Showing posts with label nerdisms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nerdisms. Show all posts

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Operation: Life Update



Hello, my friends!

I have missed you. Greatly. Like, for serious.

I hope your January hasn't been too Januaryish and that all of your wildest dreams have come true.

I kinda like you guys a lot.

So, school started. And as much as I have told myself it wasn't going to be a crazy whirlwind and that I was going to keep my schedule under control and that I was going to cook and blog every day...

Well...

Life happens. Shock.

Let me give you a rough sketch of what I've got going on:


  • 17 hours, including the most fulfilling, work-laden English classes offered by the university
  • Also including a Practicum in which I'm compiling a journal for a literary conference
  • Also including yoga. Thank goodness.
  • Two jobs.
  • Being President of our campus honor society
  • Serving as a mentor for younger students on campus
  • A blog
And to all of this mix, I have added...

An internship.

My dream internship.

Today, I learned that I'm going to be working at one of the publishing companies located in town. 

!!!

Sorry. I'm a little giddy.

I don't care if I'm the coffee-mistress/goddess of the sandwiches/"that dumb intern." I'm just excited that someone would let me watch how books are made. 

I've gone from a kid reading box while sitting inside a box full of books to learning how books are made. Seriously, how much cooler can it get?!

I know, I know. I'm a nerd.

But a very happy nerd, indeed.  

Sunday, December 5, 2010

The English Major Emerges



Dear Writers of English,

Never say "definately." It's not a word.

Instead, please use "DEFINITELY," as in "I definitely never say definately." The root of definitely is "finite," meaning "having bounds or limits." Sadly, there is no such thing as a "finate." Knowing the root will not only help you spell the word, but your knowledge of the English language will impress your friends...which is inherently why we spell things correctly anyway.


Love,
A nerd