argh

[so_out_of_ideas]

I'm having trouble writing today. Nervous about my interview tomorrow. I did get about 5 pages done before my brain decided to shut down mid-sentence. I don't have the attention span to post icons right now, either. So. Pet peeves.

1. "Alright". It's NOT a word! "All right" is two words. This has driven me crazy for years. You don't see people write "alwrong"...it's the same thing.

2. Fanfic writers who turn Vala into a charicature. She is not shallow. She is not amoral. She is interested in other things besides a quick tumble, and she CARES about people. If she was shallow and amoral, Daniel wouldn't think twice about her. At all. And just once I'd like to see a fic where she doesn't burn the meal. Just once. Not that I haven't written "Vala ruins the meal" too...but just once. Someone. Please.

3. "Alot". See #1; replace "alwrong" with "alittle".

4. Five BILLION selective color tutorials on LJ, most of which do exactly the same thing, and almost none of which provide anything other than a list of settings, no explanation of concept whatsover.

5. That is all. Thank you for your attention.

Comments

[alterangirl.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's a major rant.

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

*shrug* I didn't really figure anyone would read it anyway.

[alterangirl.livejournal.com]

Well, I did, anyway.

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

lol, thanks.

[alterangirl.livejournal.com]

Welcome.

[nekkidchick.livejournal.com]

Rant away, baby. ::laughing guy::

♥

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

This is Sarah not going to class...

[aruna7.livejournal.com]

*will try to remember to NEVER write alot or things like that when typing fast on msn*

I cross my fingers for your interview tomorrow sweetie!! I'll send you all my best vibes!!! *hugs*

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Don't worry about "alot". Everyone does it. I'm just nuts.

[rose-amethyst.livejournal.com]

Actually I like your rant. I needed a little "sumfin" to help me cuz I'm one of those that when I am writing real things I can't figure out the "alot" thing and now I will! (My son has issues with people who say "anywayS"- his mother being one who can't remember!)

Now kindly solve the rest of my life, please!!!!

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

lol. Wish I could, but I can't really even solve my own stuff.

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

Preach it, Sister!

I had, like this student one time, and well, she -- like -- turned in her, like Biology Paper and she like, wrote it like she talked which was, like, just like this ...

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

You have GOT to be kidding me! LOL. So love that icon, btw.

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

Yeah. She really did. *sigh* And this was a freshman in college!

*sigh*

I found it on the web ..... snarf away!

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

Oy. *facepalm* Thanks, I will.

[ladybeth.livejournal.com]

2. Yeah, I really wish someone would write Vala where she's a bit more like her season 10 self instead of always reading what she was in season 9 since most of that season was her putting up screens.

I try to write her better then that and hopefully I suceed but *shrugs*

3. I had an english teacher who spent five minutes explaing to us that alot is not a word and that a lot is a space of property. We should use much or something like that so it's properly used.

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

lol. I like your English teacher.

I think it's just easier to write Vala as what she pretends to be than who she is. Just gets under my skin. *shrugs*

*goes back to writing Macarena fic*

[ladybeth.livejournal.com]

he was pretty cool. Although sometimes he brought wierd stuff. When we were reading Brave New World, he talked about this recent development where scientists could develop embryos from two eggs. Just kinda creepy.

True.

and yeah! for macarena fic.

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

weird...

I'll be gone most of tomorrow, but the plan is to have the fic done Thursday. So, hopefully I can get it beta'd and posted over the weekend. ;)

[ladybeth.livejournal.com]

yeah...

And Thursdays good. I have to work tomorrow so I wouldn't be able to read it anyway.:)

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

Work. Meh.

[nerca-beyul.livejournal.com]

Everyone deserves a rantish thing once in a while. ;)

1. Alright is actually an accepted term by Merriam Webster. linky to the entry
2. So many fanfic writers suck at characterization anyway, and sometimes Vala is hard to get, but that's not really any excuse. *smacks the stupid fanfic writers*
3. If you're talking about "alot" showing up in fics and such, Word and other programs auto-correct it, so it SHOULDN'T wind up in fics. Period.
But then I know in IM I type alot all the time. *sheepish look* *hides*

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

I think we've had the "alright" discussion, and regardless, it's not acceptable in formal writing and probably will not be for some time.

[nerca-beyul.livejournal.com]

We might have. *scratches head* I don't remember. And this is true... People should not use it in formal writing.

[nicole9514.livejournal.com]

i know exactly what you mean about 2 OMG i hate that i won't read a lot d/v fan fic b/c of how some write her. She has emotions and she cares a lot.

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

I'm selective about who's fics I read anyway, but as soon as I see her portrayed like that, I just click off.