Social Chatting - January 2015!

Well, I am glad for you. Hopefully your communications from now on will not be so far apart. Forgive me if I should know, or if you told me before and I have forgotten; but what precisely is the Dr. Seuss treatment?

People who've read the book, or not? ;)

Both.

Okay. Sam's the only sourpuss? :P

And she gave me the "We know that all things work together for good" verse. I'm not sure what to make of that.

People who've read the book, or not? ;)

Both.

Okay. Sam's the only sourpuss? :P

Something like that.

Wow, u guys are still up! Lol.
Hey tell Rosie sorry tht I left..
Night Nicolas!

Well, I am glad for you. Hopefully your communications from now on will not be so far apart. Forgive me if I should know, or if you told me before and I have forgotten; but what precisely is the Dr. Seuss treatment?

When I write a followup email with impeccable meter and rhyme because the person hasn't gotten back to me yet. You may remember when I used it on Mrs. McMahan.

Maybe she is trying to test your patience on purpose. Another possibility ^(though perhaps as likely as the tree frog one)^.

Okay. Sam's the only sourpuss? :P

Something like that.

Kay. ;)

Sooo… when're you planning on going to sleep tonight? ;)

Wow, u guys are still up! Lol. Hey tell Rosie sorry tht I left.. Night Nicolas!

Yes, just as she was noting how great it was that she wasn't leaving as you came. :P

Farewell Steve! Have a great night! :)

When I write a followup email with impeccable meter and rhyme because the person hasn't gotten back to me yet. You may remember when I used it on Mrs. McMahan.

Ah, of course.

Maybe she is trying to test your patience on purpose. Another possibility ^(though perhaps as likely as the tree frog one)^.

Perhaps I should have warned her that patience was on the list with sweetness and encouraging-ness of things not to be put in charges against me.

Okay. Sam's the only sourpuss? :P

Something like that.

Kay. ;) Sooo... when're you planning on going to sleep tonight? ;)

Uhh idrk something like 2….

Perhaps I should have warned her that patience was on the list with sweetness and encouraging-ness of things not to be put in charges against me.

Perhaps your reputation preceded you, and she already knew. Perhaps this is some grand plot to teach you to put up with people who are not as punctual as yourself.

When I write a followup email with impeccable meter and rhyme because the person hasn't gotten back to me yet. You may remember when I used it on Mrs. McMahan.

Ah, of course.

I have found it the best way of getting an instant reaction. It is sort of like using a reflex hammer on someone. You hit it on the right part of the knee (of whatever) and the leg can't help but kick.

Sooo... when're you planning on going to sleep tonight? ;)

Uhh idrk something like 2....

Ugh. No wonder you're always tired. :P Have you ever considered going to bed some time before midnight? :P

I have found it the best way of getting an instant reaction. It is sort of like using a reflex hammer on someone. You hit it on the right part of the knee (of whatever) and the leg can't help but kick.

It has proven effective so far. It would get a quick response out of me, certainly.

Perhaps I should have warned her that patience was on the list with sweetness and encouraging-ness of things not to be put in charges against me.

Perhaps your reputation preceded you, and she already knew. Perhaps this is some grand plot to teach you to put up with people who are not as punctual as yourself.

I wouldn't be surprised if my reputation has proceeded me. I'm pretty sure she knows of me already.

Sooo... when're you planning on going to sleep tonight? ;)

Uhh idrk something like 2....

Ugh. No wonder you're always tired. :P Have you ever considered going to bed some time before midnight? :P

Well… I… Uh… Yes I've considered it…

Uh how's your school?

I wouldn't be surprised if my reputation has proceeded me. I'm pretty sure she knows of me already.

It is definitely possible, if not probable. The rest of my proposal, though… perhaps not so much.

Sooo... when're you planning on going to sleep tonight? ;)

Uhh idrk something like 2....

Ugh. No wonder you're always tired. :P Have you ever considered going to bed some time before midnight? :P

Well... I... Uh... Yes I've considered it... Uh how's your school?

Would you watch a youtube thing if I gave you the link?

Ugh. No wonder you're always tired. :P Have you ever considered going to bed some time before midnight? :P

Well... I... Uh... Yes I've considered it... Uh how's your school?

Well, consider it more seriously! :P

It's going well–and for the past few days, it's been easy. I'm trying to get through a grammar class in record time. :P

Sooo... when're you planning on going to sleep tonight? ;)

Uhh idrk something like 2....

Ugh. No wonder you're always tired. :P Have you ever considered going to bed some time before midnight? :P

Well... I... Uh... Yes I've considered it... Uh how's your school?

Would you watch a youtube thing if I gave you the link?

Um sure.

Ugh. No wonder you're always tired. :P Have you ever considered going to bed some time before midnight? :P

Well... I... Uh... Yes I've considered it... Uh how's your school?

Well, consider it more seriously! :P It's going well--and for the past few days, it's been easy. I'm trying to get through a grammar class in record time. :P

Mkay cool! :P

It's going well--and for the past few days, it's been easy. I'm trying to get through a grammar class in record time. :P

Mkay cool! :P

A grammarian studying grammar, with a teacher who thinks he's a fourth-grader. It's an interesting situation. :P

It's going well--and for the past few days, it's been easy. I'm trying to get through a grammar class in record time. :P

Mkay cool! :P

A grammarian studying grammar, with a teacher who thinks he's a fourth-grader. It's an interesting situation. :P

You should try studying history sometime: it's full of teachers who think they're in fourth grade.

I wouldn't be surprised if my reputation has proceeded me. I'm pretty sure she knows of me already.

It is definitely possible, if not probable. The rest of my proposal, though... perhaps not so much.

Maybe non-punctual people don't plot as much: they just let things happen.

A grammarian studying grammar, with a teacher who thinks he's a fourth-grader. It's an interesting situation. :P

You should try studying history sometime: it's full of teachers who think they're in fourth grade.

You speak from personal experience?

Maybe non-punctual people don't plot as much: they just let things happen.

Perhaps. But let us not underestimate those whom we do not know well enough to make such an assumption.

Erm. Lovely? :D

It's going well--and for the past few days, it's been easy. I'm trying to get through a grammar class in record time. :P

Mkay cool! :P

A grammarian studying grammar, with a teacher who thinks he's a fourth-grader. It's an interesting situation. :P

Oh. Sounds fun. :p :p

A grammarian studying grammar, with a teacher who thinks he's a fourth-grader. It's an interesting situation. :P

You should try studying history sometime: it's full of teachers who think they're in fourth grade.

Oh. I just realized the mistake that I made; I made it seem as though the word "he's" was referring to the teacher. My teacher is a female; so I was intending to refer to myself. My apologies if that caused any confusion.

A grammarian studying grammar, with a teacher who thinks he's a fourth-grader. It's an interesting situation. :P

You should try studying history sometime: it's full of teachers who think they're in fourth grade.

You speak from personal experience?

Drive Through History, Diana Waring (who actually is awesome), and others.

A grammarian studying grammar, with a teacher who thinks he's a fourth-grader. It's an interesting situation. :P

Oh. Sounds fun. :p :p

I don't like being talked down to with regards to something about which I am knowledgeable, but I manage. :P

A grammarian studying grammar, with a teacher who thinks he's a fourth-grader. It's an interesting situation. :P

You should try studying history sometime: it's full of teachers who think they're in fourth grade.

Oh. I just realized the mistake that I made; I made it seem as though the word "he's" was referring to the teacher. My teacher is a female; so I was intending to refer to myself. My apologies if that caused any confusion.

Oh, she thinks you're a fourth grader. I get it. That is dreadful.

Maybe non-punctual people don't plot as much: they just let things happen.

Perhaps. But let us not underestimate those whom we do not know well enough to make such an assumption.

True. She is in a league with the Strangs.

You speak from personal experience?

Drive Through History, Diana Waring (who actually is awesome), and others.

I see. Now, since I have made a blunder with an unclear pronoun reference, are you referring to teachers who think that they are fourth-graders, or that their students are fourth-graders?

Oh. I just realized the mistake that I made; I made it seem as though the word "he's" was referring to the teacher. My teacher is a female; so I was intending to refer to myself. My apologies if that caused any confusion.

Oh, she thinks you're a fourth grader. I get it. That is dreadful.

It is.

Erm. Lovely? :D

Did it grant you insight?

Maybe non-punctual people don't plot as much: they just let things happen.

Perhaps. But let us not underestimate those whom we do not know well enough to make such an assumption.

True. She is in a league with the Strangs.

We cannot be too suspicious of anyone associated with that family.

I suppose that you can't watch youtube videos, because if you could, this is one I think you would enjoy. It's called "Word Crimes" and I think it is a rap.

I suppose that you can't watch youtube videos, because if you could, this is one I think you would enjoy. It's called "Word Crimes" and I think it is a rap.

I do wish that I could then. Could you perhaps compensate me slightly by listing one or two of the "word crimes"?

A grammarian studying grammar, with a teacher who thinks he's a fourth-grader. It's an interesting situation. :P

Oh. Sounds fun. :p :p

I don't like being talked down to with regards to something about which I am knowledgeable, but I manage. :P

Great :p :p

Erm. Lovely? :D

Did it grant you insight?

Something like that.

listening to music from Maze Runner

Maybe non-punctual people don't plot as much: they just let things happen.

Perhaps. But let us not underestimate those whom we do not know well enough to make such an assumption.

True. She is in a league with the Strangs.

We cannot be too suspicious of anyone associated with _that_ family.

They were my first realization that I am not inherently tricky. It doesn't come naturally. On "Trick Your Fellow Memverser Day" I never do anything because I am for some reason repelled at the idea of tricking people, and I am not creative to think up anything in the first place.

*listening to music from Maze Runner*

I really like this one nightmare song Rose Bud showed me. And s hunger games one by the sam diude.

We cannot be too suspicious of anyone associated with _that_ family.

They were my first realization that I am not inherently tricky. It doesn't come naturally. On "Trick Your Fellow Memverser Day" I never do anything because I am for some reason repelled at the idea of tricking people, and I am not creative to think up anything in the first place.

I don't like tricking people if it causes them anything other than surprise and/or laughter. Beyond that, I'm glad to oblige when I can–but, I usually can't. I too am not a born trickster, but I try at times. At this point, though, it has become exceedingly difficult to trick anyone on a day that they are expecting it.

*listening to music from Maze Runner*

I really like this one nightmare song Rose Bud showed me. And s hunger games one by the sam diude.

Yes, that first one's good. Of course, the vast majority of movie soundtracks are good to me. ;)

If you can't write in the proper way
If you don't know how to conjugate
Maybe you flunked that class
And maybe now you find
That people mock you online

[Bridge:]
Okay, now here's the deal
I'll try to educate ya
Gonna familiarize
You with the nomenclature
You'll learn the definitions
Of nouns and prepositions
Literacy's your mission
And that's why I think it's a

[Chorus:]
Good time
To learn some grammar
Now, did I stammer
Work on that grammar
You should know when
It's "less" or it's "fewer"
Like people who were
Never raised in a sewer

I hate these word crimes
Like I could care less
That means you do care
At least a little
Don't be a moron
You'd better slow down
And use the right pronoun
Show the world you're no clown
Everybody wise up!

[Verse 2:]
Say you got an "I","T"
Followed by apostrophe, "s"
Now what does that mean?
You would not use "it's" in this case
As a possessive
It's a contraction
What's a contraction?
Well, it's the shortening of a word, or a group of words
By the omission of a sound or letter

[Bridge:]
Okay, now here's some notes
Syntax you're always mangling
No "x" in "espresso"
Your participle's danglin'
But I don't want your drama
If you really wanna
Leave out that Oxford comma
Just keep in mind

[Chorus:]
That "be", "see", "are", "you"
Are words, not letters
Get it together
Use your spellchecker
You should never
Write words using numbers
Unless you're seven
Or your name is Prince

I hate these word crimes
You really need a
Full time proofreader
You dumb mouth-breather
Well, you should hire
Some cunning linguist
To help you distinguish
What is proper English

[Verse 3:]
One thing I ask of you
Time to learn your homophones is past due
Learn to diagram a sentence too
Always say "to whom"
Don't ever say "to who"
And listen up when I tell you this
I hope you never use quotation marks for emphasis
You finished second grade
I hope you can tell
If you're doing good or doing well
About better figure out the difference
Irony is not coincidence
And I thought that you'd gotten it through your skull
What's figurative and what's literal
Oh but, just now, you said
You literally couldn't get out of bed
That really makes me want to literally
Smack a crowbar upside your stupid head

[Chorus:]
I read your e-mail
It's quite apparent
Your grammar's errant
You're incoherent
Saw your blog post
It's really fantastic
That was sarcastic (Oh, psych!)
'Cause you write like a spastic

I hate these Word Crimes
Your prose is dopey
Think you should only
Write in emoji
Oh, you're a lost cause
Go back to pre-school
Get out of the gene pool
Try your best to not drool