Sunny Side Cracked and Fried, or when Joanna is Queen
If I had the power, I would make everyone (everyone!) over the age of 18 retake a grammar and spelling class that would teach the difference between 'you're' and 'your', 'their' and 'there', the to-two-toos, oh man I could go on. You don't know immature and uneducated someone sounds when they say something like, "Your a great person!" (Okay I really couldn't come up with a snazzy sentence.) I've discovered that no, the average college student does NOT know the difference between these words, nor do they know how to spell words in general. And ending sentences in a preposition? Tsk tsk. "Where you at?" Die Boost Mobile.
I would also obliterate the phrase, "What's up?" Because, frankly, I don't know what's up. Everyday I walk into Chipotle, and it's "What's up, Joanna?" or "Hey Joanna, what's up?" How am I supposed to answer this dumb question? "The ceiling, harharhar!" For goodness sakes, I just walked into work, WORK is what is up. I can answer, "How are you?" From now on, I will not respond to a "What's up?" I will just stare blankly until they rephrase the question into something more specific that I can understand.
These are just a few of the things I would implement if I became Queen of all Cosmos. Be prepared.
(Btw, new header up! It's a picture of some sushi I made this weekend when I went to visit Amy in Columbus. California rolls and New York rolls, yuuuum. I'll be making pleeeenty more this weekend ^_^)
Listening: Utada Hikaru - Singles Collection Vol. 1
Playing: Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (DS)
Watching: The Joy Luck Club


Comments
I understand your great frustration with grammar!!! Have you heard of and/or read the book entitled, "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves"? It is about grammar, and I hear it's pretty damn good! Check it out. I do, however, fairly frequently end sentences with prepositions...try not to, but I still do from time to time. I also say "what's up?" quite often. I am with you on the other stuff though!
Posted by: Jackie | October 4, 2006 8:19 PM
it is wednesday!
Posted by: anna | October 11, 2006 9:15 PM