47 RULES FOR WRITERS:

1. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
5. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They're old hat.)
6. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
7. Be more or less specific.
8. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
9. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
10. No sentence fragments.
11. Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.
12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
14. One should NEVER generalize.
15. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
16. Don't use no double negatives.
17. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
18. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is to be ignored.
21. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words however should be enclosed in commas.
22. Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.
23. DO NOT use exclamation points and all caps to emphasize!!!
24. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
25. Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth shaking ideas.
26. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.
27. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
28. If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Resist hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly.
29. Puns are for children, not groan readers.
30. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
31. Even IF a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
32. Who needs rhetorical questions?
33. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
34. The passive voice should never be used.
35. Do not put statements in the negative form.
36. Verbs have to agree with their subjects.
37. A writer must not shift your point of view.
38. Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.
39. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
40. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
41. Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.
42. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
43. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.
44. Always pick on the correct idiom.
45. The adverb always follows the verb.
46. Be careful to use the rite homonym. And Finally...
47. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.

Blogthings.. cuz I'm Bored and Incapable of Sleep

You are Betty Grable

The ulitmate girl next door You're the perfect girl for most guys Pretty yet approachable. Beautiful yet real.

What Famous Pinup Are You?

You Are A Professional Girlfriend!

You are the perfect girlfriend - big surprise! Heaven knows you've had enough practice. That's why you're a total pro. If there was an Emily Post of girlfriends, it would be you. You know how to act in every situation ... to make both you and your guy happy.

What Kind of Girlfriend Are You?

(Not sure I totally agree with this result)

He's a Keeper!

Your guy is a rare find: sweet, kind, and loyal. And as long as he doesn't have three nippples, You should seriously consider keeping him a long time Sometimes a girl can't see a good thing when she's got one So let me tell you: your guy is a gold medal boyfriend Just make sure you treat him right in return!

Is He a Keeper?

(As if I didn't know)

Damn! No A+

Your Vocabulary Score: A

Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary! You must be quite an erudite person.

How's Your Vocabulary?

Remember I'm not a nerd, I just have nerd-like tendencies.

He's Gone, She's Back

So Mr. Roberts left to head back to work today, which means you can look forward to at least one post daily while I mope. Did I mention I hate the fact that he works out of town so often?

Mom bought me a pass at the local pool though, and since the Doc thinks I should work out my weak ass knees more often than I have been, I intend to utilize them all before summer hits.

Speaking of Summer, she's back. Her new home didn't work out, which really has me down since I got sort of used to being dog-less over the past 3 months, but I'm sure it'll be fine. She's spayed now, which I hope will make a difference. So Rescue Remedy has become my new best friend and we're going to work on a whole bunch of behavior modification exercises I've gleaned off the internet, in addition to working towards making her the most obedient Siberian Husky the world has seen and maybe I'll be able to find her a forever home. In any case, the cat's pissed, the kitten is locked up all day and there was a little pee spot on the carpet when I got home, which I could have done without, but I can do this. I know I can.

Who knows, maybe if I have something productive to do with my time, I'll stop becoming such a difficult person to live with. Happy Bridgit seems to make Happy everyone else.

I figure I'll go 2/2 for the segues, so I'm off to watch The Pursuit of Happyness.

Pub 1905

I keep forgetting that I owe this one to my boyfriend, and since the title of this blog gets quite a bit of hits according to my hit counter, it's perfect.

Do NOT go to Pub 1905 in the downtown core of Edmonton!!!! Unless of course you enjoy paying for a night out, twice.

We went there for my going away party at CIBC, and at the end of the night, the waitress came back with the tab for the total amount of the bill (INCLUDING the food and drinks consumed by and paid for by people that did not stay around to watch me be a drunken buffoon). We sent it back and asked her to bring a bill for the proper amount and she did. But then she put through BOTH copies on his Visa resulting in a bogus charge for $250 that they don't have a signature for.

Wayne's been out that money now since early February, since his trips to 1905 have resulted in him playing many frustrating games of phone tag with the idiot manager who has now taken to just not calling him back. Reviewing your paperwork shouldn't take 2 weeks, guys!

Anywho, Wayne's reported it to Visa Centre, so it's out of his hands now, but I feel awful that my going away party resulted in him being out $250 for almost 2 months!

I repeat, Pub 1905 is a ripoff run by a moron!

Bridgit's Own Bored.com

I like passing on links that might be interesting to people, since I know how much it sucks when I'm bored and I think I've tapped every interesting thing on the internet.

So herein follows my own small rendition of Bored.com:


BookCrossing.com
My roommate pointed this one out to me. If you're anything like me you own many books that you haven't read, or you have and wouldn't read again. You simply sign up for an account, mark the BCID on the inside of the book, leave it on a bus, a bench in the mall or wherever and post where it's been 'set free', then people get to go on a mini treasure hunt to go track it down. If you're just looking for a new book, check and see if there's books already set free in your town and go looking.

MyLot.com
I think this is a great forum/social networking site. Basically, you have people from all over the world, starting and responding to discussions, and to boot.. you get paid. It's not much, pennies for posting a picture, replying to a conversation or sending on a referral, but it's a great way to pay for a little dog show game site I still like to play on occasion.

Make Your Own Jackson Pollock Print
Drag your mouse across the screen and create your very own work of art (click to change the color of the paint!). Of course you don't get to actually splash paint across a canvas while listening to Jazz, but it's still a nice waste of a few minutes!

What Time Period Do you Belong in?
Just a fun quiz, Bridgit Like Quizzes.

The Book of Me

(as always, click for large)






Get Your Own...

Me Shit

I guess I'm going through a slump lately where I don't feel like anything is panning out the way expected. I start to make some headway in one area of my life and a problem crops up in another area.

It's like I'm building this sandcastle while the tide's coming in and trying to resurrect one wall while the tide is busy sweeping down another one. And I can't just walk away and admit defeat, but God, I want to.

I wish I had the answers. I wish someone I knew had the answers.

Why are people so judgemental? I was always taught that judgemental people are small minded people, unwilling to open their minds and hearts to the concept of different types. But yet springing from the greatest joy in my life is all this judgement.

I'm not a happy person right now.. and I don't know what's going to make me happy.

So Cheap, I Might as well be Free

So Mr. Roberts and I are currently sitting around wasting time until we head to 300. It starts in about a 1/2 hour so I have to make this quick.

We spent most of the day lounging around here and then lounging around Whyte. I'm utterly in love with The Tin Box.. if I know you, and you're getting married and I'm invited, be prepared to get funky pottery or a giant vase or a basket full of Rattan balls to throw in your corner and collect dust.

Let's face it, you've probably already both got a rice cooker -- I'll be the one to supply the shit to make your future husband angry about housecleaning duties. Unless of course you, my friend, are the future husband and as usual, register at Canadian Tire and I'll do my best to get something there. Even if it's not completely useless and 'pretty'.

It's been pretty decent here for the past few days. Temperatures were in the plusses and it gets me really pumped about summer.

At least 3 times this week I've caught myself daydreaming about lounging in the sun on my hammock with a good book and a tall drink and I, quite frankly, can't cope with much more snow.

If that damn little Groundhog lied this year, I'm not going to be a happy camper because it's difficult to pitch a tent in 5 inches of snow.

May Long better be beautiful, my furry friend. For your sake.

Excited!

And here's why!

My Office (Pics) and Good News

Figured I may as well put up pics of the office I'm so proud of. Can you tell I love the sepia setting on my digicam?






And after 3 immensely long (and restless) weeks my sweetie is on his way home from work!

He's been trapped in a snowy little northern Albertan town almost all this time, so let's make an extra effort to be nice to him, shall we?