Monday 28 February 2011

Just a thought...

Having a birthday on February 29th wouldn't actually be too bad. I mean, aside from people making those occasional jokes about it, and you having to celebrate a day early or late, it would be an otherwise decent time of the year for a birthday.

My real sympathy is for those whose birthday is right next to Christmas. Or, worst of all, on Christmas day. Those poor brave souls.

Sunday 20 February 2011

Cool Cats


Yes, that is a picture from the newest episode of Community, and yes, they are in costume as Cool Cats. I'm loving this show so much.

Friday 18 February 2011

My Comma Crisis

OK, so, this is, on the grand scheme of problems, about as serious as that time I asked for spicy cheese on my subway and they gave me american cheese. That time I decided not to say anything, because, y'know, the decision had been made and since it was trivial, there was little left for me to waste my time on.

See, this here, is about as serious as that, because, this is the crisis I am going through right now, and it is all about abusing commas. Of course, here I am playing it up for emphasis, (EMPHASIS!), but nonetheless, it is something I want to cut down on. Mainly because I have to write an essay by hand, again, this summer, for my final exams, which is something I haven't had to do since, oh I dunno, this time last year, in those exams.

See, the first time I write any essay it always ends up being a jumble of loosely formed thoughts, sometimes with an actual academic point, other times involving words that have been misspelled and misstyped, and then, during my second stage of essay writing, I tidy everything up and it starts to look like, totally, some actual, real, academic thoughts instead of the demented livejournal twilight fanfiction of a thirteen year old girl living in California.

And one of the reasons for this is my use of commas when I don't actually have an end for a sentence planned. And it makes my work read amateur. And I, totally, hate that. I am definitely the sort of person who begins a sentence and then thinks up where it will end whilst speaking. It almost always works out fine... although sometimes it means that... I end up trailing off... as I realise.. I have nothing left to say... because... of...

Damn, did it again.

Long story rapidly coming to an end, while reaching the point where it can't be called a 'short story', I want to avoid this this summer. And so I have been paying more attention to how I use commas in my essays. I will probably dump the spare ones over here, so consider yourself warned.

Tuesday 15 February 2011

You want me to think of a title too? Bleh.

I've been waiting for Windows to finish installing updates. So I ate a biscuit. Then ate another biscuit. IT CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS. I only have so many biscuits.

And yes, it was worth it to blog that thought, as soon as Windows finally allowed me to again access the sacred internet.

Sunday 6 February 2011

Ronald Regan Day

So what are you doing to celebrate the first annual Ronald Regan day?

Wednesday 2 February 2011

Leap Year Fact

If this were a leap year, then today, February 2nd, would be the 33rd day of the month, and we would have 333 days left of the year.

I would wait until the next leap year to drop this knowledge bomb, and I am sure it would be more impressive on the actual day, but hey, if I wait, I'll probably forget it.