And just so you know, the phrase “here’s the thing:” used to precede some insulting comment, etc. has become an enormous thing in the Vallo of Monte. (Example I heard yesterday - “Here’s the thing: Shut up.”) I don’t know if this is a nationwide trend or not, but if it’s not in your area, be grateful. Another hip new phrase phad is “bee tee dub,” as in “btw,” as in “by the way.” This annoys me because I used to enjoy saying such things as “btw” and “brb” in exaggerated, look-what-a-silly-ass-I-am sort of way. They’ve ruined it for me.
Bitch session over, on we move.
May term has started, meaning an entire semester of classes (15 weeks) crammed into less-than-May (3 weeks). I’m excited and a bit confused all at the same time.
For the month of May and part of June, I will be residing in my the house of my boyfriend and his brother. This is simultaneously extremely fun and neat-o (because I get to enjoy the company and pretend I’m a grown-up) and awkward. The parents (as well as a few close friends) don’t dig living with a boyfriend, and I can only assume that when Chris discovers I’m living with him, all contact will cease forever. Not a pretty fact, but a true one. On top of all that, it’s a fairly large house. I love living by myself, but when everyone’s at work, this place just feels empty. Which is why the Internet is becoming my best friend again. Hooray for electronic connections in place of interpersonal ones!!
So here I sit, wondering how everyone else will spend their summer…?
May 8th, 2006 at 9:32 PM
its really wierd where we end up…
i mean, just yesterday i was telling robin how this girl at the elementary school will one day most definitely be, and here i am in prison today. Whod have thunk it? I have a bright future ahead me
May 9th, 2006 at 3:09 AM
Dude, that “here’s the thing” prefix sounds pretty awesome to me.
May 10th, 2006 at 6:30 AM
wel…i suppose leaving out the word *hot* to describe the little girl above made my comment senseless
May 12th, 2006 at 1:17 PM
Here’s the thing is an awesome prefix.
I will be spending my summer editing a manuscript, making a movie, attempting an INK article, and trying to learn to navigate and utilize some Adobe programs. As far as work goes, that’s what I have to do.
Leisure will probably be hanging out with candace at quality, hanging out with andrew at PHS, and I guess since the new thing to do around here is fishing…fishing.
May 12th, 2006 at 2:25 PM
I like how Robin is the only one who responded to my oh-so-subtle elipsis-followed-by-a-question-mark. Xack is a pedophile and Stephen is a “here’s the thing” supporter (but then, so is Robin), nearly equal evils.
I confess it’s not so much the prefix as it is some of the people I hear saying it. And also the fact that I only hear it used to precede something mean.
If no one’s noticed, there are two things I adore: the whole making-a-lot-of-words-into-one-phrase-via-hyphens, and semicolons. A colon isn’t quite the same; I need that semi.
May 12th, 2006 at 3:50 PM
Woah, woah, woah… Subtle? Do not confuse lack of response with reader’s omission. I plan to give a submission, of sorts, in a future entry. In sum, however, it will be my mission, to waste as little time as possible and learn as much as I can. The fact that it is missin’ here is partly because I am too lazy to make a literal emission. It seems I am off to a horrible start…
I have a strong love of the hyphen, dash, period, and demi colon. I love the colon in pairs. I find commas difficult to place appropriately and am still confused by single and double quotes. Exclamation marks are overated, but I love the whole shebang (#!). In fact, come to think of it, most punctuation turns me on. I could go on.
May 14th, 2006 at 9:50 AM
Oh, the sensuous angles of those chevrons
May 14th, 2006 at 9:51 AM
That didn’t show up though I wrote them in. Just picture chevrons and the phrase “;they shiver me timbers” (this software omitted them thinking I was making some sort of gay HTML tag).
May 15th, 2006 at 12:02 PM
Often forgotten but equally delightful, my friends, are the ~ that has no real use except to be placed over an n in certain parts of the world, and the ampersand… a great friend of mine because no one (including myself) ever remembers how to draw it. Because I’m a dork I always want to draw a treble clef instead, and I think that proves I am #1 Supreme Loser of All Time.
May 16th, 2006 at 2:11 PM
For knowledge’s sake, I think the ~ is called a tilde. And while we’re having a flaming punctuation orgy, I believe the dot over a lowercase “i” is also called a tilde.