finally finally finally
I'm done exams. Yes, I know, most of you aren't yet, and you hate me, but ... I'M DONE!! YAY!!
For some insight into my linguistics geek qualifications, you should know that I emailed my Syntax professor today to ask some follow-up questions about various tense features. Yes, the class is over. No, I do not need to know these ultra-specific things. But I was curious, goddammit, and I want to know how modals get tense! She replied saying, among other things, that she enjoyed having me in the class, which is teacher-speak for "you, young grasshopper, are a bonafide linguistics geek and it thrills this syntactician's heart!"
Also, sometimes I toy with the idea of becoming a syntactician, simply because I would be allowed to throw the phrase "morphosyntactic properties" around whenever I wanted to. Chris approves of this idea, since he says that "morphosyntactic" sounds like something the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would yell. While that was not my immediate motivation, it is clearly a bonus.
I took the day off today and spent the whole day (quite literally) looking at crochet patterns on the internet. I am so obsessed, and so desperately seeking pretty crocheted tank tops.
Chris and I have been trying to decide lately what to learn about this summer. I have a tradition of researching something that has nothing to do with my discipline during the summer, since my extra-curricular reading gets cut way down during the school year. Last year, I spent August reading about evolution. Possibilities so far:
- cooking (we started last saturday: mussels sautéed in white wine, mmm)
- programming C (a specific kind, I forget which, since this was Chris's project)
- how to use a sewing machine (clearly mine)
- French, speaking and listening comprehension
- history of sex education (my project)
Suggestions are welcome. :)
My ex-Christian list has been discussing irritating over-played all-126-verses worship songs, and here's what we have so far:
- I Love You Loooooooooooooord
- Give Thanks (with a grateful heart)
- As The Deer (panteth for the water)
- I Worship You, Almighty God (there is none like you)
- Our God Reigns
- Shine, Jesus, Shine
- Lord, I lift your name on high
- Just As I Am
- Our God is an Awesome God
All of these songs, along with several hymns (which my Christian roommates never recognize!) have been stuck in my head for years, and if my fellow extian's experiences are a good indication, will be stuck there until death do us part. Crap!
In conclusion, may I present a hymn that I altered for our cat, Watson, and which neither of my roommates recognized, a fact which simultaneously astounds and appalls me (original lyrics here):
All that thrills my soul is Watson,
He is all the world to me (to me)
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I think Chris is onto something. It should be something like, "Dudes! It'd be waaay morphosyntactic if we could get a pepperoni pizza!"
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All that thrills my soul is Watson,
He is all the world to me (to me)
He's so rules in my apartment
Sometimes he just puts up with me.
Kaldy...
I love Watson. He has attitude!
disgusting, simply disgusting! I mean you're singing about a cat. a dog or hamster, maybe. but not a cat. oh i'm just bitter because in this apartment my roommates have an evil cat who goes in and out of heat. i want to throw her off the balcony, but at home I have gizmo. I swear, he's gotta be 40 lbs. he sits around all day and does nothing, just like me. i love him.
but ya, christian music in general, whether worship or whatever they call the other stuff. 90% no good. bu then agin i'm not down with music that much anymore anyways.
but in real news: everybody loves raymond will soon be over :( thank G(g)od for re-runs
Suggestion for summer study: physics (especially cosmology, your ex-Christian sentiments will be thrilled with you; there is an excellent six hour PBS special called Stephen Hawking's Universe, that is even nicely summarized here).
Overplayed Christian hymns that will haunt me until my frontal lobe decays:
-Open the Eyes of My Heart
-Come, Now is the Time to Worship
-I Could Sing of Your Love Forever
-I Want to Know You
-Let Everything that Has Breath
-Lord, Reign in Me
-Shout to the Lord
-Trading My Sorrows
(In my Christian days, I had the unfortunate position as a "worship leader" so I will be stuck with these forever.)
Hey. Chad left me a message that your friend is passing through my area and going to ottawa. That's cool I love road trips, but I already bought a plane ticket like a month ago. I couldn't get a refund if I wanted to. So I think I'll be flying. But thanks for thinking of me.
well you see hun, you're lucky that the tunes are just lingering about your memory, and you can probably busy yourself with your knitting needles or your syntax textbook to make "Shine Jesus Shine" fade away. some of us ain't so lucky. some of us are still obligated to actually listen to it!!! parents and siblings screeching it in unison, living room dvd player playing it to no end, church choir clapping to it with just a bit too much enthusiasm - IT NEVER ENDS!!! so whenever you're peeved about a few annoying tunes from the past floating around your head, just remember that some of us STILL HAVE TO SING WITH IT!!!
AHHHH!!! MAKE IT STOP!!!
*hug*
Hey, even Christians hate those songs. Well, me anyway. The Deer Pants one was my favourite. I always used to ask our youth pastor where I could get a pair of those deer pants. :)
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