yesterday I said "I'm having a brain fart".
I still haven't forgiven myself
my cell consistently suggest 'atones' when I am trying to type 'bummer'. I don't really talk about atoning much, particularly not in my texts, and in the 3rd person singular.
Said cell also just suggested 'fart' while I was trying to type 'earth'. That one is a little more understandable.
I have a list of these little gems, send me good ones!
New font game to play! Deep Font Challenge
possibly even more fun than this font game
unrelated: there was a letter to the editor in the local paper from a woman who said that life is too dull and sad these days and during times of death, or birth or marriage etc... instead of donating money to charities we should go back to the classic tradition of giving flowers, so that we may have a brighter day in these tough times. That she felt strongly enough to write a letter to the editor is what really got me.
Well i do say! two references to the newspaper in a week. Its almost as if printed media is still relevant or something! kidding. but seriously, how much front page coverage on the national curling championships do we really need.
oh the curling championships. They went on for ages! it was held in Victoria. Again. You'd think thousands of retirees- gaggles of permed women, matching couples- would make a real impact on the town, but actually things pretty much looked the same.
"Wingdings has a history of controversy. In 1992, only days after the release of Windows 3.1, it was discovered that the character sequence "NYC" in Wingdings was rendered as a skull and crossbones symbol, Star of David, and thumbs up gesture (NYC). This could be interpreted as a message of approval of killing Jews, especially those from New York City. Microsoft strongly denied this was intentional, and insisted that the final arrangement of the glyphs in the font was largely random. (The character sequence "NYC" in the later-released Webdings font, in turn, is rendered as eye, heart, and city skyline, which could be interpreted as "I Love New York City". Microsoft has stated that this is intentional.)"
-Wingdings wiki page
by Gary Shteyngart
on dressing like one:
"You want to dress down. Sometimes I see dudes in jackets. I think that's trying too hard. You want to look like you spent some money but look distressed, basically. Stuff that's a little not right. You want to match the unhappiness of our time. Everything I wear is somewhat ugly. Plaid is now in for writers. The male writer should probably shop at Odin in New York, on Lafayette, or Opening Ceremony. There's a wonderful jacket I just bought there that looks exactly like a garbage bag. You can't go wrong with that."
on prestige:
"The thing is literature doesn't have the same cache as it used to. I will say, 'Yeah, I wrote some literature, but I'm really trying to leverage that into a career in hip-hop, or blogging.'"
I think I'd like to learn Esperanto. Part of me thinks that maybe it isn't so useful, and look at all the more useful, beneficial things I could be doing. But what about all the less useful, more futile things I would likely do instead.
I mean it will probably involve a couple evening hours a week. It's not as if I'll be canceling plans to save the world in order to do this.
still... its a lot of effort for what would essentially be a party trick. a really awesome party trick.
from here
yesterday was my birthday and I turned my favorite number. My imaginary brother was this age for a good 4 years. Better be the best year of my life. OH! and Alicia and Krista BOTH got me a jaw harp! Two jaw harps! The message is clear: I must learn the jaw harp.
ps. erica- "go hang a salami; I'm a lasagna hog" is written on a scrap of paper tacked to my cork board!! Kindred spirits, we are. Maybe I'll go take a picture of it for all to see.
so these days I find myself around a lot of old portuguese men. as a result, I have decided to start learning some of the basics in portuguese. it really is the perfect language for me- a mash up of spanish and french, which is pretty much what I end up doing when attempting the local language in both mexico and quebec.
anyway I want to practice the accent. I went to youtube and found some video collection with titles like "365 common Portuguese words and phrases'. Many are pleasant little gems like 'the sun is up for everyone (O sol nasceu pra todos), and 'every love is the first one' (todo amor e o primeiro amor. Some err to the more practical day-to-day dealings, such as 'did you lend any money to my brother?' 'her mother was present in most of the meetings' and 'why does she get up so early on the weekends?' 'are you twins?'
This site is worth a gander. It's like Better Homes and Gardens for the new (neo? nouvelle?) bohemian set. is the term bohemian even relevant anymore? It feels a touch like using the word bling or gen x or gander ...might be best to move on. I've got to think on this.
Anyway, the site. It even has Tom Wolfe's place
Farticles
Update: it gets better
Farticle Accelerator
Stagflation- a period of inflatation during a period of stagnation.
So it pretty much sucks, but it sure rolls off the tongue. Adding to my list of favorite words!
I've probably mentioned it before, but I'm just so pleased at the proliferation of the word zeitgeist in mainstream English vocabulary. It seems silly that there was never an appropriate English equivalent, but then again the German word is only a little over 200 years old. I think Google is responsible for its relatively newfound popularity and once again, that scares me. Also, spell check just corrected me by capitalizing Google... like God...!
Related: I predict that words expressing connections and complex structures are going become increasingly important and developed.
this is cbt, signing off.
