Am I a weirdo for loving English grammar? Please don't say yes, but I know that there are few people who are like me -- which is why I'm unique!

Your Language Arts Grade: 100%

Way to go! You know not to trust the MS Grammar Check and you know "no" from "know." Now, go forth and spread the good word (or at least, the proper use of ( Read more... )

I now have a new advisor -- well, technically, I don't have a new one until the form's processed and the new one gets all my materials and such, but it's basically all taken care of. (And I could cross one thing off my list!) I still had [have] the same advisor I was assigned before freshman year, and I never got around to changing it until now; ( Read more... )

Well, vacation's basically over, seeing as I'm back home. But still, today's the last day of not counting calories & not being so strict w/ my eating, though I'll try not to be so obsessed w/ calories & stuff from now on...anyways, I'm sad that vacation's over, though of course it's nice be back home. It was fun while it lasted, & it always goes ( Read more... )

Yay, I'm in Quebec, *woot* !! We checked into our hotel at about 3:30pm this afternoon, after a long, nearly 6-hour (including stops, like for lunch) drive from VT. Then we checked out our hotel [Hotel Clarendon, the oldest hotel here in the city] a bit--there's a spa!--and walked around some. It's fun to shmy (sp?) and just look at things, even ( Read more... )

Last night, my dad and I watched the Scripps National Spelling Bee on ABC. This is actually the first year they've done this: you know, broadcasting the national spelling bee on primetime TV. Pretty cool, huh? Well, maybe not to everyone else, but for a person who loves the English language and loves to spell (i.e., me), it's really fun to watch ( Read more... )