March 2010
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RO-CI-O
Dactyl: Sounds like “Romeo”. This is wrong.
Amphibrach: Sounds like (*Imagine a person sighing*) “Oh, Cleo”.
I get confused myself, but only because I assume others know how to do things better. Exchanges go like this, every time:
Person: Hi, how do you say your name?
Rocio: [Amphibrach] Rocío.
Person: Ohh! [Dactyl] ROWWWWcio!
Rocio: Oh—-ok.
Michael just said,...
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Dream Jobs, or Jobs I'll Never Get
music supervisor, musical director, or music coordinator for a tv show/network/production company
portrait photographer
Jezebel.com staff writer
fine-jewelry designer
creative director of an eco-friendly, high-end shoe line
owner of stylish fine-book bindery, to be named “Morning Dewy Decimal Bindery”
There’s more, but I feel weird writing “lead singer of Rilo...
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Gym? What's a gym?
I’m reading the comments over at Jezebel about what it’s like for people to exercise at a gym, and I’m extremely tickled. I have no idea what they’re talking about, except I do when I think about how I feel when I’m not at the gym. If the whole world were a gym, I would be CEO of everything and everyone.
I joined my first gym in the summer of 2004. I had just moved...