They're getting their things over there...

I am sick and tired...wait, strike that. Just tired. Yes, I'm tired of people who never learned basic grammar in elementary school. How difficult is it for people to use the words there, their, they're, your, and you're????

Whenever I see someone comment on a facebook photo with something like: "So-and-so, your awesome!" I want to say, "Your awesome what? Your awesome sense of fashion? Your awesome photo? Your awesome girlfriend?" Then I want to ask, "If that's what you meant, were you going to finish that sentence with, 'Your awesome girlfriend is hot?' Or maybe, 'Your awesome photo is...awesome?' Perhaps, 'Your awesome sense of fashion is the envy of everyone I know?'"

Whenever I see that all-too-common grammar mistake, my estimation of that person's intelligence drops...a lot. If you suffer from this problem, the correct word to use would have been the contraction "you're," not the possessive "your." i.e. "You're (you ARE) awesome."

Let's continue the grammar lesson.

There:
-location (either literal or figurative): "She is there now."
-used to introduce a sentence or clause in which the verb comes before its subject or has no complement: "There is no hope."

Their:
-a form of the possessive case of they, used as an attributive adjective, before a noun: "their home; their rights as citizens; their departure for Rome."

They're:
-contraction of the words they and are: they're (they are) going somewhere


And now for my exhortation: I could care less about your grammatic ability or lack thereof, but please please please learn how to use these basic words properly. Not only so I don't get annoyed with you, but so that you don't sound like an idiot in front of people who are a bit more important than me (potential future employers, professors, etc.).

There we are.

Slacking / Enchanted

I'm not a horrible slacker. I just don't want to do this assignment. Unfortunately, this is my capstone course we're talking about. And this is a huge part of the final project. And I've had, oh, almost the whole semester to take care of this. Well, at least 3 1/2 weeks for this section, anyway.

But good news. I'm about to go out into the real world of work. I just had my second real interview, and was practically offered the job! We'll see what the next couple weeks bring - I have another interview on Tuesday with another firm. Woot!

Can I just say that my blogs are incredibly boring? My facebook notes used to be cool and interesting. But now...why would anyway want to read this? I sure wouldn't. So if you haven't gotten to this point, or if you give up now, I don't blame you. Maybe I should go back to facebook. Besides, I don't know if anyone reads this anyway. It's only linked on my facebook page - I haven't really told anyone that I'm blogging yet.

Okay - let me talk about the movie Enchanted. Incredible! My absolute favorite movie right now. Of course, then again, I'm a hopeless romantic. But I loved the story (careful - there may be spoilers ahead).

A cartoon girl (Giselle) falls hopelessly in love with a handsome prince and plans to marry him, but has a rude awakening when his evil stepmother tries to get rid of her. She ends up in a harsh, cruel, real world: New York. While she's waiting for her Prince Charming to come rescue her, she meets another handsome man (Robert) who has stopped believing in fairy tales and has grown somewhat cynical. She teaches him that happily ever after can still happen. But it's not one-sided - she grows up and learns from him too. They teach each other about love and what it really means to be in love / to love someone.

My favorite song from the movie is the one Giselle sings in the park, called "That's How You Know." In it, she teaches Robert how to show someone you love them:

Well does he leave a little note to tell you you are on his mind?
Send you yellow flowers when the sky is gray?
He'll find a new way to show you, a little bit everyday
That's how you know he's your love

Everybody wants to live happily ever after
Everybody wants to know their true love is true
How do you know he loves you?
How do you know he's yours?

Well does he take you out dancing just so he can hold you close?
Dedicate a song with words meant
Just for you?

He'll find his own way to tell you
With the little things he'll do
That's how you know
He's your love

Because he'll wear your favorite color
Just so he can match your eyes
Plan a private picnic
By the fire's glow

His heart will be yours forever
Something everyday will show
That's how you know
He's your love

They both need to learn from each other. Robert is much less romantic than Giselle (of course - she's a Disney cartoon living in the real world). When she tells him that she only met Edward (her prince) yesterday, and they were going to be married that day, he tells her that she needs to get to know him, go out on dates with him, find out who he is. So when Edward finds her, she is nervous about the situation and asks him to take her out on a date. And at the end, when it is suggested that Robert is Giselle's true love, he protests, saying he's only known her a few days, but gives in because he knows it's true.

It's a Disney movie with a happy ending, but not exactly the typical Disney happy ending. And I think I love it so much because it's my happy ending. It's what I want my happy ending to be.

I maintain

cyn·i·cism (sĭn'ĭ-sĭz'əm) n. An attitude of scornful or jaded negativity, especially a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of others.

My dad calls me cynical. Maybe, as defined above, I am. But only on occasion. I do not, as he says, have an attitude of scornful negativity and general distrust of the integrity of others. I am actually a generally trusting person. I trust people automatically, unless they do something to betray my trust. If that happens, good luck getting it back.

I do feel there are a lot of stupid people in the world, though. As despair.com puts it so eloquently: there are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots. People who are self-righteous and feel they need to ensure everyone is doing what (they think) they're supposed to do...frustrate me. This is not really a good thing, because some of them are friends. And, there are a lot of said people in Provo, in which I reside.

I also dislike people like me - that is, there are traits about myself that I dislike. Having a girlfriend I am so close to and who will tell me the things I need to work on has helped me realize the things I need to work on. I dislike people who are bossy, who tell other people what to do (I do that). I dislike people who always have to be right (I'm working on that really hard, by the way).

Okay - now I am sounding like what I said I'm not: cynical. So I'll end this post. I do not have a negative view of life. In fact, I love life. I like being with people I care about. I'm not cynical. At least, I'm trying not to be.

Innaugural Blog

So, I am a facebook-er and new to the world of blogs. But I figured I might as well start an official blog, as I have been writing "notes," as it were, on facebook for some time now.

Welp, here goes. I hope people will want to read my ramblings, but if not, my feelings won't be hurt. Don't worry.

Sincerely,
Adam B