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

[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.