I bet in all of human history—back even when we were at the monosyllabic grunt stage of man twixt cave and walking about type behaviour—that's the first time the words in the header have appeared in that combination before. Ain't that somethin'? Everyday we can write somethin' that ain't yet been writ. Life etc.! (1)(2)
I can't sleep due to gut soreness. Well I can now, I took Super Meds! But I took so many I didn't want to waste the buzz on boring old sleep (3) but I needed to grab the headphones. I am lying on the end room floor. The harder surface helps dial back the pain. Plus I am doing this, talking to you (three actually interested, perhaps; the rest here by Google searches and who came here in vain) people reading this (4)), with the beloved and it's easier to type when lying on my tumtum (5). So I didn't want to get up.
The reason I needed my headphones was so I could hear more clearly the rage-filled melodious-yet-smoky-tones of Lewis Black. Alas but they were near my feet behind me. And in addition to the previous reasons proffered Being Always Sore Man which sounds like Peripheral Vision Man from Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, I didn't want to getup. So I foot-fished amongst the cables with my toes employed in a rudimentary tactile sense until I found the cord ... I was looking for. On encountering cord two my assessment was that it was the headphones' cord. Having eliminated the other cord as a suspect I actually said out loud (to no one) 'Ergo, the headphones cord!'
I am such a nerdy head-swell. Even in an idle utterance I chuck in pretentious word (6).
UPDATE: Apologies for the slew of typos; hopefully now fixed. I wrote it on the tablet at four in the morning and blogging from the tablet is mostly an exercise in frustration. Trying to get the cursor in the right spot is often a tremendously exciting pain.
(1) Life ... don't talk to me about life (pook-churrr) (1a)
(1a) ibid re: header with the combo of Hitch-hiker's quote meets onomatopoeia.
(2) A shout-out to Casso (2a), who is actually rather busy prepping for a challenging yet thrilling adventure of toddler wrangling meets international travel and likely won't read this for some time, but if a word ends in a period but is also at the end of the sentence, is it one period or two?
(2a) Who is a deeply treasured friend who is not only welcoming and smart, but kind enough to support what little writing I actually do but taking the time to regularly visit here and give me support and encouragement to keep writing even when I feel like a massive turd that is void of redeemable nutrition's return to the eco system.
(3) (Cue the Queen from Blackadder 2 voice) Pooey!
(4) Oddly, likely all women. Though perhaps also gay men who crave an ursine build (4a)?
(4a) ibid, 1a. Or should that be 1a ibid? Ah, what do I care? I finished uni for good back in (cue old time prospector coice) 'ought six.
(5) Look, Hoth-based arctic-like conditions dwelling rebellion fighters. I told you. No frozen comrade storing inside me. Do I look like a man who has a sign outside the front of his stomach that says 'frozen comrade storers'? Do you know WHY you don't see that sign? Cos' storin' frozen comrades ain't my fuckin' business, that's why.
(6) Not to mention that use of 'proffered'.
You didn't count on my desire to procrastinate while packing, did you? :P
ReplyDeleteAs for the period vs double period thing, I don't actually know. We don't use contractions where I work - everything is spelled out in full - so I've never had cause to look it up. Sorry!
Sorry about all the typos. It was four in the morning and I was heavily medicated. So do you have to spell out etc. as etcetera?
ReplyDeleteWe don't use etcetera at all. We'd say, "... such as X, Y and Z", rather than "X, Y, Z, etc". Same meaning, less ugly.
ReplyDeleteOooo, I see. Nice riposte!
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