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Sunday, July 9th, 2006 01:37 pm
I have my crankypants on today.

Crankypants item number one: One of the kitties threw up on the living room carpet during the night. AGAIN.

Crankypants item number two: I read else-LJ about a person who, when out having a good time with friends and heading toward a party, saw a nasty sign in the window of the party's house. The whole group knew instantly that this person would not be welcome. What happened next? The person's friends didn't go in either.

Have I ever had friends who would do such a thing for me? I know I've had lovers who wouldn't.

Crankypants three: I am sick of comma splices. Comma splices are to me like fingernails on a blackboard are to the simpering fragile contingent in high school. They are awful! I really would prefer never to see one again. But if I pulled journals off my default read list for comma splices, I'd have to get rid of several I would otherwise like to read. Make, for example, is infested, yet it also has interesting content from time to time. How dare they?

Honestly, I know these are all minor. I have a living room, complete with carpet, and I have three cats who purr when I scritch them. I chose to have cats. Similarly, it's up to me to choose my friends and build good friendships, and nobody is forcing me to read posts that weren't worth editing.

I still have a bit of crankypants though. Cranky shorts? :-) Okay, not even those. I'm feeling better already. Sometimes venting DOES help, and remarkably quickly too.

Time to go clean that carpet.
Sunday, July 9th, 2006 08:47 pm (UTC)
I share your feelings about all three of these issues. (Comma splices are definitely on my Irritating Language Error list, just not at the very top. Although I think if I had online friends who used them frequently they certainly would be!)

Yes, venting can help enormously. I'm glad it helped you! =hug=

Image How is Duchess?
Sunday, July 9th, 2006 08:52 pm (UTC)
I agree with you that frequency of use makes a big difference. Comma splices have crawled very near the top of my Annoyances list because of their ever-increasing prevalence.

Duchess seems fine! With experience she is getting a little better at not swallowing her pills, but since I have a good quarter century more experience than she has, I still win quickly. In a little less than a week she will go in for a urine draw and we'll see whether the infection is truly gone. Thanks for asking!
Monday, July 10th, 2006 01:38 am (UTC)
Oh good! I'll watch for updates!