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brinshannara ([personal profile] brinshannara) wrote2004-03-19 07:24 am

ugh.

Mornings are evil.

I slept really poorly. Kept waking up every couple of hours. Each time, I was still very tired, but apparently not sleepy. What the hell is up with that?

I've been up for like, 35 minutes now, and am no closer to getting out of my chair to go get dressed for the day. Blah.

On the agenda for today:

- class at 8:45.
- class at 10:15.
- possibly the library for several hours, starting at around 1 or 1:30. We'll see.

Ideally, I'd like to come back home, watch my AMC tape and then go back to bed, only I know I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight, if I napped today.

Blah, it feels like -13C outside. Winter is getting the last word. Again. Early spring? Hell no. This is winter's one last hurrah.

Oh, and for [livejournal.com profile] wiccagood, with whom I once had an extended conversation about cardshark/cardsharp:

Mispronounced Words (swiped from [livejournal.com profile] llnaughty)

Yes, yes, I admit it's cardsharp, but at least I don't say things like "a blessing in the skies" instead of "a blessing in disguise", or, my personal favourite one to hate since one of my exes used to say it constantly, "for all intensive purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes".

<cringes at the memories>

Okay. Off to get the day started. I'm so taking a later bus than usual.

[identity profile] tapdancinghippo.livejournal.com 2004-03-19 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
I would just like to take this opportunity to quote Eddie Izzard.

Now I just wanna talk quickly about language, and then we can all go. Yeah, language. They do say Britain and America are two countries separated by the Atlantic Ocean, and it's true. No, they say, "two countries separated by a common language," that's the line; it's an Oscar Wilde line, I think. And we do pronounce things in a different way, like you say "caterpillar" and we say "caterpillar," and you say "aluminum" and we say "aluminium." You say, "centrifigal" and we say "centri-fuuugal." You say, "leisure" and we say "lizuray." You say "baysil" and we say "bahsil." You say "'erbs" and we say "herbs," because there's a fucking "H" in it.But you spell through "thru," and I'm with you on that, 'cause we spell it "thruff," and that's trying to cheat at Scrabble.

[identity profile] tevriel.livejournal.com 2004-03-19 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so taking a later bus than usual.

Muahahahaha.

Yeah, you really are. :D

[identity profile] trexphile.livejournal.com 2004-03-19 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think I agree with that cardshark thing. There was actually a game show called "Card Sharks," and I've seen the word other places at well. If it did start out as "cardsharp," well, I'd say that, with the passage of time and general usage, "cardshark" is now a legitimate word.