"If we don't actively build the kind of world we want, we're going to get the kind of world that somebody else wants." - Buffy Sainte-Marie
Sunday, May 23, 2010
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do·mes·ti·cate
/dəˈmɛstɪˌkeɪt/ Show Spelled [duh-mes-ti-keyt] Show IPA verb,-cat·ed, -cat·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
2.to tame (an animal), esp. by generations of breeding, to live in close association with human beings as a pet or work animal and usually creating a dependency so that the animal loses its ability to live in the wild.
3.to adapt (a plant) so as to be cultivated by and beneficial to human beings.
4.to accustom to household life or affairs.
5.to take (something foreign, unfamiliar, etc.) for one's own use or purposes; adopt.
6.to make more ordinary, familiar, acceptable, or the like: to domesticate radical ideas.
If domestication by these terms (number 4), aka the ability to keep a house clean and make freshly made buns, is that awful swear word used among women -- almost as bad as "submissive", I might dare say that I am becoming more "domesticated". That is I enjoy making buns and occasionally sweeping.
lost
/lɔst, lɒst/ Show Spelled[lawst, lost] Show IPA
–adjective
1.no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
2.no longer to be found: lost articles.
3.having gone astray or missed the way; bewildered as to place, direction, etc.: lost children.
4.not used to good purpose, as opportunities, time, or labor; wasted: a lost advantage.
5.being something that someone has failed to win: a lost prize.
6.ending in or attended with defeat: a lost battle.
7.destroyed or ruined: lost ships.
8.preoccupied; rapt: He seems lost in thought.
9.distracted; distraught; desperate; hopeless: the lost look of a man trapped and afraid.
Number 10. Hit TV show that is airing its finale tonight. The great show is coming to an end. Adieu.
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i cook a lot now. the same four things every time, basically, but i'd say i domesticated myself pretty well. now to find a husband..
ReplyDeleteLost finale was legit. i'm even impressed, and that show did nothing but disappoint me.