cerulean's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=cerulean2002-04-10T17:36:03ZThe Stars and Stripes Forever (idea)http://everything2.com/user/cerulean/writeups/The+Stars+and+Stripes+Foreverceruleanhttp://everything2.com/user/cerulean2002-04-10T17:36:03Z2002-04-10T17:36:03Z<p><a href="/title/The+Stars+and+Stripes+Forever">The Stars and Stripes Forever</a> is a song you should hope you never hear while under the <a href="/title/Big+Top">Big Top</a> at a <a href="/title/Circus">Circus</a>. This song is used as the "<a href="/title/disaster+march">disaster march</a>" by most of the <a href="/title/North+American">North American</a> companies, and it is only played when something has gone <a href="/title/Hartford+Circus+Fire">horribly amiss</a>. Upon hearing this played, all <a href="/title/Circus+people">Circus personnel</a> outside the main tent are supposed to immediately begin evacuation. This <a href="/title/tradition">tradition</a> began when live bands were used during performances, and is still used today, even by <a href="/title/Barnum+and+Bailey">the big names</a> in the business, albeit on tape instead of in person.<p>If you are attending the Circus and hear this song, it would be a good idea to <a href="/title/get+the+fuck+outta+there">leave immediately</a>. <p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>Unicorn Jelly (thing)http://everything2.com/user/cerulean/writeups/Unicorn+Jellyceruleanhttp://everything2.com/user/cerulean2002-04-01T18:25:44Z2002-04-01T18:25:44Z<p> ... and every spring, in the <a href="/title/witching+hours">witching hours</a>, I'd climb down from the loft with the <a href="/title/silky+lasso">silky lasso</a> held between chattering teeth, and set off across the pre-dewed fields to catch the <a href="/title/moon-ripened+unicorns">moon-ripened unicorns</a>, for maw was even then too old to do it, and Kitty had r-u-n-n-o-f-t with that farmhand when I was still a toddler. If memory serves, this is about how maw made her county-fair-winning <strong> Unicorn Jelly</strong>:</p><ol><li><a href="/title/kidnap">Gather</a> ripe <a href="/title/Unicorns">Unicorns</a>, <a href="/title/how+to+catch+a+Unicorn">using maidens and silken lassos</a> – be careful not to bruise them during capture! </li><br><li> <a href="/title/Drown">Soak</a> Unicorns in cold water and rub with a thick cloth. (<a href="/title/Hints+from+Heloise">Tip</a>: Wear <a href="/title/gardening+gloves">gardening gloves</a> to avoid getting the <a href="/title/fuzz">fuzz</a> on your hands.) Never <a href="/title/skin">peel</a> your Unicorns, as it dulls the flavor of the <a href="/title/Unicorn+Jelly">finished product</a>, and removes much of the nutritional value. </li><br><li> <a href="/title/Bury">Cover</a> the Unicorns with sugar, and leave overnight. </li><br><li><a href="/title/Boil">Place</a> two large saucepans on stove. In<!-- close unclosed tag --></li><!-- close unclosed tag --></ol>…Stanza (thing)http://everything2.com/user/cerulean/writeups/Stanzaceruleanhttp://everything2.com/user/cerulean2001-12-17T18:04:45Z2001-12-17T18:04:45Z<p><u>Types of Stanzas</u>*<p>The type of stanza in a <a href="/title/poem">poem</a> may be determined by counting the number of lines in the stanza. In <a href="/title/English">English</a>, for example, the most common type of stanza is the <a href="/title/quatrain">quatrain</a>, or four line stanza. A <a href="/title/Shakespeare">Shakespearian</a> <a href="/title/Sonnet">Sonnet</a> consists of three <a href="/title/quatrain">quatrains</a> and a <a href="/title/couplet">couplet</a> – or fourteen lines divided into three four line stanzas and a two line stanza. <p>Stanzas are often named according to <a href="/title/Roman">Roman</a> numerical <a href="/title/prefixes">prefixes</a>: <br><br>…there is no word for a one line stanza – that’s simply a line. <br><br><strong><a href="/title/Couplet">Couplet</a></strong> - Two line stanza. When in <a href="/title/Iambic+Pentameter">Iambic Pentameter</a>, it is a <strong><a href="/title/Heroic+Couplet">Heroic Couplet</a></strong><br><br><strong><a href="/title/Triplet">Triplet</a>/<a href="/title/Tercet">Tercet</a></strong> - Three line stanza (both are correct) <br><br><strong><a href="/title/Quatrain">Quatrain</a></strong> - As stated, has four lines<br><br><strong><a href="/title/Quintet">Quintet</a>/<a href="/title/Cinquain">Cinquain</a></strong> - Five line stanza. Although both are correct, I favor cinquain, as quintet us usually used in a <a href="/title/music">musical</a> context. <br><br><strong><a href="/title/Sestet">Sestet</a>/<a href="/title/Sextain">Sextain</a></strong> -<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Anthony Stewart Head (person)http://everything2.com/user/cerulean/writeups/Anthony+Stewart+Headceruleanhttp://everything2.com/user/cerulean2001-12-15T00:19:49Z2001-12-15T00:19:49ZAnthony Stewart Head, <a href="/title/Also+Known+As">AKA</a> <a href="/title/Anthony+Head">Anthony Head</a> in the UK, was born February 20, 1954 in <a href="/title/Camden">Camden</a>, North London, England, the youngest son of Seafield (!) Head, and Helen Shingler. His decision to become an actor continued a proud family tradition in show business: his mother is an <a href="/title/actress">actress</a>, his father makes <a href="/title/This+is+Spinal+Tap">documentaries</a>, and his brother is actor/singer <a href="/title/Murray+Head">Murray Head</a>. Not much information is available about Tony’s childhood, except that he attended <a href="/title/Sunbury+Grammar+School">Sunbury Grammar School</a> in Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex. His house won the school drama competition every year he was there. Following that, Tony attended the <a href="/title/London+Academy+of+Music+and+Dramatic+Arts">London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts</a>. <p>Tony is one of the few cast members from <a href="/title/Sarah+Michelle+Gellar">Buffy the Vampire Slayer</a> old enough to be known for things other than his role as <a href="/title/Giles">Giles</a>, the <a href="/title/Slayer">Slayer’s</a> endearingly stuffy, but not-too-fatherly-to-kick-your-ass, <a href="/title/Watcher">Watcher</a>. However, seeing as what he was known for prior to Buffy was being <a href="/title/the+guy">the guy</a> in a<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Rondel (thing)http://everything2.com/user/cerulean/writeups/Rondelceruleanhttp://everything2.com/user/cerulean2001-12-14T18:08:22Z2001-12-14T18:08:22ZThe rondel as a <a href="/title/forms+of+poetry">poetic form</a> is a variant of the <a href="/title/The+Everything+Anthology+of+French+Poetry">French</a> <a href="/title/rondeau">rondeau</a>. <p><a href="/title/Rondel">It</a> originated in <a href="/title/Silly+People+in+Silly+Clothes">Renaissance France</a>, and is usually <a href="/title/composed">composed</a> of <a href="/title/Thirteen+Ways+of+Looking+at+a+Blackbird">thirteen</a> <a href="/title/internal+rhyme">lines around two rhymes</a>. Each line has eight or ten <a href="/title/syllables">syllables</a>. The poem is divided into three <a href="/title/stanzas">stanzas</a> - two <a href="/title/quatrain">quatrains</a> and a <a href="/title/stanza">cinquain</a>. The first two lines of the first stanza serve as a <a href="/title/refrain">refrain</a> at the end of the second stanza(lines 7 and 8), and the first line is also the last line(line 13 - hence the '<a href="/title/round">roundness</a>' from which the form gets its name). This form, as you may be able to tell by now, is much easier to look at than to explain. With that in mind, the <a href="/title/rhyme+scheme">rhyme scheme</a> and format of the poem is usually:<br><br><strong>A<br>B<br>b<br>a<br><br>a<br>b<br>A<br>B<br><br>a<br>b<br>b<br>a<br>A</strong><p>...where <a href="/title/capital+letters">capital letters</a> indicate the <a href="/title/refrain">repeating lines</a>.
<p>Ther<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…normals (place)http://everything2.com/user/cerulean/writeups/normalsceruleanhttp://everything2.com/user/cerulean2001-12-11T22:14:15Z2001-12-11T22:14:15Z<p align="center"><strong>"A hotbed of ... something."</strong><br><br><small>*Baltimore Citypaper</small><br><br></p>
<a href="/title/Normals">Normals</a> is your average, everyday, <a href="/title/socialist">collectively-run</a>/<a href="/title/obscure+used+bookstore">obscure used bookstore</a>/<a href="/title/performance+art">performance art venue</a>/<a href="/title/small+press">small press</a>/<a href="/title/vintage+vinyl">vintage vinyl</a> storefront <small>(all on a sesame seed bun).</small> But it's in <a href="/title/the+home+of+John+Waters">Baltimore</a>, so take the place you're picturing right now, make it five times weirder, and paint it purple and yellow. That's more like it. <p> For the novice, let me take that slowly from the top. Normals is a used bookstore. It's collectively run by four people (down from nine when it opened in 1990), and none of them are the 'boss' - they're all equal partners. The founding members met through the Baltimore Pschiatric Research Center, where they were employed as the control group - the "Normals" - in a series of research studies on <a href="/title/Schizophrenia">Schizophrenia</a>. From these <a href="/title/professionally+normal">professionally normal</a> beginnings was created something <a href="/title/decidedly+unconventional">decidedly unconventional</a>.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…