While I was reading my blogs I like to read, the Internet here at school died. I spend the hour it was down playing Yahoo! games stored in the cache.
1. When I was young, my Mom would always drink a cold Dr. Pepper in the morning. Me, I can go either way. I like a Cold Frappucchino in the Summer months and switch to warm Mocha Espresso in the Fall. Do you like to drink warm beverages in the morning or do you prefer yours cold? When I was younger, I liked hot Coke. Now, I'll only drink cold water.
2. Have you ever been so upset with someone that you wanted to get revenge? What did you do? Or if you didn't, what would you like to have done? Does my job lay off count? I can't exact revenge because it's wrong but I can wish it. I was hoping they would get mugged in New York. I'm hoping business starts to suck in the office. I hope they realize that H is a stupid as she sounds. Oh, I'm getting a little cocky here but please, she's this side smart of a French Fry. My mother told me that I'd feel guilty if they got mugged in new York. Believe me, I wouldn't. I just hope business starts to suck and they can't even get 40 cases a month!
3. Sometimes I can look back at my past and see so many things that I was too naive to take advantage of. A time where I could have moved ahead in my career if only I'd chosen to move, the High School girlfriend who said she would do anything if I just asked, and so on. Looking back, are there any opportunities you missed out on that you can see now but didn't realize then? I wish I go had gone to Tech when I had the chance. But I was young and naive. I didn't want to leave Pumpkin or my family. Now, I'd do anything to get the heck out of this town!
4. Today I tried on my black slacks, and they are just a skosh too tight (yeah it's a real word, look it up). Of course, I wore them anyway. Are there any clothes you refuse to throw away even though they don't (and never will) fit? Why do you keep them? My bunny shirts from Sears when I was 12. My shirt from Israel my father got me while he was stationed in Egypt. So I can't wear them but they mean something to me.
5. Although my speech classes eliminated most if it, I still have a little Okie accent left. I say "Git" instead of "Get" and "Collar" instead of "Colour." Do you have an accent? Are there any phrases or words you say that tip folks that "you aren't from around these parts?" Well, I know I have a southern accent. I wish I didn't but I do. I do say phrases that people in Savannah have no clue about. Off hand, I couldn't tell you one. My speech is not native Savannahian because I am not native Savannahian. I like to social with people not from this town. I guess that's why I'm liking school. Most people here arent' from Savannah.
6. Speaking of phrases, it really drives me nuts when folks say "very unique" (Unique has no degrees, it is either unique or it isn't) or "irregardless" (not a real word). Are there any words folks misspell or incorrect uses of words that simply drive you insane? "Ain't" "She don't have" just about half the stuff they said at work. Ok, my mother's father was a journalist and was on my mother about her speech. She, in turn, got on us about our speech. Hearing someone say "She don't got no Coke" turns me in circle. Excuse me, you went to school, didn't you? I know they taught in 4th grade how to say "She doesn't have a Coke. (yes, I know I have some friends that do speak as shown in my example but when we're speaking, it doesn't bother me. But, if you're working in a lawyer's office and talking that way, you are going to drive me crazy!)
7. I am guilty of using pet names a bit too often, like "honey," "babe," and "sweetie." However, currently, no one uses any pet names on me (and I think I'd like one). Are there any pet names that you like to be called? Any you don't? Do you (or did you) have any pet names for your partner? My father called me "Tinky" and that's not as in "Tinkerbell." He also says "Stinky." That goes back to when I was a baby. My mother calls me "Shawnie." I don't really use pet names except "stalker cat" when referring to Pikachu.
Posted by Shawn at September 23, 2002 11:23 AM in Monday Mission.
I used to live in a very small town in northeastern Pennsylvania. While the teachers all taught correct grammar and whatnot, there were hardly any residents who didn't say "ain't" or "don't got no" and thing like that. It's like nails on a blackboard when I hear that kind thing.
Posted by: Nicole at September 23, 2002 2:35 PM1. Iced tea or a really chilled AriZona Green Tea in the summer months. Hot chocolate in fall and winter. Powerade 10 months out of the year when I am training 6 hrs a day.
2. I've been creative when I'm upset(like pouring honey on my roomies' privates while they were drunk...after an orgy that kept me up and disgusted all night). But real revenge...it only comes around to bite me in the ass. So I just give 'em my death stare and then "fuggedaboudit". Life's too short.
3. I'm not sure how to answer this. Sure there are things I wish I could've done different. But last I checked, I still have a sound body/sound mind so anything I wanted to do then, I'm still young enough to pursue now.
4. That's like keeping some random article of clothing in your closet that you hope will someday, eventually, possibly, pretty-please-with-a-cherry-on-top, if-the-fashion-gods-allow-it maybe come back in style. It's had its moments, seen better days and for whatever reason doesn't fit or flatter like it used to(with emphasis on the 'doesn't flatter' part if it's an outdated item!) So, no I don't have anything like that taking up space in my closet. Anything/everything I own is stuff that fits me right now, looks good right now and isn't stuff that will go out of style any time soon.
5. Well, I call soda "pop". I call a casserole or any main dish a hotdish. I say "are you comin' with?" instead of "are you comin with me/us?"...and while I definitely don't have a profoundly thick Minnesotan accent, people around here(CA) know instantly I'm not really from here...even if i was raised in this area.
6. LOL..."irregardless" yeah that's one that drives me nuts too. Beyond that, hell I make up words of my own. Does 'Valley Girl' talk count? Cuz like, y'know it totally like drives me up the wall, y'know. i'm all like, hello! learn to talk, y'know? hahahaha yeah, that's one quick way to make me tune you out.
7. Note: there is only one person on this planet who is allowed to use pet names on me and from whom I actually enjoy it. My best friend comes up with new ones on a regular basis. They're not necessarily original but it's cute, affectionate and endearing when coming from him. Likewise, he happily accepts pet names I've given him. My favorite one is Mis. It's just half my name and you'd think someone would've come up with that before him but nope, he started calling me that and it stuck. Now, no one else ever has the right to call me that. That's OUR thing. 
Bonus: Um...isn't it supposed to be "why are you so fly?" lol...didn't we just discuss grammatical errors that drive us nuts?
Posted by: misbah at September 23, 2002 5:34 PMNicole, that's exactly how it was for me at work. I grew up being taught that working in law is a profession that you need to speak well in so communication is nice and easy.
Misbah, that Valley Girl stuff can, like, drive me up the wall, too, you know! 
I mainly use Valley Girl speak as a form of communication to describe a person to a friend.
