an experiment

im rather fond of punctuation and am a great proponent of its proper use it helps us communicate better and helps us understand each other better assuming tha tyou see communication and comprehension as two separate things as i do so as an experiment i decided that i shall not use punctuation i dont know how long i can last at doing this because it is very automatic for me to put in the apostrophe or my beloved ellipses but i shall perservere and all of this is as an example and an urging to all you readers out there to use proper punctuation its kind of funny really because when i type i dont utilize capital letters because well lets face it its mostly because im lazy too lazy to even hold down the shift key while im typing and im sure that someone would argue that its rather hypocritical of me to eschew capital letters but be such a stickler for punctuation but i must say that i think that punctuation is the more important of the two while capitalization gives one a visual reference for how important one thing might be to another and i guess a sort of visual clue for the beginning of a thought i would argue that punctuation is much more important it can also give you the visual cue for the beginning of a new thought simply because it is used to denote the end of the previous thought it is also necessary for the expression of thoughts while not having a capital is unlikely to change the meaning of a sentence generally at least a misplaced comma can make things much different commas are important in writing because they allow you the writer to provide a guide to the reader readers will always take what they want from a piece but as a writer you want to at least nudge them in the direction you were thinking or maybe thats just my wishful thinking i was going to end here with a period but then i rememberd how i wasnt using any of those so ill just stop full stop instead ciao

exciting news!

looks like lauryn's back for real this time. an actual new single (lose myself) came out on tuesday and she's planning an 8 country tour for the summer of 2007 and the next album, call me miss hill is reportedly slated for release in the fall or early 2008.

so - it looks like it's for real this time. i hope she doesn't disappoint.

oh, hilde

back in the day, i used to watch a lot of trading spaces - and when i say a lot, i mean it. as a university student, there's only so many decent things on decent day time television that you can use as distractions from your work. plus, i thought ty was so dreamy. now, i've come to my senses and see him as just a *tad* creepy and a little more than a *tad* annoying. but, as usual ... i'm getting distracted from the entry at hand.

so, i'm sure that we all remember hilde. hilde was the crazy one (who used wine labels as wall paper in a teetotaler's kitchen), the super experimental one (straw and/or moss as a wall covering, anyone?), the sometimes not far sighted one (cloth flowers to cover a bathroom wall? stuck on with hot glue?). and then there was that time that she made a room into a virtual circus tent. large panels of red alternated with large panels of white. hmm .. i think it was hilde, at least. she seems like the one that would be just so inspired to do that.

it's funny - some parts of society like to contend that television doesn't affect us. but if it doesn't affect us, why have i made one wall of my new room a circus tent? why?!? of course, mine it's so carnival-esque - the panels are chocolate brown and raspberry - but the general pattern is still there, when they're closed at night at least. (i'm not a fan of having the whole west side of the apartment/condo building beside me be able to see me in my bedroom at night).

and let me say, that the inspiration has not ended there. i think i'm now going to start a campaign to get raspberry ripple fudgsicles. what a wonderful tickle for the taste buds on a hot, summer day. if they made it, i'd sure buy it. (hey marketing/product development blog-trolls - take note! pleeeease). mmmm .... chocolate raspberry ....