My suckiness level has risen to the point where I expect to turn into a black hole any day now

[out_there]

Have acheived so little today it's not funny. On the other hand, discovered both assignments are due next week.

*headdesk*

Why, oh why, oh why, do I have them written in my diary as due in three weeks time?

*headdesk again*

Okay, study shall be done. Tomorrow, work shall be done. Next section of wip shall be posted late next week, I expect.

(And Jeremy and drunken-Casey can just stop snarking inside my head right now, thank you very much. This wip seems to have absorbed all spare brain-cells. I need my headspace back, pronto.)

Comments

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

Well, that clears that up, and I'm glad that Casey is Master of the Hunt. We could get him a pink coat and a pair of riding boots to keep the illusion going, if he liked.

I knew Thespis because, well, of 'thespian', and also the lost Gilbert & Sullivan operetta of that name. (It was only 150 years ago, how could they lose it?!)

Also, there really is a theory that Napoleon was murdered. Using the ever-popular 'poisoned wallpaper' device.

What else does Sports Night get wrong ...? Lots of things, which I always notice at the time but can never remember after. I know Danny's English isn't as good as it might be ("Lack of interest, Danny, or uninterest - not disinterest!"). And I think 'Marquess' really is pronounced 'Markwis', and not how Jeremy said it ...

Never trust the TV, that's the moral of this message. It's a liar and a deceiver and it will lead you into deadly wrong.

[out-there.livejournal.com]

I know Danny's English isn't as good as it might be ("Lack of interest, Danny, or uninterest - not disinterest!"). And I think 'Marquess' really is pronounced 'Markwis', and not how Jeremy said it ...

Sometimes I wonder if it's an American/English usage thing. Such as they commonly use the word "gotten". I was raised that "gotten" isn't a real word. (You either "got" something, or you "had got" something. You hadn't "gotten" something.) An american beta picked that up for me, and it still *feels* wrong.

Marquis - I'm sure is pronounced Markwee, but... I have no idea about the other one.

But, you do have a point about grammar. My favourite one is Toby (one of the president's speech writers, for heavens sake) saying he "could care less". Wha? I'm sure he *means* "couldn't care less" (ie. doesn't care at all), not that he actually does care about it a little.

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

H'm. I suppose I could learn how to use the basic HTML tags before I go criticising other people!

I sometimes wonder whether the verb 'to lie' takes different declensions in American English, it's misused so frequently, and by people who should know better. Josh, for example, in TWW saying "Is it better to lay down in front of a train, or - ?" At which point I completely stopped having a crush on Josh. Tragedy!

I think the 'could care less', meaning 'couldn't' might come under the heading of a regional colloquialism. But then again, maybe not.

[out-there.livejournal.com]

I sometimes wonder whether the verb 'to lie' takes different declensions in American English, it's misused so frequently, and by people who should know better. Josh, for example, in TWW saying "Is it better to lay down in front of a train, or - ?" At which point I completely stopped having a crush on Josh. Tragedy!

Hee! Okay, that didn't bother me. Of course, my big WW crush is Sam, and I love him pointing out that "It's a really bad phrase." ("What about if it's the other way around?" "It's still a really bad phrase, Josh.")

Thinking of Josh/Sam, and my OTP of political angst, I was so amused yesterday when ahab99 posted that quote from Rob Lowe about him being sure that Sorkin was building up to Sam coming out as gay. Just too funny.

I think the 'could care less', meaning 'couldn't' might come under the heading of a regional colloquialism. But then again, maybe not.

I'd believe that, but... American recappers paused at that phrasing, and I've yet to meet anyone online who *says* that.