tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710617799945921742024-03-13T16:14:43.283-07:00Properly AwryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-23556364549895925052012-05-06T21:29:00.000-07:002012-05-06T21:29:38.839-07:00A Little Bit of Crazy on a Sunny Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was a nice day out so I took the dogs for a walk around the neighbourhood. Our neighbourhood is really quiet and full of dead-end streets, so of course on this lovely day I start thinking - which house is the best house for survival if there was a zombie apocalypse? Which house is the least defendable?<br /><br />
This is a variation of the game I play when I walk out my front door in the morning to head for work - if a zombie apocalypse happened today and all I had was what I wore to work and what's in my purse - how would I fare?<br />
Some mornings I look down at my shoes and am like - well, I'd be fucked. Other days I'm like, yeah, I'd kick ass, but I should have worn a jacket.<br />
Then I start wondering if I should add more apocalypse-appropriate gear to the cornucopia in my purse.<br />
But then I think that sounds a bit crazy and if I had to go through security somewhere I'd get branded as a terrorist.<br />
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On today's walk I came to the conclusion that our current abode and location is probably one of the best in the neighbourhood to defend against zombies, but I should probably stock up on some water and extra large nails, just to be safe.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-73235984577883822482012-01-01T19:55:00.000-08:002012-01-02T16:36:03.046-08:00Best Reads of 2011<div style="color: white;">.</div>I only read 51 novels in 2011 - but I have convinced myself they were a lot longer than the 60+ I read in 2010 - below are the best of 2011, in no particular order:<br />
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I cried for a politician today, not something I thought I would ever do.<br />
Jack Layton, the only politician I ever believed in and was proud to support and vote for died today.<br />
With his death I feel the hope draining, the darkness coming forward.<br />
I did not hear of his death until I was out picking up my lunch and I saw it on Facebook - the news caught me off guard, but even more so, my tears. I am not a crier (I've been known to not even cry when someone I know dies), but the news took me by surprise and took my breath away for a minute. The news and knowing the impact his death will have on our political spectrum and our country, the current NDP supporters that will drift away when a new party leader emerges - I mean, who would want to follow that act? Who could fill his shoes and do what he did for so many of us by putting hope and renewed vigour and passion back into our hearts and government? He put the fight back in so many of us and for that I will never forget him. Let's hope his supporters honour his memory by giving the new leader a chance and keeping up the good fight.<br />
<span style="color: #fce5cd;">. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-37781646493599565142011-06-18T10:13:00.000-07:002011-06-18T10:13:13.314-07:00The Yessing to the Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi99UJmyFwTTuyuPANpBvjJtu3DdXj0t4XYdkFV9eDhu3OhLC9npzld72dDkHSNRISMepiDfAzwIpjawv1kq-It3q3wfTQMGwHK_VsWTvlPIIkmlPbNfb9jEbPBaVq0aYL9_XLV5IFW84t8/s1600/bride.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi99UJmyFwTTuyuPANpBvjJtu3DdXj0t4XYdkFV9eDhu3OhLC9npzld72dDkHSNRISMepiDfAzwIpjawv1kq-It3q3wfTQMGwHK_VsWTvlPIIkmlPbNfb9jEbPBaVq0aYL9_XLV5IFW84t8/s200/bride.jpg" width="184" /></a></div><br />
I realized the other week that TLC now has another <i>Say Yes to the Dress</i> show. They started with a New York show, then added an Atlanta show, and now they also have the fat girls show (in the same New York shop, actually titled <i>Say Yes to the Dress Big Bliss</i>).<br />
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So, WTF? Why did they choose to start a new show not based on location or budget but instead based on the size of the bride? <br />
What's next <i>Say Yes to the Dress Dwarves Edition</i>? <i>Say Yes to the Dress Segregation Edition</i>?<br />
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It is both baffling and insulting - I see no reason to separate the so-called big girls from the girls they want you to call <i>normal</i> - to me, the only reason to separate the 2 is so they can make a spectacle of the big girls. <br />
What's wrong with having the original show be more realistic and show both types of brides on the same episode? A bride is a bride. They show brides of all races and religions, but for some reason decided to separate out the big girls.<br />
They can't possibly think that big girls weren't watching the original shows to look the the dresses, they can't possibly think that now that there are 2 options the skinny girls will watch the original show and the big girls will only watch <i>Big Bliss</i>...can they?<br />
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I think having a whole separate show "dedicated" to bigger brides would make larger ladies feel worse about themselves, feel like they are freaks who need to be separated from the skinny brides, not thankful that they get their own show.<br />
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But maybe that's just me.<br />
<span style="color: white;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-21889480110450965882011-04-24T10:18:00.000-07:002011-04-24T10:18:16.335-07:00Zombie Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-azaPYS-Aefj6Ug6zeln_O7BGe6w1DV53Cn9dsxlL_b0ua-IeTV-K0pxgorFumVgMLUvMCtyUeZDUARMeXQdgcCpB4ZByqYQE1mIq__6RRxFABQCBK7t5a-5NjzrwM3-Khoo5pgSHnLE1/s1600/home.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-azaPYS-Aefj6Ug6zeln_O7BGe6w1DV53Cn9dsxlL_b0ua-IeTV-K0pxgorFumVgMLUvMCtyUeZDUARMeXQdgcCpB4ZByqYQE1mIq__6RRxFABQCBK7t5a-5NjzrwM3-Khoo5pgSHnLE1/s320/home.png" width="266" /></a></div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/editprofile.php?sk=picture#%21/photo.php?fbid=78310771850&set=o.70524558514&type=1&theater">Someone else</a> summed up my thoughts:<br />
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<blockquote>Christianity:<br />
The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magically tree. Makes perfect sense. </blockquote><br />
I don't care for religion, any religion. Religion in general is a cult, a club that survives through its never-ending cycle of brainwashing. Think about it - if you are religious, have a specific religion - did you choose it yourself? More likely this religion is yours because your parents chose it for you, as their parents did them and so on. Or perhaps your spouse had an ingrained religion and now that is your religion and the religion of your children. It's pretty rare for a person to go out and seek a religion and make a personal choice - sure, it happens, but not enough. <br />
I believe a club is something you choose to be part of, not something you participate in because your parents did (if your parents were in a polka club would you be? If your parents jumped off a bridge would you?).<br />
I consider myself fortunate to have not been brainwashed into a religion growing up - the fact that my parents came from different religious upbringings meant that we essentially had no religion in our house. My brother and I are not baptized or christened. I'm pretty sure I only went to church once on Easter Sunday and once on Christmas Eve, any other appearances at church were for weddings or funerals. My summer camp was a <i>Christian non-denominational</i> camp, and we attended "chapel" twice a day and they gave us Bibles and tried to convince us to <i>let Jesus into our hearts</i>. I refused to be brainwashed, though I did like singing the songs, and camp was fun and it was what my mom could afford, so we put up with the religion. I do remember there was one counselor who told us dinosaurs did not exist and were made up by scientists - which, even at 12 I thought was hilarious/crazy-town.<br />
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If you feel you need religion to get through the day, to feel better about yourself, to purge yourself of your so-called sins, that's fine, that's your choice, even if it wasn't initially your choice. But if you have children, is it fair to make that choice for them? Baptizing or christening your child as a baby is the first step in taking choices away from them. Do you want them to grow up feeling obligated to the religion you chose for them, or do you want them to grow up feeling free to make their own choices?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-67103316099752290892011-04-19T19:56:00.000-07:002011-04-19T19:56:43.937-07:00Cheat Post (Working Girl, Part Deux)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYrKZlXfxPADnm8ZphoCRz__AP4K8bvyxyWsmaYGItmuw5hZxaGdq6NN5kpPq1_ReJNKglu50iZnW8Th2tmRihs9WCOcKTyWSpmY5ijDNtrlVYwgUpiUurB1hyX5WT97k2oxkK9J-3Ckv/s1600/AT-00062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYrKZlXfxPADnm8ZphoCRz__AP4K8bvyxyWsmaYGItmuw5hZxaGdq6NN5kpPq1_ReJNKglu50iZnW8Th2tmRihs9WCOcKTyWSpmY5ijDNtrlVYwgUpiUurB1hyX5WT97k2oxkK9J-3Ckv/s1600/AT-00062.jpg" /></a></div><i>Copied from <a href="http://drinksplease.blogspot.com/2011/04/working-girl-part-deux.html">new multi-authored site</a> that I am part of (plus, stupid feed for this site seems to not be updating on blogrolls again and I cannot figure out why)</i><br />
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Work. What would I do without it?<br />
Well, we'd be poor and I'd be very bored, and when I'm bored I spend money - but that wouldn't work because we'd be poor...and the circle of life continues.<br />
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I like my job. I am a different person at work. I am certain, authoritative, people think I know what I am talking about. People listen when I speak (and maybe <i>sometimes</i> it's because I'm loud). I like knowing what I am talking about, I like that people use me as a resource of information because they trust me to know the answer, or to find the answer if I don't know it. I like telling people what to do. I like process and order. Not that you can tell that from my desk, which is usually an explosion of paper. My desk is the only think that is like I am when not at work - scattered, messy - ordered only to me as I know what's where and why. My brain is wired differently than most people, I think differently, I see things from a different perspective, and sometimes that makes me the black sheep or the odd one out (after all, I am an <a href="http://properlyawry.blogspot.com/2010/04/apparently-i-am-intj-aka-mastermind.html">INTJ aka Mastermind</a>), luckily, in my current work, this usually helps me and (I think) mostly my crazy brain goes unnoticed. Mostly, though I think my <i>outrageous </i>nail polish (really? who knew nail polish could be considered inappropriate by some?), my odd jewelry choices, tattoos and clothes are noticed more than my craziness.<br />
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My work defines me as a person to an extent, but as I've noted before, you can't just put me in a box and call me Project Coordinator or Document Controller, because I won't let you. These words are too small to <i>actually</i> define me.<br />
Just like Teacher, Banker, Secretary, Manager, Vet, Stay-at-Home-Mom or Housewife (etc, etc.) might be things that you are, things that you do, but they are not you as a whole - you need to remember that - and don't let them put you in a box with a neat little label on it - there is no label that can describe you as a human being, we are novels of words, not post-it notes.<br />
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(<i>now I feel I must say "Nobody puts Baby in a corner")</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-77907282593901996452011-04-08T20:47:00.000-07:002011-04-21T20:45:21.679-07:00On 17<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJ0OXOzKPrpvn7UP636ZQ4oue2F-Nb2E8uKSPc-pLaqOxn1FtJR6aOjgYmXYjefXlbPszWYrUoX2CAzg30nDdy-AsI26ZpM9Dd-KrLJ9n_YXQGwqIjbwDsw9GhCnn7wE7fslCdT9GrlLZ/s1600/kc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJ0OXOzKPrpvn7UP636ZQ4oue2F-Nb2E8uKSPc-pLaqOxn1FtJR6aOjgYmXYjefXlbPszWYrUoX2CAzg30nDdy-AsI26ZpM9Dd-KrLJ9n_YXQGwqIjbwDsw9GhCnn7wE7fslCdT9GrlLZ/s320/kc.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
My memory is quite horrible when it comes to events, to things I did. I remember specific dates (birthdays, anniversaries, deaths), but not much else. It's always been this way with me. Older generations will remember when James Dean or Elvis died. I remember when River Phoenix and Kurt Cobain died (and for some reason when Brandon Lee died). It's been 17 years since Cobain's body was found. I was in 11th grade, on a field trip to visit a local university. It was before Twitter, it was before texting - you still heard news on the radio or television or by word of mouth. News travelled fast but not at light speed. You could hear something and still doubt it until it was confirmed by a newscast of some sort - you did not rush home and Google it only to find 10,000 stories had already hit the web confirming it. That's all I actually remember though - I think, because we were on a field trip and therefore "out of touch" for most of the day, we did not get an inkling that our Kurt was dead until the big yellow bus ride home, and even then, it was word of mouth to be doubted, it was unbelievable and needed to be confirmed, it had to be a bad joke.<br />
Of course, it was real, it was confirmed. I know I cried, I know I wrote overdramatic why why why poems. I know I wore all black for at least a week, but no one noticed because I generally wore a lot of black anyway. I know my heart wrenched when Courtney broadcast his note on TV a few days later. Already dark, depressed, disillusioned and at sea, this event impacted me. I was not a crazy Cobain fan, but Nirvana was one of my favourite bands at the time (but I've always preferred Eddie and Pearl Jam), I suppose a big part of it was I was just 17 and Kurt was ours and grunge was ours and it was dead and bad things happen.<br />
Would he still be making music now had he lived? I don't know, but I do know I fucking cringe when I hear the Foo Fighters on the radio. What is is and can't be changed (at least not in this universe), his music and self impacted my life and it's been 17 years and it still makes me sad if I think about it.<br />
It's been 17 years, and the 25 year old who sits next to me at work does not know what Nirvana is or who Kurt was and doesn't care.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-9597110920675200802011-03-29T19:08:00.000-07:002011-04-21T20:45:35.824-07:00The Sharing of an Addiction<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="120" src="http://gracehester.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5505abd438833014e86a254f7970d-450wi" width="320" /></div><br />
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So, I have a new (another) addiction.<br />
I was already an avid user and fan of Etsy, as I love custom things, odd things, one of a kind things. I love the idea that I can get something personal as a gift for someone, that is not from a big box store, and that supports artists, crafters, whatever you want to call them. I think it's awesome that if I want something specific, and it's something that I cannot find in a retail store, or is something I really cannot make on my own, I can go online and source that something and make it a reality. It's kind of like waving a magic wand.<br />
The magic wand has now become very dangerous. My cousin is a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PyxusPassionProject?ref=pr_shop">fashion designer</a> and she Etsy is one of the outlets she uses to sell her clothing. She came across an Etsy coupon site called <a href="http://heartsy.me/">Heartsy.me</a> and recently had her store featured there. Heartsy works with the artists on Etsy and, like Groupon, provides shoppers with a major discount to stores on Etsy. Shoppers can also vote on Heartsy to say which shops they want to get discounts at.<br />
So far in the past 3 weeks I have gotten:<br />
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$16 for $50 Online Store Credit at Love Betsy Rue for Vintage Jewelry<br />
$19 for $50 Online Store Credit at Jewelry Deli<br />
$40 for $100 Online Store Credit at Simone's Rose (my cousin's clothing store)<br />
$19 for $50 Online Store Credit at Circuit Board Jewelry<br />
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See how this is now dangerous? Sure, I've spent $94 dollars for $250 dollars worth of goods, but I also spent $94 dollars that I did not need to spend at all (with the exception of my cousin's store, as I was going to buy some of her stuff regardless).<br />
I have been a very bad girl and for a while I will be avoiding the Heartsy notifications so as to not tempt myself....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-78839838409168798342011-03-20T16:13:00.000-07:002011-04-09T21:34:36.006-07:00The Making of the Blanket<span style="color: white;">. </span><br />
So, I made this today:<br />
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Rude. <br />
It occurred to me today that perhaps their had been a global directive to redefine the word rude. That perhaps the definition as I learned it and as I believe it no longer applies. It certainly seems this must be the case as I see rudeness being accepted as par for the course on a regular basis.<br />
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But then I Googled it, and was surprised to see that it does in fact, still mean:<br />
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margin-top: 8px;"><span class="prondelim">[</span><span class="pron">rood</span><span class="prondelim">]</span></span></span><div class="header"><!-- google_ad_section_end --> </div><div class="body"><div class="pbk"><span class="pg"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">–adjective,</span> </span></span><span class="secondary-bf"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">rud·er,</span> </span></span><span class="secondary-bf"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">rud·est.</span> </span></span> <div class="luna-Ent"><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">1.</span></span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"> discourteous</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">impolite,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">especially</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">in</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">deliberate</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">way:</span> </span><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">rude</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">reply.</span><div class="dndata"><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"> </span></span></div></div><div class="luna-Ent"><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">2.</span></span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'"> without culture</span></span><span id="hotword">, <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">learning,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">refinement:</span> </span><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">rude,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">illiterate</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">peasants.</span><div class="dndata"><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"> </span></span></div></div><div class="luna-Ent"><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">3.</span></span></span><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"> rough</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">in</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">manners</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">behavior;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">unmannerly;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">uncouth.</span><div class="dndata"><span id="hotword"> </span></div></div><div class="luna-Ent"><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">4.</span></span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"> rough,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">harsh,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">ungentle:</span> </span><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">rude</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">hands.</span><div class="dndata"><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"> </span></span></div></div><div class="luna-Ent"><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">5.</span></span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"> roughly</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">wrought,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">built,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">formed;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">crude</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">construction</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">kind:</span> </span><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">rude</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">cottage.</span><div class="dndata"><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"> </span></span></div></div><div class="luna-Ent"><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">6.</span></span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'"> not</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">properly</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">fully</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">developed;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">raw;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">unevolved:</span> </span><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">rude</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">first</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">stage</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">development.</span><div class="dndata"><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"> </span></span></div></div><div class="luna-Ent"><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">7.</span></span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'"> harsh</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">to the</span> </span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">ear:</span> </span><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">rude</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">sounds.</span><div class="dndata"><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"> </span></span></div></div><div class="luna-Ent"><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">8.</span></span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'"> without</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">artistic</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">elegance;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">primitive</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">simplicity:</span> </span><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">rude</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">design.</span><div class="dndata"><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"> </span></span></div></div>etc., etc.</div><div class="pbk"><br />
<span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"></span><div class="dndata"><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"> </span></span></div></div><div class="pbk">Personally, I like <i>illiterate peasants</i> and <i>harsh to the ear</i> best.</div><div class="pbk"><br />
<span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"></span><div class="dndata"><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"> </span></span></div></div><div class="pbk">So, for those out there who mistakenly thought the definition had wholly changed, and that things formerly thought rude are now completely acceptable in "polite" society (this would of course exclude Charlie Sheen as well as all politicians, as they are both illiterate peasants and harsh to the ear), take note, the following things are, in fact, rude:</div><div class="pbk"><br />
<span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"></span><div class="dndata"><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"> </span></span></div></div><div class="pbk">1. Talking on your cellphone when it's your turn at a store checkout</div><div class="pbk">2. Leaving local papers and flyers outside on your doorstep for weeks on end so they blow around the neighbourhood</div><div class="pbk">3. Leaving the keypad noise turned on, so when you text everyone around you has to listen to <i>click click clickclickclick</i>, it is possible to turn it off, in fact, it is preferable to turn it off</div><div class="pbk">4. Eating food while you speak to someone on the phone</div><div class="pbk">5. Playing on the computer while you speak to someone on the phone (<i>playing</i> because <i>working</i> is not rude, it is how you pay the bills)</div><div class="pbk">6. Being more than 10 minutes late for anything</div><div class="pbk">7. Talking on your cellphone for a 50 minute bus ride, seriously, grownups should know better, and I don't want to hear about your sister's drinking problems, and I don't want to hear the tinny half-responses coming back out of your phone</div><div class="pbk">8. Looking anywhere other than at the person you are having a conversation with</div><div class="pbk">9. Not responding to messages, emails, etc., you may be busy, but are you dead?</div><div class="pbk">10. Making personal announcements public via Twitter, Facebook, etc. without bothering to notify close friends and family first in a more personal way.</div><div class="pbk">11. Making paying customers wait in line while you (the clerk) try and sign others up for a credit/points card. I am on my lunch break, I want to hand you money and leave with my purchase, up-sell later or I will leave in a huff (which is also rude, but you made me).</div><div class="pbk">etc. etc. etc.</div><div class="pbk"><br />
<span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"></span><div class="dndata"><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"> </span></span></div></div><div class="pbk"><br />
<span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"></span><div class="dndata"><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"> </span></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-88719244386022315672011-02-24T20:25:00.000-08:002011-02-24T20:25:52.480-08:00The Happy-ing of the Birthday<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1951/164/29/734301054/n734301054_2284431_4562.jpg?dl=1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="288" src="http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1951/164/29/734301054/n734301054_2284431_4562.jpg?dl=1" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When I was far younger and cuter...</td></tr>
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So, yesterday was my birthday, I am now old (but don't I say that every year?).<br />
I find it (interesting? dismaying? pathetic? sad?) that the majority of the people who "happy birthday-ed" me yesterday are people I never see or speak to except for on Facebook. I am not a random Facebook-friending whore, so my FB friends are people I like, and care to keep in touch with in some way or another. But I noticed that the people I see and am face-to-face friends with (rather than just FB friends) missed my birthday for the most part, no emails, no FB messages, no cards, no phone call, and it's just kind of crappy, because FB or no FB, I always try to make sure I email, or send a card or a text or <i>something</i> when it's a special occasion. The FB posts are nice and all, but life is not a popularity contest, and I'd rather have 2 notes from close friends than 40 FB notes....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-36117643284208418982011-02-12T20:48:00.000-08:002011-02-19T12:47:09.496-08:00The Beholding of the Ink<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCHIG3lV67Ye2Mm_h4DEU_Cd1U8TOm_DPb1xFgmCBmw1fIVYiZLg0jRVzm3ExZWFophoCjuAJYLoxqBopvxH_ibQHu_IBCrR6jSA5x6JCAqBNTQ5YagHpz_kux6Xb6bkxvZkg2DCntIbO/s1600/Read+or+Die+colour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCHIG3lV67Ye2Mm_h4DEU_Cd1U8TOm_DPb1xFgmCBmw1fIVYiZLg0jRVzm3ExZWFophoCjuAJYLoxqBopvxH_ibQHu_IBCrR6jSA5x6JCAqBNTQ5YagHpz_kux6Xb6bkxvZkg2DCntIbO/s320/Read+or+Die+colour.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original sketch from my idea, Keith Durocher, <a href="http://pennyblacktattoo.blogspot.com/">PennyBlack Ink</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Foot tattoo, in progress since December, still have a few hours of work to go on it before it's finished.....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Initial 2 hour session</td></tr>
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and for this week's dose of irony, I now have a tattoo that says <i>Read or Die</i>, and I was told this week that one of my retinas appears to be detaching. <br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRNItBpcWxi00Gbi101reTCiGEB3wOIfYTPQsuggT8Y9AmzmtVtEz5Y7WdGhGXdgWi9smJ-jUo59l3TcIUDOgNO9LED-1kh_6DHLEO5YccNSFTS4LALaRXGmHIzt_Pdj08B5jcxSJxRff/s1600/IMGP0692.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRNItBpcWxi00Gbi101reTCiGEB3wOIfYTPQsuggT8Y9AmzmtVtEz5Y7WdGhGXdgWi9smJ-jUo59l3TcIUDOgNO9LED-1kh_6DHLEO5YccNSFTS4LALaRXGmHIzt_Pdj08B5jcxSJxRff/s320/IMGP0692.jpg" width="195" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second session, 2.5 hours</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So, there's that.<br />
<span style="color: #fce5cd;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-78834375797441635772011-01-31T19:13:00.000-08:002011-03-16T19:22:19.218-07:00The Hating of the Human Race<span style="color: white;">. </span><br />
I am not an overly emotional person, except when I am.<br />
<br />
Right now I want to puke, cry, and commit murder all at the same time. Today is the type of day that reminds me why I generally try to avoid the news, why I purposely keep my head in the sand and look the other way, it's the type of day that reminds me the human race is fucking disgusting.<br />
<br />
What caused this?<br />
<h1>100 sled dogs slaughtered in Whistler when tourism slumped: Report</h1><br />
I am disgusted, I am outraged, I am helpless to do anything because the act has already been committed. Is there someone I, as a citizen, can go to and seek a similar decision be made to euthanize or cull the useless excuses for human beings that made the decision and (literally) pulled the trigger on these poor animals?<br />
Would that I could.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zkNbsdYLmU8mZjUdpUMmdlEGAxazzktLEsDoT7qzzMfB0RIhtAyO2Kdu2sMIrxhuI6hJAGyUReiIiayIXLBrfrJRRJBXYhOZhA7p9YREpjOIGPiNu3YBHfqGP4_ABITvGQosQP0Zle2-/s320/4198408.jpg" width="320" /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-55762800333652575302011-01-12T18:33:00.000-08:002011-01-16T10:10:27.046-08:00The Opening of the Box<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM5puN5slOTkhZiP3TAjpxV_TjjoAnT1qPWxtnA0eZovjnc9d4SmUjeWrqd6reSw2uIBfhyphenhyphenF5BHjG097Ae3invjol8mcrx6WA_M8CwQZsPzOzFlqUFlye387Iva_UwFZDbgXPwYoxUC9p/s1600/radio2-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM5puN5slOTkhZiP3TAjpxV_TjjoAnT1qPWxtnA0eZovjnc9d4SmUjeWrqd6reSw2uIBfhyphenhyphenF5BHjG097Ae3invjol8mcrx6WA_M8CwQZsPzOzFlqUFlye387Iva_UwFZDbgXPwYoxUC9p/s320/radio2-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br />
<a href="http://www.pandora.com/">Pandora</a>.<br />
I knew not of it until I visited my sis in Seattle a few months ago, she lamented that it wasn't available in Canada, but of course down south it is there for the taking.<br />
I was sad. Then I Googled it and found a way to get it here (simply block my IP and the blocker assigns a random IP, and for whatever reason the random IP is a US IP).<br />
Now I have it, and it's lovely. See, I like music, but I'm not an addict. I don't surf iTunes on a regular basis, in fact I probably add songs to my iPod like once or twice a year, which my husband thinks is insane because it means I am listening to the SAME 800 or so songs ALL YEAR. <br />
The thing is, I can't be bothered to go wading through all the crappy music out there, it seems like every fresh-faced teenager has a single and really, do I need to hear that? Somehow, I think lyrically a 14 year old's song will not appeal to me. <br />
I did have a satellite radio for a while a few years ago and I loved it because I had 2 channels that played my kind of music but added some other stuff in there, and it was in sync with the stuff I love. However, paying fifteen bucks a month for all eternity to listen to music once or twice a week became a bit ridiculous, so buh-bye satellite radio, hello iPod. Now, with Pandora, when I am at home and want to listen to some tunes, I can open up my Macbook and say hello to Pandora (and unfortunately I must alos say hello to the odd sudden commercial interruption between songs) and goodbye to my same old 800 songs.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-6070581569020260302011-01-06T20:16:00.000-08:002011-01-06T20:16:55.496-08:00Fuckin' Political Correctness Makes Me Want to Stab a Baby<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqoEBlsBPO84J8X2_Xz_X6zKvfzNtiiChP1JI9lx2syVGlZZea75mtoEWh3oc602u1BEi8iHRENuz_flVXHUDKZf10ABXwliWAqZLoqlYtkxqLKwlsp-z53uHs5-7inV3ZmOEYANnHsxU8/s1600/political_correctness_is_tyranny_with_manners_magnet-p147593539749617453qjy4_400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqoEBlsBPO84J8X2_Xz_X6zKvfzNtiiChP1JI9lx2syVGlZZea75mtoEWh3oc602u1BEi8iHRENuz_flVXHUDKZf10ABXwliWAqZLoqlYtkxqLKwlsp-z53uHs5-7inV3ZmOEYANnHsxU8/s320/political_correctness_is_tyranny_with_manners_magnet-p147593539749617453qjy4_400.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Jesus Fuckin' Christ. Can the world get any more ridiculous? Is there no sanity?<br />
Art is art, whether it is literature, music, a movie, a painting, a sculpture...<br />
So why is it suddenly acceptable to revise a classic novel to make it more politically correct? I find it truly sickening that someone has decided to take it upon themselves to change history - because changing a classic piece of art, regardless of format, is changing history. The only person who should have the right to change a piece of art is the creator of that art. If the creator is dead, I believe NO ONE should have the right to alter a creation. It is one thing to sell the rights or mass produce, or do a farce on an existing piece of art, particularly when the creator is dead, but it is another thing entirely to alter the art.<br />
The decision to alter <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/01/06/powers.huck.finn/index.html">Huckleberry Finn</a> is simply wrong.<br />
Art is meant to challenge, to cause conversation, and sometimes to offend. To remove certain words is backhanded censorship and will cause the book to lose some of its impact on readers. <br />
We need to stop censoring and PC'ing everything and instead have discussions about why the art was created in that way, at that time, why it was acceptable to use the word nigger in a piece of literature. <br />
If we don't, before you know it feminists will be crying out to the Thought Police to have the word cunt removed from all existence, some of Shakespeare's more colourful language will be edited, and chickens will cry fowl when the term "chicken" or "chickenshit" is used to mean scaredy-cat (uh, oh, did I just offend cats?).<br />
Shit happens, history is history, deal with it and leave the art alone. <br />
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<i>PS - don't worry, I calmed down a bit and am no longer wanting to stab a baby, especially not yours.</i><br />
<i>PPS - The quote at the top is most likely the only thing crazy Charlton Heston said that I agree with.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-59104072980083959452011-01-01T16:34:00.000-08:002011-01-01T17:14:40.814-08:00My Top Reads of 2010.<br />
So, I managed to read 61 books in 2010 (no more, no less than 2009), below, in no particular order are my top picks. <br />
51 of the 61 were ebooks in 2010. Approximately 51 books were part of a series (though some were book 1 and I am unlikely to read book 2), this tells me I am either obsessed with series regardless of genre, or it's hard to find good stand alone fiction, so I stick with what I know.<br />
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<div id="wcee974eeba775043110693bc85ed0e6b"></div><script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8" src="http://www.librarything.com/widget_get.php?userid=youthfulzombie&theID=wcee974eeba775043110693bc85ed0e6b"></script><noscript><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/youthfulzombie">My Library</a> at <a href="http://www.librarything.com">LibraryThing</a></noscript>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-49437465222024326542010-12-02T20:18:00.000-08:002010-12-02T20:20:35.352-08:00The Truth is in the Proving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hPhI4CkdWe8FL-PAWB8ruGL1bDNq1MIA_16hLkYyFS1H5FwycgxQEsPm9NUBZ4727PUyG0U13q4GekbLRM_51sQ51UsWfcd5I5SQjAISgYLJBKh_r45FdveDvTG_5XpNiMZBSkCb-qGA/s1600/extraordinary-claims-large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hPhI4CkdWe8FL-PAWB8ruGL1bDNq1MIA_16hLkYyFS1H5FwycgxQEsPm9NUBZ4727PUyG0U13q4GekbLRM_51sQ51UsWfcd5I5SQjAISgYLJBKh_r45FdveDvTG_5XpNiMZBSkCb-qGA/s400/extraordinary-claims-large.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><br />
I read an article today about a group (<a href="http://extraordinary-claims.com/">the Centre for Inquiry, Canada</a>) that puts up "controversial" posters that question the existence of "God". Their newest ad says <i>Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence</i> and then goes on to group Allah, Vampires, God, and Wizards together as examples of such "extraordinary" things (<i>and yes, if God is a proper noun, then to me so are Vampires and Wizards, so there</i>).<br />
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I think it's totally hilarious.<br />
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They say they want to spark discussion and debate, but come on, you just know the religious nuts are going to have a spazz about this. <br />
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It seems that it's perfectly okay for churches and LDS posters to go up and preach religion, but a poster that questions religion? A poster that groups God with Dragons? That's gonna rub some people the wrong way <i>(mostly shriveled, lonely people who rarely get rubbed</i>).<br />
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I think it would be totally awesome if all the WoW players out there banded together in protest - Dragons, Gnomes, Elves, Witches and Wizards are all under fire here too. Oh, and they better prepare for the onslaught of Edward-loving Twihards as well, their outrage (<i>question the existence of Vampires will you!</i>) may well cause the end of times as we know it.<br />
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For the record, I totally believe in Leprechauns.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-41841774041450732602010-11-29T21:30:00.000-08:002010-11-29T21:30:33.347-08:00Watch Out Bad Guys!Capes I made for my nephews:<br />
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My current "winter" jacket has 3/4 length sleeves, so I needed some gloves that had long(er) cuffs on them to close the gap. I saw some Fossil mittens, I coveted them, but since they were not on sale I did not buy them. But then I did (I had a coupon). <br />
They are the right length and a non-boring colour. They have a flip top mitten so your fingers can be free or enclosed in warm cuteness.<br />
They have no thumbs.<br />
I did read the the tag that said something like "open thumbs for texting!", but I really didn't pay attention to what exactly that meant.<br />
I bought them. I took the tags off, and the next morning I put them on and went - huh?<br />
The thumb portion comes up mid-thumb, and then your thumbs are free for texting! But this also means your thumbs are free for frostbite! and free to look stupid!<br />
I'm on the bus, and yes having the thumb free is handy for turning pages on my ebook reader, but otherwise I feel like people are staring at my hands thinking WTF is up with her gloves?<br />
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So, now I have some cute mittens that are nice and warm, except I will soon be thumbless unless I put another pair of gloves on underneath.<br />
For $40 you'd think you'd get whole mittens.<br />
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The mittens<br />
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When does it stop?<br />
It seems ridiculous to me that Air Canada will now have to create a "nut-free" buffer zone around a passenger if they request it. <br />
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I don't even see how this can be enforced, if I paid for a seat and I am unlucky enough to have to sit next to one of these fuckwads who actually had the nerve to pre-warn the airline that they required a buffer zone I'd be pretty annoyed. What happens if a passenger brings their own food on board (which many do now since it ain't free anymore) and their personal food contains nuts? Is the stewardess under instruction to rip a peanut butter sandwich away from passengers?<br />
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Does anyone wonder why it seems that there has been a ridiculous increase in nut allergies in recent years? It's practically illegal to let your kid have a peanut butter and jam sandwich at school because it might somehow make its way into the mouth of a kid who is allergic. When I was a kid we could take whatever food we wanted to school and guess what? No one died, kids weren't keeling over left and right. It was totally normal to have PB&J in your lunchbox. We were even allowed to bring juice to school. <br />
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I'm allergic to morons, people who stink and assholes who speak loudly on their cell phones in public places - can I get a buffer zone too?<br />
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<i>Post-post - I stumbled upon <a href="http://www.stjohns-peabody.com/parents.html">a school in the US</a> that is nut-free and fish-free, so these kids are just fucked, no PB&J or tuna sandwiches, what has the world come to?</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-43249175238424575452010-10-11T12:06:00.000-07:002010-10-11T12:07:48.293-07:00From Ruby Slippers to Yellow Kitty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiML_0smG7K4Nk-LZEENu4gCUWdD0XrSkaOd8t39_VNm6gBxX8VR_Cj-ERZ19SvCbiPzQM3CAfxGyZLIbtZ646cFTJlVCpvSB7WUHT0kW8cEV4dNRnodg-QxF8cqISK5CH_KSgovUIQNqXp/s1600/sephora-by-opi-nail-polish-lrg.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiML_0smG7K4Nk-LZEENu4gCUWdD0XrSkaOd8t39_VNm6gBxX8VR_Cj-ERZ19SvCbiPzQM3CAfxGyZLIbtZ646cFTJlVCpvSB7WUHT0kW8cEV4dNRnodg-QxF8cqISK5CH_KSgovUIQNqXp/s1600/sephora-by-opi-nail-polish-lrg.png" /></a></div><br />
Obsession. Compulsion. Fixation.<br />
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I've realized that over the past year or so, whenever I see a new colour of nail polish that I buy it. I must have it. Currently, one of the drawers in my coffee table contains 37 bottles of nail polish. I'm guessing that's not normal.<br />
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Back in July I went to get a mani-pedi before my trip to Vegas, and I noted that I had more colour options at home than the salon had. Again, I'm guessing that's not normal.<br />
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I'm also starting to wonder if changing the colour once a week (or so) and removing the polish, etc. will eventually cause me to have some sort of detrimental disease, that I am a human experiment for the nail polish industry.<br />
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Oh well, I like the pretty colours, and it's less expensive and time consuming than keeping up purple or pink or yellow hair on a regular basis.<br />
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So for now I will enjoy my Ruby Slippers, Brand New Skates, Under My Trench Coat, In the Shadows, with Yellow Kitty.<br />
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My 39th book this year was <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/9707627/book/64504445"><i>I'd Know You Anywhere</i></a> by Laura Lippman. The book itself is probably not the best I've read of hers, but I was reminded that I love how she strings her words together, I simply enjoy how she writes, regardless of the storyline. <br />
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<blockquote>The afternoon stretched before them, inert yet somehow demanding, like a guest who had shown up with a suitcase full of dirty laundry. </blockquote><blockquote>Elizabeth wanted to know what she looked like when no one was looking.</blockquote><br />
A few lines from the book, there are many more but I'm too lazy to type them out. I enjoy Lippman's Tess Monaghan PI/mystery series, but her writing style, her piecing together of her prose, shines best in her stand alone fiction. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-52617713355011670092010-09-12T21:46:00.000-07:002010-09-12T21:46:29.991-07:00Productive<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELSxdyaXi1i74Vgwx0YBnQXOo5dzhRFCkMAJR4pPXZ3RMj1R4U-UW-pRgcf4yLcszwvk-xfQbdOoghWK7QU5qNwNtGt2GNC2S_f-iHW2qjVr_hZRr-sNPvHTez5_rKEcafOEVAU_gE4OD/s1600/sewing+desk+closed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELSxdyaXi1i74Vgwx0YBnQXOo5dzhRFCkMAJR4pPXZ3RMj1R4U-UW-pRgcf4yLcszwvk-xfQbdOoghWK7QU5qNwNtGt2GNC2S_f-iHW2qjVr_hZRr-sNPvHTez5_rKEcafOEVAU_gE4OD/s320/sewing+desk+closed.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPhP83wtRtzzX7NRfno1WLzqUIDnfYofH_VzE0xBrHaGWsOFF27attpJdW9R5EJ19M69aaCgfFTEVNZ8tw5MhtLKWJrTfnFBoVoEX6R8AGhJ_jnvjbbVwQiZfzZ_nArPqTH_x7UMMTJNw/s1600/sewing+desk+open.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPhP83wtRtzzX7NRfno1WLzqUIDnfYofH_VzE0xBrHaGWsOFF27attpJdW9R5EJ19M69aaCgfFTEVNZ8tw5MhtLKWJrTfnFBoVoEX6R8AGhJ_jnvjbbVwQiZfzZ_nArPqTH_x7UMMTJNw/s200/sewing+desk+open.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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New retro sewing desk (for only $50!) = no more hunching over the coffee table = happy me = finished curtains and finished quilt top.<br />
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There's a library across the street from my house, so I finally came to my senses and went in today and got myself a library card.<br />
[Gasp! You don't have a library card!?]<br />
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It's probably been about 10 years since I went in to a library or had a card. I love books, so much in fact, that once I was out of school and employed, I could no longer bear to only "borrow" books, I fell into the habit of buying every book I read, of buying books on random subjects that I might've been mildly interested in. There's also the fact that the trusty interweb made it big, so when in earlier years I might have gone to the library to research something, nowadays I can just Google it. Case in point, we own tons of cookbooks, yet when I want a recipe for something specific I usually just find one online, I certainly don't go to the library to look it up. <br />
So a a test run, I checked out 3 books on quilting (yes, I know, very exciting), the lady advised me that there's a 3 month probation period for new card holders and in that 3 months I can only check out 10 items at a time, once the 3 months is up (assuming I haven't taken off with the 10 items, or racked up thousands of dollars in late fees) I will be allowed to take out up to 50 items at a time. 50 items. I do not understand how anyone could need to check out 50 items, which are only in your possession for 21 days, all at the same time, but hey, I haven't had a library card in a while, maybe the times have changed. The librarian also advised me that they subscribe to 3 different quilting magazines (I was unaware that you could even check out magazines), so I guess I really have no excuse to go out and spend money on reference/quilting books or magazines (she says, knowing she ordered 3 used books from abebooks.com a few days ago). If I find a book I love or can't live without I can go buy it, otherwise the library is now my friend again. The exception of course, is that I know I cannot "borrow" fiction from the library, fiction is still something I must possess, even if nowadays most if what I buy is in ebook format.<br />
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Postscript: Though I was in a library, I still managed to <b>buy</b> a book - 75 cents for an out of print F. Paul Wilson novel to add to my collection :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871061779994592174.post-28441709567241214442010-08-03T22:00:00.000-07:002010-09-11T10:56:28.418-07:00a foot and a half long, hence inordinately long*<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaA2DPV-UOuRAe_DX804zX46h1Tq24rTQv4TNDouM1k1kdz6DOHmpYShRnRgWZzYVQY9EZE19KSR_ctvoO6REBp59_KNI4otKSwRQtMKbw9SSrQPdxI1seJJcjNMgLaT18u_lKnXJ4NCEd/s1600/sesquipedalian-smallest.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaA2DPV-UOuRAe_DX804zX46h1Tq24rTQv4TNDouM1k1kdz6DOHmpYShRnRgWZzYVQY9EZE19KSR_ctvoO6REBp59_KNI4otKSwRQtMKbw9SSrQPdxI1seJJcjNMgLaT18u_lKnXJ4NCEd/s400/sesquipedalian-smallest.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />
I loathe it when people use big words in an attempt to make themselves look intelligent while at the same time probably making others feel inadequate or stupid. <br />
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I was scrolling through a blog earlier tonight and the writer used big, ridiculous words at every turn of phrase. Many people would not be able to comprehend what the hell she was talking about. Many people would just skip it altogether thinking it pompous. <br />
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I am not against big words per se, I love words and sometimes a big, over the top word is appropriate; sometimes a big, beautiful word just <i>fits</i>. I simply feel that in day to day life, conversation, communication, common / simple words are better. I like plain speak. I find it preferable to be direct. I find it preferable to know that the person I am talking to knows <i>what the hell I am talking about</i>, and doesn't walk away blank-eyed scratching their head. I think I tend to show my intelligence through the way I phrase things rather than via the use of redonkulous* words.<br />
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I hate it when people say "he was just being facetious", when in fact, they could just say, "he's joking", or "he's just being a jackass". Facetious is a word I just plain hate. <br />
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So just stop it. When future generations or aliens try to make sense of us and our times I'd like them to be able to make sense of it all, after all someone should. <br />
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*The title of this entry<br />
<blockquote><i>a foot and a half long, hence inordinately long</i></blockquote>relates to<strong> </strong><strong><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: #b5d5ff; cursor: default;"></span></span></strong>the translation of <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/1999/10/25.html">sesquipedalian</a>, which is a stupid long word to describe stupid long words and the people who use them.<br />
<div class="pb"><div><span class="show_spellpr"><span><span id="hotword"> </span></span><span class="pron"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">ses-kwuh-puh-DAYL-yuhn</span> </span><span><span id="hotword">\ </span></span></span><span id="hotword"> , </span><span class="pron pos"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">adjective;</span> </span></span></span></div><div class="defns rr_wid"><span class="pron pos"></span> <div class="def rr_wid"> <div class="defn"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">1.</span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'"> Given</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">to</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">characterized</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">by</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">use</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">long</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">words.</span> </span></div></div><span class="pron pos"></span> <div class="def rr_wid"> <div class="defn"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">2.</span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'"> Long</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">ponderous;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">having</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">many</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">syllables.</span> </span></div></div><span class="pron pos"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">noun:</span> </span></span> <div class="def rr_wid"> <div class="defn"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'">1.</span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"> A</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">long</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='#b5d5ff';return hotWord(this);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='transparent'" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">word.</span> </span></div></div></div></div><br />
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**totally in the "<a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=redonkulous">dictionary</a>", therefore perfectly acceptableUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1