"It is not the ctitic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

~Theodore Roosevelt

Friday, March 19, 2010

Pet-Peeves

~The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
~Anna Quindlen

Alright, so I have a few pet-peeves. Haha, that's probably an understatement, but I will only write about a few. I went grocery shopping today. I do not like grocery shopping, well, not alone at least. For one, I get too many things I shouldn't eat so much of-I eat a lot of junk :) But people are frustrating at the store. They stand in the way and walk really slow and are generally not very considerate of other people. I was thinking today how maybe there should be lanes painted on the floor. I know that's too much but also, I doubt it would do anything to help.

I never realized how rude drivers were. Well, I did, but once I started walking almost everywhere, it's become more apparent because I'm not used to driving. People on the road drive me crazy. Thank goodness for my radio :) I don't know what I'd do without it.

My biggest pet-peeve probably has to do with language. In my Modern American Usage class we learned that all dialects are equal. I have to remind myself of this when people pronounce milk 'melk' or the way people say either 'ither.' But with writing, you should be able to at least look over what you are saying. 'They're,' 'their,' and 'there' are really not that hard. There is a difference between 'to' and 'too.' Sometimes I just have to laugh at the language and grammar on Facebook. I know it's very informal writing, but really?!

I don't want to sound like I'm ranting or anything but that's the biggest thing today. I love my Friday schedule-I only have class 11-1! And no night class! But I seem to be taking my sweet time to do my homework. It's true, busy people get things done...
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