Caption contest extended due to an attack of overworked parentheses
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In my last post, I said that the caption contest would close today at noon. Well, life is crazy around here as we have had a lot to catch up on after our up-close and personal encounter with c. diff, so blogging has not been my top priority. (Which naturally means that I'm making a blog post instead of catching up on those things. Naturally.) That said, you have a few more days for the caption contest. On Wednesday, I will post the winner. And, since Jocelyn will be spending part of next week with Lee's parents, sister, and brother-in-law, I will also be posting all the dozens (okay, maybe not that many ... but possibly ... time will tell) of posts that have been backlogged in my brain and on my camera's memory card. They are eager to get out there, so be prepared! And go post a caption (either on blogger or Facebook) before Wednesday! (And I might add a prize for making you wait. Or I might not. I'm running the contest, so I can waffle on the prize issue as much as I want.)
However, since I'm so excited about all the free time I'll have with only one child instead of two (and the lower-maintenance one with me!), I've made an insanely long list of things I'll do on those days. So, despite what I said above about being prepared for a plethora of posts (hmm, what other alliterative word could I add here? poodles? as in, "oy with the poodles already!"?), you might also want to be prepared for disappointment at the lack of posts in case I realize that I might actually need a month of only one child (which is not going to happen since I'd miss my big girl too much for that!) in order to accomplish it all.
Ah, and I've been asked about my comments link below. (This makes no sense if you're reading this on Facebook. So come on over to the blog to get some context. Or don't. Whatev.) Well, to state the obvious, Jenelle is weird. I don't think anyone wondered about that part. (Yes, we did talk about sarcasm in Bible study this week. I am memorably ignoring that part of the lesson.) However, the moosen part came about when I, being the grammatically obsessed woman I am (who, by the way, is always scared to admit that because as soon as I do, I inevitably make some glaring grammatical blunder that makes people go, "um, sure, call yourself a grammar-focused fool if you want, but I'm just gonna go with the noun and drop the adjective there..."), asked Jenelle to help me come up with a comments word that would be accurate grammatically regardless of the number of comments. Before it said "__ comments," which is fine and dandy unless you only have one comment. Then it becomes "1 comments," which just isn't right. But if you change it to "comment," then you could have "2 comment" or "0 comment" (the latter being more likely on my blog), and that just won't do. (In case you're wondering, yes, this was sincerely bothering me.) (Oh, and let me add that yes, I do like to overuse parentheticals. I think we this makes number 13 for the post. Thanks for asking.) Anyway, Jenelle referenced the video clip below (quoting it in true Jenelle fashion, which means she changed her tone of voice but never identified the statement as a quote, a habit of hers that can be confusing if you don't expect it ... but that I find endearing) and suggested "comment moosen." So there's your explanation. (No, I'm not offended that you're thinking, "Really? That's the story. Lame." or "Hmm, maybe it should say 'Shannon is weird' instead of 'Jenelle is weird' or at least 'Shannon and Jenelle are weird.'") And, since there wasn't an actual video of Brian Regan doing this routine on youtube, you get a classy Sonic the Hedgehog video with Brian Regan dubbed over it that I found. Classy. (Oh, and here's your warning that the word "hell" will be heard once, not in reference to the location.) You'll find the moosen part around 2:30ish, but I think you may enjoy the whole thing, especially the robot teacher.
And in case you don't know the oy with the poodles reference I made earlier (or in case you do and would like a reminder), here you go, kids!
(And, yep, folks, this makes 18 parenthetical statements. My name is Shannon, and I'm addicted to parentheses.)
However, since I'm so excited about all the free time I'll have with only one child instead of two (and the lower-maintenance one with me!), I've made an insanely long list of things I'll do on those days. So, despite what I said above about being prepared for a plethora of posts (hmm, what other alliterative word could I add here? poodles? as in, "oy with the poodles already!"?), you might also want to be prepared for disappointment at the lack of posts in case I realize that I might actually need a month of only one child (which is not going to happen since I'd miss my big girl too much for that!) in order to accomplish it all.
Ah, and I've been asked about my comments link below. (This makes no sense if you're reading this on Facebook. So come on over to the blog to get some context. Or don't. Whatev.) Well, to state the obvious, Jenelle is weird. I don't think anyone wondered about that part. (Yes, we did talk about sarcasm in Bible study this week. I am memorably ignoring that part of the lesson.) However, the moosen part came about when I, being the grammatically obsessed woman I am (who, by the way, is always scared to admit that because as soon as I do, I inevitably make some glaring grammatical blunder that makes people go, "um, sure, call yourself a grammar-focused fool if you want, but I'm just gonna go with the noun and drop the adjective there..."), asked Jenelle to help me come up with a comments word that would be accurate grammatically regardless of the number of comments. Before it said "__ comments," which is fine and dandy unless you only have one comment. Then it becomes "1 comments," which just isn't right. But if you change it to "comment," then you could have "2 comment" or "0 comment" (the latter being more likely on my blog), and that just won't do. (In case you're wondering, yes, this was sincerely bothering me.) (Oh, and let me add that yes, I do like to overuse parentheticals. I think we this makes number 13 for the post. Thanks for asking.) Anyway, Jenelle referenced the video clip below (quoting it in true Jenelle fashion, which means she changed her tone of voice but never identified the statement as a quote, a habit of hers that can be confusing if you don't expect it ... but that I find endearing) and suggested "comment moosen." So there's your explanation. (No, I'm not offended that you're thinking, "Really? That's the story. Lame." or "Hmm, maybe it should say 'Shannon is weird' instead of 'Jenelle is weird' or at least 'Shannon and Jenelle are weird.'") And, since there wasn't an actual video of Brian Regan doing this routine on youtube, you get a classy Sonic the Hedgehog video with Brian Regan dubbed over it that I found. Classy. (Oh, and here's your warning that the word "hell" will be heard once, not in reference to the location.) You'll find the moosen part around 2:30ish, but I think you may enjoy the whole thing, especially the robot teacher.
And in case you don't know the oy with the poodles reference I made earlier (or in case you do and would like a reminder), here you go, kids!
(And, yep, folks, this makes 18 parenthetical statements. My name is Shannon, and I'm addicted to parentheses.)