politicalzombie

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 03:04:13 GMT

havnt posted on lj in ages... i just got back from london the other day after a most excellent trip which involved many pubs and adventures in london one of which involved walking 30 minutes to greenwich park at 4 in the morning while drinking the vile concoction known as "White Ace" and watching the sun rise over london then throwing rocks and massive bricks into the thames. a most excellent trip indeeeed... but now i am back in austin for the summer and hafta get a job and such... lookin forward to having a good summer tho, its certainly started off quite well. tho on a down note my fucking internet cuts out every 5 mins so world of warcraft has been near impossible since i got back... >>shakes fist<< hopefully tomorrow itll be fixified. Anyways, anyone in austin give me a call to hang out cuz i gots no plans and want to do stuff as well as things.

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:18:44 GMT

so i was walking home from class and i was extremely thirsty and thought... "man i could really use a cold beverage right about now" and just then i walk by this guy giving out promotional bottles of this new drink. how fuckign cool. haha. its not bad either... tastes just like mountain dew and its a bigass bottle too, a full liter.

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:40:36 GMT

heartbroken,
i watched the rain beat on the sidewalk.
complete with grey skies and headlights
and puddles on the sidewalk,
everybody's ruined like me...
it's weird now, when i look back.
each day spent careful is still consumed over time.
i think it's worse to be aware
and know this change than to go on every day unknowing...
i'm having trouble with realizations.
why does it have to be a regretful mess.
if i could have one day back now,
i swear i'd use it well...

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 06:12:38 GMT

so im eating these canned tamales right. and theyre good, but they have 120% daily values of saturated fat. and 680 calories... and 82% daily values sodium... and i can feel the unhealthiness in me. my veins are seriously clogging as we speak. its pretty disgusting feeling.

im also copy-pasting word for word my vocabulary for my conlang into excel (open office spreadsheet actually) so i can alphabetize it and have a list of all roots from Gi'th -> English and vice versa... it is taking a long time. and by long time i mean hours... but i really want to have that, so its worth it i guess...

Halloween 2K5

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:50:47 GMT

Halloween 2K5

HALLOWEEN!

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 18:44:23 GMT

HALLOWEEN WEEKEND!!! i just made a couple CDs of some hella-sweet Halloween music! tomorrow or sunday I will hopefully post some of my halloween costume pics... I still havnt worn the whole thing at once yet, and after a year and a half of work Im pretty damn excited. pretty damn fucking excited.

(oh and i just shaved my beard and look 10 years younger... >>sigh<< oh well... a reasonable sacrifice for my costume...)

Andrew Adey V. The Giant Hellspawned Cricket!

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 03:40:55 GMT

so it was a typical sunday for me... i woke up and unfortunately was 2 minutes late for defensive driving and they wouldnt let me in... then im driving home and get a migrane, so i nap it off for a while. then wake up and make the most delicious sandwich. later i also make black beans and rice and it was absolutely awesome...

so im sittin around chattin it up online when i hear something in my bathroom. shrugging it off as nothing i continue with my lack of doing anything productive. about ten minutes later however i hear the same rustling, this time my curiosity has grown and i peek my head in to investigate... nothing... somewhat perplexed i sit back in my chair and resume whatever i was working on before. >>rustle<< this time im determined to figure out what the hell is making that noise, so i go in my bathroom and there on the tile is the hugest cricket i have ever seen! it was massive! a full 2 inches from head to ass with accompanying antennas that were as long as my pinkie! shocked at the enormity of such a foul beast, that could only have been spawned in the depths of the deepest circles of hell, i jump out of my bathroom in a stupor... after calming myself down i mentally prepare for what will assuredly be the most epic battle i will ever fight in my entire life...

after i felt prepaired i assemble my arsenal of anti-cricket weaponry consisting of a shoe for ground assault as i wasnt wearing any at the time, and shoes that arent worn offer added angles of attack. next was a ball that would be used for aerial offensive maneuvers, with a back up can thing for a second round. lastly was a bat made from a rolled up newspaper to be used for defense in the event of full on charge by the hellish beast.

at tee minus 10 seconds til the assault my adrenaline starts pumping, the state i was in could be comparable to the soldiers launching the D-day assauly on the beeches of normandy back in world war II, i only hoped my victory could be attained without similar losses. it was go time.

i bust in the door ball in hand with the expectation that the cricket would be across the room or somewhere around the room, but no... its quiet, too quiet... i feel the hairs on the back of my neck raise and a queesy feeling knots up my stomach with the dreaded anticipation of what is to come. then all of a sudden it makes its attack! it was on the wall on the other side of the room hidden! foul beast! it flies toward me with the speed of a bullet. my life flashes before my eyes as im paralyzed with waves of fear. it seems like an eternity passes as it rushes toward me. at the last second i somehow come out of the state and run out of the bathroom fleeing for my life and let out a squal similar to that of a five year old girl as i bolt to the other side of my house. there is stood shaking from the near death experience i had just... experienced... ive never been so pumped with adrenaline and fear. after that moment my persectives on life changed and i vowed on everything that i have ever cared about that that cricket will die by my hand, or i will die trying!

i return to my room and start devising a plan. a plan of all plans! this beast shall fall! during my plotting, i think up another anti-cricket utility and in a lightning quick motion reach my hand in the bathroom and grab my mirror that i use when fanning my hair. hah! now i have a means of scouting out his location! my confidence grows and i know this time the odds are in my favor!

round 2... i hold the mirror in and scout out the room... not on the floor... not on the wall... not by the toilet... aha! the sneaky fiend is hiding out on the towel draped over the towel rack across the room! i raise the ball and estimate the trajectory, balance out for the wind caused by the AC vent and figure out the velocity i will have to throw it at. i break into a nervous sweat. this is it... this is the moment... i launch the anti-cricket ballistic and the aim is true, but wait! it seems to sense it coming! how could be so uncanny as to predict it! it dashes away then launches into the air and flies over to the other side of the room. now we're even... both of us have attempeted an attack and escaped at the last split-second. we both know that its on and that only one uf us will make it through alive.

i retreat to my room and continue plotting out various attack strategies. i need to somehow compensate for its precognitive abilities... then i see motion out of the corner of my eye as it dashes from my bathroom through my room and into my closet! hah! hellish beast! trying to sneak into my closet and launch an attack from behind me! unfortunately, its ridiculous size gave it away and i called out its ploy.

i sneak up to my closet door, shoe in hand, and see it on the side of a crate... swish! i slam my shoe into the side yet miss it! i swing again and again as it darts around my closet hiding where it can. each time it manages to avoid my powerful blows until bam! i graze him! then he retreats behind a crate where i cant get him to recover from its wound. unfortunately the wound was not mortal, and im sure just fueled his rage.

as i go back to my desk to think some more on my strategies it rushes out into my room! foul beast! it is launching a full assault with everything its got. i swing away in defense as it jumps, runs, and flies all over my room. all of my swings missed however i managed to instill deep fears within it as every one of its attacks fail and it rushes behind my desk while i swing and score another glancing blow. blast! its now behind my desk! my home base! at least it is wounded and hopefully its maneuverability has lessened. i perch on my chair waiting for it to emerge... then in a mad dash it rushes back into the bathroom however in mid flight it hit the door and fell to the ground on its back! vulnerable for a slit second as it is flipping back over i rain down with my shoe with the force of a thousand gods on steroids and SPLAM! its head exploded on impact gushing out a spurt of cricket brains as a other internal fluids squirt out of its ass! i jump up in victory and shout "I am a beautiful animal! I am a destroyer of worlds! I am Andrew FUCKING Adey"

for the next ten or so minutes i stand over its body staring at my victory. after my adrenaline subsides enough for me to think clearly i wipe up its body and flush in down the toilet into the sewers where it belongs. no funeral for this hellish fiend. no eulogy, no grave stone. straight to the depths of the austin sewage treatment center from where it will never return. complete victory was mine.

Gi'th Morphology and Syntax

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:53:55 GMT

First of all, sorry people on my friends list that will get this and have no interest, Im posting it for my linguistics instructor to critique, however feel free to check it out if you so choose. 100 friendship points to whoever learns it haha.

Well here is my conlang so far, at least the Morphology and Syntax of it:

Morphology & Syntax of Gi'th

Standard Verbs:

Basic:

For the most part Gi'th is an agglutinating language. Non-inifitive verbs in Gi'th are always conjugated with a prefix that indicates the subject, then the root of the verb. (except in the case of “special verbs” that will be touched on later)

Examples: Qi'veh – I sing: Qi' (I, present) veh (sing), or Qu'TSkhehy – He/She/It kill: Qu' (He/She/It, present) TSkhehy (kill)

Adverbs:

After the root comes the root for an adverb, if there is one, followed by the adverb ending of “a'”.

Examples: Qi'vehti'la' – I sing well: Qi' (I, present) veh (sing) ti'l (good) a' (adverb) or Qe'TSkheyti'yvahsa' – We kill without care: Qe' (We, present) TSkhey (kill) ti'yvahsa' (without care, actually two morphemes that will be broken down later) a' (adverb)

Direction:

When using a pronoun to direct the verb, it is simply tagged on after the verb root and the adverb root. Also, when the pronoun is inflectional, an “i'” is tagged on at the end.

Examples: Qi'vu'la'm – I hear you: Qi' (I, present) vu'l (hear) a'm (you), or similarly Qi'vu'lti'la'm – I hear you well: Qi' (I, present) vu'l (hear) ti'l (good) a'm (you), or Qi'vu'li' – I hear myself: Qi' (I, present) vu'l (hear) i' (inflectional)

Prepositions:

When prepositions are used in a sentence it is an attachment to the object it is applying to, however in less formal speech in Gi'th, the preposition is dropped altogether and the object is attached to the end of the verb.

Examples: Qi'thihn ihna'm – I walk to you (formal): Qi' (I, present) thihn (walk) | ihn (to) a'm (you) OR Qi'thihna'm – I walk to you (informal / common) literally means “I walk you”: Qi' (I, present) thihn (walk) a'm (you)

Infinitives:

When dealing with infinitives in Gi'th, the conjugation prefix is not used and the root of the verb starts it then followed by the infinitive ending of “i'z”

Examples: shihpi'z – to drink: shihp (drink) i'z (infinitive), or pohli'z – to smell: pohl (smell) i'z (infinitive)

If the infinitive has an adverb modifying it, or it is directed, the same rules apply as when the verb is conjugated with the exception that the “i'z” is always attached to the root of the infinitive.

Examples: vu'li'z – to hear: vu'l (hear) i'z (infinitive), or vu'li'zti'la' – to hear well: vu'l (hear) i'z (infinitive) ti'l (good) a' (adverb), or lastly vu'li'zti'la'm – to hear you well: vu'l (hear) i'z (infinitive) ti'l (good) a'm (you)

Reversing Meaning:

To reverse the meaning of a word, the “ti'y-” prefix can be added. This prefix always comes directly before the root of the word it is modifying.

Examples: ti'ygahxehm – un-break / repair: ti'y (reverse/not) gahxehm (break), or Qi'vehti'yvahsa' – I sing carelessly: Qi' (I, present) veh (sing) ti'y (not/reverse) vah (care) a' (adverb)

Special Verbs:

“To Be” Basics:

Now for the exceptions. The major special verb is the “to be” verb. The big difference with the “to be” verb is that the root “Wah” is placed in front of the conjuagtion morpheme. (Note: The “W” in the morpheme is always capitalized even though it is pronounced the same as “w” because the morpheme has its own special symbol in the orthography of Gi'th)

Examples: WahQi' – I am: Wah (to be) Qi' (I, present), or WahQa'a' – you will be: Wah (to be) Qa' (you) a' (future (conjugation will be expanded on later))

After the conjugation morpheme, the noun, adjective, or gerund is attached followed by the corresponding endings of “i'n” for a noun “a'” for an adjective and “i'th” for a gerund.

Examples: WahQi'du'mehli'n – I am (a) human (the “a” is optional, it can mean the same phrase with or without it): Wah (to be) Qi' (I, present) du'mehl (human) i'n (noun), or WahQa'rehma' – you are evil: Wah (to be) Qa' (you, present) rehn (evil) a' (adjective), or in the case of a gerund WahQe'thi'xi'th – we are hurting: Wah (to be) Qe' (us, present) thi'x (pain) i'th (gerund)

Adjectives and Adverbs:

To add adjectives or adverbs to the “to be” word, the root of it is added at the end, however the noun, gerund, or adjective ending is still used at the very end of the word.

Examples: WahQi'du'mehlrehmi'n – I am an evil human: Wah (to be) Qi' (I, present) du'mehl (human) rehm (evil) i'n (noun), or WahQa'chihpti'li'th – You are eating well: Wah (to be) Qa' (you, present) chihp (eat) ti'l (good) i'th (gerund)

Direction:

Similarly, if it is directed to an object then the object is attached at the very end in the same way that it is with verbs that are not “to be” however the pronoun is at the very end after the noun, adverb, or gerund ending.

Examples: WahQi'TSkhehyi'tho'm – I am killing them: Wah (to be) Qi' (I, present) TSkhehy (kill) i'th (gerund) o'm (them), or to add on an adverb as well WahQi'TSkhehychehthi'tho'm – I am hatefully killing them: Wah (to be) Qi' (I, present) TSkhehy (kill) chehth (hate) i'th (gerund) o'm (them)

Pronouns:

Basics:

The object in the sentence, often being a preposition, is frequently dropped and the pronoun for the direction is added onto the verb as described above. In formal speech however the preposition is attached to the noun at the beginning and is a complete separate word.

Examples (same as above): Qi'thihn ihna'm – I walk to you (formal): Qi' (I, present) thihn (walk) | ihn (to) a'm (you) OR Qi'thihna'm – I walk to you (informal / common) literally means “I walk you”: Qi' (I, present) thihn (walk) a'm (you)

Adjectives:

The second word with the preposition, that notes the direction of the verb, can be modified substantially as well with the addition of adjectives that are added in the same way adverbs are in verbs.

Examples: Qi'thihn ehnra'vu'm – I walk from the divine one: Qi' (I, present) thihn (walk) | ehn (from) ra'v (divine) u'm (he/she)

NOTE: This is both the same in the formal and informal versions of speech, and the preposition would not be dropped. The only cases where the preposition is dropped is when a pronoun is used and it is not modified.

Nouns:

All nouns in Gi'th end with the “i'n” ending after the root of the word.

Examples: wehi'n – forest: weh (forest) i'n (noun), or fahmi'n – home: fahm (home) i'n (noun)

To indicate that a noun is plural, the “i'n” ending is doubled at the end of the word

Examples: wehi'ni'n – forests: weh (forest) i'n (noun) i'n (plural), or fahmi'ni'n – homes: fahm (home) i'n (noun) i'n (plural)

If an adjective is added onto the noun, the root of the adjective comes after the root of the noun and at the end it is still finished with the “i'n” ending.

Examples: wehsehli'n – big forests: weh (forest) sehl (big) i'n (noun), or fahmTSuhli'ni'n – dark homes: fahm (home) TSuhl (dark) i'n (noun) i'n (plural)

When referring to the “-er” ending, or rather the noun form of one who does the verb, the “-a'n” ending is used. Also if it is plural, the standard additional “-i'n” ending comes at the very end.

Examples: TSkhehya'n – the killer: TSkhehy (kill) a'n (one who does, “er”), or when the “to be” verb is used: WahQe'TSkhehya'ni'n – we are the killers: Wah (to be) Qe' (we, present) TSkhehy (kill) a'n (“er”) i'n (plural), or lastly: TSkhehychihpa'n – the hungry killer: Tskheh (kill) chihp (hunger) a'n (“er”)

Questions:

In order to turn any word into a question, the “i'l” ending has to be added onto the very end of the word.

Example: WahQa'chihni'l – are you hungry?: Wah (to be) Qa' (you, present) chihn (hunger) i'l (question), or WahQu'kho'TSi'thi'mi'l – Is he/she talking to me?: Wah (to be) Qu' (he/she, present) kho'TS (talk) i'th (gerund) i'm (me) i'l (question)

Furthermore, the basic sets of question words are simply the root for the meaning with the “i'l” ending. When asking the word “who?” however, it is case specific to what “who” it could be, though the standard is the he/she/it version of the word.

Who? (general form / he/she?) - u'mi'l (us?) - e'mi'l

(me?) - i'mi'l (them?) - o'mi'l

(you?) - a'mi'l

What? - i'thi'l Where? - fehri'l

When? - tehli'l Why? - ihxi'l

How? - nahxi'l

Each of these question words is simply the morpheme with the “i'l” ending, for instance in the case of “When?” - “tehli'l”: tehl (time) i'l (interrogative)

Degree:

Adjectives and Adverbs:

To modify any adjective or adverb that can be increased or decreased, an extra unvoiced vowel is thrown in before the “a'” ending. Seeing as the pair of “a” vowels fall in the middle, the standard “a'” ending means the adjective or adverb as is, however an “eh” can be added to increase the degree of the word, similarly an “oh” can be added to decrease the degree. Also the “ih” morpheme can be added to make it most, and the “uh” can be added to make it least.

Examples: sehl (big): sehla' – big: sehl (big) a' (adjective)

sehleha' – bigger: sehl (big) eh (increase) a' (adjective)

sehliha' – biggest: sehl (big) ih (maximize) a' (adjective)

sehloha' – less big / slightly big: sehl (big) oh (decrease) a' (adjective)

sehluha' – least big: sehl (big) uh (minimize) a' (adjective)

Verbs:

To make any verb intensified or decreased, the same concept can be applied.

Examples: sehl (big): sehli'z – to make big (more accurately: to augment size or “biggen”): sehl (big) i'z (verb)

Qi'sehleh – I make very big / I greatly augment: Qi' (I, present) sehl (big) eh (increase)

Qa'a'sehluhi'm – you will make me the least big: Qa' (you) a' (future, this will be expanded on later) sehl (big) uh (minimize) i'm (me)

WahQe'sehlihi'thyu'm – we are making them (non-sentient) the biggest: Wah (to be) Qe' (we, present) sehl (big) ih (maximize) i'th (gerund) yu'm (them, non-sentient)

Nouns (thing):

Nouns can also be modified in the same way when referring to the word “thing”. The standard word for thing is simply the noun ending of “i'n”, however if it is a specific thing, instead of using the word thing and then a descriptive word, the noun ending can be added onto the end of whatever the adjective is. This adjective can also be modified by the degree morphemes. Verbs and gerunds can also be modified to be nouns as either “thing” or that action.

Examples: sehli'n – the big thing: sehl (big) i'n (noun / thing), sehli'thi'n – the biggening (growing) thing: sehl (big) i'th (gerund) i'n (noun)

Conjugation Morphemes:

The conjugation of verbs is done by a specific conjugation prefix, except in the case of “to be” where the prefix is actually used as a suffix. The set of morphemes is as follows:

Present:

Qi' – I form

Qa' – You

Qu' – He/She

Qe' – Us/We

Qo' – Them

Qu'y – It

Qo'y - Them (non sentient)

Past:

Qi'n – I form

Qa'n – You

Qu'n – He/She

Qe'n – Us/We

Qo'n – Them

Qu'yn – It

Qo'yn – Them (non sentient)

Future:

Qi'i' – I form

Qa'a' – You

Qu'u' – He/She

Qe'e' – Us/We

Qo'o' – Them

Qu'yu'y – It

Qo'yo'y – Them (non sentient)

The present tense morpheme is used in every tense, though the past and future have an extra morpheme added on. Past being “n” and future being the repeated vowel.

Examples: Qo'thihn – They walk: Qo' (they, present) thihn (walk), Qu'nthihn – he/she walked: Qu' (he/she) n (past) thihn (walk), or WahQe'e'thihni'thyu'm / WahQe'e'thihni'th ihnyu'm– we will be walking to it: Wah (to be) Qe' (we) e' (future) thihn (walk) i'th (gerund) [ihn (to)] yu'm (it)

Syntax:

S-V-O:

The syntax for Gi'th follows a S-V-O structure. The verb of the sentence is always conjugated to the subject and if pronouns are used, the subject is simply implied by the conjugation. Similarly, a pronoun used as the object can be tagged onto the end of the verb. If no pronouns are used the subject comes before the verb and the object after, however the verb is still conjugated to the subject. The pronoun ending of the verb that can be used to denote the object is dropped if a pronoun is not used, though in ancient dialects, this pronoun ending is still included and the object still stated after the verb, however this has long since been abandoned.

Examples: Qi'vu'la'm – I hear you: Qi' (I, present: S) vu'l (hear: V) a'm (you: O),

Gi'thyahnki'n Qu'vu'l Gi'thzehra'i'n – The Githyanki hears the Githzerai: Gi'thyahnki'n (the Githyanki: S) | Qu' (he/she: S) vu'l (hears: V) | Gi'thzehra'i'n (Githzerai: O)

However in ancient dialects this would be:

Gi'thyahnki'n Qu'vu'lu'm Gi'thzehra'i'n – The Githyanki hears the Githzerai: Gi'thyahnki'n (the Githyanki: S) | Qu' (he/she: S) vu'l (hears: V) u'm (he/she: O) | (Gi'thzehra'i'n (Githzerai: O)

Prepositions:

Prepositions come after the word that it is describing. Furthermore, the preposition is attached morphologically to the rest of the prepositional phrase. Also, if two are used as in “The father of the Githyanki and the Githzerai” the “of” preposition would be used twice yielding: “The father of the Githyanki and of the Githzerai”. In phrases such as this another distinction between formal and informal speech is found in the use of the word “and”. In this case “and” would always be used in formal speech, however in informal/common speech the “and” is frequently left out, however this can result in confusion as to what each prepositional phrase modifies but it is often just left to the context of the sentence.

Examples: TSe'mihli'n ehnGi'thyahnki'n'i'n TSa' ehnGi'thzehra'i'ni'n – The father of the githyanki and of the githzerai: Tse'mihl (father) i'n (noun) | ehn (of) Gi'thyahnki'n (Githyanki) i'n (plural) | TSa' (and) | ehn (of) Gi'thzehra'i'n (Githzerai) i'n (plural),

Or in informal/common speech:

TSe'mihli'n ehnGi'thyahnki'n'i'n ehnGi'thzehra'i'ni'n – The father of the githyanki of the githzerai: Tse'mihl (father) i'n (noun) | ehn (of) Gi'thyahnki'n (Githyanki) i'n (plural) | ehn (of) Gi'thzehra'i'n (Githzerai) i'n (plural)

Multiple Verbs:

Whenever multiple verbs are used in Gi'th, both are conjugated and in formal, separated by “and” whereas in informal or common, the “and” is often dropped.

Examples: Qi'i'TSkhehya'm TSa' Qi'i'chihpa'm – I will kill and eat you (Formal, actual translation = I will kill you and I will eat you): Qi' (I) i' (future) TSkhehy (kill) a'm (you) | TSa' (and) | Qi' (I) i' (future) chihp (eat) a'm (you)

Or in informal/common speech:

Qi'i'TSkhehya'm Qi'i'chihpa'm – I will kill and eat you (actual translation = I will kill you I will eat you): Qi' (I) i' (future) TSkhehy (kill) a'm (you) | Qi' (I) i' (future) chihp (eat) a'm (you)

Vocabulary:

Pronouns:

I – i'm us/we – e'm

you – a'm them (sentient beings) – o'm

he/she – u'm

it – yu'm them (non-sentient) – yo'm

Question Words:

(Note: Each of the question words correspond to a noun by replacing the i'l with and i'n. Also “Who” can be specified)

Who (general form / he/she?) - u'mi'l (us?) - e'mi'l

(me?) - i'mi'l (them?) - o'mi'l

(you?) - a'mi'l

What - i'thi'l Where - fehri'l

When - tehli'l Why - ihxi'l

How - nahxi'l

Roots for other words: In no particular order... good luck... i hope to make an organized list soon, but this is just whatever comes to mind first.

far – ohk

near – ihk

mid distance – ehk

not – ti'y

big – sehl

good – ti'l

bad – Kahl

thing – i'th

place – fehr

time (when/ever) – tehl

means of something – nahx

cause – ihx

yes - ti'l (often tî)

no - Kahl (often Kah or Ka')

sight – yeh

want – woh

need – roh

sing – veh

talk – kho'ts

kill – TSkehy

death - bohk

fight – rahk

food/eat – chihp

drink – shihp

forest – weh

feel/texture – e'yohn

hear – vu'l

smell – pohl

from/of – ehn

for – ahn

to - ihn

dark – TSuhl

light – TSahl

walk – thihn

run – thi'ihn

language – mahehl

good (divine) – ra'v

evil – rehm

go – khehl

home – fahm

elf – khehss

orc – bahl

human – du'mehl

make – de'khuhm

up/top – TSi'n

down/bottom – TSo'n

level/middle - TSe'n

break/destroy – gahxehm

find – pehk

try – ro'kh

care – vahss

not care – ti'yvahss

mother – we'mihl

father – TSe'mihl

love – thehth

hate – chehth

have – TSohl

pain – thi'x

hunger – chihn

thirst – shihn

thing – i'n

fall – khe'n

in (inside) – shihl

out – thihl

in (type) – che'v

and – TSa'

at – ge'l

same – shahv

plane – suhl

astral – vi' (Githyanki) ve' (Githzerai)

limbo – vi' (Githzerai) ve' (Githyanki)

prime material – vo'

citadel – ahnkh

monastery – vehluhm

move – thi'z

still - chahle'

The Dead Next Door

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:02:43 GMT

A Must See Zombie Film!

It has an excellent pace, no slow drawn out boring scenes. (witht he exception of the closing credits where they show every single actor and a clip of them... but thats no biggie) The gore is superb, some of the better gore ive seen in a while, and there is quite a bit of it. Also the motif involving the ripping out of tongues was kinda cool.

Bruce Campbell's voice is dubbed over for the main character "Raimi" as well as "Commander Carpenter"

There are characters named "Raimi": as well as "Romero" haha, also the opening scene is someone picking out "Dawn of the Dead" as well as a stack of other zombie movies including "Evil Dead" and the clerk looks up and its a zombie that is checking them out. haha pretty sweet. also there is a guy who is watching evil dead and is talking about how awesome it is.

The plot is great, it had elements that a lot of zombie movies lack. I especially enjoyed the "Zombie Squad" and also its new name at the end that im not going to give away. The cult was awesome too, especially the sacrifice scene. Very stereotypical cult scene, kinda reminded me a lot of Zombie Smashers X.

Dr. Moulsson's hat says "One i thought i was wrong, but i was mistaken!" haha it was cool.

It was actually one of the most expensive films ever shot on super 8. also everyone who worked on it did it essentially for "free"

oh ya and sam raimi produced it, but is credited as the master cylinder hehe.

All in all, The Dead Next Door is kickass. Go rent it if you like zombie movies.

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 16:28:47 GMT

i really want to wear a bikini top and go to a tanning place and get a bikini top tanline. it would be grandiose.

>>asplode head your<<

Fri, 07 Oct 2005 17:28:28 GMT

"if i only had the strength to make some muffins...

just used 2 of my pizza hut free buffet things FINALLY. Ive had them since the beginning of last semester.

The weather is kickasssssssssss i LOVE it! it allows me to use my hoodie/vest combo dealie.

some people dont like my new profile pic, so i changed my profile pic on everything to it. i fucking like it.

my conlang kicks ass. i totally wrote a longass section on the morphology of it. i think its coming together really well

i still really really really want a hoverboard!

my electric bill was higher than i would like, but it was because my old ac was shitty and within the month i have gotten a new one.

im listening to happy music to accompany the happy weather which both influence my mood to a happy shift.

im excited about the OU vs UT game. never was one for sports until i got to UT, now i cant help it.

a large portion of friends are out of town this weekend. one night however i think push pops and depressing as hell emo movie is in order with a friend. so at least theres one thing to do.

i NEED to finish the ASSBoX

(Adey Schwarts Super Box)

i also need to tape my knucles... damn CD Game!

...i swear that i would share them with you now."

>>your head asplode<<

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 07:24:18 GMT

so i got an 88 on my ochem 2 test, so thats cool... hopefully i did as well on my lin paper and calc test...

i feel like somethings missing in my life. itd be nice to have someone to lay next to. its never going to be anyone i really like, so im just going to compromise myself and settle on anything... or maybe when i do that the next person i meet will be someone i really like. i dont care anymore.

starship troopers is awesome.

i really really really want a fucking hoverboard. or teleporter thing.

the new free mp3s on the fingers cut megamachine site are interesting. i think i like them.

i need to move my car. not in the actual sense.

"im shutting off the whole world just to play nintendo, ive got this cool new game but im afraid you cant join me"

in linguistics class all we did today was watch clips of star trek where vulcan and klingon are spoken.

i think that maybe deep down im happier, or more comfortable being depressed.

i did something a while back and checked on it today but it isnt there yet. if i elaborated on this it would destroy the purpose of doing what i did. on that topic i will say no more.

this weekend i am going to do something crazy on a whim. i do not have any idea what it will be. i wont have any idea until it happens, but it will happen, and it will make me happy.

it was nice out today.

i got an interesting phone call tonight from a drunken friend. haha it was a good phone call.

i also got a phone call from another good friend and found out some bad news... but it effects me not. wha'eva.

i got another call from a most excellent friend indeed in the city of denton. thinking about going up there this weekend. gas is expensive... though might very well be worth it...

"oh god these desperate times, oh god these desperate times, to suffer such a pointless thing, so reer those eyes away from me, to force those are listening, dont we die alone?"

just picture me laughing out loud.

did i mention i cant sleep at night

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:55:55 GMT

I think I'm losing my mind, yeah, I think I'm losing my mind. I THINK I'M LOSING MY MIND, LOSING MY MIIIINNNDDD!!!!!

new hair

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 17:50:06 GMT

bad pic, but meh...

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:22:24 GMT

i totally saw the dalai lama on my way to class this morning... There was a huge procession of motorcycle cops and they all went in and blocked off the area and then a van that he was in. after i crossed the street the union area was blocked off by cops but it was still a clear view and i saw him going in. pretttty sweeeet... not something that happens every day, thats for sure.

Conlang

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:57:06 GMT

My Conlang so far... if anyone has any comments i would appreciate them... oh also a name for it... i havnt thought of a word for "language" and i want it to be really cool...

also i dont know what that arrow above the vowels really means, but for this i use it as emphasis on the vowel and i thought it looked cool... and also in the examples the parts of each word are broken up by "|", that symbol actually isnt in the writing.

my idea for script would be an alphabet plus characters for certain prefixes (like conjugation prefixes and such)

Sounds:

The sounds that the language is based off of is different than in English. The core vocabulary has 32 letters, each with a unique sound.

Vowels:
Hard: î ê â û ô
Soft: ih eh ah uh oh
Consonants:
Unvoiced: kh ss p t f
Voiced: g z b d v
Hard: K/Q ts
Other: sh ch th
m n (nasals)
x r h w y

This renders a total alphabet of:

î ê â û ô
ih eh ah uh oh
kh ss p t f
g z b d v
k/Q ts
sh ch th m n
h w y x r

Word Structure:

Each word is based off of a root that is the basic meaning of it and then modified by various suffixes that denote what type of word it is and numerous other modifiers. In the case of verbs, the conjugation is a morphium that is attached to the beginning of the word. The general layout is as follows:

[To Be (special verb)] [Conj. (verbs)] [from] [Root (same in all forms of the word)] [Noun/Verb/Adj, etc...] [Degree (to those it applies to)] [Plurality] [Pronoun it applies to (verbs)] [Possession (nouns)]

While this may seem daunting at first, it is a very efficient way to relate words with the same meaning to one another and also to have a clear system to define what words are what. Furthermore, many of the morphiums only apply to certain words, and no single word can contain every single one.

Now to break it down and define what each morphium is and what goes there. Instead of starting at the beginning and moving down it is easier to start with the most basic morphiums and move from there.

Root Morphium:

The root morphium is the most basic of all of them. Its purpose is simply to define what the word is. This segment is often short and simple and is used for any form of a word with that meaning. Due to the way conjugation works and other aspects of further modifying the word, there are certain rules for the way a root is allowed to start and end.

Can not begin with the letter “n”
Can not start or end with any conjugation morphium
Can not start or end with a pronoun
And also can not start or end with any suffix morphium

These are the major rules, however several other guidelines do apply. Most roots end in a consonant and never have repeated vowel sounds.

Examples include: yehn – involves sight, kahl – involves bad, sehl – involves big

Type of word:

Now moving on to the next crucial stage in forming a word, we will define what type of word it is. This morphium comes directly after the root and dictates whether the word is a noun, verb, adjective, question, etc... These endings are as follows:

în – noun
îl – question word (one of the 6/10)
îz – verb
ê - adjective
îth – ing ending (verbs)

These are the main endings, however the “îl” ending is only used for a specific set of question words that will be discussed later.

Examples of the use of this morphium include: yehn|în – sight, kahl|îz – to worsen / make bad, sehl|ê – big, yehn|îth - seeing

Sometimes these endings can look a little bit different based on other modifiers which bring us to the degree of words.

Degree:

When it comes to words that have varying degrees to them, such as big, or near, the word can be modified to specify how big or how near. In order to increase the degree of the word, the vowel in the ending is repeated with a “-” in between. On the other hand, to lessen the degree a “oh-” is placed before the ending.

Examples: kahl|ê-|ê – very bad, kahl|oh-|ê – not so bad; sehl|î-|în – the huge (thing), sehl|oh-|în – the somewhat big (thing)

This also brings us to the word “thing”. While there is an unspecified word for thing, there is also a more specific way to address something without using its proper name. To do this, all that is needed is to turn a word that is usually only an adjective into a noun as in the example above with big. When the adjective is turned into a noun it is like saying “that big thing” or “that huge thing”. This modifier is not used when describing something when using its specific name however, when using its name, the adjective would still be used in its adjective form.

Possession and Plurality:

Possession and plurality are both noun modifiers that occur at the end of a word. To indicate possession an ê is added on to the end of the noun, or when possession to a pronoun, the pronoun followed by ê is added.

Examples: weh|în|ê Andrew – Andrew's forest, weh|în|ahm|ê – your forest

Plurality is distinguished by doubling up on the în ending of a noun. When plurality and possession are modifiers to the same word, the plurality modifier comes first.

Examples: weh|în|în – forests, weh|în|în|îm|ê – my forests

The specified “thing” modifier to adjectives can also be applied to this as well giving words like:
kahl|î-|în|în|ohm|ê – their very bad things

Since it can be lumped into the noun section, the word from can also be a prefix, though is often separate. (Also same with the word for.)

Example – ehn|âm or ehn âm – from you, ehn|wehîn or ehn wehîn – from the forest

Conjugation:

Now for the fun stuff... conjugation... The conjugation of any word comes before the root and is always the beginning of the word unless it is “to be” which is a special case that will be addressed later. Basically the morphium for the specified conjugation is just slapped on the front and thats it. The forms include present, past, and future.

Present:
Qî – I form
Qâ – You
Qû – He/She
Qê – Us/We
Qô – Them (beings)

Qûy – It
Qôy - Them (inanimate)

Past:
Qîn – I form
Qân – You
Qûn – He/She
Qên – Us/We
Qôn – Them

Qûyn – It
Qôyn – Them

Future:
Qî-î – I form
Qâ-â – You
Qû-û – He/She
Qê-ê – Us/We
Qô-ô – Them

Qûy-ûy – It
Qôy-ôy - Them

Examples: Qî|yehn – I see, Qûn|yehn – He/She saw, Qâ-â|yehn – You will see

Now to add on who the verb is directed to. This is a modifier that is only used when it is directed to a pronoun, if the noun is used then it comes after the verb in the sentence. To direct a verb to a pronoun, the pronoun is simply added on to the end of the word.

Examples: Qâ-â|yehn|ôm – You will see them, Qûn|yehn|îm – He/She saw me

Lastly comes the exception: “to be”. The to be verb is only different in that it comes in the form of a “Wah'” at the very beginning and then the conjugation at the end.

Exaples: Wah'|Qî – I am, Wah'|Qê-ê – We will be, Wah'|Qâ sehl|ê-|ê – You are huge

Sentence Structure:

Sentences are structured pretty similar to English, except for adjectives coming after the object like in Spanish, etc... Basically most of the oddities in the grammar are within the words themselves so that solves a lot of the problems. Also “a” and “the” are not used.

Examples: “The red dog” would be “dog red”
“I hate you” would be the verb hate conjugated to the I to You form
“Wonton is good” would be Wonton then the to be verb conjugated to the it form then good

Vocabulary:

Pronouns:

I – îm
us/we – êm
you – âm
them (sentient beings) – ôm
he/she – ûm

it – yûm
them (non-sentient) – yôm

Question Words:

(Note: Each of the question words correspond to a noun by replacing the îl with and în. Also “Who” can be specified)

Who (general form / he/she?) - ûmîl
(us?) - êmîl
(me?) - îmîl
(them?) - ômîl
(you?) - âmîl

What - îthîl
Where - fehrîl
When - tehlîl
Why - ihxîl
How - nahxîl

Roots for other words: In no particular order... good luck... i hope to make an organized list soon, but this is just whatever comes to mind first.

(Note: these are just the root morphiums of words, the words need to be modified to be completed, the only words that are complete have an * by them, also many arent able to use all endings like forest, cant really make that a verb... well... ehh)

far – ahk
near – ehk
not – hîy
big – sehl
small – suhl
good – tîl
bad – kahl
thing – îth
place – fehr
time – tehl
means of something – nahx
cause – ihx
yes* - tîl (often tî)
no* - kahl (often kah or kâ)
sight – yeh
want – woh
need – roh
sing – veh
talk – khôts
kill – tskehy
fight – rahk
food/eat – chihp
drink – shihp
forest – weh
feel/texture – êyohn
hear – vûl
smell – pohl
*from – ehn
*for – ahn
dark – tsuhl
light – tsahl
walk – thihn
run – thih-în
language – mahehl
good (divine) – râv
evil – rehm
go – khehl
home – fahm
elf – khehss
orc – bahl
human – dûmehl
make – dêkhuhm
up – tsîn
down – tsên
break – gahxehm
find – pehk
try – rôkh
care – vahss
not care – hîyvahss
mother – wêmihl
father – tsêmihl
love – thehth
hate – chehth
have – tsohl
pain – thîx
hunger – chihn
thirst - shihn

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:04:55 GMT

THE DEAD NEXT DOOR IS NOW ON DVD!

CRAZY! ive been looking for it for ages and it finally got re released to dvd in august... I cant wait to get it and watch it. Here are some facts on it:

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Sam Raimi served as executive producer and was credited in the film as "The Master Cylinder". This was mainly due to the fact that he was trying to finance ED 2 while sinking his own money into this film.
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This is J.R. Bookwalter's first full feature film.

Bruce Campbell's voice can be heard dubbed for the characters Raimi and Commander Carpenter. I knew right away that those voices were familiar.

Probably the most expensive film ever shot on Super-8mm.

Scott Spiegel, co-writer of Evil Dead 2, played the part of Richards.

Everyone who worked on this film, worked for "free".

Sam Raimi used his pay from "Evil Dead 2" to fund this film.

On another note, Im making my own language. It is one ive been wanting to make for ages. Its like an obscure form of drow that is spoken on the surface. I think its coming together well, im doing some interesting things with it.

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 21:24:35 GMT

my linguistics class is livejournal based. kickass haha. el-jay all tha way... i cant decide between myspace and lj, myspace has more pics and music, lj is just more... i dunno. meh, i gots both. so far my invented languages class is the most interesting, with organic chem a close second. i think next time they offer "languages of middle earth" i might take that.

FUCK my AC is broken and the fucking AC guy hasnt come yet! he hasnt even called me! shitty service. At least Im gettin a new AC for FREE.

FOUR BAGGER

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:44:54 GMT

Yeah so last night i was bowling and you know got a four bagger. four strikes in a row... i mean thats just how i roll... roll the bowling ball that is. SNAP!

oh also i signed up for the "invented languages: klingon and beyond" course.

Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:29:36 GMT

classes suck. org chem 2 at 9am MWF... org chem lab til 1030 TTh. fuckin shiiit. so far living at my place has been cool. lots of friends are close yet some who know who the fuck they are live an ass and a half away out in riverside, and i dont like to drive yet alone go somewhere and get smashed and have a long drive home on the highway. >>sigh<<... going back home fo da weekend... pickin up some shit from back home, like my lovely-sexy-as-hell-super-awesomeliscious bass. and other shit.

btw watch Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter. its fuckin hellarious. "The power of Christ impales you!"

I am a Beutiful Animal! I am the DESTROYER OF WORLDS! I AM HARRY FUCKING POTTER!

Wizard people kicks ASS

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 07:54:05 GMT

i got a fortune cookie today and the fortune was creepy... ive never had one say the message i got and it pertains to me dead on. it makes me depressed tho because it tells me to do something that i cant. fortune cookies are supposed to make you happy dammit!

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:09:26 GMT

had lotsa fun in austin. cant wait to move back on friday. got to hang with all my homies and emmy was in from huntsville too. i had a weird dream last night where i went and picked up my mail from the mall and i got all these letters i was expecting but they were all empty and then i got one from wal mart and they were adopting a random african child and sending him to europe. so for some reason im a part of the project and im with a group of like 20 ppl on a plane and we're flying over the alps and running out of fuel so we land on a mountain and then we see this huge building that is camoflaged as a mountain but it had long windows on it. so we go in and there are a bunch of people in this huge room and in the whole back 2/3 there are desks with people taking tests and then there is a sign in dest at front so i ask what its for and the guy is like "we're trying to find happy" and i was like "whaaa??" and he said "an actor to play happy gilmore in the prequel movie. wanna audition?" and he held out the paper. and i was like no and called him stupid for testing people for a part in a movie by a test cuz the people testing were like of all races sexes and ages. one guy was like in his 80s and was wearing makeup. anyway thats the end as far as i can recell. it was nutz, i wonder what it means...... mownow.

Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:03:28 GMT

yesterday was boring and not boring at the same time. i took trina to get her car fixed and shit, then ate lunch with marc and marshal at taco bell, then went home and set up my utilities for austin, then went to mimis then to sams... blah boring place... nate and emmy were down from huntsville. it was cool to see them, hadnt seen emmy in a while, and nate is always a good time. we were bored at sams then went to kellis then to my house then they left. then i went to mimis and drank and chilled then went home early and crashed at 1.

Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:22:18 GMT

went on tour with the influence. it was fun, lots of sleep deprived delerium. im kinda bored. i need a beer.

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:21:42 GMT

la dee da... off to charlie and the chocolate factory: The IMAX Experience then off to Austin.

Skiyaaawhat?!?! BIATCHITATCH!!1