1. with their road signs along I-90 advertising "EASY THRU ACCESS", cle elum is the slut of washington state.
2. i wish my car had cruise control.
3. i really like the movie "stranger than fiction". i don't think they ever explained how she was controlling his life through her writing, though. if they did, either it wasn't very interesting, or it just wasn't important to the plot. anyway, i really like that movie.
30.3.09
Top Ten Road Trip (to Seattle) Albums
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
3. Presidents of the United States of America - II
4. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
5. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
6. Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
7. Postal Service - Give Up
8. Cake - Fashion Nugget
9. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
10. Neutral Milk Hotel - Aeroplane Over the Sea
Your Challenge: Things to do before you die
2. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
3. Presidents of the United States of America - II
4. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
5. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
6. Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
7. Postal Service - Give Up
8. Cake - Fashion Nugget
9. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
10. Neutral Milk Hotel - Aeroplane Over the Sea
Your Challenge: Things to do before you die
24.3.09
picture[s] of the week: my new bargain couch!
the couch is the same color as skippy - peanut butter!
new challenge?
so for the top ten lists, i'd like to see if you'd like to add a rule:
i'd like us to be able to challenge each other to a top ten list (within our range of knowledge and experience). this would have to be done a week in advance, when one of us posts her top ten list, she would have to put the challenge at the end. so if i'm posting a top ten, i would put at the bottom "challenge for next week: top ten (things colored orange, ways to prepare apples, potholes in spokane, etc.)."
whaddya say?
i'd like us to be able to challenge each other to a top ten list (within our range of knowledge and experience). this would have to be done a week in advance, when one of us posts her top ten list, she would have to put the challenge at the end. so if i'm posting a top ten, i would put at the bottom "challenge for next week: top ten (things colored orange, ways to prepare apples, potholes in spokane, etc.)."
whaddya say?
23.3.09
top ten chick movies of all time (with quotes)
1. dirty dancing. "i carried a watermelon?"
2. when harry met sally. "waiter, there is too much pepper on my paprikash. but i would be pleased to partake in your pecan pie."
3. pretty woman. "i'm not wearing any pantyhose!"
4. where the heart is. "feel that little bump-bump, bump-bump? that's where the heart is."
5. pride & prejudice: the bbc series. "for a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
6. bend it like beckham. "lesbian? i though she was a pisces."
7. a love story. "love is never having to say you're sorry."
8. fried green tomatoes. "TOWANDA!!!"
9. breakfast at tiffany's. "the blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. the mean reds are horrible. suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of."
10. the princess bride. "ha ha! you fool! you fell victim to one of the classic blunders! the most famous is never get involved in a land war in asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a sicilian when *death* is on the line!"
and for a bonus, in case you don't like or agree with one of the ones on my list:
11. gone with the wind. "i won't think about that today. i'll think about it tomorrow."
2. when harry met sally. "waiter, there is too much pepper on my paprikash. but i would be pleased to partake in your pecan pie."
3. pretty woman. "i'm not wearing any pantyhose!"
4. where the heart is. "feel that little bump-bump, bump-bump? that's where the heart is."
5. pride & prejudice: the bbc series. "for a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
6. bend it like beckham. "lesbian? i though she was a pisces."
7. a love story. "love is never having to say you're sorry."
8. fried green tomatoes. "TOWANDA!!!"
9. breakfast at tiffany's. "the blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. the mean reds are horrible. suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of."
10. the princess bride. "ha ha! you fool! you fell victim to one of the classic blunders! the most famous is never get involved in a land war in asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a sicilian when *death* is on the line!"
and for a bonus, in case you don't like or agree with one of the ones on my list:
11. gone with the wind. "i won't think about that today. i'll think about it tomorrow."
16.3.09
top ten commonly misused words and phrases
I'm not a grammar expert by any means, but there are a few misuses that leave me feeling a little perturbed. I left out some of the most common offenses, such as your/you're, there/their/they're, to/two/too and it's/its because they should be implied.
1. Ironic: characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is (not to be used interchangeably with coincidental)
2. Toward: no "s" on the end
3. "I could care less" this really makes no sense; it should be the negative "I couldn't care less"
4. Nonplussed: to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely (often misused to mean just the opposite, e.g. unimpressed)
5. i.e versus e.g.: i.e. from the Latin, meaning "that is"; e.g. also Latin, meaning "for example"
6. Affect: to act on; produce an effect or change in; to influence (whereas an effect is produced by an agency or cause - a result)
7. Capital: is the city, but Capitol is the building
8. Complement: either of two parts or things needed to complete the whole; counterpart; red and green; mustard and ketchup (a compliment is an expression of praise, commendation, or admiration; mints or chocolate)
9. Penultimate: next to the last (often misused to mean the last)
10. Dawn: the first appearance of daylight in the morning; antonym: twilight (often misused to be interchangeable with sunrise)
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