GNT's better half is called Blond Bombshell on here.
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GNT's better half is called Blond Bombshell on here.
Yes, I forgot "It is what it is" and "at the end of the day".
DRAT! I want to change my movie to Pete's Dragon! I had a strange thing for the part where Elliot( I think) baked an apple for Pete using fire
....reminds me of my Board-Op days, when I would count the amount of times a ball player would say "Ya know" during an interview....I believe my record count, was 27 times in 2.5 minutes.....The only other message forum I frequent with any regularity is sports themed, and if I never see "it is what it is" again, it will be too soon. I realize it's just goofy internet chat for fun and frolic, but please, say something, huh? But people tend to latch onto things. When I was in journalism school, the first discipline we were taught was sports. This was because everything has already happened a million times in sports, and the whole enterprise is one giant cliche. So the writer has to learn how to spin straw into gold, so to speak (or perish in the attempt). I don't blame athletes or coaches. They make the big money because people like to watch them play, not listen to them talk. But the way these catch-phrases pop up and develop a shelf life is kind of fascinating. Buzz-speak, itself, is a thread all its own that's probably been visited elsewhere, but it goes back to what I said before about things that destroy language. What does David Byrne say? "You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything."
"At the end of the day" is another one of these modifiers that doesn't really say anything. I put this in the same category as "going forward" or "moving forward." The NHL team where I live recently fired its coach (because it's not feasible to fire all the players) and when the new guy came in, during his first press conference he said "moving forward" 27 times in an interview that lasted less than four minutes. I know this because after he said it about six times in the first minute I started fixating on it ... and it became so distracting I went back and listened to the podcast to verify. We all have these crutches we lean on in our speech (you know), and most of us aren't even aware of it. When I'm getting ready to say something I'm not sure will be well received, I go "Ummmm .... " I suspect that if we actually recorded ourselves and listened to the way we sound to other people (instead of the way we think we sound in our own heads) we would all be much more forgiving about stuff like this.
At least, I like to believe that.
Oh ... and one more thing: People who say "Let me be clear," as preface to obfuscation.
That's infuriating.
....so, are you naked the rest of the time?.....1. Do you wear pajamas? Yes, I put them on as soon as I walk in the door at the end of the day
Weekly Survey: 04. Oh,Three. One Six.
1. If you had to choose - Elf Ears or Witch nose? I have both now.
2. Who was your first crush?Edward.
3. What was the last thing that you said out loud, to yourself? Get the f*ck off the road.
4. What was the last dream that you remember? About my MIL and her mother
5. Have you ever tried to flirt? How'd that work out? No
6. What was your first car? Piss green Nova
7. What color are your bed sheets? Tan
8. Am I annoying you yet with these questions? No
9. Do you dance random, for no reason? Well, there has to be music. I just don't break out dancing with no music.
10. If you could hug anyone, who would it be? So many people, alive and dead.
Oh, she has a cute nose. I have big ears and a horribly bulbous nose.
1. If you had to choose - Elf Ears or Witch nose? I have both now.Weekly Survey: 04. Oh,Three. One Six.