I started this blog because I thought it would be fun, and it is, but it turned out to be way more than that. I know some of my friends read it, and often I think of them when I write. I use it to remember things, figure things out, learn new stuff, and to mark events and eras. I write when I’m happy and when I’m sad, and it’s exciting that I can help illustrate my thoughts and emotions with music and images. Plus, I can use different colors. Cool.
If you see your work or image on these pages used without permission, please contact me and I’ll apologize and take it down. Contact me anyway. I’m lonely.
If you’re easily offended, get out now!
I’ve got information for you! Awaiting email.
Do you have writer aspirations? If so, I think you should pursue
that interest. You seem to enjoy the art, but you know some of
the passion might be drained by the redundancy of repetitive
schedule(s), deadlines, and the like.
With your English expertise, perhaps you could identify the flaws
in the following sentence.
“The Botanist suggested that I cut several of the limbs off”
It seems that these days, I hear/read more and more phrases
similar to this. For example:
“The man said to turn the car around”
“The doctor said he’d cut his finger off”
“The dog wants to run around the tree fast”
What’s going on? Did this become common sometime in the
last decade? I’m certainly no English whiz, but just the feel
of this suggests some kind of structure rule violation.
I’ve also become quite tired of the professional writers(news-
papers, magazines, etc.) that consider themselves magnificent
wordsmiths. Maybe my elementary reading style is simple,
but when I see text like:
“The causation for the disastrous debacle was reportedly defined
when the initial vehicle approached contact with the secondary\
vehicle, resulting in a stupendous mishap”
I have to think – “Is this something I might say while standing
on the side of the road”? So, let’s assume that I’d witnessed
a traffic accident, and I’m asked by the patrol officer for a
statement of events. Am I going to spew out the sentence
above, or am I going to say – “The second car hit the first
car”.
It has become very tiring for me to read through a newspaper
article of 400 words where there should only be 150-200.
Is this some kind of wording gymnastics at work? A chance
to prove that one, as the author, is far superior to the inten-
ded audience of the story?
I just don’t think I understand!
Thank you for writing. A certain BBS sent this on to me! I am sending it on to amigas in the Education field – from NYT to Dept of Ed! Email me if you don’t want me to do this. I erased your email address as it was attached to the blog address.
All the best,
Kym(berli) from Oregon
Did you know Alan Utay very well?
Saw your mention of Mandible (2 years ago)I’m in Mandible and we’re still around. You can check out a vid for the song “Space Saw” on Youtube or vimeo…I see that the video you posted is gone for some reason…thanks for the mention!