hmmm... I seem to be experiencing another comment drought, but I guess I shouldn't really expect too many when I'm mostly just complaining about work...

anyway, that wasn't the point of this post, I just happened to notice the lack of any comments (apart from what I'm starting to think may have been a pity-comment from yodallama) before I clicked update. what I wanted to say was this:

damn, I need a boyfriend

there are far too many thoughts in my head pertaining to this particular predicament of mine to write them all down here in a post, especially seeing as they're all blurred and jumbled up into one huge nonsensical mess in my head so I wouldn't know where to start... let's just say that I've been thinking that for about a week now and haven't been able to say it out loud to anyone I'd like to be able to say it to, for various reasons, most of which are based on my overactive paranoia

edit:hmm... "pertaining to this particular predicament"...
did cyn's playful insult - intellectual snob - hold more truth than she may have meant? I mean, I've always thought of myself as being a bit of a pretensoius prick when it comes to the English language, but this is, I think, the first time I've ever actualy wondered "out loud" to anyone worth having an opinion (I actually only remember having a conversation like this once, but if you're reading this, then it probably wasn't you and I do actually [probably] value your opinion).

From: [identity profile] mcaries.livejournal.com


HEAR, HEAR!

Sorry about not commenting. ): I don't have anything to say most of the time.

From: [identity profile] phrasemuffin.livejournal.com


*return of the rainbow flag*

and don't worry about it. I know that these things tend to go through cycles, and it was more of a general comment than a guilt-trip inspiring comment anyway. so no need to apoogise =D

From: [identity profile] yodallama.livejournal.com


lol it was sooo not a pity-comment! I was merely stating that clearly you produce invisible waves of manly and lust-worthy vibes, thus turning you into an invariable chick magnet. Duuuhhhhh.

From: [identity profile] phrasemuffin.livejournal.com


mmmmmmmm ok
But I guess you didn't pick up from the bluntness of my reply that she wasn't really what one would call a "chick", for various reasons.
And I don't think I could possibly be putting out waves of manlyness or lust-worthyness - I'm a stick figure (with a slightly better dress-sense).

From: [identity profile] highlyeccentric.livejournal.com


*giggles* what a delightfully scrambled post!

can i just point out another particularly pernicious piece of alliteration? it's not as long as 'pertaining to this particular predicament', but i think considering the common consonants "pretensoius prick" counts :p

not that alliteration in any way indicates intellectual snobbery. no siree! it shows a fantastic familiarity with language, is all.

From: [identity profile] phrasemuffin.livejournal.com


now that you mention it, it is fairly random... oh well, this way there's something for the whole family (just not my family).

"pretentious prick" most certainly does count, and I added it in on purpose. I did have another phrase to describe myself, but I've forgotten it now :(

I know it doesn't by itself, but... when you group it together with all the other stuff (like my correcting people's grammar and punctuation etc), it becomes a bit of a problem. Thankfully Uni allowed me to start over again to some extent, and I haven't been that way with most of my Uni friends, but with some of my school friends... it's hard to break the bad habits.

From: [identity profile] highlyeccentric.livejournal.com


oh, but uni is the BEST place to be like that!!!

you read Eats, Shoots and Leaves? do you get the urge to correct badly punctuated signage?

i have friends who go around 'fugging', which is graffiting over sexist advertising. I have this mad urge to follow them around and graffiti in appropriate punctuation where needed :P

From: [identity profile] phrasemuffin.livejournal.com


yeah, but most of my current friends aren't quite as high-standard-English/grammar-nut-like as I can be, and I don't want to offend them and loose them - it was hard enough drugging, hypnotising and bribing the first lot. I don't fancy having to do that again.

Eats, Shoots and Leaves? No, I've never heard of it. Should I assume it's a campus-based publication, like The Bull and the one that sounds like [honey soy]?

Hmmm. I like the sound of that, as long as it's at least relatively legal. I may have to join you if you ever do become a tag-along correction unit, so keep a can o'spray at the ready =D

From: [identity profile] highlyeccentric.livejournal.com


Eats Shoots And Leaves is the punctuation guide for obbsessive types like you and I... it is the essential companion for punctuation vigilantes, and will have you laughing about semi colons for hours. (it's a book. by someone whose name i've forgotten).

From: [identity profile] phrasemuffin.livejournal.com


where might I purchase such a book as this? I'm hoping (because apparently the word "hopefully" doesn't mean what we think it means... or shouldn't, according to prescriptivists) that it isn't available only at the kind of back-water, black market, dark alley-way at the stroke of midnight bookstore that I'd dare not enter... that'd just plain suck

From: [identity profile] highlyeccentric.livejournal.com


you may purchase it in all respectable bookstores; it may also be found in Fisher Curriculum (1st floor, behind the glass panels, if you've never been in there), Special Reserve and Undergrad, at call number 428.2 / 352

From: [identity profile] phrasemuffin.livejournal.com


that would be awesome
thanks
actually, we should organise something soon... I just need to check my assignment schedule

From: [identity profile] highlyeccentric.livejournal.com


you didn't notice 'particularly pernicious piece'??? or 'considering common consonants'????

From: [identity profile] phrasemuffin.livejournal.com


I did (though possibly not the c one), and though they're obviously more appropriate for quotage than the cuplets, what with their being tuplets and all, I guess I just felt the 'fantastic' was a bit of a stretch to fit the requirements of the desired device, so it stood out in my mind more so than the others.

From: [identity profile] highlyeccentric.livejournal.com


i actually started with fantastic, and was in a toss up between 'familiarity' and 'facility'. think i should've gone for facility...

From: [identity profile] phrasemuffin.livejournal.com


I think I prefer the sound, and overall understandability, of 'familiarity', contextually speaking
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