To amuse two of you...

found through Grammar Girl

Randoms

- I love pinterest.

- Sometimes I keep the previous description on a pin I'm repinning, but I delete the exclamation point because I don't want to sound THAT excited about it.

- I don't have an iPhone, but I like the conversation bubbles it has for texting. I got an app to do that, and now I want to text all the time. I don't want to sound desperate, but TEXT ME PLEASE!

- THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU'RE AND YOUR IS NOT HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- I guess I'm in a yelling mood today.

- Tonight I might go to the YMCA and try out BodyPump.

- The YMCA here has a theater room! I can run my little heart out (hopefully not literally) while watching movies.

- Matt and I watched the first season of Friday Night Lights this past week. I have two new crushes.

Tim Riggins:

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Coach Eric Taylor:

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That's all for now.

These people have my heart

My friend Jen sent me a link to The best obnoxious responses to misspellings on Facebook. I'd seen it before, but I guess it gets updated occasionally, so there were many more that made me laugh this time. You can go read the whole thing if you're a nerd like me, or just read my favorites below.

i luv nowing their r people out they're that lov 2 corect othr ppl. I tri nought two doo it to mutch, butt sumtime's eye just halve 2.

I really love when they are so oblivious to the jokes people are making about them.

This one is one of my favey faves.

Bless her heart.

(in)Appropriate Birthday Card

Here's a card I got this year for my birthday: 

Then inside it said, "Where's your birthday party at, bitch?"

See! Punctuation IS important?

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Grammar Girl. (sigh)

I love Grammar Girl. I'm a fan of her on facebook, and she often makes my heart go pitter-patter when I read her posts. Today she posted her Christmas cards. While I don't really remember how to diagram, I still think they're funny.

Sorry

Sorry, I haven't been very thankful lately. Oops.

I just came across this blog post about punctuation tattoos, and I thought this one was funny. Someone mentioned in the comments that the shape of the opening quotation mark should look like a 66. That sucks. Could you see Joey Tribbiani getting those? (Jen, I'm counting on you to understand all the Friends references I make on my blog.)

Another person made a comment that said, "I have a tattoo of an apostrophe behind my ear which is very important for me because I am a member of the Apostrophe Protection Society. Sticklers unite and remember that apostrophes are for possessives, not plurals." Sounds like the tattoo for me, eh? (She must not be a stickler for commas.)

How did I find this blog post? Oh just the normal way: google searched images of "bell jar," which took me here.

Perfect

This would be perfect for me:

It's from Grammar Girl's shirt designs you can get here.

I can't stay silent any longer.

IT'S MEANS IT IS!!!!!!!!!!

Why don't you people understand the apostrophe?

If your name ends with an s, you STILL use an apostrophe, then another s. For example, my dad's name is Dennis. If he has a Harley, it's Dennis's Harley, not Dennis' Harley. IT'S NOT THAT HARD.

K thanks. I feel better.

KSL, do you need an editor? I'm available.

Dear writer,
While I'm at it, you should really work on your consistency.

75 E. 300 South? Pick one or the other. Do you need me to tutor you?
Oh, burn.

Should of paid attention in English class

This one's for you, Adrianne.

The same (grammatically not-so-smart) girl that inspired me to write this post about "This is Olive and I's house" is inspiring me again. I think she must inspire the writer of Seriously So Blessed as well...which I can't say is a compliment.

My friends, please never write "should of," "could of," etc. It is should HAVE and could HAVE. Have you ever realized how weird the words should, would, and could are? Maybe we should add Ls to every word. Did you see how I didn't put an apostrophe in Ls???? Cause there shouldn't be one! I should add that to my last apostrophe lesson.

Oh, today the agents at work got brochures that said "Congradulations!" right on the front. Wow. It was a professional brochure, too.

The apostrophe

It is again time for a grammar lesson.

People love the apostrophe. They especially love to throw it in when a word ends with an s. Please learn this one thing: when you are writing your last name as a plural, it does NOT need an apostrophe.

The following is an example of INCORRECT apostrophe usage:
Happy holiday's! Love, the Hobson's

The following is the CORRECT usage:
Happy holidays! Love, the Hobsons

So when you give your neighbors Christmas treats, you will now do it correctly (And not look like a complete idiot. Score!). And I can rest more easily.

You're not the smartest, either

Tell me if the following sentence is grammatically correct. I think you'll get it right, cause you're probably not a total idiot.

This is Olive and I's house.

Seriously? Wow.

I must be really white

I came across a very weird blog today...and I question its purpose. It's called Stuff White People Like. I did notice the #99 favorite thing...grammar. Please read the post because it describes me completely. Mostly the following paragraph:

When asking someone about their biggest annoyances in life, you might expect responses like “hunger,” “being poor,” or “getting shot.” If you ask a white person, the most common response will likely be “people who use ‘their’ when they mean ‘there.’ Maybe comma splices, I’m not sure but it’s definitely one of the two.”

and this sentence...

In fact, one of the greatest joys a white person can experience is to catch a grammar mistake in a major publication.

I think that guy (or girl) knows me...

Grammar Nazi Lesson

Since I have a label named "Grammar Nazi," I decided to write a post devoted to that so I could use it. I will teach you two words (really two words each, and two of them...) that are written incorrectly all the time.

1. each other. two words. i remember this because my old roommate used to yell at the tv when people would say it as if it were one word. "EACH! OTHER! TWO WORDS!" thanks alex. and don't you even comment about my lack of capitalization cause I'm hypocritical like that.

2. everyday vs. every day. everyday is used as an adjective as in everyday tasks. every day is as in each day. you don't say eachday, so it's not everyday either. you may say, "but kari, dictionary.com says it can be a noun as well...it says 'noun -- the routine or ordinary day or occasion: We use inexpensive plates for everyday.'" but i see it as "for everyday dining." back to adjective.

walah*, now you are smarter.
*if you are about to criticize the walah, make sure you click on the link first.

supposeDly

I just wanted to let everyone out in cyberspace know that it is supposedly, not supposebly. If you like criticizing things like this, refer to my voila post. I also like when people's comments show up on a pop up window and not in the same window as their blog. Just thought I'd throw that out there...feel free to throw it right on back. Not really. Keep it.

voi·là

Blogs are supposed to be an outlet, right? Here's what I need to get off my chest:

voi·là –interjection
used to express success or satisfaction. Voilà, my new winter outfit!
When you make dessert and present it to your friends: Voila!

Never ever spell it "walla" or I will be extremely annoyed.

Ok I'm better now.