I also forgot wtf I was doing. The past years or so my mind has been on cruise control, sporadically living life and waiting till the sun comes up. The time passes so fast that the only memory I have of the past couple of years are fragments that I have to really reach out to recollect in order to make any sense of time. However, in the long run it doesn't really matter. Past is past.
I can't make any sense of the above paragraph re-reading it but I'm just going to leave that there anyway. Dunno, it might be good to leave bits of yourself in places so you can revisit them later and see what kind of nonsense spouts out of the depths of your brain.
The whole year has been a rather unproductive one and spoiled with many broken promises to myself leaving me utterly disappointed as 2012 rolls around. I'm going to have to buckle down and seriously reconsider my direction in life if I plan to achieve anything in the next few years.
Sometimes I feel like I have absolutely no control over what is happening in my life and therefore I can't control where my life is headed. But that's an excuse. I have complete control over nearly every factor of my life but yet I do this to myself. It's my responsibility and my duty to myself to kick myself into gear and start doing something. Anything. An episode of Tales of Mere Existence on Youtube from Lev (AgentXPQ) preaches "Do something. Do anything." It's original intent is for artists but ****, I think it can apply to life in general. You will always be locked in a box, immune to harsh criticism, until you free yourself out of your shell and expose yourself to the outside. Through exposure and liberty, one gains valuable experience in life and this in turn aids in the production of a higher quality product and meaningful, satisfying living. No idea what I'm trying to say but there it is.
This is relevant to what I'm trying to point out.
I have to admit that when it comes to creative mediums, I have been a big coward. I know that with enough love and effort, one can produce amazing things. For some reason, I still fear failure. I say that I don't. But apparently I still do. I can't bear to see something that I dumped my heart and soul into being ripped apart by critics. It's this mask of a tough exterior that I keep trying to wear. I sure as hell have succeeded at it but it's not getting me anywhere. Forged by the peer pressure of society to live up to the standards of being a woman. Shit. Now I feel like a god damn sheep.
This is an obstacle that many people have to face and I'm sure that there are tons of people who already conquered it. Why can't I be more like them? This is the solution I want to arrive at before the end of 2012. It's funny. I'm 16 years old now and I should have these things figured out by now. At least... that's what I believe... I can't measure up to people who are younger than me and more successful than me. Whoa. That sounded like I actually cared about how other people look at me for a second. I know. It doesn't matter. People experience life at their own pace. People mature at their own pace. I can relax with that in mind. It just nibbles on me every now and then.
It feels like I need a drink.. Though, alcohol doesn't even taste good. ..Anyway, to those of you who are legal drinkers, cheers for reading my post and hope that it possibly stimulated the mind or entertained...
Oh by the way:
try out this
www.philosophyexperiments.com
Stumbled on to this place, it and was pretty interesting. It has sort of quizzes that give ambiguous moral choices and gives analysis on the question being asked and your responses. It also has some basic statistics on how many or who choices what option.
Give it a whirl, the "quizzes" take a few minutes each.
Samstag, 19. November 2011
Mittwoch, 22. Juni 2011
English grammar snob: Lesson two
A telltale sign of poor English fluency is the use of double negatives. When you want to express an idea, make sure to curtail your use of such words as not and hardly; these terms often conflict with other parts of a sentence. Let's take a look at an example:
I could care less about your family's money, my dear; although I don't hardly have any money, I don't need nothing from you but love.
The above sentence contains an appalling number of double-negative errors, so I'll review them one at a time. First of all, the phrase "could care less" REALLY gets on my nerves. I'm not sure what people are thinking when they use it, because it makes absolutely no sense. If a mother "could care less" about her son, then she DOES care about him—how else would she be able to care LESS? If you're trying to convey a sense of little or no concern, use the phrase "couldn't care less," which, unlike its oft-used, oft-abused counterpart, isn't a nonsensical corruption of language.
I couldn't care less about your family's money, my dear; although I don't hardly have any money, I don't need nothing from you but love.
On to the next problem, which lies in the subordinate clause following the semicolon. Hardly is, contrary to Southern dialect in the United States, a negative adverb that is at odds with the negative contraction. Thus, either negative piece can be removed, but considering that the man probably has at least some money, I'll remove the contraction.
I couldn't care less about your family's money, my dear; although I hardly have any money, I don't need nothing from you but love.
Finally, if not is anywhere near nothing in a sentence, your grammar intuition should alert you either to nix the former or to change the latter to anything.
I couldn't care less about your family's money, my dear; although I hardly have any money, I don't need anything from you but love.
Yay! Now that mess of a sentence is much more appealing, and that means this short lesson is coming to a close. Before you scamper off to other blogs, though, keep in mind that double negatives are perfectly fine in conversation and in informal writing.
Furthermore, less offensive double negatives are sometimes useful for emphasis. For instance, let's imagine that CoughAway and ThroatSoother are two rather useless cold medicines and that CoughAway is better than ThroatSoother. You could say that CoughAway is "more effective" than ThroatSoother, but such a statement might be misleading, considering that neither one produces any tangible benefits. In that case, it'd be better to say that CoughAway is "less ineffective" than ThroatSoother. Yes, you're using a double negative. Blasphemy? Not quite. The phrase "less ineffective" as opposed to "more effective" highlights the inadequacy of both medicines rather than the superiority of CoughAway. Sure, you could go with "more effective," and no one (other than I) would bat an eyelash, but truly powerful manipulation of language, also known as rhetoric, relies on minuscule distinctions like this one to sway audiences.
Anyway, I'm kinda digressing, so I'll cut myself short here. Again, I hope you learned something new this time around, and I'll see y'all in a week! =]
I could care less about your family's money, my dear; although I don't hardly have any money, I don't need nothing from you but love.
The above sentence contains an appalling number of double-negative errors, so I'll review them one at a time. First of all, the phrase "could care less" REALLY gets on my nerves. I'm not sure what people are thinking when they use it, because it makes absolutely no sense. If a mother "could care less" about her son, then she DOES care about him—how else would she be able to care LESS? If you're trying to convey a sense of little or no concern, use the phrase "couldn't care less," which, unlike its oft-used, oft-abused counterpart, isn't a nonsensical corruption of language.
I couldn't care less about your family's money, my dear; although I don't hardly have any money, I don't need nothing from you but love.
On to the next problem, which lies in the subordinate clause following the semicolon. Hardly is, contrary to Southern dialect in the United States, a negative adverb that is at odds with the negative contraction. Thus, either negative piece can be removed, but considering that the man probably has at least some money, I'll remove the contraction.
I couldn't care less about your family's money, my dear; although I hardly have any money, I don't need nothing from you but love.
Finally, if not is anywhere near nothing in a sentence, your grammar intuition should alert you either to nix the former or to change the latter to anything.
I couldn't care less about your family's money, my dear; although I hardly have any money, I don't need anything from you but love.
Yay! Now that mess of a sentence is much more appealing, and that means this short lesson is coming to a close. Before you scamper off to other blogs, though, keep in mind that double negatives are perfectly fine in conversation and in informal writing.
Furthermore, less offensive double negatives are sometimes useful for emphasis. For instance, let's imagine that CoughAway and ThroatSoother are two rather useless cold medicines and that CoughAway is better than ThroatSoother. You could say that CoughAway is "more effective" than ThroatSoother, but such a statement might be misleading, considering that neither one produces any tangible benefits. In that case, it'd be better to say that CoughAway is "less ineffective" than ThroatSoother. Yes, you're using a double negative. Blasphemy? Not quite. The phrase "less ineffective" as opposed to "more effective" highlights the inadequacy of both medicines rather than the superiority of CoughAway. Sure, you could go with "more effective," and no one (other than I) would bat an eyelash, but truly powerful manipulation of language, also known as rhetoric, relies on minuscule distinctions like this one to sway audiences.
Anyway, I'm kinda digressing, so I'll cut myself short here. Again, I hope you learned something new this time around, and I'll see y'all in a week! =]
Freitag, 10. Juni 2011
English grammar snob
This posts will be nothing like a rant but rather a teaching lesson, since I'm slightly getting tired of all malapropisms.
Have you ever wanted to improve your writing in english in little steps? Do you often find yourself questioning the mechanics of your sentences? Do you just like feeling smarter than everyone else? Well, then, this post/blog is for you! Here, just to feel good about myself by pretending to promote literacy when I'm really touting my snobbishness, I'll be providing bite-sized grammar lessons every week or so. I encourage you to pop on in and join the party of condescending, seemingly well-read individuals!
DISCLAIMER: I'm not trying to prove that people who type well online are better than other people in any way—the Web is a medium in which negligence of formalities is perfectly acceptable. I also admit that some of these tips may seem unnecessary or nitpicky, but hey, you don't have to use them!
Lesson One: Em Dashes vs. En Dashes vs. Hyphens (6/9/11)
WTH? There are different types of dashes? you may be asking yourself. And the answer would be yes! The em dash (—), en dash (–), and hyphen (-). Each item serves a very different purpose, and although it's not imperative to differentiate between all of them, it's nice to know.
Let's start with the em dash. Many of you readers are probably all too familiar with this device; it can indicate a shift in thought or additional information, among other things, and demonstrates fluidity in writing. Usually, the em dash touches the words that it separates, but some writers prefer a space to either side. Commas and em dashes are occasionally interchangeable. The following are some examples of its use and variants. Notice that if a word processor is unavailable or the [ALT + numerical code] is unknown, two hyphens will suffice.
As the head--well, former head, anyway--of the science department, Jenna was responsible for ordering lab materials.
Dan -- an engineer for Google -- slaves over his computer for hours every day.
The light—that is, the one I'd seen on Monterey—seemed out of place in the context of its dreary neighborhood.
Rock and roll is the heart of our lives — and we'll do anything it takes to continue listening to it!
Next up are the en dash and hyphen, which people so frequently confuse that even editors now rarely make any distinction between the two. The hyphen, of course, is more popularly employed, simply because it's more accessible. The differences between the two are so nuanced that I won't try to delve into them all in this lesson; however, I do intend to cover the basics. The hyphen, the shorter of the two, is for compound adjectives in which the elements are not compounds themselves. The en dash, the longer of the two, is for ranges and compound adjectives in which one or more elements are compounds or in which two or more parties exist. The following are some correct (green) examples and incorrect (red) illustrations.
disease–causing bacteria (should be a hyphen because it's a simple compound adjective)
pg. 7-19 (should be an en dash because it's a range)
post-Cold War (should be an en dash because Cold War is a compound noun)
New York-Miami flight (should be an en dash because there're two parties)
disease-causing bacteria
pg. 7–19
post–Cold War
New York–Miami flight
I hope you enjoyed this segment. Tune in next time for another (fun) lesson!
Lesson Two: Homonyms, Homonyms, and More Homonyms—Part I (6/10/11)
One of the mistakes that really get on my nerves is when people use the wrong homonyms, or words that sound the same but carry completely different meanings. Although plenty of pairs and trios exist in the English language, I'll be covering only the most common ones in this update.
Your, You're, and Yore
Your is a possessive pronoun. It's as simple as that. As a rule of thumb, possessive pronouns never have apostrophes. You're is a contraction. Pronouns with apostrophes always represent two words rather than a possessive form. Yore, while an archaic word, still makes an appearance every now and then in modern-day manuscripts. It refers to ancient times.
You're mom is ridiculously overweight.
Yore a real imbecile.
In times of your, most people were hunter-gatherers who picked fruit rather than farmed land.
Your mom is ridiculously overweight.
You're a real imbecile.
In times of yore, most people were hunter-gatherers who picked fruit rather than farmed land.
Their, They're, and There
Their is a possessive pronoun. Again, as a rule of thumb, such a word pretty much never has an apostrophe. They're is a contraction of the words they and are. Finally, there is a word that functions as many parts of speech, but it most commonly serves as a noun or adverb.
Despite the rigor of the course, they're will never wavered.
Andy respects his friends, even though there remiss in completing homework on time.
The treasure that we're looking for is over their!
Despite the rigor of the course, their will never wavered.
Andy respects his friends, even though they're remiss in completing homework on time.
The treasure that we're looking for is over there!
Then and Than
Then is an adverb that either describes something to follow in a sequence of events or conveys the sense that something has passed. Than is a conjunction used to compare two ideas. Common phrases that involve it are more than, less than, rather than, and [comparative adjective] than.
If a = b and b = c, than a = c.
Will Smith is way cooler then Lady Gaga.
If a = b and b = c, then a = c.
Will Smith is way cooler than Lady Gaga.
Affect and Effect
Don't listen to your English teachers on this one, as both of these words can function as either nouns or verbs. Affect is usually a verb that means "to influence" or "to take on artificially." However, it can also be a noun meaning "emotion." Effect is usually a noun that means "result." However, it can also be a verb meaning "to result in" or "to accomplish." Let me warn you now, though, that the noun form of affect is almost never the one you want, unless you're majoring in psychology or the like.
The hurricane drastically effected the lives of those who lost their families.
The stimulant produced in the child a gleeful effect.
Mrs. Coburn's more lenient grading policy affected a more motivated class.
Although scientists lay claim to a positive affect on the drug industry, midazolam has also increased the number of date-rape cases.
The hurricane drastically affected the lives of those who lost their families.
The stimulant produced in the child a gleeful affect.
Mrs. Coburn's more lenient grading policy effected a more motivated class.
Although scientists lay claim to a positive effect on the drug industry, midazolam has also increased the number of date-rape cases.
It's and Its
It's is a contraction of the words it and is, while its is a possessive pronoun, which, like all of its brethren, has no apostrophe. The distinction between these two terms is incredibly simple, but I swear that society is slipping further and further into the clutches of illiteracy. And PLEASE, I implore you not to form the irrelevant its'—it's not a word.
Its the perfect weather today for swimming and playing volleyball.
The desktop lasted us a long while, but it's decrepit construction ultimately doomed it to fail.
It's the perfect weather today for swimming and playing volleyball.
The desktop lasted us a long while, but its decrepit construction ultimately doomed it to fail.
I know this segment's extremely dense, but I hope you learned something new! Next update will probably be within the time frame of that "every week or so" I mentioned earlier; I made this second update so quickly only because of the eagerness that inevitably entails a new venture. Stay tuned, children! ;D
Future Updates
Misplacement of the Word Only
Quoting, Underlining, and Italicizing
Is It June 1 or June 1st?
Punctuation Next to Quotations + Anyway vs. Anyways
Between vs. Among
That vs. Which vs. Who and Zero Relative Pronouns
Usage, In Order, and Other Verbosities
Do I Work Everyday or Every Day?
...
Any suggestions are welcome, too!
And yes, I admit, I, in fact, abused the dictionary this time. Practice is half the battle, folks!
Have you ever wanted to improve your writing in english in little steps? Do you often find yourself questioning the mechanics of your sentences? Do you just like feeling smarter than everyone else? Well, then, this post/blog is for you! Here, just to feel good about myself by pretending to promote literacy when I'm really touting my snobbishness, I'll be providing bite-sized grammar lessons every week or so. I encourage you to pop on in and join the party of condescending, seemingly well-read individuals!
DISCLAIMER: I'm not trying to prove that people who type well online are better than other people in any way—the Web is a medium in which negligence of formalities is perfectly acceptable. I also admit that some of these tips may seem unnecessary or nitpicky, but hey, you don't have to use them!
Lesson One: Em Dashes vs. En Dashes vs. Hyphens (6/9/11)
WTH? There are different types of dashes? you may be asking yourself. And the answer would be yes! The em dash (—), en dash (–), and hyphen (-). Each item serves a very different purpose, and although it's not imperative to differentiate between all of them, it's nice to know.
Let's start with the em dash. Many of you readers are probably all too familiar with this device; it can indicate a shift in thought or additional information, among other things, and demonstrates fluidity in writing. Usually, the em dash touches the words that it separates, but some writers prefer a space to either side. Commas and em dashes are occasionally interchangeable. The following are some examples of its use and variants. Notice that if a word processor is unavailable or the [ALT + numerical code] is unknown, two hyphens will suffice.
As the head--well, former head, anyway--of the science department, Jenna was responsible for ordering lab materials.
Dan -- an engineer for Google -- slaves over his computer for hours every day.
The light—that is, the one I'd seen on Monterey—seemed out of place in the context of its dreary neighborhood.
Rock and roll is the heart of our lives — and we'll do anything it takes to continue listening to it!
Next up are the en dash and hyphen, which people so frequently confuse that even editors now rarely make any distinction between the two. The hyphen, of course, is more popularly employed, simply because it's more accessible. The differences between the two are so nuanced that I won't try to delve into them all in this lesson; however, I do intend to cover the basics. The hyphen, the shorter of the two, is for compound adjectives in which the elements are not compounds themselves. The en dash, the longer of the two, is for ranges and compound adjectives in which one or more elements are compounds or in which two or more parties exist. The following are some correct (green) examples and incorrect (red) illustrations.
disease–causing bacteria (should be a hyphen because it's a simple compound adjective)
pg. 7-19 (should be an en dash because it's a range)
post-Cold War (should be an en dash because Cold War is a compound noun)
New York-Miami flight (should be an en dash because there're two parties)
disease-causing bacteria
pg. 7–19
post–Cold War
New York–Miami flight
I hope you enjoyed this segment. Tune in next time for another (fun) lesson!
Lesson Two: Homonyms, Homonyms, and More Homonyms—Part I (6/10/11)
One of the mistakes that really get on my nerves is when people use the wrong homonyms, or words that sound the same but carry completely different meanings. Although plenty of pairs and trios exist in the English language, I'll be covering only the most common ones in this update.
Your, You're, and Yore
Your is a possessive pronoun. It's as simple as that. As a rule of thumb, possessive pronouns never have apostrophes. You're is a contraction. Pronouns with apostrophes always represent two words rather than a possessive form. Yore, while an archaic word, still makes an appearance every now and then in modern-day manuscripts. It refers to ancient times.
You're mom is ridiculously overweight.
Yore a real imbecile.
In times of your, most people were hunter-gatherers who picked fruit rather than farmed land.
Your mom is ridiculously overweight.
You're a real imbecile.
In times of yore, most people were hunter-gatherers who picked fruit rather than farmed land.
Their, They're, and There
Their is a possessive pronoun. Again, as a rule of thumb, such a word pretty much never has an apostrophe. They're is a contraction of the words they and are. Finally, there is a word that functions as many parts of speech, but it most commonly serves as a noun or adverb.
Despite the rigor of the course, they're will never wavered.
Andy respects his friends, even though there remiss in completing homework on time.
The treasure that we're looking for is over their!
Despite the rigor of the course, their will never wavered.
Andy respects his friends, even though they're remiss in completing homework on time.
The treasure that we're looking for is over there!
Then and Than
Then is an adverb that either describes something to follow in a sequence of events or conveys the sense that something has passed. Than is a conjunction used to compare two ideas. Common phrases that involve it are more than, less than, rather than, and [comparative adjective] than.
If a = b and b = c, than a = c.
Will Smith is way cooler then Lady Gaga.
If a = b and b = c, then a = c.
Will Smith is way cooler than Lady Gaga.
Affect and Effect
Don't listen to your English teachers on this one, as both of these words can function as either nouns or verbs. Affect is usually a verb that means "to influence" or "to take on artificially." However, it can also be a noun meaning "emotion." Effect is usually a noun that means "result." However, it can also be a verb meaning "to result in" or "to accomplish." Let me warn you now, though, that the noun form of affect is almost never the one you want, unless you're majoring in psychology or the like.
The hurricane drastically effected the lives of those who lost their families.
The stimulant produced in the child a gleeful effect.
Mrs. Coburn's more lenient grading policy affected a more motivated class.
Although scientists lay claim to a positive affect on the drug industry, midazolam has also increased the number of date-rape cases.
The hurricane drastically affected the lives of those who lost their families.
The stimulant produced in the child a gleeful affect.
Mrs. Coburn's more lenient grading policy effected a more motivated class.
Although scientists lay claim to a positive effect on the drug industry, midazolam has also increased the number of date-rape cases.
It's and Its
It's is a contraction of the words it and is, while its is a possessive pronoun, which, like all of its brethren, has no apostrophe. The distinction between these two terms is incredibly simple, but I swear that society is slipping further and further into the clutches of illiteracy. And PLEASE, I implore you not to form the irrelevant its'—it's not a word.
Its the perfect weather today for swimming and playing volleyball.
The desktop lasted us a long while, but it's decrepit construction ultimately doomed it to fail.
It's the perfect weather today for swimming and playing volleyball.
The desktop lasted us a long while, but its decrepit construction ultimately doomed it to fail.
I know this segment's extremely dense, but I hope you learned something new! Next update will probably be within the time frame of that "every week or so" I mentioned earlier; I made this second update so quickly only because of the eagerness that inevitably entails a new venture. Stay tuned, children! ;D
Future Updates
Misplacement of the Word Only
Quoting, Underlining, and Italicizing
Is It June 1 or June 1st?
Punctuation Next to Quotations + Anyway vs. Anyways
Between vs. Among
That vs. Which vs. Who and Zero Relative Pronouns
Usage, In Order, and Other Verbosities
Do I Work Everyday or Every Day?
...
Any suggestions are welcome, too!
And yes, I admit, I, in fact, abused the dictionary this time. Practice is half the battle, folks!
Dienstag, 15. März 2011
Idiots, who aren't justified to think like this.
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Are you serious? Are you seriously going to think this way about a generation that pretty much has nothing to do with what happened back then?
Then we have the failures of life that dwell in the comments page. Here and possibly many more news websites.
I know most people are just a bunch of dumb sheep that memorize phrases to repeat and fit in, but this is just disgusting.
1. THESE ARE NOT SOLDIERS, THESE ARE INNOCENT PEOPLE. They aren't the ones who decided to attack us, ever. How would you like to get kicked in the face for something your grand-dad did?
2.Even if it was the same generation: You have NO right to call it a case of 'karma' or some crap like that in the first place at all, WHEN AMERICA ITSELF BOMBED HIROSHIMA IN RESPONSE TO PEARL HARBOR. Killing a lot of innocent civilians. Way to forget the horrible things AMERICA has done too.
3. Remember Katrina? Yeah. I'm pretty sure we all do. Maybe if you did some reading you'd realize even after that horrible attack, Japan themselves was VERY generous in helping us. Several japanese businesses donated 12 million combined to help. The japanese government itself donated 1 mil roughly. One person from japan alone donated 1 million to them as well. I bet Not one of the people in that image above even gave so much as 2$ during that time. Get the hell out.
For the love of god. Is compassion some dying art? People do this all the damn time, always trying to find the slightest justification to not show any Even if its logically DEAD WRONG. No one's hands are clean, but at some point we have to at least wash the dirt of self-righteousness off so we can stop getting into stupid fights on the street, hating people over stupid small misunderstandings and not showing sympathy to people suffering.
tl:dr: Grow the hell up and start showing at least a small amount of love and understanding.
Idiots: derp.
NOT EVEN JUSTIFIED.
Edit: THE MASTER HAVEN'T FINISHED HER WORDS.
What also boils my blood is people ****ing around with People Finder.
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Seriously? You think this is a joke, or you think it's cool and funny to make up stuff about someone's family member being alive or dead? Have you ever been separated from your family for a long time, and not be able to contact them in a desperate situation? Have you walked the streets, looking through rubble to find your family, not knowing whether they're alive or not?
Man, I forgot how trolls exist on the internet. Pardon, pardon.
Donnerstag, 17. Februar 2011
A heartfelt belated Valentine to my love
Dear Chemistry,
I despise you. Your very existence disgusts me. Whenever I see you, I think of dead babies and dying angels. The hellfires of purgatory are not enough to burn the overwhelming disdain I have for you. I hate that you're so ridiculously complicated. Whenever I have to open up my Chemistry notes, I feel a deep pierce inside my gut, as if a mole of atomi-- ... molecu-- ... no, quark-sized barbarians wielding glaives, tomahawks, and Zweihanders all attacked me at once. It's a searing pain that I cannot avoid.
But I haven't always felt this way about you. As crazy as it sounds, I actually admired you. I can remember back to when I watched Top Chef Seasons 2 and 4 with chefs like Marcel Vigneron and Richard Blais who harnessed the powers of liquid nitrogen and rotary evaporators to use molecular gastronomy. I was honestly captivated by you and food combining to create the most amazing of dishes. I've always fantasized that you would make me the world's most perfect sandwich.
The more and more I was exposed to these chemical reactions and avocado numbers, the more and more I wanted to distance myself from you. You're just too high-maintenanced for my tastes.
I understand we were together the last 3 years, but I just wasn't feeling the chemistry (that was my fail-pun for the evening). Half the time, I would just ditch you. I wouldn't show up at all, and leave you standing there. But then after your whining and crying after tests and rests, I felt bad so I actually showed up. And yeah, towards the end of years, I was feeling good. It was great. We worked well. But now that we're back after break, I don't think I can handle any more of you. We need time apart, please.
Let's just get this straight. I don't like you. But it seems that we're stuck with each other for another year, at the least. Maybe more, since I'm sure I'm going to have to be quite acquainted with you. Bottom line: I don't do this because I like you; I'm just forced to.
With much love,
Shanni.
I despise you. Your very existence disgusts me. Whenever I see you, I think of dead babies and dying angels. The hellfires of purgatory are not enough to burn the overwhelming disdain I have for you. I hate that you're so ridiculously complicated. Whenever I have to open up my Chemistry notes, I feel a deep pierce inside my gut, as if a mole of atomi-- ... molecu-- ... no, quark-sized barbarians wielding glaives, tomahawks, and Zweihanders all attacked me at once. It's a searing pain that I cannot avoid.
But I haven't always felt this way about you. As crazy as it sounds, I actually admired you. I can remember back to when I watched Top Chef Seasons 2 and 4 with chefs like Marcel Vigneron and Richard Blais who harnessed the powers of liquid nitrogen and rotary evaporators to use molecular gastronomy. I was honestly captivated by you and food combining to create the most amazing of dishes. I've always fantasized that you would make me the world's most perfect sandwich.
The more and more I was exposed to these chemical reactions and avocado numbers, the more and more I wanted to distance myself from you. You're just too high-maintenanced for my tastes.
I understand we were together the last 3 years, but I just wasn't feeling the chemistry (that was my fail-pun for the evening). Half the time, I would just ditch you. I wouldn't show up at all, and leave you standing there. But then after your whining and crying after tests and rests, I felt bad so I actually showed up. And yeah, towards the end of years, I was feeling good. It was great. We worked well. But now that we're back after break, I don't think I can handle any more of you. We need time apart, please.
Let's just get this straight. I don't like you. But it seems that we're stuck with each other for another year, at the least. Maybe more, since I'm sure I'm going to have to be quite acquainted with you. Bottom line: I don't do this because I like you; I'm just forced to.
With much love,
Shanni.
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