An Story Amusing-like and an Proposal Which is Hearty

So I woke up in a panic, actually saying aloud "SHIT SHIT SHIT" because for some reason I thought I was late for work already. Scant seconds later, my 5:40 alarm rang. Apparently, my internal clock already made the Daylight Saving jump.

On the plus side, waking up in the grip of sheer occupational terror is awesome if you don't have time to make coffee. WHOOSH.

Anyhow, I've been knocking an idea around in my head for a "That Guy With the Glasses"-type of review show called "Adapt/Advance". If you've ever seen the Nostalgia Critic, in particular his special "Old vs. New" series, it'd be a little like that -- considering two versions of the same piece of fiction from different times, i.e. considering the Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp versions of each of the "Chocolate Factory" movies. However, it'd have a more academic spin on things, considering the ancient/classic origins of our favorite modern-day pieces of fiction, considering how the adaptations of the classic are evolved and advanced throughout the years -- ergo, "Adapt/Advance".

Example: I have an episode in mind called, "How to sell your soul to the devil". I'd start with the story of the Damnation of Faust, then consider things like the legends of Robert Johnson and Paganini, films like "The Pick of Destiny" and both versions of "Bedazzled", and comics like Ghost Rider and the "One More Day" storyline in Spider-Man. It would be an exploration of how the classic informs the modern, presented in a humorous way.

It can be done? Maybe?

Your Cultural Relativism/Linguistics Lesson for the Day

Today's lesson: the difference between English and Japanese.

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Consider the phoneme expressed in the IPA as "aj".

In English, the word expressed by that single phoneme is "I", a word quickly and loosely defined as "me" or "myself".

In Japanese, there is also a word expressed by that single phoneme: "ai," the word which translates into English as "love".

So the sound "aj" means "me" in English, and, in a funny way, "us" in Japanese. In English, the thing you never find in "team," in Japanese, the most beautiful kind of partnership. In English, selfishness; in Japanese, giving.