The Complaining and Bitching Thread

Man, @snowy. I have days....

I'm used to peer-reviewed scientific journals and these are trade journal pieces. Not that it's a bad thing, but there's a LOT of mediocre writing, peppered with buzz words to give it a thin veneer of a scientific aura.

Makes me wanna scream.

 

I'm having another "what the hell happened to my career" moment....

 

Today is drrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggggging.

I'll organize the shortcuts on my desktop......

Ok, that took 30 seconds.

 

Perhaps it might speed the day up, if you locate someone to assault and generally terrorize.

 

As to the first part, I feel your pain.

As to the second, makeup is hardly necessary in your case. However you do use it to excellent effect.

 

Merely reporting the facts.

 

You know what's fun? Perusing the cubicle warfare supplies on think geek and perpetual kid and plotting the best ways to torture your coworkers.

 

It's Friday but it feels like Tuesday and I still can't concentrate.

 

Academicians, get over yourselves,
nobody gives a shit how many thesauruses you have memorized and/or use.

 

Say what?

 

I have a BA Journalism (that degree and $5.00 might get me breakfast at McDonald's). We were taught to be concise and to use words that most people could understand. Writers who unnecessarily use large words, especially when combined with run on sentences and run on paragraphs, drive me crazy.

I take liberties with grammar, puncuation, etc. that would make my former professors cringe, but at least I try to mke my point quickly and clearly. It would be pure folly for me to think that I'm always successful.

 

I don't bother with knowing grammar. I never memorized any of those rules.

I don't know what "preposition" or "predicate" mean. If you tell me, I will forget immediately.

But somehow, I usually manage to get my point across.

 

Hey...I have a crappy journalism degree that I'm not using. It is a completely different style of writing than anything of entertainment value. Also, one must write to those on a third grade reading level to reach a broader audience than those who read for pleasure.

I had to put someone in their place when they said that an academic institution needs to write at a higher level. Nope. We would be doing a disservice to those in the community not as academically inclined as those at a university. Amazing things are happening here that are not just of interest to those working on a bachelor's degrees and beyond. But the woman was also a snobby uptight bitch. I refrained from saying that though.