people and worked for a mercahant/ clerk
     Allowed him to read papers about people and how they lived
Fiction
About people
English writing and language

Character Study (I)

My fictional character is a Navy Seal. He has all of the skills needed to survive in any situation. He is carrying his normal equipment and is ready.

Netvibes

So I tried setting up Netvibes and it was a fail. I created my account and then I couldn't figure out how to do anything else. I played with it for about 15 minutes and got no where.

Vocabulary #6

Obsequious- servilely compliant or deferential

Beatitude- Supreme blessedness; exalted happiness

Bete noire- A person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads 

Bode- To be an omen of; portend

Dank- Unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly

Ecumenical- Pertaining to the whole Christian church 


Fervid- heated or vehement in spirit

Fetid- Having an offensive odor; stinking
 
Gargantuan- Gigantic 

Heyday- The stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime

Incubus- An imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons

Infrastructure- The basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.  
 
Inveigle- To entice, lure

Kudos- Honor; glory
 
Lagniappe- A tip

Prolix- Long and wordy

Protege- A person under the patronage, protection

Prototype- The original model

Sycophant- A self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite
 
Tautology- Needless repetition of an idea

Truckle- To submit or yield obsequiously or tamely

Accolade- Any award, honor, or laudatory notice

Acerbity- Harshness or severity, as of temper or expression

Attrition- A reduction or decrease in numbers 

Bromide- A platitude or trite saying  

Chauvinist- A person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic 


Chronic-Constant

Expound- Explain or interpret 
 

Factionalism- Practice or method uniting into an organization

Immaculate- Free from spot or stain

Imprecation- The act of imprecating; cursing

Ineluctable- Inescapable

Mercurial- changeable
 
Palliate- To relieve or lessen without curing 

Protocol- Procedure 

 
Resplendent- Shining brilliantly


Stigmatize- To set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon

Sub rosa- Secretly 

Vainglory- Excessive pride over ones achievements

Vestige-  A mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence

Volition- The act of willing

What a Character

A fictional character that has inspired me is Brian from Hatchet. What made him inspirational to me when I was younger was that he never gave up when he was at his worst. He kept on pushing. Direct Characterization helped me get this idea because his actions showed me that he has will and strength. Allusion is another and that is because it was the only thing he had and it made me think that it will be used for something important and it was because that is how he discovered he could make a fire.