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dolores abernathy ([personal profile] estrays) wrote in [community profile] retrospec2017-03-15 06:19 pm
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03/15 near Recolle University

Friends, Recollians, countrymen, lend me your ears: Beware the ides of march! In other words, today, the 15th of May. :) Today is the anniversary of the day the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated by 23 of his colleagues. Really, though, it was Shakespeare that popularized phrases like "Et tu, Brute?", "Beware the Ides of March", and even the phrase "That's Greek to me".

Honestly, I'm a little superstitious, so I don't like to do anything too risky on the 15th. More than a few bad things have happened on this day in history, and in my own life.. when I was a little girl, I actually fell into the well behind my daddy's stable. It was raining harder than I'd ever seen and I was trying to make my way home. I was stuck for an hour or so. I swear I cried harder than the rain fell.

Do any of y'all have any sorts of superstitions like this? Or you can tell me how your day was today, I don't mind. Linking any Ides of March memes would be fun, too. :) 💕
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[personal profile] caelestialis 2017-03-16 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Shakespeare's plays are lovely! I know a lot of my classmates didn't like it but I'm glad we opted to do Hamlet for our reading instead of Romeo and Juliet. Don't get me wrong! The lines from R&J are absolutely lovely but Hamlet really made me mull over the turn of phrase, the meanings he meant back then.

And to answer your question - I try not to point at stars when I try show them to someone one. I can't remember why but it was considered 'rude' to do that to the stars. Better safe than sorry.
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[personal profile] me_matey 2017-03-16 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
WAY TO BURY THE LEDE LADY stuck in a well that is horrifying
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[personal profile] mincingminuet 2017-03-16 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears! is one I remember.

Honestly I forgot this was the Ides of March. But...I'm a Comp-Sci gal.

I do tend to avoid doing crazy things on Friday the 13th though. Nothing that involves random chance at least.
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[personal profile] true_noir 2017-03-16 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Not especially superstitious. I'm going out to tea with a friend soon, so I hope for a pleasant day. I think, perhaps, there is almost always something bad that happens on every day, but we remember it more clearly on days we think are cursed?
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[personal profile] vendettastool 2017-03-16 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Looks like a picture taken of the last day in my office.
Except no one was wearing red.
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[personal profile] curseoclock 2017-03-17 01:11 am (UTC)(link)


i dunno how much i believe in superstitions myself, but i sure do think they're neat. more so the ones about friday the 13th, though. since i was actually born on a friday the 13th myself.
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[personal profile] herdingspacecats 2017-03-17 12:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Not really answering the question, sorry, but I'm curious what you consider "too risky"? I'm not too familiar with American culture and superstitions.
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[personal profile] tokencanadian 2017-03-19 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Shakespeare may have created those phrases but we don't know what Caesar said, if he even said anything at all. But there is reason to believe that at the sight of Brutus, he simply gave up and allowed his assassination.

....Sorry, I uh know about this stuff.
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