A small list of things..
by V.E. on September 24th, 2008
filed under recap/review, school, words, work
.. that I’ve been meaning to mention. The minute I get a couple things off my desk/desktop, five more sprout up. One of my facebook friends recently had this as her status: “Firstname Lastname is put thy coins in thy mind” and I just really like the last part of that a lot. I’m not really sure what it means, but it sounds really nice.
First, annoyances. I am a TRUE BELIEVER in proper spelling, punctuation, pronunciation, and grammar. And that goes for speaking a language, too, not just writing it. DO NOT END A SENTENCE WITH A PREPOSITION! For sheesh, people. Where you at? is INCORRECT. That question in and of itself is the mother of all my pet peeves. JUST DON’T DO IT. (Where are you? works just as well and isn’t incorrect or irritating. It’s win-win!) In that vein, these are NOT words!!!
1. dat — as in “True dat.” A bastardization of “that.”
2. aight — as in “It’s aight.” A poor combination of “all right.”
3. ain’t — as in “That ain’t right.” A pathetic excuse for “are not” or “is not,” depending on the usage.
4. aks — as in “I aks you a question.” It’s not “aks”… it’s asked (for sheesh).
GAH! [dies of terrible language]
Second, you can tell a lot of things from your officemates’ desks, but guess what you can’t tell? Whether or not they are good-natured or emotionally stable.
Third, this is what I want to do! I think I should contact this professor and get some advice on how to proceed with my education. Time is running out to apply for schools this year and I don’t want to be out of school for too long or I might get too comfortable. Perhaps I should read the book first, though, right? I loathe having to buy another book, especially because I’m afraid I won’t even read it, but we’ll see. I still have to call F&M career services anyway.
Fourth, I’m reading a book (almost done! I’ll post a review when I finish it) and learned a new word in the process! The word is “laconic” and means “using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious” What do you think? Cool, huh? It was used at least twice to describe Heath Ledger’s performance in Brokeback Mountain.
Fifth, this is the coolest little sign ever (the one on the left):
“ONE WAY” (of many)
you dolt. go to the library. you live in NYC. they have books you can borrow and not buy there. try it. i did and i am saving hundreds (no kidding) a month. they have college books and everything. how do you think i studied for the LSATS. be good. and write me an email to tell me of your life for the love of god. (by the way i love you and miss you and all that other mushy love stuff
yay)