Cleaning my room. Again. It seems this is all I do. I guess it would go faster if I cleaned more and blogged less, but that would also mean it would be less fun.
I cleared another laundry basket full of, well, crap. I did get to hang up all my teaching clothes, which I really should have done a while ago. AND I took some pictures of really nice pieces of clothing that I've only worn once or twice. If my loyal read(s) want(s) anything, let me know.
Alright, what else did I find? Some old essays from when I was in CEGEP and could write a 2000+ word essay in 3 hours and still get a 90%; way too many o.b. tampons for someone who NEVER uses them; a toy gun, still sealed; one silver sandal (I thought I had given them away, so now I think I only gave one away... oops); the charger and earphones that go with my old cell... Yeah, and a bunch more stuff.
Lately, I find that all my doing is shuffling stuff from one place to another, without really knowing WHERE to put things yet. The night table and dresser, which I was so proud of for cleaning, is now all cluttered again. I still have a lot of work to do.
I thinkI want a yogurt now...
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
Boys. Again. Ugh.
Excuse me for a moment while I whine like a 13 year old.
GAH!! Why is it that I always like guys who either don't like me the same way, or just like someone else? BOOO! I mean, I'm likable, right? I'm pretty awesome, actually. But boys don't see that. I guess I need to keep looking for men. Or, maybe, look for men who appreciate and like me in the same way I like them.
That's all for now. I'm tired.
GAH!! Why is it that I always like guys who either don't like me the same way, or just like someone else? BOOO! I mean, I'm likable, right? I'm pretty awesome, actually. But boys don't see that. I guess I need to keep looking for men. Or, maybe, look for men who appreciate and like me in the same way I like them.
That's all for now. I'm tired.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Cleaning my room, part four
It's been exactly one month since my last "cleaning my room" blog. I haven't done much since then: in fact I think the lack of doing anything made my room regress a few steps. Whatever. Today, I'm finishing the left side of bed, possibly starting on the right side. One of the big things I've noticed though is that I seem to have A LOT of books (and no where to put them). Textbooks, novels, cookbooks... just a lot of books with no home other than on the floor or in a drawer or on my dresser.
Along with cleaning my room, I need to somehow find the time to clean my bookshelf in the computer room. That bookshelf holds my painted ceramic pieces (which are really really crappy and I don't understand why my parents display them so proudly), all my books from before I graduated high school (as in, my La courte échelle series, my R. L. Stine series, my The Cat Who series and my Bruce Coville series), and a couple of CEGEP textbooks. I don't really want to get rid of all this (except the ceramic, it's really crappy), but I don't want to leave it all there either: there's no room. Maybe I should get a bookshelf to go in here when I'm done cleaning? One to match the new bed my parents will buy me? That might work...
I do have some shelves in here, but they serve no purpose, really. The top two shelves are too high for me to reach without a step-stool and the other three house my stuffed animals, my dictionaries/MELS info, my CDs and (surprise, surprise) MORE BOOKS! I never thought I'd say this, but maybe I have too many books?
At least I've read them all. Some, I've read multiple times. And I'm a reader, so it's normal, right? It's a sign of intelligence, isn't it, to have read so many books? Not all of them (read: a very small selection) would be considered "high literature," but I learned in my Sci-Fi class this semester that "literature" is what you make it, not what a critic tells you. A book does not have less value because it doesn't fall into a specific category, every book has something to offer.
K, well, I guess I should clean?
Ugh.
Along with cleaning my room, I need to somehow find the time to clean my bookshelf in the computer room. That bookshelf holds my painted ceramic pieces (which are really really crappy and I don't understand why my parents display them so proudly), all my books from before I graduated high school (as in, my La courte échelle series, my R. L. Stine series, my The Cat Who series and my Bruce Coville series), and a couple of CEGEP textbooks. I don't really want to get rid of all this (except the ceramic, it's really crappy), but I don't want to leave it all there either: there's no room. Maybe I should get a bookshelf to go in here when I'm done cleaning? One to match the new bed my parents will buy me? That might work...
I do have some shelves in here, but they serve no purpose, really. The top two shelves are too high for me to reach without a step-stool and the other three house my stuffed animals, my dictionaries/MELS info, my CDs and (surprise, surprise) MORE BOOKS! I never thought I'd say this, but maybe I have too many books?
At least I've read them all. Some, I've read multiple times. And I'm a reader, so it's normal, right? It's a sign of intelligence, isn't it, to have read so many books? Not all of them (read: a very small selection) would be considered "high literature," but I learned in my Sci-Fi class this semester that "literature" is what you make it, not what a critic tells you. A book does not have less value because it doesn't fall into a specific category, every book has something to offer.
K, well, I guess I should clean?
Ugh.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
The Influence of Shakespeare
I posted this as a Facebook note back in 2007. I got it as a hand out in one of my CEGEP classes. I think it's worth re-posting!
Enjoy! (I needed a study break lol)
The Influence of Shakespeare
Shakespeare invented over 1700 words: he changed nouns into verbs, verbs into adjectives, connected words together, and also added prefixes and suffixes. As well, he coined entirely new words and expressions, most of which we continue to use today.
The following excerpt, from Bernard Levin’s The Story of English, provides a concise sense of Shakespeare’s enormous contribution to the English language:
“If you cannot understand my argument, and declare “It’s Greek to me”, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to me more sinned against than sinning, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you recall your salad days, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you act more in sorrow than in anger, if your wish is father to the thought, if your lost property has vanished into thin air, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you have ever refused to budge an inch or suffered from green-eyed jealousy, if you have played fast and loose, if you have been tongue-tied, a tower of strength, hoodwinked or in a pickle, if you have knitted your brows, made a virtue of necessity, insisted on fair play, slept not one wink, stood on ceremony, danced attendance (on your lord and master), laughed yourself into stitches, had short shrift, cold comfort or too much of a good thing, if you have seen better days or lived in a fool’s paradise – why, be that as it may, the more fool you, for it is a forgone conclusion that you are (as good luck would have it) quoting Shakespeare; if you think it is high time and that that is the long and the short of it, if you believe that the game is up and that the truth will win out even if it involves your own flesh and blood, if you lie low till the crack of doom because you suspect foul play, if you have your teeth set on edge (at one fell swoop) without rhyme or reason, then – to give the devil his due – if the truth were known (for surely you have a tongue in your head) you are quoting Shakespeare; even if you bid me good riddance and send me packing, if you wish I were dead as a door-nail, f you think I am an eyesore, a laughing stock, the devil incarnate, a stony-hearted villain, bloody-minded or a blinking idiot, the – by Jove! O Lord! Tut, tut! for goodness’ sake! what the dickens! but me no buts – it is all one to me, for you are quoting Shakespeare.” (Bernard Levin. From The Story of English. Robert McCrum, William Cran and Robert MacNeil. Viking: 1986)
Enjoy! (I needed a study break lol)
The Influence of Shakespeare
Shakespeare invented over 1700 words: he changed nouns into verbs, verbs into adjectives, connected words together, and also added prefixes and suffixes. As well, he coined entirely new words and expressions, most of which we continue to use today.
The following excerpt, from Bernard Levin’s The Story of English, provides a concise sense of Shakespeare’s enormous contribution to the English language:
“If you cannot understand my argument, and declare “It’s Greek to me”, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to me more sinned against than sinning, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you recall your salad days, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you act more in sorrow than in anger, if your wish is father to the thought, if your lost property has vanished into thin air, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you have ever refused to budge an inch or suffered from green-eyed jealousy, if you have played fast and loose, if you have been tongue-tied, a tower of strength, hoodwinked or in a pickle, if you have knitted your brows, made a virtue of necessity, insisted on fair play, slept not one wink, stood on ceremony, danced attendance (on your lord and master), laughed yourself into stitches, had short shrift, cold comfort or too much of a good thing, if you have seen better days or lived in a fool’s paradise – why, be that as it may, the more fool you, for it is a forgone conclusion that you are (as good luck would have it) quoting Shakespeare; if you think it is high time and that that is the long and the short of it, if you believe that the game is up and that the truth will win out even if it involves your own flesh and blood, if you lie low till the crack of doom because you suspect foul play, if you have your teeth set on edge (at one fell swoop) without rhyme or reason, then – to give the devil his due – if the truth were known (for surely you have a tongue in your head) you are quoting Shakespeare; even if you bid me good riddance and send me packing, if you wish I were dead as a door-nail, f you think I am an eyesore, a laughing stock, the devil incarnate, a stony-hearted villain, bloody-minded or a blinking idiot, the – by Jove! O Lord! Tut, tut! for goodness’ sake! what the dickens! but me no buts – it is all one to me, for you are quoting Shakespeare.” (Bernard Levin. From The Story of English. Robert McCrum, William Cran and Robert MacNeil. Viking: 1986)
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Almost done
Four classes, two exam over. One class and exam on Monday.
Tomorrow I'm going to a brunch event with my mom to hear author Christopher Moore and other speak about their latest books. What question should I ask?
Tomorrow I'm going to a brunch event with my mom to hear author Christopher Moore and other speak about their latest books. What question should I ask?
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