not dumberer

[chestnutcurls]

It's weird how the sun is usually out in spring and summer, but in fall and winter most days are overcast and dark. No rain, no snow. Just clouds and darkness. Can you tell it's Monday? :P

My weekend was nice. Friday night Evan and I went to Lawson's housewarming party. It was fun. I'll have pictures tomorrow. Robin and Helen were there (but not at the same time). I was happy to see them. Some of us played Trivial Pursuit. Jeremy and Teresa were kicking all of our butts, but then Lawson, Lance, and another guy I had just met swept in and took the game. It was my personal worst game ever, but there were still fun moments. Lawson's house is very nice. Evan commented to me later that it would be cool if it had a creek behind it, so we could call it Lawson's Creek. :D

On Saturday my mom had a massive photo-printing project for me. She took me to lunch at McAlister's and then to check out the sales at Michaels, and then we came to the apartment and I printed her pictures. After all that, I went to Evan's. He had been moving all day. Em and her Daniel were in town and we were going to meet up with them, but Evan was exhausted and I was pretty fried myself. Plus, I could tell it wouldn't be quality time- there were going to be a lot of other people there. So instead he took me to Garibaldi's for a quiet dinner, and then we rented Fight Club (first in a series of Movies We Have Always Meant to See). It was very interesting. I don't think I'd recommend it to everyone because of violence and some raunchiness, but that aside, I enjoyed it.

Yesterday Evan and I got to ride to church together for the first time. It was nice going to lunch and stuff in the same car. :) We went to my parents', where I scrapbooked with my mom while we all watched the poor Dolphins get slaughtered. (It was a bad, bad week for Miami football.) :( In the evening I was supposed to go to my 40 Days of Purpose study, but I skipped it. I've realized that once again, my whole life is being planned for me. I have obligations almost every night. When I'm home, I'm cleaning or exercising. I have zero time to read, work on my scrapbooks, or even take a nap when I feel like it. I have no room for spontaneity. I'm not in school or anything, so there's no excuse for this. Whenever I get to this point, I try to rearrange my priorities. Unfortunately, they keep un-arranging themselves. As one of my co-workers told me today, "I need to quit work. It's interfering with my life."

Ryan's roommate, Ashley (a guy), has moved his wedding up from June 26 (Em's wedding day) to March 20, so now I can go to it. I like his fiancee, Katherine, a lot, so I'm excited. Just thought I'd share. Ryan is probably going to move in with Royce, which is also fun. God works things out.

According to that thing going around, I write at a 6th grade level. Isn't that just based on syllables? Should I start using words like fangoriously, extrapolation, and administratively?

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[aardwolf.livejournal.com]

Lawson's Creek
I promise I've never heard that one before... Sigh... :P

About Fight Club... I really enjoyed it too (although I agree about it not being for everyone.) That thing Brad Pitt mentioned in the movie about the dots on the movie screen has forever messed up my movie watching experience. Now that I know they are there, I see them every time they happen during a movie. :P

And finally, about having everything planned... I think you should schedule a time where you're not allowed to plan anything. For instance, put a certain Saturday afternoon on your calendar so you don't plan anything else for that time... just don't specify what you're going to do. When that time comes (and only when that time comes), sit down and think: "What do I most want to do RIGHT NOW." :)

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know but I still thought it was funny. Of course, it's not my name. :)

I forgot that it was you who told me about that! At that part of the movie I was like "I feel like I've heard about this before..."

That sounds like a nice plan. I may have to do that sometime after the holidays are over and I'm no longer a slave to my parents' schedule. :P

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

I have no room for spontaneity.

Ah, yes, I value my spontaneity time very much! Not that I use it for excitement, but I love having evenings with no plans. Some people feel this need to consider all open evenings as time to plan other events or activities, but I love going home and relaxing with dinner, maybe TV or some Jonathan ;) or computer games, or anything I feel like doing! This is when I get my of my errands and chores done, too.

I got 7th grade level on the test, but I think it uses only public entries. Still, I'm not sure my score would improve much even if all of my entries were public. :P I've never been known for sounding sophisticated in writing.

[jmcphers.livejournal.com]

I think it's actually a good thing that you and Brenda got a lower grade level. As I was mentioning in a comment in Lawson's journal, it is not a measure of the maturity or sophistication of your writing ability; it's just a measure of how long your sentences and words tend to be. Good writing is often more terse and less flowery than bad writing. Journals should be easy to understand. (-:

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

What was your score?

[jmcphers.livejournal.com]

8th grade for me. (-:

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

:) Yes, I think most people would look at your entries and think, "8th grader... definitely." That little generator is so perceptive!

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

Yes...evenings with no plans. That's what I need. I mean, I don't necessarily want to sit around like a couch potato all the time. I just don't want to have to do things. Evan is trying to teach me the art of saying "maybe" instead of committing to plans immediately. :P

You're not unsophisticated! You don't sound dumb. Maybe it's judging us all by Tolkien or something. :)

[jmcphers.livejournal.com]

I think your writing is more clear and educated-sounding than that of the the majority of people on my friends list. The fact that you can consistently sound intelligent without making sentences a mile long and using 50-cent words is a compliment to your abilities. (-:

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

:D Hey, thanks! That was nice.

For the record, you definitely don't write like an 8th grader.

Hi. My name is Kati... and... I'm afraid of LiveJournal.

[(Anonymous)]

Ok, so I've been thinking lately about how I never post comments on your blog. The truth is... (and I don't enjoy admitting this)... this LiveJournal comment set-up intimidates me. Yeah, yeah... laugh it up. What's the deal with this thing anyway? If I'm not a LiveJournal user do I have to be anonymous?

Re: Hi. My name is Kati... and... I'm afraid of LiveJournal.

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

Hey Kati! :D Yeah, I'm sorry I have been so bad about reading and commenting on your blog, too. Sometimes it's hard for me to remember to check my non-LJ blogs.

:) If you don't have an LJ, then yeah, you have to comment anonymously. But I have plenty of spare codes, so if you want to set up an LJ just to comment, I can give you one. I did that for Jennifer (http://www.starloft.com/journal). No need to be intimidated. :)

Re: Hi. My name is Kati... and... I'm [not as] afraid of LiveJournal [now].

[(Anonymous)]

That would be grrrreat! By the way, where would I find this mysterious writing assessment thingy? (Hm, using the word "thingy" is bound to bring me down at least one grade level.)

Re: Hi. My name is Kati... and... I'm [not as] afraid of LiveJournal [now].

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

You have to have an LJ to do it. You enter your username and it analyzes your last few entries.

Okay... e-mailing you a code now! Yay!

[aftondays.livejournal.com]

'Fangoriously' is good, but don't forget 'linebacker'.

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

:) Or "gelatinous." That's my favorite. It's such a fun word. Gelatinous gelatinous gelatinous.

Hahaha

[aardwolf.livejournal.com]

From UrbanDictionary.com:
fangoriously
"Fayng-ore-ee-uss-lee"
There is no definition for 'fangoriously' in any known work save the prestigious literary achievement of Strong Bad, "Everyone is different". This phenomenon is called hapax legomenon, when a word only appears once-ever. We can deduce from context, however, that fangoriously has something to do with the manner in which gelatinous monsters digest their food.

"Some people are being fangoriously eaten by a gelatinous monster. Hillary's legs are being digested."

[thetenthshadow.livejournal.com]

Gelatinous I'm partial to. :)

TROGDOR!!!

[eleutheria.livejournal.com]

I got 7th grade. I don't get it at all.

[jazzypoet.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that you had such a great weekend. :) *hugs* Hope your week is excellent, too!

[mzspearz.livejournal.com]

According to that thing going around, I write at a 6th grade level. Isn't that just based on syllables? Should I start using words like fangoriously, extrapolation, and administratively?

Noooooo, us original blondes need things in one syllable. Preferrably less.

(Yes, that is a joke, hahaha. & look, I can use big words too....monosyllabic! Whee!)

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Writing Grade Level

[agentry.livejournal.com]

Just because you can write in polysyllables, doesn't mean you must. The main purpose of writing is clear communication, and if you fail at that then there's no point in displaying your immense vocabulary. Unless you're writing for physicists or logophiles (who actually happen to be a fun bunch if you are one), write so that the average Jo(e) can understand and enjoy your writings, and you've accomplished your purpose.

P.S. - Try "syzygy," "machicolation," and "deipnosophist"! :-) (http://www.quinion.com/words/weirdwords/)