Thursday Stuff

Diggin' these - and the box is cool too.

Bonus - 3 mints are 10 calories.  Woo-hoo!  (BTW, the box says hot.  They're not really.  Redhots are hotter, by a long shot.)

Also - conversation with Larry:

Larry:  Hey Mom - where is the wrapping paper?  I have something to send my friend K.  She's sad and I wanted to cheer her up.
Me: It's in my alcove closet.  What are you sending her?
Larry:  A bunch of My Little Ponies.  She collects them.  I thought I'd put them in the mail and surprise her, cheer her up.  I got five of them.
Me:  That's sweet.
Larry: Yeah, she loves My Little Pony.  She also loves this guy in a band, but I can't capture him and mail him.  It would be wrong and probably illegal.

Hee.

Not diggin':

People born in this country who cannot use proper English.  I overheard this conversation (and many others like it) on the train:
Random girl: What you talkin' bout? He be going wit her.  Dis wut I mean. She a bitch.

What offends me about this is not dropping of consonants, but the lack of verbs and the incorrect verbs.  I'm offended by the pejorative use of the word bitch, but I can live with that.  The verb problem drives me bananas. 

Here is the corrected sentence:
Crazy Mom girl: What are you talkin' bout? He be is going wit her. Dis is wut I mean. She is a bitch.
Not quite as bad.  Perhaps I should offer my services to those in need.

Or...... maybe not.  This might not endear me to the general population of Hotlanta train riders.

I also can't tolerate improper use of the possesive and improper use of the apostrophe.  Or leaving out the apostrophe in contractions.  These are like fingernail on a chalk board to me.  As is the improper use of whom. 

Years ago, I got ABC News to change their Friday night news teaser on the person of the week.  The TV screen showed the outline of a head with the words "Whom will ABC choose?", which is incorrect.  'Who' is correct there, not 'Whom'.   I called my local ABC affiliate and worked my way up the food chain.  I finally got to Roone Arledge's office (he was head of ABC News at the time) where I expressed my displeasure at the language choice and told why I was offended.  Are you a teacher, they asked.  No, just someone with a basic education.  And the next Friday it was changed.  Ha!  Really, it's a true story.
Damn.  Now I need to work.  Why can't I win the lottery?  Maybe I should invest in some tickets....

Long week

TGIF. That's all I can say. It's been a long week. Sometimes I really, really hate my job. Sometimes I hate the drive - ok, I always hate my 30 mile drive in. And then there are the little flashes of joy that come up.

This sunrise was part of my view driving in to work today. The cell phone camera doesn't capture how really pink the sky was. (No, it's not my neighborhood.) I need to get another digital camera to keep with me all the time. If you look, beauty is everywhere.

Yes, it's the endless hanky edging. I'm seeing that The End Is Near. I have about 30 repeats of this little motif to go, plus the corner and finishing. (In this round, each side has 40 motifs plus the corners.) And cleaning and blocking. The wedding is October 10. I've got to get this done THIS WEEKEND!

One of Moe's teachers called me about Moe kicking another student repeatedly. Moe is not 5. Moe is almost 13. This is bad. Moe is being punished, and has detention at school. I dread those school phone calls.

The most fun I've had this week was watching Glee with Curly. (Curly is in the school's chorus and is singing the solo in this song, featured in the pilot.) This week - Kristin Chenoweth and several awesome musical numbers. Please, oh please make Ms. Chenoweth a regular! Favorite line this week - "He looks like an 11-year-old milkmaid." Below is the best of the musical numbers - a terrific version of Queen's Somebody To Love. And I DO love it.....



And now, back to your regularly scheduled daily grind.