More for January 14

My name, Kelsey Nicole Stavnes, means:

KELSEY
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEL-see
From an English surname which is of disputed meaning. It could be derived from the Old English given name Ceolsige meaning "ship victory". Alternatively it could be from a place name meaning "Cenel's island", from the Old English name Cenel "fierce" in combination with eg "island".

NICOLE
The girl's name Nicole \n(i)-co-le\ is pronounced ni-KOHL. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "victorious people". During the Middle Ages names that appear feminine today, like Nicolet and Nicol, were actually male names.

STAVNES
I (to probably no one's surprise) could not find an actual dictionary definition on the internet. nothing on wikipedia either! Luckily I know what my last name means. Family by the church. It is Scandinavian with Norwegian heritage.

The last thing that I see before going to bed is a handmade poster above my bed. I actually made it last semester because I liked the idea so much.
Life is not a problem to be solved. Life is a mystery to be explored.
The actual quote by Soren Kierkegaard is "Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced."

notes for January 14

Visit an unfrequented church-
allow your memory losai to flourish and allow yourself to remember things, events, names, people, places,...
Memories are formed as one journeys
3 keys to remember:
1. location (loci)
2. image (picture)
3. an interesting or grotesque fact

The person with the beautiful eyes is Kate Beaudoin.
The person with the funny story about his name is Tae.
Dr. Sexson is the mnemonic teacher, we are his students...

The nine muses are:
Calliope
the 'beautiful of speech'
chief of the Muses and Muse of epic or heroic poetry

Clio
the 'glorious one'
Muse of history

Erato
the 'amorous one'
Muse of love or erotic poetry, lyrics, and marriage songs

Euterpe
the 'well-pleasing'
Muse of music and lyric poetry

Melpomene
the 'chanting one'
Muse of tragedy

Polyhymnia or Polymnia
the '[singer] of many hymns
Muse of sacred song, oratory, lyric, singing and rhetoric

Terpsichore
the '[one who] delights in dance'
Muse of choral song and dance

Thalia
The 'blossoming one'
Muse of comedy and bucolic poetry

Urania
the 'celestial one'
Muse of astronomy

The mother of the muses is Mnemosyne and the father is Zeus.
This is a great picture of the muses on http://caius-ebook.com/NineMuses.jpg

Vocabulary

esoteric: keep it on the inside

Jesuit: Roman Catholic priest

ephemeral: short-lived, a short time

chirographic: writing

typographic: typing

epistle: letter

primary orality: no writing anywhere

secondary orality: literate society even if a person is illiterate

Polymaths: people who know a little bit of everything

luddism: hatred or strong dislike of technology; Luddites: haters of technology

para taxis: constructing sentences together using and, and, and, and, and and

neoplatonism: mysticism

anamnesis: memory, everything recollected