Thursday, March 26, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Because It's Friday, You Ain't Got No Job, and You Ain't Got Shit to Do
No, today's not Friday-- but in ten days it will be Friday, March 27, and I will be on a plane to Italy! Yep, I'm returning to the for-four-months-of-study-abroad-in-2002 homeland with my former roommate from said study abroad, whose ex-boyfriend is getting married in April (to someone else). My friend has dubbed our trip the Single Girls' Honeymoon, which isn't a name I subscribe to, but then again, I don't need an excuse to return to Firenze. Holla!
When I contacted the few Italian friends I made (during a semester of studying, living and traveling with Americans), I found out that one of them will in fact be on his honeymoon while we are there.
Stop getting married! Stop it! All of you.
We're also heading south for a few days to Sorrento and the Amalfi coast... It's the first vacation time I'm using since I started work last June, so I plan to Do It Up like these guys.
When I contacted the few Italian friends I made (during a semester of studying, living and traveling with Americans), I found out that one of them will in fact be on his honeymoon while we are there.
Stop getting married! Stop it! All of you.
We're also heading south for a few days to Sorrento and the Amalfi coast... It's the first vacation time I'm using since I started work last June, so I plan to Do It Up like these guys.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Semantics: A Rant
There's nothing to get me posting to a dormant blog again like finding myself unduly annoyed by overheard/read words and phrases. Here is a list of the most recent offenders:
factoid-- as in "Here are some neat factoids about pig farming." This one is more often found in kids' magazines and 1990s (or maybe even 1980s) lingo, but I've heard it once or twice in the past six months from the mouths of corporate wretches.
fab-- as in "Their apartment is so fab." Just say fabulous. Or better yet, "great." "Great" is kind of like "said"-- clear yet unobtrusive.
"wife" as a verb-- as in "I want to wife the girl from Slumdog Millionaire." This misappropriation takes the faint aggression of the outdated phrase "make her my wife" to a whole new level.
electrons-- as in "Send me the electrons of those documents when you get a chance." Electrons are particles, people! Just say, "Please e-mail me a copy."
From the vaults:
In high school I held out for at least two years against the rising tide of cute used to describe clothes, shoes, make-up or hair, as in "I love your bag! It's so cute."
Cute won.
(I still think it's okay to say a guy is cute, however. If this dates me, so be it.)
I know there are millions more annoying words... add yours to the list.
factoid-- as in "Here are some neat factoids about pig farming." This one is more often found in kids' magazines and 1990s (or maybe even 1980s) lingo, but I've heard it once or twice in the past six months from the mouths of corporate wretches.
fab-- as in "Their apartment is so fab." Just say fabulous. Or better yet, "great." "Great" is kind of like "said"-- clear yet unobtrusive.
"wife" as a verb-- as in "I want to wife the girl from Slumdog Millionaire." This misappropriation takes the faint aggression of the outdated phrase "make her my wife" to a whole new level.
electrons-- as in "Send me the electrons of those documents when you get a chance." Electrons are particles, people! Just say, "Please e-mail me a copy."
From the vaults:
In high school I held out for at least two years against the rising tide of cute used to describe clothes, shoes, make-up or hair, as in "I love your bag! It's so cute."
Cute won.
(I still think it's okay to say a guy is cute, however. If this dates me, so be it.)
I know there are millions more annoying words... add yours to the list.
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