The Odyssey

So we're reading The Odyssey now, and I'm actually rather enjoying it. Not that I'm reading it (heavens, no!*), but I'm getting the main story line by doing the quizzes and listening to the class discussions, and it's quite interesting. Plus, I've watched the CCC movie a bunch of times... if that even counts. Although, they call him Ulysses in that movie, and he's Odysseus in my book. Translations, translations. Why can't they all just be the same? Well, it would be boring if they were all the same, I guess.

Btw, the PJO (Percy Jackson and the Olympians. the books they made the movie off of. which btw I heard was lame and not worth the watch.) series is pretty good, for those of you who haven't read it yet. And it helps a ton when it comes to these myths and gods and goddesses... (There's a part in one of the books where they meet Circe, and it really helps you remember who Circe is and the fact that she likes turning men into animals. *nod*) Good books. So long as you keep in mind that it's completely fiction. And of course, I don't entirely agree with the teenage dating at the end... but if you just overlook that.... it's good! :)

*okay, so reading the book is a really good thing to do, and I'm not trying to discourage that....... it's just that I really never have the time nor the motivation to read it, and if I can get an A in the class and be able to participate in the discussions without reading it, I think I'll just pass on the reading. For now, at least.

(Yes, that picture is me with my Odyssey book. :) Isn't it beautiful? Okay, no, not really. Stop me now before I get creepily attached to it, like I do to my computer and dissection specimens. That probably wouldn't turn out too well. Besides, you don't want me going around saying, "MY ODYSSEY BOOKKKK!!! I LOVE YOUUU!!", do you now?)