In the shadow of a calling I found myself . . .
Living the music.
Musical Moment ~ “Soaring”
Soulfood
I decided I needed a bit of a challenge. I wanted something
that would help me learn, flex my mind and perhaps make me laugh so I decided
on a Dictionary challenge. What’s that,
you ask? Well, every day until New Year’s Day I will grab my trusty little
Webster Dictionary, rifle through the pages and the first word I see I will
write a sentence, short-short story, or a ramble using this word. I will also find a
way to use it during my day. At the end
of each week, I will post my journey through the world of words.
Saturday ~
Polo – A game similar to hockey but played on
horseback.
In all the adventures I’ve thought
of having playing polo never made it on the
list.
Sunday ~
Humane – 1.
Inclined to treat others and animals
with kindness; benevolent; compassionate. 2. (Of a branch of knowledge) tending
to refine.
In my life, I strive to treat each
being I encounter in as humane a
manner as possible. However, there are days and people who push the nerve of
calm and make this challenging. :)
Side note: Since this was
my second word of the day I was a bit disappointed my eyes landed on the word humane. I almost skipped it, but
decided it would be cheating. See, today I was humane to myself for my snap
judgment of such an “easy” and known word.
Monday ~
Encipher – Convert (a message) into a cipher; encode
I am very curious about
hackers. What makes them want to encipher and send out their little pulses
of evil into the internet universe? This pisses people off when they discover
they have a virus and a constant pop-up page with a message that says: “The
world is going to end. The only way to save ourselves is to play polo and live as humanely as you can while you can, wearing a brilliant pair of
Jimmy Choo shoes, carrying a moldy chocolate cake that still calls to you to
eat it and smoking a corncob pipe filled with ghost chili’s." Why do they do
that?
Tuesday ~
Glaring – 1. Shining dazzlingly. 2. Obvious; notorious
I wish I were on a boat floating
out to sea watching rays of sunlight bounce off the water, glaring back at its source.
Hmm, I just realized that “glaring” means obvious, but
people usually say “It’s glaringly obvious Anthony Weiner can’t control himself
with his camera phone and his little Anthony Weiner.”
Should the sentence actually be:
“It’s glaring
Anthony Weiner can’t control himself with his camera phone and little Anthony
Weiner.”
It sounds strange to say it this way.
Wednesday ~
Shame – 1. A remorseful consciousness of guilt. 2.
Disgrace or dishonor; a cause of it. 3
I wonder if Anthony Weiner feels
shame after being caught sending pictures of his down below to women he doesn’t
know. Again.
Or
I wonder if Huma Abedin (Weiner’s
wife) felt shame standing in front of another microphone before the press and
supporting her husband. Again.
Thursday ~
Splice – Join together, as two ropes, genes, etc; a
joint of ropes
I
went to www.animatedknots.com to
learn how to splice rope. Their
slogan is “Better to know a knot and not need it, than need a knot and not
know it.” The knots look like art.
Honestly, I never thought much about knots and have luckily never needed to,
but there are a ton of uses like climbing, fishing, rowing. I am interested in
climbing, so you never know. One day I may become familiar with the Figure
Eight Knot on a Bight, the Clove Hitch or the Prusik Knot. I’m sure there’s
some splicing going on with these.
And
then I went to Youtube and found Jim. Jim has a passion for splicing. Wanna see Jim?
Predetermine – 1.
Decide or ascertain beforehand. 2. Predestine.
When
I was a teen, if I could have predetermined
my life, I would have continued studying languages. It would have been
interesting working in the UN or become a travel writer where I could fully
indulge in the countries I visited and its culture. Although, I would have
missed out on all the wonderful experiences and people I’ve met if I had predetermined my future.
First week Dictionary Challenge is over and I must say I thought
I would have words I didn’t know. Hopefully, this means I’m more fluent in the English
language than I thought.
Dictionary info:
The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary, Third Edition
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