Origins

Today at work, I was stopped by two employees from a different department. "Where are you from?" was their question for me. I immediately answered "Receiving", which is the department I work in. The person next to me simultaneously replied "Oregon", and a third person cheekily said "Heaven". I thought it was funny, the different ways that people immediately answer this question.

So it made me curious about my friends and family: Where are you from?

Undefined Nerds

I find it interesting that there are certain groups of people that are automatically labeled as some kind of degrading term. For example, math people are automatically "nerds", band people are always "geeks", and anyone with even a limited knowledge of "Star Wars" is classified as "one of those people".

In light of these allegations, it is interesting to me that people with a deep and abiding love of the English language and the literature that follows behind that are viewed as completely normal. These people escape the "weird" radar, flying free of any label in particular. However, as an English major, I have been aware of the lie of our normality for some time when it became painfully obvious in this morning's English 251 class. My professor put an overhead up that had the following quote on it:

“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”

– Sherlock Holmes in “The Hound of the Baskervilles”

Almost before the projector had truly focused the black words, voices were ringing out with added quotes from this same book. "Oh, my dear Watson," was clearly heard in twenty very poor imitations of a British accent. Two of the students in front of me even began an intense disagreement on the exact wording of one of the quotes from the text. Oh dear.

So fear not, math nerds, band geeks, and you people. At this rate, we English dorks will not remain under the radar for much longer.

With A Little Help From My Friends....

I am not an unintelligent person in general. But, just like everyone else, I have my moments of forgetfulness or absentmindedness that leave me in a lurch. The other day, as I was writing, I forgot how to spell words like "Tuberculosis" and "Geronimo". Last night as I worked on my math homework (ok, it's not legitimate math, as it's a Family Finance class. But really? I haven't taken math since my sophomore year in high school. Algebra is not part of my brain material anymore) I couldn't figure out how to calculate the interest on a savings account that doesn't even actually exist (not that I'm bitter).

These moments of great intelligence usually result in me smacking my forehead with my palm and saying something to the effect of "I are smart". But I get through them eventually, and how do I do this?

As I wrote out multiple versions of the word "squawk" (squak, squack, squac, etc.) my good friend K~ finally threw me a line, providing me with the correct spelling. And after watching me threaten to throw my textbook across the room a few times, my accountant mother finally came over to help me figure out the interest.

So even with my moments of fabulous stupidity, I can rely on those brilliant minds around me to help me out (although, in my defense, it took a while for my mother to realize why we weren't coming up with the book's answer too).

Thanks to those friends that are always willing to lend a hand and give my poor stressed out brain a break!

Back in the Blogging World

It has been a long time since I have been a member of the blogging community, but I've decided recently that I am much too opinionated a person to not have a place to voice my view on whatever small and trivial thing I may be thinking about at the time. As a result, I have made this new blog in the hopes that I can use it as a place to make my voice heard, even if it's just to a small group of close friends.
I don't have anything particularly life-changing or important to say - most of my posts will be random tangents or ramblings about inconsequential things. But it will be nice to know that maybe my thoughts can give a smile to somebody's face, as has been the case as I have read the blogs of close friends and family. So basically the point is...I'm back in the blogging world! Woohoo!