I've been seeing this a lot lately from a lot of different people—so much so, in fact, that I'm a bit curious as to the reason behind its sudden prevalence. But that's beside the point for the moment.
Please note:
Ball: (n) a sphere; (v) to make something into a spherical shape.
Bawl: (v) to cry profusely.
Therefore, you bawled through the movie. If you say "I balled through the movie," I'm going to have to assume that you either misspelled it or were rolling snickerdoodles the whole time.
And if the latter is the case, where are my cookies?
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Are you SURE you meant that?
An excerpt from the book that I'm reading:
Emma, by the way, is in the hospital with severe morning sickness symptoms, so much so, that she has to be on an IV for the entire time. See, now, for me, that sounds not fun. Not fun at all. And considering that she has lost over 5% of her body weight since getting pregnant, I would think that they were probably going for "emaciated appearance." But hey. It's in a book.
It's gotta be right, right?
"Pretty good," Emma said. Her eyes appeared huge and her cheeks were sunken. Her emancipated appearance made it hard to believe that she was doing as well as she was.
Emma, by the way, is in the hospital with severe morning sickness symptoms, so much so, that she has to be on an IV for the entire time. See, now, for me, that sounds not fun. Not fun at all. And considering that she has lost over 5% of her body weight since getting pregnant, I would think that they were probably going for "emaciated appearance." But hey. It's in a book.
It's gotta be right, right?
Thursday, April 1, 2010
April . . . something.
Point of interest:
What is the name of this ridiculous holiday?
I personally have always favored "April Fool's Day" (the day belonging to the April Fool).
But after seeing all the facebook posts today (yes, how sad, my apostrophic confidence is being shaken by facebook, of all things), I've started wondering, is it really "April Fools Day" (the day of many April Fools)?
Or might we all be wrong? Might it be "April Fools' Day" (the day belonging to many April Fools)?
Let's ask Google Battle, shall we?
Hm. I somehow find those results less than convincing. Because it seems to be unable to differentiate between "Fools" and "Fools'," for one thing. And for another, I somehow doubt that this takes into account the fact that a significant number of people would mis-apostrophize it anyway, no matter which version was correct. Wikipedia favors "April Fools' Day." But we all know Wikipedia's not really a legitimate source, right?
So. Which is it, really? The world may never know.
But I think the more relevant point is that the world, aside from myself, most likely doesn't care.
Happy April first, everyone.
What is the name of this ridiculous holiday?
I personally have always favored "April Fool's Day" (the day belonging to the April Fool).
But after seeing all the facebook posts today (yes, how sad, my apostrophic confidence is being shaken by facebook, of all things), I've started wondering, is it really "April Fools Day" (the day of many April Fools)?
Or might we all be wrong? Might it be "April Fools' Day" (the day belonging to many April Fools)?
Let's ask Google Battle, shall we?
April Fool's Day 8,600,000
April Fools Day 9,300,000
April Fools' Day 9,300,000
Hm. I somehow find those results less than convincing. Because it seems to be unable to differentiate between "Fools" and "Fools'," for one thing. And for another, I somehow doubt that this takes into account the fact that a significant number of people would mis-apostrophize it anyway, no matter which version was correct. Wikipedia favors "April Fools' Day." But we all know Wikipedia's not really a legitimate source, right?
So. Which is it, really? The world may never know.
But I think the more relevant point is that the world, aside from myself, most likely doesn't care.
Happy April first, everyone.
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