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Why do people feel the need to force everyone to tick a ticky box that labels their sexuality? Why? Unless you label the box with my name, I 'aint ticking one. I don't understand the obsession. And I get annoyed when people seem to want to tick boxes for me without even asking my opinion. Figuratively speaking of course. (Granted they are usually just making the assumption that whatever box they decided to tick is the same one you would.)
Our society is obsessed with labelling shit. Get over it.
Fandom needs to get over it even more.
Knowing someone's sexual preferences can be useful if you're interested in having a relationship with them, but otherwise it's about as useful and interesting as knowing that they like the colour green better than red or prefer boxers over briefs.
O_o
(P.S. May not answer comments on this one. It really is a random rant. lol.)
(P.P.S - This doesn't change the fact that I will fight for equality any day. Not the point.)
Our society is obsessed with labelling shit. Get over it.
Fandom needs to get over it even more.
Knowing someone's sexual preferences can be useful if you're interested in having a relationship with them, but otherwise it's about as useful and interesting as knowing that they like the colour green better than red or prefer boxers over briefs.
O_o
(P.S. May not answer comments on this one. It really is a random rant. lol.)
(P.P.S - This doesn't change the fact that I will fight for equality any day. Not the point.)
Why do people feel the need to force everyone to tick a ticky box that labels their sexuality? Why? Unless you label the box with my name, I 'aint ticking one. I don't understand the obsession. And I get annoyed when people seem to want to tick boxes for me without even asking my opinion. Figuratively speaking of course. (Granted they are usually just making the assumption that whatever box they decided to tick is the same one you would.)
Our society is obsessed with labelling shit. Get over it.
Fandom needs to get over it even more.
Knowing someone's sexual preferences can be useful if you're interested in having a relationship with them, but otherwise it's about as useful and interesting as knowing that they like the colour green better than red or prefer boxers over briefs.
O_o
(P.S. May not answer comments on this one. It really is a random rant. lol.)
(P.P.S - This doesn't change the fact that I will fight for equality any day. Not the point.)
Our society is obsessed with labelling shit. Get over it.
Fandom needs to get over it even more.
Knowing someone's sexual preferences can be useful if you're interested in having a relationship with them, but otherwise it's about as useful and interesting as knowing that they like the colour green better than red or prefer boxers over briefs.
O_o
(P.S. May not answer comments on this one. It really is a random rant. lol.)
(P.P.S - This doesn't change the fact that I will fight for equality any day. Not the point.)
I need to say this. It isn't actually aimed at anyone on my flist. It is aimed at the people at my workplace and on the TV who regularly get this one wrong. I just have to rant.
The use of "myself" in place of "me" is becoming prolific. It occurs regularly in public speaking, on the TV, in parliament and in my workplace. I cringe several times a day over this incorrect usage and I have no where else to rant about it, so:
PLEASE find out the correct use of the word "myself" and learn to use it only when appropriate. It is a reflexive pronoun. It need not replace the word "me" in the English language. It doesn't make you sound smarter. It only serves to make my ears bleed.
An example that I have happily stolen from Grammar Girl.
“Please contact Squiggly, Aardvark, or myself with questions.” Bzzzt, incorrect. Try again.
Let's dissect what's wrong with that sentence: "Please contact Squiggly, Aardvark, or myself with questions." The simplest way to think of it is like this: How would you say the sentence without Squiggly and the aardvark? Then it usually becomes obvious! You would say, “Please contact me with questions,” not, “Please contact myself with questions.” So when you add in Squiggly and the aardvark, that doesn't change anything. It's still correct to say, “Please contact Squiggly, aardvark, or me with questions.”
Thank you, Grammar Girl.
My grammar is rarely flawless, but I just needed a little rant here. When something starts to bug me, it really starts to bug me and this one is really bugging me. Hopefully now I won't say something career-limiting to my boss... or the HR manager (seriously though, the HR MANAGER *hands*) Heh.
That was cathartic.
*happy sigh* xx
The use of "myself" in place of "me" is becoming prolific. It occurs regularly in public speaking, on the TV, in parliament and in my workplace. I cringe several times a day over this incorrect usage and I have no where else to rant about it, so:
PLEASE find out the correct use of the word "myself" and learn to use it only when appropriate. It is a reflexive pronoun. It need not replace the word "me" in the English language. It doesn't make you sound smarter. It only serves to make my ears bleed.
An example that I have happily stolen from Grammar Girl.
“Please contact Squiggly, Aardvark, or myself with questions.” Bzzzt, incorrect. Try again.
Let's dissect what's wrong with that sentence: "Please contact Squiggly, Aardvark, or myself with questions." The simplest way to think of it is like this: How would you say the sentence without Squiggly and the aardvark? Then it usually becomes obvious! You would say, “Please contact me with questions,” not, “Please contact myself with questions.” So when you add in Squiggly and the aardvark, that doesn't change anything. It's still correct to say, “Please contact Squiggly, aardvark, or me with questions.”
Thank you, Grammar Girl.
My grammar is rarely flawless, but I just needed a little rant here. When something starts to bug me, it really starts to bug me and this one is really bugging me. Hopefully now I won't say something career-limiting to my boss... or the HR manager (seriously though, the HR MANAGER *hands*) Heh.
That was cathartic.
*happy sigh* xx
I need to say this. It isn't actually aimed at anyone on my flist. It is aimed at the people at my workplace and on the TV who regularly get this one wrong. I just have to rant.
The use of "myself" in place of "me" is becoming prolific. It occurs regularly in public speaking, on the TV, in parliament and in my workplace. I cringe several times a day over this incorrect usage and I have no where else to rant about it, so:
PLEASE find out the correct use of the word "myself" and learn to use it only when appropriate. It is a reflexive pronoun. It need not replace the word "me" in the English language. It doesn't make you sound smarter. It only serves to make my ears bleed.
An example that I have happily stolen from Grammar Girl.
“Please contact Squiggly, Aardvark, or myself with questions.” Bzzzt, incorrect. Try again.
Let's dissect what's wrong with that sentence: "Please contact Squiggly, Aardvark, or myself with questions." The simplest way to think of it is like this: How would you say the sentence without Squiggly and the aardvark? Then it usually becomes obvious! You would say, “Please contact me with questions,” not, “Please contact myself with questions.” So when you add in Squiggly and the aardvark, that doesn't change anything. It's still correct to say, “Please contact Squiggly, aardvark, or me with questions.”
Thank you, Grammar Girl.
My grammar is rarely flawless, but I just needed a little rant here. When something starts to bug me, it really starts to bug me and this one is really bugging me. Hopefully now I won't say something career-limiting to my boss... or the HR manager (seriously though, the HR MANAGER *hands*) Heh.
That was cathartic.
*happy sigh* xx
The use of "myself" in place of "me" is becoming prolific. It occurs regularly in public speaking, on the TV, in parliament and in my workplace. I cringe several times a day over this incorrect usage and I have no where else to rant about it, so:
PLEASE find out the correct use of the word "myself" and learn to use it only when appropriate. It is a reflexive pronoun. It need not replace the word "me" in the English language. It doesn't make you sound smarter. It only serves to make my ears bleed.
An example that I have happily stolen from Grammar Girl.
“Please contact Squiggly, Aardvark, or myself with questions.” Bzzzt, incorrect. Try again.
Let's dissect what's wrong with that sentence: "Please contact Squiggly, Aardvark, or myself with questions." The simplest way to think of it is like this: How would you say the sentence without Squiggly and the aardvark? Then it usually becomes obvious! You would say, “Please contact me with questions,” not, “Please contact myself with questions.” So when you add in Squiggly and the aardvark, that doesn't change anything. It's still correct to say, “Please contact Squiggly, aardvark, or me with questions.”
Thank you, Grammar Girl.
My grammar is rarely flawless, but I just needed a little rant here. When something starts to bug me, it really starts to bug me and this one is really bugging me. Hopefully now I won't say something career-limiting to my boss... or the HR manager (seriously though, the HR MANAGER *hands*) Heh.
That was cathartic.
*happy sigh* xx
See here this DVD - Cairo Time.
It was previewed on my "One Week" DVD. It's an Independent film and it stars Alexander Siddig (Formally known as Siddig El Fadil - I'm never gonna get used to his stage name) and it looks so romantic and gorgeous!
And none of the four independent sellers who stock it on Amazon.ca will ship to my address, even though they all say "International shipping available". WTF? *ranty ranty fumes*
I want the DVD! :(
It was previewed on my "One Week" DVD. It's an Independent film and it stars Alexander Siddig (Formally known as Siddig El Fadil - I'm never gonna get used to his stage name) and it looks so romantic and gorgeous!
And none of the four independent sellers who stock it on Amazon.ca will ship to my address, even though they all say "International shipping available". WTF? *ranty ranty fumes*
I want the DVD! :(
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See here this DVD - Cairo Time.
It was previewed on my "One Week" DVD. It's an Independent film and it stars Alexander Siddig (Formally known as Siddig El Fadil - I'm never gonna get used to his stage name) and it looks so romantic and gorgeous!
And none of the four independent sellers who stock it on Amazon.ca will ship to my address, even though they all say "International shipping available". WTF? *ranty ranty fumes*
I want the DVD! :(
It was previewed on my "One Week" DVD. It's an Independent film and it stars Alexander Siddig (Formally known as Siddig El Fadil - I'm never gonna get used to his stage name) and it looks so romantic and gorgeous!
And none of the four independent sellers who stock it on Amazon.ca will ship to my address, even though they all say "International shipping available". WTF? *ranty ranty fumes*
I want the DVD! :(
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Vid intros.
Some of them are up to 30 seconds, but that's a really huge extra download when the vid itself is only a couple of minutes long. I saw a 30 second vid with a 40 second intro the other day. WTF?
And they confuse me. There's this huge multifandom intro and I figure I've hit the wrong link - after all wasn't it meant to be a Supernatural vid? Why are Buffy and the Mighty Hulk in there?
Sure pop up a quick 2 second flash of your symbol or do something like Joss Whedon's "I made this", but these long intros (even 10 seconds is too long people) well they are annoying. It's wasted download space. Especially if you like a person's vids and every vid you download has the same damn intro. Just no. I've stopped downloading some people's vids because it just bugs me so. It's an annoying trend.
At least put the credits over it (song title etc.) and place it at the end of the vid. Then it would feel useful.
Yes, they can be done tastefully (I've seen a few I like even), but most of them (the ones I have seen anyway) are just way too long and very large in terms of extra mb download. *hands*
This has been a random rant brought to you by Starrylizard.
Some of them are up to 30 seconds, but that's a really huge extra download when the vid itself is only a couple of minutes long. I saw a 30 second vid with a 40 second intro the other day. WTF?
And they confuse me. There's this huge multifandom intro and I figure I've hit the wrong link - after all wasn't it meant to be a Supernatural vid? Why are Buffy and the Mighty Hulk in there?
Sure pop up a quick 2 second flash of your symbol or do something like Joss Whedon's "I made this", but these long intros (even 10 seconds is too long people) well they are annoying. It's wasted download space. Especially if you like a person's vids and every vid you download has the same damn intro. Just no. I've stopped downloading some people's vids because it just bugs me so. It's an annoying trend.
At least put the credits over it (song title etc.) and place it at the end of the vid. Then it would feel useful.
Yes, they can be done tastefully (I've seen a few I like even), but most of them (the ones I have seen anyway) are just way too long and very large in terms of extra mb download. *hands*
This has been a random rant brought to you by Starrylizard.
Vid intros.
Some of them are up to 30 seconds, but that's a really huge extra download when the vid itself is only a couple of minutes long. I saw a 30 second vid with a 40 second intro the other day. WTF?
And they confuse me. There's this huge multifandom intro and I figure I've hit the wrong link - after all wasn't it meant to be a Supernatural vid? Why are Buffy and the Mighty Hulk in there?
Sure pop up a quick 2 second flash of your symbol or do something like Joss Whedon's "I made this", but these long intros (even 10 seconds is too long people) well they are annoying. It's wasted download space. Especially if you like a person's vids and every vid you download has the same damn intro. Just no. I've stopped downloading some people's vids because it just bugs me so. It's an annoying trend.
At least put the credits over it (song title etc.) and place it at the end of the vid. Then it would feel useful.
Yes, they can be done tastefully (I've seen a few I like even), but most of them (the ones I have seen anyway) are just way too long and very large in terms of extra mb download. *hands*
This has been a random rant brought to you by Starrylizard.
Some of them are up to 30 seconds, but that's a really huge extra download when the vid itself is only a couple of minutes long. I saw a 30 second vid with a 40 second intro the other day. WTF?
And they confuse me. There's this huge multifandom intro and I figure I've hit the wrong link - after all wasn't it meant to be a Supernatural vid? Why are Buffy and the Mighty Hulk in there?
Sure pop up a quick 2 second flash of your symbol or do something like Joss Whedon's "I made this", but these long intros (even 10 seconds is too long people) well they are annoying. It's wasted download space. Especially if you like a person's vids and every vid you download has the same damn intro. Just no. I've stopped downloading some people's vids because it just bugs me so. It's an annoying trend.
At least put the credits over it (song title etc.) and place it at the end of the vid. Then it would feel useful.
Yes, they can be done tastefully (I've seen a few I like even), but most of them (the ones I have seen anyway) are just way too long and very large in terms of extra mb download. *hands*
This has been a random rant brought to you by Starrylizard.
Why do people keep deleting comms?
Especially comms that asked people to post to them, so the posts that were there are not duplicated anywhere else and are now lost forever. Okay, so your comm was a failure or you were too lazy to keep it going, but why can't you just stick a fracking huge message in a post at the top saying "NOW CLOSED" and lock it down so no one can post? That way people could still read the entries later.
Especially comms that asked people to post to them, so the posts that were there are not duplicated anywhere else and are now lost forever. Okay, so your comm was a failure or you were too lazy to keep it going, but why can't you just stick a fracking huge message in a post at the top saying "NOW CLOSED" and lock it down so no one can post? That way people could still read the entries later.
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There is something that is simply driving me insane of late.
PASSED: To move on or ahead; proceed.
EXAMPLE: Dean PASSED the girl as he walked.
PAST: So as to pass by or go beyond
Dean walked PAST the girl.
Got it? Good!
I've read the wrong way so many times, I now have to double think when I write it in a sentence. I had to double think my examples above. STOP confusing me when I have enough bad habits in my writing as it is.
Kthxbai
SL
Definitions from http://www.thefreedictionary.com, example sentence by me. :P
EDIT: I'm told this may be another "American-ism." Is it? If so, can someone find me proof in the form of an American English dictionary with example sentences or something, because I just don't believe it.
PASSED: To move on or ahead; proceed.
EXAMPLE: Dean PASSED the girl as he walked.
PAST: So as to pass by or go beyond
Dean walked PAST the girl.
Got it? Good!
I've read the wrong way so many times, I now have to double think when I write it in a sentence. I had to double think my examples above. STOP confusing me when I have enough bad habits in my writing as it is.
Kthxbai
SL
Definitions from http://www.thefreedictionary.com, example sentence by me. :P
EDIT: I'm told this may be another "American-ism." Is it? If so, can someone find me proof in the form of an American English dictionary with example sentences or something, because I just don't believe it.
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There is something that is simply driving me insane of late.
PASSED: To move on or ahead; proceed.
EXAMPLE: Dean PASSED the girl as he walked.
PAST: So as to pass by or go beyond
Dean walked PAST the girl.
Got it? Good!
I've read the wrong way so many times, I now have to double think when I write it in a sentence. I had to double think my examples above. STOP confusing me when I have enough bad habits in my writing as it is.
Kthxbai
SL
Definitions from http://www.thefreedictionary.com, example sentence by me. :P
EDIT: I'm told this may be another "American-ism." Is it? If so, can someone find me proof in the form of an American English dictionary with example sentences or something, because I just don't believe it.
PASSED: To move on or ahead; proceed.
EXAMPLE: Dean PASSED the girl as he walked.
PAST: So as to pass by or go beyond
Dean walked PAST the girl.
Got it? Good!
I've read the wrong way so many times, I now have to double think when I write it in a sentence. I had to double think my examples above. STOP confusing me when I have enough bad habits in my writing as it is.
Kthxbai
SL
Definitions from http://www.thefreedictionary.com, example sentence by me. :P
EDIT: I'm told this may be another "American-ism." Is it? If so, can someone find me proof in the form of an American English dictionary with example sentences or something, because I just don't believe it.
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It's evil I tell you.
Has anyone ever had the unfortunate experience of finding their text boxes seem to be linked??
Every time I add a textbox and type something in it, the previous text box disapears and is replaced by a copy of the new one. It's like it's linking the textboxes or something and I can't make it stop. *rips out chunks of hair* Aaaaarrgh!
I thought I fixed it ages ago, but I just reopened the file and they've all changed again. I'm trying to label graphs and it's driving me insane.
Has anyone ever had the unfortunate experience of finding their text boxes seem to be linked??
Every time I add a textbox and type something in it, the previous text box disapears and is replaced by a copy of the new one. It's like it's linking the textboxes or something and I can't make it stop. *rips out chunks of hair* Aaaaarrgh!
I thought I fixed it ages ago, but I just reopened the file and they've all changed again. I'm trying to label graphs and it's driving me insane.
It's evil I tell you.
Has anyone ever had the unfortunate experience of finding their text boxes seem to be linked??
Every time I add a textbox and type something in it, the previous text box disapears and is replaced by a copy of the new one. It's like it's linking the textboxes or something and I can't make it stop. *rips out chunks of hair* Aaaaarrgh!
I thought I fixed it ages ago, but I just reopened the file and they've all changed again. I'm trying to label graphs and it's driving me insane.
Has anyone ever had the unfortunate experience of finding their text boxes seem to be linked??
Every time I add a textbox and type something in it, the previous text box disapears and is replaced by a copy of the new one. It's like it's linking the textboxes or something and I can't make it stop. *rips out chunks of hair* Aaaaarrgh!
I thought I fixed it ages ago, but I just reopened the file and they've all changed again. I'm trying to label graphs and it's driving me insane.
I got a call today saying that my mp3 player was back and they were unable to fix it, so please come down and pick out a new one.
( SL does something she rarely does - complain! )
The upshot of all this. I got a 30GB Creative Zen Video for the same price as my old 8GB version. And as an added bonus I can now play videos, not that I can see why I'd want to watch them on the teeny tiny screen, but still... Woo!
And that is the power of complaint! :)
I also found The Blue Oyster Cult, The Eagles, and Muddy Waters for really cheap. And then realised that these are all most likely in my Dad's record collection and if he knew he'd be pointing at me and giggling like a girl. Hmmm!
Off to load software and start reloading my mp3 with music for the third time. And 'aint that annoying, even if I did get a better one. I just hope anyone who manages to get into the hard drive on the old one enjoys the slash fiction and episodes of heroes, SGA and BSG that I'm sure were still on it. *grins wolfishly*
( SL does something she rarely does - complain! )
The upshot of all this. I got a 30GB Creative Zen Video for the same price as my old 8GB version. And as an added bonus I can now play videos, not that I can see why I'd want to watch them on the teeny tiny screen, but still... Woo!
And that is the power of complaint! :)
I also found The Blue Oyster Cult, The Eagles, and Muddy Waters for really cheap. And then realised that these are all most likely in my Dad's record collection and if he knew he'd be pointing at me and giggling like a girl. Hmmm!
Off to load software and start reloading my mp3 with music for the third time. And 'aint that annoying, even if I did get a better one. I just hope anyone who manages to get into the hard drive on the old one enjoys the slash fiction and episodes of heroes, SGA and BSG that I'm sure were still on it. *grins wolfishly*
I got a call today saying that my mp3 player was back and they were unable to fix it, so please come down and pick out a new one.
( SL does something she rarely does - complain! )
The upshot of all this. I got a 30GB Creative Zen Video for the same price as my old 8GB version. And as an added bonus I can now play videos, not that I can see why I'd want to watch them on the teeny tiny screen, but still... Woo!
And that is the power of complaint! :)
I also found The Blue Oyster Cult, The Eagles, and Muddy Waters for really cheap. And then realised that these are all most likely in my Dad's record collection and if he knew he'd be pointing at me and giggling like a girl. Hmmm!
Off to load software and start reloading my mp3 with music for the third time. And 'aint that annoying, even if I did get a better one. I just hope anyone who manages to get into the hard drive on the old one enjoys the slash fiction and episodes of heroes, SGA and BSG that I'm sure were still on it. *grins wolfishly*
( SL does something she rarely does - complain! )
The upshot of all this. I got a 30GB Creative Zen Video for the same price as my old 8GB version. And as an added bonus I can now play videos, not that I can see why I'd want to watch them on the teeny tiny screen, but still... Woo!
And that is the power of complaint! :)
I also found The Blue Oyster Cult, The Eagles, and Muddy Waters for really cheap. And then realised that these are all most likely in my Dad's record collection and if he knew he'd be pointing at me and giggling like a girl. Hmmm!
Off to load software and start reloading my mp3 with music for the third time. And 'aint that annoying, even if I did get a better one. I just hope anyone who manages to get into the hard drive on the old one enjoys the slash fiction and episodes of heroes, SGA and BSG that I'm sure were still on it. *grins wolfishly*
Why when I sit down to try and write my thesis do I suddenly get this influx of plot bunnies? And, the more I ignore the little buggers, the more they take over my brain! It's like some sort of weird plot bunny torture.
As if I don't have an entire folder of perfectly good WIPs that I'd love to finish.
As if I didn't promise myself I'd write some original fic... which I have one plot bunny for, but it's a BIG plot bunny and I want to start out with short stories I might actually finish.
Just go away bunnies. Leave. me. alone.
No love
Lizzie
(This quite possibly is me freaking out over how much I haven't written on my thesis.)
As if I don't have an entire folder of perfectly good WIPs that I'd love to finish.
As if I didn't promise myself I'd write some original fic... which I have one plot bunny for, but it's a BIG plot bunny and I want to start out with short stories I might actually finish.
Just go away bunnies. Leave. me. alone.
No love
Lizzie
(This quite possibly is me freaking out over how much I haven't written on my thesis.)
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Why when I sit down to try and write my thesis do I suddenly get this influx of plot bunnies? And, the more I ignore the little buggers, the more they take over my brain! It's like some sort of weird plot bunny torture.
As if I don't have an entire folder of perfectly good WIPs that I'd love to finish.
As if I didn't promise myself I'd write some original fic... which I have one plot bunny for, but it's a BIG plot bunny and I want to start out with short stories I might actually finish.
Just go away bunnies. Leave. me. alone.
No love
Lizzie
(This quite possibly is me freaking out over how much I haven't written on my thesis.)
As if I don't have an entire folder of perfectly good WIPs that I'd love to finish.
As if I didn't promise myself I'd write some original fic... which I have one plot bunny for, but it's a BIG plot bunny and I want to start out with short stories I might actually finish.
Just go away bunnies. Leave. me. alone.
No love
Lizzie
(This quite possibly is me freaking out over how much I haven't written on my thesis.)
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