Anyone else a RED freak?
formerlyflorantha
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I think I may be a big freaking freak
Comments (18)I used to be able to write well, too, before Internet forums entered my life. Formal, proper writing sounds stuffy and very unlike me. I wind up inserting loads of dashes and parenthesis, semi-colons and commas, and my sentences ramble in the same way my mind does. (Better than an incomplete sentence, indeed. lol!) Spelling- ugh! My Dad (who was a very good speller) used to say that since I read a fair amount, spelling should come easily, as if I looked at each letter as I read. I don't think so. I suppose he had the same sort of ability to visualize the words after as you do, Karen. I have a knack for visualizing other things, but not written words. I could easily picture my living room painted green, with the front wall pushed out 10 feet and the ceiling vaulted. (It's not that I'm hankering for a green living room; I just wouldn't have any trouble visualizing it.) I never have to bring samples home to see whether they match what I've got. I can remember and visualize the colors. It's not so with words. For me, learning to spell requires a lot of boring repetition. Is crepehanger an unusual word? It's one my parents used (not a lot, but when appropriate) from the time I was little. The rest were new to me. I can only hope my family will offer me encomium on my burgoo someday. The word sciolism offers some delightful possibilities. It seems one would exhibit it merely by using it. That could leave others wondering whether the speaker/writer was indeed being sciolistic or merely offering up some mildly self-depreciating humor. I've said it before-- my pet misusage peeve is snuck. There's a perfectly good regular past tense- sneaked. Why make things more difficult? I suppose it's useful for writers of dirty limericks, but it grates on me. (My dirty limericks are much less obvious! They use words like "sciolism".) Using "impacted" as a verb bothers me too. I think it brings up negative associations with wisdom tooth surgeries. The word "affected" works just fine, so why "impacted"? (I have been guilty of using "access" as a verb on occasion, but only in computer terms.) Some of the conglomerate words for "big" sound downright goofy. Humongous was bad enough; ginormous is just dumb. How about irregardless and disorientated? (ooo, fragment alert!) Anticlimatic is funny! I love that! I get a kick out of it when people describe themselves as nauseous, too. Words are fun!...See Morehas anyone else lost their red assassin bugs?
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Comments (3)I realized I removed a lot of the details after I went through this escapade with this advertiser guy who stole my photo to use on his own renovation company website. I was bitter and took a lot of the details off...even closed down my blog...but then decided to put it back up for people (like you) who were actually making good use of it! The grout is an off white. The tiles actually have a greyish tone, I guess slightly warm in certain lights. It acts as a nice bridge between the counters and the white cabinets....See MoreDoes anyone else get extremely paranoid after seeding?
Comments (14)I probably freaked my neighbors out a a month or so ago when I started using a maglite to check for germination. I go out every single night. One neighbor moved out a week ago and some new folks have moved in. I haven't had a chance to speak with them because I don't want to walk across the delicate young grass to say hi. They just really think I'm a weirdo lol. When I used to telework everyday last year, i would be going outside every 2 hours and checking on the seedbed/young grass, run the sprinkler for a quick must when necessary, etc. In my new job, I am at the office everyday. I've noticed greater success this year because I haven't been able to obsessively examine the seedbeds (except in the weekends!)...See Moreeandhl
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