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08 December 2009
stupid things I did today... →[More:]
“Their book” not “They’re book” … I think I started out writing one sentence and finishing with another. Someone kick me.
Last night I was walking out of the gym and a woman said, "It's so cold! And you don't have a coat!" And I said, "It's okay, my sweat will keep me warm." Meaning, of course, that I was warm from my workout, but not actually making any sense. We continued to walk in the same direction to our respective cars, and the whole long walk I wondered just how stupid this stranger thought I was.
Not today, not yesterday, but a few days ago, I was doing a small editing job where I had to pick the best of two translations for a bunch of phrases and give an explanation as to why I chose that particular one or why I edited it... Anyway, it went all great, except the very last sentence, where I had detailed the changes I made and why...except I had somehow left out the actual changes I had made, and missed this again when I checked if everything was OK. Boy did I feel stupid when I found out about this.