Being unproductive
Dec. 8th, 2003 07:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarigwaemirAd Mundo Exteriore,
Guess who did absolutely nothing yesterday (other than spend four hours on a symposium proposal)?
I'm in this pendulum state, swinging between intermediate panic (not mild or severe, just intermediate) and fatalist indifference. Well, probably better than the unrealistic optimism of before--"oh, things will work out somehow, if I just sit here doing nothing"--and definitely better than being stressed to the point of another burnout.
Oh, and I forgot to mention another pet grammar peeve:
principal vs. principle: "principal" can be a noun meaning an important person, as in "a school principal", or an adjective meaning main or primary, as in "the principal reason". "principle" is used as a noun meaning some important ideal or conceptual basis, such as "a moral principle". You can turn it into an adjective by adding a -d ending, that is, "a principled person".
Although it's understandable if you make the mistake occasionally, the rate at which some writers on FF.net continually confuse the two is extremely annoying. Fingers down the chalkboard annoying.
You are the Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas); brilliant, vengeful, charismatic, luxurious and witty. You spin a man's tale of massive revenge. Just don't get a Dantes ego. You are not the tool of God. You leave people with the message of hope. We must wait, and we must hope. Perhaps you can live a normal life now, with new love.
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Whee, I love Le Comte de Monte-Cristo.
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Huh. Really now.
I had something I wanted to rant about, but I forgot. Oh well. There's always a next time.
...Tari
Guess who did absolutely nothing yesterday (other than spend four hours on a symposium proposal)?
I'm in this pendulum state, swinging between intermediate panic (not mild or severe, just intermediate) and fatalist indifference. Well, probably better than the unrealistic optimism of before--"oh, things will work out somehow, if I just sit here doing nothing"--and definitely better than being stressed to the point of another burnout.
Oh, and I forgot to mention another pet grammar peeve:
principal vs. principle: "principal" can be a noun meaning an important person, as in "a school principal", or an adjective meaning main or primary, as in "the principal reason". "principle" is used as a noun meaning some important ideal or conceptual basis, such as "a moral principle". You can turn it into an adjective by adding a -d ending, that is, "a principled person".
Although it's understandable if you make the mistake occasionally, the rate at which some writers on FF.net continually confuse the two is extremely annoying. Fingers down the chalkboard annoying.
You are the Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas); brilliant, vengeful, charismatic, luxurious and witty. You spin a man's tale of massive revenge. Just don't get a Dantes ego. You are not the tool of God. You leave people with the message of hope. We must wait, and we must hope. Perhaps you can live a normal life now, with new love.
Which Book are You?
brought to you by Quizilla
Whee, I love Le Comte de Monte-Cristo.
Find out where you'll be in 20 years @ Sunflower-Bebe.net
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Huh. Really now.
I had something I wanted to rant about, but I forgot. Oh well. There's always a next time.
...Tari
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Date: 2003-12-08 04:40 pm (UTC)^_~
I still screw it up, though. Hear, hear, the typo queen!
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Date: 2003-12-08 09:19 pm (UTC)Anyway, I can tell that your typos are just typos. However, there are some people who genuinely don't seem to understand that the two words are different. >_<;; I wouldn't even mind if English wasn't their first language, but usually they're just American teenagers who've been corrupted by Netspeak. >_>
Also, I think it's the accumulated effect of seeing the same mistakes over and over after a long FF.net rummage that really sets me off. ^_^
...Tari
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Date: 2003-12-08 04:46 pm (UTC)Weird.
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Date: 2003-12-08 07:33 pm (UTC)~Kosi (http://www.angelfire.com/music4/flowrgrl779/adri)
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Date: 2003-12-08 09:16 pm (UTC)...Tari