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I usually troll the main page of Wikipedia to find inspiration for my weekly blog post. Today, I felt totally uninspired while clicking through articles. I’ve been working on a list of sad songs, because sometimes you just want to listen to a sad song and have a good cry. Sadness can be evoked by different things in different people, but some things are universally tragic: heartbreak, death, rejection, loss, loneliness, the list goes on and on. What I’ve noticed about my top favorite sad songs is that despite having an upbeat melody, the lyrics tug at the your heart in a way that only truly poignant words can. 

Manu Chao- Dia Luna Dia Pena (“Moon Day Pain Day”)

Radiohead- How to Disappear Completely

No sad song list would be complete without a song from Radiohead.

Florence + The Machine – Ship to Wreck

Kings of Convenience- Toxic Girl

Scandinavian melancholy at its finest.

Sufjan Stevens – A Loverless Bed (Without Remission)

Of course, these all are open to interpretation. What makes me want to curl up in a ball and wail won’t necessarily make you feel the same way 😛 What is your favorite sad song?

Run about

• Meaning: Be very busy doing many different things
• Example: I’ve been running about all week getting everything ready for the holidays.

Run across

• Meaning: Cross by running
• Example: The police ran across the bridge to catch the criminal.

Run across

• Meaning: Find or discover by chance
• Example: While I was cleaning the kitchen cupboards, I ran across Mother’s recipe for Cornish game hens.

Run after

• Meaning: Chase
• Example: That dog will get hurt if he continues to run after cars.

Run after

• Meaning: Make a determined effort to win someone’s affections
• Example: She runs after any man in uniform!

Run against

• Meaning: Oppose, make difficulties.
• Example: Luck is really running against you tonight!

Run along

• Meaning: Leave; to make one’s way somewhere else
• Example: Well I must be running along now or I’ll be late for supper.

Run around

• Meaning: Be very busy doing many different things
• Example: I don’t want to run around all week getting everything ready for the holidays.

Run around after

• Meaning: Spend a lot of time doing things for another person or group of people
• Example: I have spent all morning running around after the kids.

My students always laugh when they learn how the names of popular Japanese media have been translated into English.

Some are extremely literal—the famous 1997 Studio Ghibli film, for example, is Mononoke-hime in Japanese and Princess Ehime in English. The names of most Dragon Ball characters in the English adaptation have stayed faithful to their Japanese origins, too: Kuririn is Krillin, Freeza is Frieza, Buruma is Bulma, Bejita is Vegeta, Torankusu is Trunks, and so on. 

However, importers of other Japanese media have taken much more creative license with their naming; here’s a list of 10 Japanese media things and their English counterparts:

October is one of my favorite months, in my favorite season. The weather is finally getting cooler, delicious fall flavors are appearing on cafe menus, and it’s nearly time for my favorite holiday, Halloween. Right now I’m trying to decide on a fun new costume for our Halloween week celebrations. In previous years I’ve been a ghost, a horse, and a Star Wars character. What should I be this year? What would you like to see? I’d love to hear any suggestions or requests, and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone else’s costumes!