I thought iTunes on a PC was horrendous. You know what's horrendous? Excel on a Mac.
OMGSAVEMENOW.
Dec 252008
Dec 102008
What is it about cafes? Are they pathologically incapable of hiring staff who can spell? I've stopped counting the crimes against apostrophes (its/it's usually takes a real beating in a cafe menu), but this one was new to me:
do you think perhaps they meant renowned? because being renowned is very different from being known, forgotten, then re-known
Dec 042008
Yesterday, I'm driving home, and the mobile rings. Being responsible, I pulled over to the side of the road before attempting to answer it, by which time the phone had stopped ringing.
And while I'm busy with the phone, the passenger door opens, and I look up to see a little old lady clambering into the car.
Fortunately, my life experiences to date have equipped me with the perfect skill for dealing with this particular circumstance. I pasted on a smile and, feeling very Arthur Dent, managed to greet her with, "Er…hello?"
"You're early," she replied cheerfully. "And you're driving a different car."
"Ah. In fact, ma'am, I think I'm not the person you're waiting for," I suggested.
She peered at me, blinked, and said, "Oh! Oh, no, you're not!"
After which she promptly started clambering (in the slow and hesitant mannerism of the old and frail) out of the car.
Nov 292008
Nov 252008
Okay, whoever it was that linked to Pandemic II?1
You owe me I've-lost-count hours of my life.
Seriously, how can I concentrate on revising this novel, when there's humans to wipe out? How can I concentrate on wiping out the human race efficiently and effectively when I have this novel to finish? Huh? Huh?
- Actually, it was a few of you. Share the blame amongst yourselves as you see fit. [↩]
Sep 022008
Proofreading: the process perhaps best described as "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
Aug 152008
Me, reading aloud the name of the cracked.com article: The five greatest things ever accomplished while high…
Nurse: I sat in the lotus position while stoned once…
Me: you realise I have to blog that "achievement", don't you?
Jun 262008
IT'S JUST WORDS.
WORDS IN A ROW.
HOW CAN IT BE SO HARD?
ARGH.
save the night for weeping
asides, journal, shadow queen, writing life
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Jun 092008
I'm feeling just the slightest bit melancholy tonight.
I suspect this is in large part due to the fact that, for the last four days, I have not been able to take a shower without strapping a plastic bag over my face, and let me tell you, that novelty wears off sharpish.
So, to continue the no-true-content-while-the-edits-are-breaking-me spree, have two of my absolute favourite xkcd comics:
(For those of you who've never discovered xkcd before, first: where have you been hiding? I mean, by the time I discover something on the internet, everyone knows about it! and second: don't forget the mouseover text is part of the magic.)
Jun 082008
I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that I hate the copy-edited manuscript, and copyediting, and if I never quibble with myself again over where a comma should sit, or how best to conjugate a precise verb in a particular instance, it will be far too soon.
In the meantime, have a quote I love:
Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.Michelangelo