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01 April 2008

I'm giddy. How are you? →[More:]

I just made this typo:

a BIG RIBBISH>? OOpes I mean oops

and burst into uncontrollable laughter at my desk. The office is very quiet, and this was pretty damn noticeable, but I couldn't help it! I'm still giggling.

post by: Specklet at: 13:57 | 30 comments

I am wind blown and covered in tree pollen.

posted by msali 01 April | 14:06

Sleepy and stuck at work for another hour and 40 minutes.

posted by sperose 01 April | 14:20

cursing out immunocytochemistry and wishing there were another way to look at my proteins. and I have a headache.

posted by gaspode 01 April | 14:21

I'm impatient and somewhat irritated, but that's normal for the end of a workday.

posted by deadcowdan 01 April | 14:28

I'm delighted, thanks to Ronaldo.

posted by essexjan 01 April | 14:35

I'm grumpy, and my brain hurts. Other than that I'm OK.

posted by eekacat 01 April | 14:43

I am bored with rural South Carolina damn near to the point of depression. Just ten more days...

posted by Ardiril 01 April | 14:44

*smiling at Specklet's giddiness. . .*

Maybe the wind will blow some down the valley to me. . .

posted by danf 01 April | 14:46

Very tired. Headachy. Eyes hurt. Boiling hot. Overly full. Ready for a nap.

posted by Stewriffic 01 April | 14:46

I'm just glad that specklet posted that. Giggling is therapeutic!

posted by Lynsey 01 April | 15:14

I'm grumpy, incredibly tired, and stressed out as all hell. I need a hug and some chocolate. Possibly even cookie dough. Also an apartment in Seattle.

posted by Fuzzbean 01 April | 15:24

I'm introspective, moody, musing. I will write a base note about it soon.

posted by lleachie 01 April | 15:37

I'm hungry. Tacos for dinner, hurry up!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 01 April | 15:44

I am hazy, as if watching my life go by through a thick window. Things have gone from stressful to surreal to post-surreal. The center has given out and things seem to just lurch along at random, yet nothing surprises me anymore. I know something will eventually speak the words to break this spell and I'll know it when it happens. No idea how long that will be, though...

posted by scarabic 01 April | 16:03

wishing there were another way to look at my proteins.

My proteins, let me show you them.

I am discovering just how hard it is to take something out of someone else's head and write it, when compared with taking something out of mine own head.

posted by Eideteker 01 April | 17:18

I am also giddy, because I got a job today after being unemployed since mid-December, and my girlfriend is taking me out for my favorite Indian fast-food tonight to celebrate. Veggie parathas, here I come!

posted by jtron 01 April | 17:57

Pissed.

posted by eamondaly 01 April | 18:24

Sleepy and a little dopey. Also hungry (the mysterious eighth dwarf who always gets cut out of the story).

posted by bmarkey 01 April | 18:49

Sweaty. Tired. Craving a buzz.

posted by jonmc 01 April | 18:54

Stuffy. My head feels like its filled with concrete. I took two generic DayQuil capsules. I'm feeling a little more functional.

posted by LoriFLA 01 April | 19:27

Jittery. My students were standing on my last nerve today.

Turn out the lights please.

posted by Pips 01 April | 19:28

cursing out immunocytochemistry and wishing there were another way to look at my proteins. and I have a headache.
posted by gaspode 01 April | 14:21

I'm giddy to see someone make correct use of the conditional tense.

posted by shane 01 April | 20:51

The conditional tense is one of my favourite things, shane.

posted by gaspode 01 April | 21:29

I think y'all actually mean subjunctive voice?

/pedant voice

posted by occhiblu 01 April | 22:00

oh yeah, true enough, occhi. that's what i get for knee-jerk posting.

posted by gaspode 01 April | 22:14

To be fair, if one were to use the subjunctive voice, one would also almost always use the conditional tense to complete the sentence, so the confusion is understandable. ;-)

posted by occhiblu 01 April | 22:18

Holding on to the sense of perspective I gained today. Whew.

posted by elizard 01 April | 23:35

Wait, wait... "past subjunctive" tense if it is PAST, conditional tense if it is "if" or "on the condition that..." "...wishing there were..." is conditional, no?

Yes?

posted by shane 02 April | 12:53

Now I'm all confused. :-)

Subjunctive mood expresses "wishes, commands, emotion, possibility, judgment, necessity, or statements that are contrary to fact at present." Subjunctive mood can be used with past, present, or future verb tenses, or various offshoots thereof.

The conditional verb tense (which can be past, present, or future, or various offshoots thereof) is generally used to "discuss factual implications or hypothetical situations and their consequences."

So if you set up a wishful situation using the subjunctive ("If you were to go to bed right now,..."), then you discuss the factual implications thereof using the conditional tense ("...I would get a chance to finish my reading.").

posted by occhiblu 02 April | 15:11

Wow. Cool! You're very right. Thanks for the correction. Me = muddled lately.

posted by shane 02 April | 20:55

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