(No wonder your heart feels it's flying
Your head feels it's spinning)

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I want Sleeping Beauty.

No, seriously, it's such a random desire.

I just saw a bit of it in an AMV, and after the surprise at seeing such a old movie in a video, I thought: I want Sleeping Beauty.

I want to watch it all over again and relive the magic I'd long forgotten.

[Ah, Walt Disney. Creator of the ever ever afters.]

And I want Sleeping Beauty.

It's such a weird craving, like those food wants that pregnant women experience. But instead, a prepubescent girl is having a lust for a DVD.
XD
Ah, ever ever after.




...NOW!
I'm going to totally shatter this faerietayle-esque mood by telling you the results of my Dante's Inferno test.

...WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'WHAT'S DANTE'S INFERNO?'

AKLFEJSILJXDKSNNNNLZ.

BLASPHEMY.


no, seriously!

Even if you don't know what it is, in theory, surely you must have heard of it.

Heard of Divine Comedy. Of Dante himself. Or the Nine Circles of Hell.

...no?!

Oh god. Oh god what's wrong with this generation.


...Although I admit that the first I heard of Divine Comedy anything, was in Gilbert's book Eat, Pray, Love (MY own personal Bible), and...let me look for the page...It was in Italy, I think...

"...This Italian peninsula needed an Italian language, at least in the written form, which everyone could agree upon. So this gathering of intellectuals proceeded to do something unprecedented in the history of Europe; they handpicked the most beautiful of all the local dialects and named it Italian.

In order to find the most beautiful dialect ever spoken in Italy, they had to reach back in time two thousand years to fourteenth century Florence. What this congress decided would henceforth be considered proper Italian was the personal language of the great Florentine poet Dante Alighieri. When Dante published his Divine Comedy back in 1321, detailing a visionary progression through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven, he'd shocked the literate world by not writing in Latin. He felt that Lain was a corrupted, elitist language, and that the use of it in serious prose had "turned literature into a harlot" by making universal narrative into something that could only be bought with money, through the privilege of an aristocratic education. Instead, Dante turned back to the streets, picking up the real Florentine language spoken by the residents of his city (who included such luminous contemporaries as Boccaccio and Petrarch) and using that language to tell his tale.

He wrote his masterpiece in what he called dolce stil nuovo, the "sweet new style" of the vernacular, and he shaped that vernacular even as he was writing it, affecting it as personally as Shakespheare would someday affection Elizabethan English. For a group of nationalist intellectuals much later in history to have sat down and decided that Dante's Italian would now be the official language of Italy would be very much as if a gropu of Oxford dons had sat down one day in the early nineteenth centuary and decided that - from this point forward - everybody in England was going to speak pure Shakespeare. And it actually worked.

The Italian that we speak today, therefore, is not Roman or Venetian (those these were powerful military and merchant cities) not even really entirely Florentine. Essentially, it is Dantean. No other European language has such an artistic pedigree. And perhaps no language was ever more perfectly ordained to expression human emotions than this fourteenth-century Florentine Italian, as embellished by one of Western civilization's greatest poets. Dante wrote his Divine Comedy in terza rima, triple rhyme, a chain with rhymes with each rhyme repeating three times every five lines, giving his pretty Florentine vernacular what scholars call "a cascading rhythm" - a rhythm which still lives in the tumbling, poetic cadences spoken by Italian cabdrivers and butchers and government administrators even today. The last line of the Divine Comedy, in which Dante is faced with the vision of God Himself, is a sentiment that is still easily understandable by anyone familiar with so-called modern Italian. Dante writes that God is not merely a blinding vision of glorious light, but that He is, most of all, l'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle...

"The love that moves the sun and the other stars."

So it's really no wonder that I want so desperately to learn this language."

There. Phew. I didn't look up from the book. xD

Anyway, now you are fully enlightened on Dante's work. I don't think I need to say more. Me, myself, I'm not very knowledgeable about it, but I'm going to get my hands on it one day.

...I must.


The second I heard of any of this Dante stuff was in Nilahxapiel's work, Phlegethon River.

“I read that book you told me about,” Raito interrupted him suddenly, looking down from the ceiling at L, “Dante’s Inferno. I read it.”

“I see,” L nodded, remembering their conversation.

“I have a lot of spare time in here,” Raito told him casually, leaning back in his chair. “I was thinking of becoming a doctor, but I think that’s sort of cliché, don’t you think?”

“I suppose,” L agreed, “That, and you’re never getting out of here, so you’ll never get to practice.”

Raito ignored the comment, “You know, L, what I found interesting?”

“Many things, I’m sure,” L responded.

“According to you, I’m a murderer,” Raito explained, “Which would make me ‘Violent against my neighbors’, and therefore in the Seventh Circle of Hell.”

“Yes,” L agreed, remembering that. “That would mean you would be thrown into a river of boiling blood…”

“The river Phlegethon,” Raito nodded, “But that’s not what I find interesting. What I find interesting, is that you would be in the same circle of Hell as I am. There were Violence against neighbors, violence against themselves, and violence against God and Nature. The last of them includes sodomites.”

L raised his eyebrows and Raito chuckled darkly.

“I find it so amusing that you are as bad as I am…just because you slept with me,” Raito gave out a harsh, insane giggle that L had never heard before. “Don’t you think that’s funny, Ryuzaki…?”

“This place is starting to wear on you,” L stated factually. Raito’s eyes narrowed sharply and all humor was erased from his face.

“Of course is bloody well is!” Raito sneered, “I’m in solitary confinement, L, what do you expect, you bastard?”

Raito breathed, and his face loosened and the corner of his mouth cocked into a small, half-smile.

“But I haven’t started talking to myself yet,” Raito said, laughing at the thought, “I even do chin up bars every day, for that whole hour I’m allowed to. And sit ups and anything else I can do while I’m stuck in here.”

“I’m glad you’re keeping healthy,” L told him, and Raito sighed.

“We had a nice conversation going here, and you ruined it,” Raito told him and then continued, “Where were we? Ah yes, the Seventh Circle of hell.”

“You still want to talk about that?”

“Yes, I’m not done, just because you interrupted with your random comment,” Raito rolled his eyes, “Anyways, the Seventh Circle of Hell is connected to the Eight Circle through the Phlegethon River. The Seventh Circle is violence and the Eighth Circle if fraud…now, I always think of you as the eighth circle. You’re more of a liar than an assailant, and while I don’t see myself as violent, I’m sure you and many others would disagree.”

L’ brow furrowed, “I believe you are fraudulent as well.”

Raito smiled bitterly, “I thought you might.”

“You’re a Seducer,” L told him.

“You’re a Sower of Discord.”

“You’re a Diviner.” Or, at least, you think you are.

“You’re a Hypocrite.”

“So are you.”

“You’re a Falsifier of Words.”

“You’re a Falsifier of Persons.”

“As are you.”

“You’re a thief.”

“I’ve never stolen a thing in my life,” Raito snapped. L snorted.

“I beg to differ,” L answered coldly, looking at Raito with a meaningful stare until the boy caught his drift. Those honey brown eyes widened and then narrowed again.

“If you want to put it that way, then so are you,” Raito spat cruelly. “Only I didn’t betray you, so you are therefore worse. You stole my heart and then turned me in.”

“Tell me, Raito-kun, when was I scheduled to die?” L inquired coolly, “Weeks later? Days?”

“Hours,” Raito growled, and L smirked slowly, shaking his head.

“You would have betrayed me too, then?” L asked, “You would have stole my heart and done me in. I just got there first, and you’re mad it wasn’t you.”

“Yes, I would’ve done it,” Raito admitted tightly, “But I wouldn’t have liked it. I would have…cried at your funeral.”

“Would you, now?” L sniggered, “You would cry for me? Even if the tears were feigned? How charming.”

“Fucking -screw you, L.”

“‘Fuck’ and ‘screw’ are synonyms and therefore your statement is redundant.”

AH, PHLEGETHON RIVER. EPIC? YES.

uh, anyway. digression over, then I was starting to get reaaalllly curious because Dante seemed to be a recurring theme in even modern publishings, and that's quite a feat.

Still though, while the notion of both Heaven and Hell existing freaks me out majorly, I applaud Dante for his imagination. That's quite vivid descriptions, judging from the little snippets I catch.

Anyway, on to the quiz. It's to see which circle I end up in.

I'm also going to just tell you my answers for the questions, because I'm so nice like that :'D



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"Through me the way into the suffering city,
Through me the way to the eternal pain,
Through me the way that runs among the lost.
Justice urged on my high artificer;
My maker was divine authority,
The highest wisdom, and the primal love.
Before me nothing but eternal things were made,
And I endure eternally.
Abandon every hope, ye who enter here."

Welcome to the Dante's Inferno Hell Test. This test, sponsored by the 4degreez.com community (the fine people who brought you the famous Personality Disorder Test), is based on the description of Hell found in Dante's Divine Comedy. Answer the questions below as honestly as you can and discover your fate. Based on your answers, your purity will be judged and you will be banished to the appropriate level of hell. Abandon all hope. [my, these guys are cheerful...]

After ten minutes this test will expire, so do not delay.

Please select your gender: Female.

Have you been attending religious worship lately? No
Have you been known to dress provocatively to attract the attention of the opposite sex? No
Do you own or plan to own a flashy sports car or an SUV? No
Have you suffered suicidal thoughts? No
Have you been in any physical fights in recent years? No
Have you ever cheated on a boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse? No, but I probably would if I had one :)
Do you believe in astrology, tarot cards, and fortune-telling? No
Do you donate time or money to charities? No
Are you often very depressed? No
Do you believe in God? No (somehow I feel answering this question differently would drastically change my circle...lol)
Have you stolen anything from an employer or friend? Yes
Are you good at telling lies? Yeah Bitch xD
Do you look at pornography? Yes
Do you often lose your temper? No
Do you consider food to be one of life's finer pleasures? Yes
Do you intentionally cause harm to yourself? No
Do you intentionally cause harm to others, or to animals? No
Do you tend to hoard your money and possessions? Yes
Are you loyal to your friends and family through good times and bad? Yes
Have you had sex or do you plan to have sex before marriage? Yes
Do you think science and logic represent the pinnacle of human understanding? No
Do you use God's name in vain (ex. "God damn it," "Oh my God")? Yes
Do you enjoy violent movies and video games? Yes
Have you been to a strip club? No
Do you read scripture? No
Do you like to "live large"? Yes
Have you wished bad things upon your fellow countrymen? Yes
Have you ever attempted suicide? No
Do you give food or money to beggars? No
Do you believe it is your right to indulge yourself with every last dollar you earn? Yes
Have you recently done something that you've criticized others for doing? Yes
Have you ever visited or called a psychic? No
Do you repent for your sins? Yes and...No...and Yes, mostly.
Do you love to shop for yourself, even when you don't need anything new? No
Do you consider living a virtuous life to be one of your top goals? No
Do you believe in an afterlife? Yes
Do you "hate" a lot of people? No
Have you ever taken pleasure in someone else's misery? Yes (but only in a few situations, back when I was more sadistic)
Do you have any pagan religious beliefs? No
Have you ever lent money to someone and charged them interest or expected some "extra" in return? No
Have you ever engaged in oral or anal sex? No, but I would xD
Have you ever tricked someone into thinking you were someone whom you are not? No
Have you ever seduced someone, only to lose interest soon after? TRUST ME IF I COULD SEDUCE PEOPLE I WOULD XD
Can you see yourself engaging in treason against your country? No, I wouldn't be arsed to commit high treason.
Do you eat at restaurants several times a week? No
Are you ever attracted to members of your same sex? Yes
Have you ever gotten someone drunk, tricked someone, or used some other underhanded means to try to initiate sexual activity for you or for a friend? No
Would you sooner go without sex than go without good-tasting food? No way! Who the hell would pick gourmet buffets over one night stands?! And wouldn't this question either screw me over for either Lust or Gluttony either way? XD
Are you a "penny pincher"? Yes
Have you ever been sexually intimate with a member of your same sex? No
Do you hate yourself? No
Do you masturbate often? ...Yes
Have you ever intentionally given bad advice? No
Are you overweight? No
Think about some of the sinful or wrong things you've done in the past. Do you foresee yourself continuing to do these things? Yes
Do you make an effort to consume less resources (i.e. electicity, gasoline, plastic, glass, paper, etc.)? No
Could you picture yourself assassinating someone or ordering an assassination on someone if it meant that you would become very rich and powerful? No


Through God, all things are possible. False
In war, the best idea is to bomb the hell out of the other country. False
People are poor because they deserve to be, and should be given no help. False
Morals are relative. True
It's okay to punch someone if they "have it coming." False
Religion is fiction. True
Some people, such as Nostradamus, are able to predict future events. False
It's okay to cut a family member out of your life if they have done something that you strongly disagree with. False
Rich men and women deserve every penny and should spend or save their wealth as they wish. ...False
It is acceptable to use false flattery to get ahead. True
Hammering away on scandals is a good way to damage those with whom you disagree politically. Fucking false.
A pimp is a good thing to be. Hm... I'm in the middle, but I go for false xD
Fasting is a way of expressing religious conviction that you have chosen or would gladly choose. False. I think it's retarded.
Some people just deserve to die.
...HO HO HO, I KNOW YOU WROTE THIS NOW, KIRA-KUN.

...False.
:3

-SUBMIT!-

RESULTS?!

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell - The City of Dis!

Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Moderate
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	High
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	High
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very High
Level 7 (Violent)	Moderate
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Low

Take the Dante Inferno Hell Test


Interesting stuff, no? These are fun. I'm going to take this test tomorrow...Social Disorders, oh my, how fun.

Aye, there's no time for me to add some new tracks onto my Playlist, even though I've accumlated so many more favorite songs, and fell in love with Anberlin. It's late. I have to go.

Bye everyone! No nightmares about the 'River, mmkay? ;]












ღ " •▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬(I've been dreaming of a true love's kiss)

[Deep down inside we want to believe they still do. ♥]