Oh where, oh where, has my camera gone to? [S. Worthen | Weblog]

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A camera, once, I placed away
in some place safe and near,
some smart location, obvious,
to me that day, right here.

An act of paranoia, yes,
I knew for what it was.
But since that 'tempted break-in,
I felt I had just cause.

Within a week, I needed it.
I casually looked 'round,
to find that place so obvious.
No camera could be found!

I spent an hour searching high,
an hour searching low.
Where had I hid my camera?
I swear I do not know!

Before Wakehurst, before Cotswolds,
each time I searched it out.
But can I find my camera?
I now begin to doubt.

Three weeks have passed since I it hid,
three weeks of much-missed snaps.
Sketching is fine, but can't replace
the outcome of this lapse.

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There are 26 comments on this entry. (Reply.)

Maybe your camera eloped with my iPod.

And they both ran away to France... taking my French textbooks with them!

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Damned liberal media.

*ducks the inevitable pelting with rotten fruit, rocks, etc.*

I'm not usually given to puns. Really.

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erm... i would pelt you with rotten fruit, but unfortunately my brain has died from an overdose of anglo-saxon, rendering me unable to comprehend bad puns.

I could take your word for it, and pelt you anyway?

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also, LJ email notifications inform me that your "name" is ceci n'est pas un blog

I am much amused.

is "blog" really french for blog?

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Yeah - they pretty much say "blog," just like we do :) It's become a rather universal term, like most netspeak.

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hmmm... i had some kind of test/writing task/project/thing ages back for french class which involved talking about online journals, and if i recall correctly, the phrase used was long and complicated and i got very sick of repeating it.
Probably one of those situations like "le weekend" vs the official "le fin de la semaine"

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Yeah, I think it's one of those situations. Besides, you need the one-syllable word for the artistic allusion to work!

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oh, of course ;) the French Lanuage Police are most inconsiderate of these things...

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Vive l'Académie Française? :-P

(Mind if I friend you?)

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Oui, vive-les. *rolls eyes*

sure, go ahead :)

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You two are so charming!

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why, thank you.

i think.

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Charming is good.

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there was always the possibility that my translation-befuffled brain was going to miss sarcasm as easily as it missed Iris' bad pun...

however, i shall assume that was an unessescary worry ;)

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I was going to say "cute" but then for a moment I thought it would sound condescending, which was not what I meant at all.

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incidentally- Out of Cheese Error. Bonus points to you for pratchettery.

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Thank you!

iconsbycurtana makes the best icons. Speaking of Hex, have you see the Hogfather movie? We did only recently.

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oh! i didn't know it was out yet...

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It was made for t.v., aired last Christmas, and has been available on DVD in the UK for a few months now. It's not perfect, but there's a lot of very good, and Susan is perfect!

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hmm. i wonder if it's available in Australia?

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cute! And I'm sorry you still haven't found your camera.

Soon I shall have a major dilemma. Do I buy film and new batteries for my non-digital camera? Do I buy a new, extra-compact and lightweight camera, since I've been idly grumbling for years about how heavy my old digital one is, even though it otherwise does everything I need it to? Do I tear the flat apart so it's a complete disaster in order to find the very missing camera?

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Heehee...sorry, I know I should be sending sympathetic waves in your general direction, but you made me laugh.

You just don't take me seriously. ;)

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I don't want to take all the credit for your misplacing your camera that way, but it's definitely a symptom of an inherited trait.

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