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[kimana517]

+ I just watched the last 10 minutes of 13 Going On 30 on TV and cried so much I had to blow my nose. LOL. I love that movie so much!

+ Speaking of movies, I recently joined . I finally got around to listing a few movies today, and someone has already requested one of them! That means I'll get a credit for one in the next week or two! I'm finally going to get Enchanted! If you list 10 movies, you automatically get a credit, but unfortunately I don't have 10 movies I no longer want. If you join, be sure to use me as your referrer, and list 10 DVDs, 'cause I get a credit for each person I refer who does that! Are books more your thing? Well, the same goes for . And both services are FREE! (You have to pay to ship DVDs/books to people, but that's under $2 - a lot cheaper than buying a new DVD!)

+ Today I have encountered lots of incorrect cliches or phrases. (On other sites, not LJ. Whew!) People of the world, listen to me: it's "lo and behold", not "low and behold". Unless, of course, you want people to crouch to look at something. Your curiosity is not peaked, it's piqued, unless you could not possibly have more curiosity. Unless you spilled coffee on your book, you didn't "pour over" it, you pored over it. Also? "Here, here!" makes absolutely no sense, unless you are trying to get someone to pass you the ball. It's "Hear, hear!" because you want people to hear and take notice. Oh, I could go on all day, but these are just the ones I saw today. And before one of you can reply with, "Low and behold, my curiosity was peaked as I poured over the manual of how to get people to pass you the ball by saying, 'Here, here!'", consider this a preemptive strike. ;oD Oh, and one more thing: the plural of "Brohinsky" is "Brohinskys", not "Brohinsky's", and the plural possessive is "Brohinskys'". /grammatical soapbox*

+ I need to take a nap today. I've had a lot of trouble falling asleep lately, leading to being up past 1am for several nights in a row. Yesterday I woke up an hour before my alarm because Isaac forgot to let Mandy back in before he left for work, so she was barking like crazy and woke me up, LOL. Today I woke up 2 hours earlier than usual to go to a flea market with Ange. That was cool. Speaking of cheap movies, I got The Skeleton Key and The Village for just $3 each! (Don't worry - I checked the back of the discs first.) I also got 4 large tomatoes for $2 total! That's especially thrilling. Or, I guess, it might be; I won't know till I taste one.

+ We had an amazing storm last night. The thunder was so loud it sounded like heavy objects were falling on our house, and the neighbors' car alarms kept going off. Hehe.

+ I bet y'all are longing for the days when I went a while between posts, eh? ;o)

+ Well, the nap will hopefully come later, as now I am off to CVS to get a great deal on some Revlon lip glosses. (As if I need any lippies after stocking up on the free Cover Girl ones a few weeks ago! I'm a lip gloss junkie. Hehe.) Happy weekend!

* For the record, I am not claiming grammar perfection. These are just a few things that bother me, and having seen each of them today, it's extra bothersome!

Comments

[asoulinbliss.livejournal.com]

I love paperback swap! My grandparents give me all their paperbacks and so I basically get free books!

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

That's awesome! I'm tempted to go buy some paperbacks at a thrift store for like 25 cents each and list them to get my credits. Hehe.

[asoulinbliss.livejournal.com]

That's actually a pretty good idea. Credits are also relatively cheap to buy, compared to the price of actually buying a book. And my boyfriend and I figured out numerous ways to cheat the system, but we did not attempt any of them. :D

[modmerseygirl.livejournal.com]

You are so amusing. I love reading your posts, dear. :-)

13 Going on 30 is one of my favourites, as well! I could really relate to it this year, since I've been 30...but I'm just a couple weeks from 31 now. Wah! Can we have a sequel called 13 Going on 31? ;-)

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

Ha! Thanks, I think. ;o)

Hehe. I'll take a sequel. I have to say, though, you seem to be thirty (one), and flirty and thriving to me! =o)

[modmerseygirl.livejournal.com]

Awww, you're sweet! Thanks, dearie!

[melyndie.livejournal.com]

I agree with you on all accounts! I see the last name thing all the time. It used to be a rule that we'd add an apostrophe to make the plural of some words (like CD's and Smith's), so I can understand why people still do it that way, but now we only use apostrophe to indicate plural when you have singular low case letters (dot your i's and not dot your is) or when you need to pluralize a word where just adding an s would cause you to misread the word ("did you put any do's on your list?" and not "did you put any dos on your list?"). Otherwise, the rest of the time we just add s or es.

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

It was a rule to pluralize Smith by adding an apostrophe S? I didn't know that. Very strange.

I think adding an apostrophe to pluralize words (not letters) would still bother me if people were consistent, but the fact that they aren't just makes it worse. For example, at the flea market the other day that said, "Stereo's, Radios, Televisions," etc. Why does "Stereo's" get an apostrophe and not the other words? GAH!

[pansyprincess.livejournal.com]

I want thunder. But at least it's raining today. *happy* It hasn't rained in weeks.

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

Ha! It's hard to imagine it not raining there for weeks. =o)

[pansyprincess.livejournal.com]

In the summer, it doesn't! It's just in the fall/winter/spring that it rains almost constantly. Even though this summer hasn't been consistently warm, it hasn't rained more than a couple times.

[kellchecker.livejournal.com]

I hear you about those grammatical/spelling errors. Such things drive me nuts!

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

Seriously! And I love your icon. I've thought about getting it for myself many times. =o)

[kellchecker.livejournal.com]

Go for it! I love yours, too. LOL

[bluiidmommy.livejournal.com]

To add to your grammar rant, I hate when people tack an apostrophe on a word that ends in "s" instead of the proper way (example: they write Lois' kitchen as opposed to Lois's kitchen).

I took a nap today, and I'm glad I did. But not for the same reasons you need one. I need to go update my LJ.

I forgot about those movies (The Skeleton Key and The Village). I'll have to see if I can get them from the library.

Are you crazy? I love your posts!

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

That bothers me too, although I looked it up once and that's a style issue. Like, one style handbook says to do it, and another says not to. While it's technically not incorrect, it still bugs the heck out of me. =oÞ

Do you like scary movies? Skeleton Key is definitely creepy. The Village is sort of suspenseful, but mostly just cool.

Good! =oD

[bluiidmommy.livejournal.com]

I LOVE scary movies. :)

[gothelittle.livejournal.com]

And "whee" is an exclamation of delight, while "wee" isn't something you want to do while wearing pants.

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

LOL! So true! I've seen that a few times. *headdesk*

[craneke.livejournal.com]

Can I just say... I am SO glad that I have a lot of friends who are as particular about grammar and spelling as I am. :-D

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

Me too! =oD

[lupinskitten.livejournal.com]

Swap DVD's? As in, have them pried out of my cold little hands? HAHAHAHAH. Not. =D

Seriously, that's a neat idea, actually. I almost wish I had a few extra titles I'd like to get rid of, but... yeah.

Yikes -- that must have been some storm!

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

LOL! Well, you don't get rid of the ones you still want. That's why I haven't come up with 10 to get my first free one yet. Although the two I listed have already been snatched up! I'm excited to get the ones I want. =o)

It was. It was crazy!

[silver-nyssa.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen 13 going on 30 since it was in theatres! And I'm drawing a blank on exactly how it ended...

Unless you spilled coffee on your book, you didn't "pour over" it, you pored over it. I am guilty of this one. It's on my short list of ones I always need to check to make sure I got it right.

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

You should rent it then! Or just go ahead and buy it, because it's awesome. =o)

Yeah, I think a lot of people have trouble with that one. My husband does! Hehe.

[dannyboy58.livejournal.com]

Ahh, such a grammar Nazi.;-)

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

*wears your accusation as a badge of honor* ;o)

[katharhino.livejournal.com]

*points at icon* "low and behold"... grrr... I haven't seen that one yet.

No, I DON'T long for weeks between posts! Post all you want! *clings, in a mildly stalkerish way*

Heh.

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that one always makes me cringe and laugh at the same time. I can't help but picturing someone crouching down to behold something. Hehe.

Aw, you make me feel special. *grin*

So is it you who told me a long time ago that I needed to watch The 10th Kingdom? 'Cause I've started to. =oD

[lavioloniste.livejournal.com]

Oh, and one more thing: the plural of "Brohinsky" is "Brohinskys", not "Brohinsky's", and the plural possessive is "Brohinskys'".

Ah, yes! That one drives me crazy.

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

The (otherwise very intelligent) people at my church do that one ALL THE TIME. Drives me insane.

[potterswheel.livejournal.com]

Maybe the next time we come there will be a thunderstorm :)

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

We didn't have any thunder while you were here, did we. We've had several since you left though. Heh.

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

The end of that movie makes me cry too!!

Yay for cheap movies and good storms!

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

I've cried every time I've watched it, but this was extra bad because I literally only watched the last 10 minutes. Hehe.

Definite yay!

[dizzy-liz.livejournal.com]

Heh about the soap box ;)

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

=oD