Argh!!! What do they teach in these schools?!?
Translation: How is it that a person can reach an adult age and make it into a profession that requires very difficult schooling (and, I might add, the ability to write) and yet have no grasp of basic punctuation? Allow me to make something clear for the record.
1. Colons and semicolons cannot and should not be used interchangeably. We have different punctuation marks for a reason.
2. Unless you're James Joyce or Virginia Woolf (and few are), you cannot write a sentence that runs on for three lines without needing at least some form of punctuation somewhere to convey what your meaning actually is. Even Dickens needed commas!
I could go on. But I won't. I'm a nerd, and I can admit it.
I'm kind of glad tonight is my last night to work on the freelance gig. It's been a real blessing (the income from that, combined with what I'll make for developing the ePortfolio correspondence course, will pretty much cover the part of this semester's tuition that my employer isn't paying for). But it's getting harder and harder to read the halting narrative. It's not that it's that badly written, except for the irritating puncuation problems. It's just not . . . the way I'd write it if I were writing it. Which, I realize, I'm not. I want it to be better, but there's not a whole lot I can do for them except fix the obvious problems and make suggestions.
But I love You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (which I'm listening to right now). It makes the rest of the editing more manageable. :)
Linus: "Lucy, why is Charlie Brown banging his head against that tree?"
Lucy: "To loosen the bark to make the tree grow faster."
Charlie Brown: "Good grief!!!"
I think if I had to be a Peanuts character, I would be Lucy. I say this for several reasons. First, when I was a kid auditioning for some musical, my choir teacher told me my speaking voice sounded like Lucy. Second, Lucy's a bit of a know-it-all, and well, yeah. Third, she talks crap all the time and people believe her. Which is great! Oh, and in the musical, she gets to sing off key in a really painful but awfully fun-to-do way.
"That'll be five cents, please."
How about you? Which Peanuts character would you be, and why?
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I'm shocked that no one has responded yet!
I'm sure if you asked anyone who has known me on a personal level for any amount of time (especially my mother), they would tell you that my bossy self couldn't be anyone but Lucy. Yes, I can be bossy (although as I age this trait has become seasoned with a bit more grace) and I can be a know-it-all. (After all, when you really DO know it all, its hard to hide!)
However, if I could pick a character to emulate, it would be Schroder. The focused musician. What I like about Schroder is that he knows exactly what is important to him. He's not distracted by others or what they want from him or their opinion of him. He is who he is. I want to be like that.
Peppermint Patty. Witness:
Big nose? Check.
Brown hair? Check.
Unrequited love? Check.
Father thinks I'm a "rare gem"? Check.
No D minuses here, but other than that... ;)
(She's always been my favorite.)
I would have to choose Linus. A good friend, related to someone irrating, and always with a comfort blanket (of some sort). I also used to suck my thumb quite a bit. I like Linus' subtle logic as well.
Okay, this is for one reason and one reason only . . . but as much as others might say I'd be Lucy, no doubt, I have to say I'd rather be Sally. First of all, Sally gets to sing on key (I've never been able to sing purposely off key), and she also gets to sing "My Philosophy," which is my favorite song!
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