I hated diagramming sentences. It didn't make a bit of sense until I started taking Latin.
I always thought diagramming sentences was pointless. How did taking Latin change your mind?
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Jun 19, 2012 7:31:18 pm PDT #10430 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Burrell - Jun 19, 2012 7:46:09 pm PDT #10431 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I am no good at diagraming sentences, but I'd love to learn how to do it correctly.
meara - Jun 19, 2012 7:57:22 pm PDT #10432 of 30001
I couldn't diagram a sentence to save my life.
Also, what everyone else said about title insurance. Supposed to cover crazy shit like that. Also, how the eff does someone refinance a mortgage on a house they don't own?? I thought the whole point of industry reform and bailouts and shit was to stop nonsense like that!
aurelia - Jun 19, 2012 8:05:25 pm PDT #10433 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
It just didn't make sense until I was learning another language. Other languages are more consistent, so it made more sense. After that I understood what they had been talking about with the diagramming.
EpicTangent - Jun 19, 2012 9:44:34 pm PDT #10434 of 30001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I don't think I got sentence diagramming until about 9th grade. I was just glad to finally know what the heck the diagram that Laura Ingalls did for her teaching credential test was all about.
Calli - Jun 20, 2012 2:47:00 am PDT #10435 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Yeah, the 90s have finally hit NC. A bit later than expected, actually. Nothing to do but crank up the AC, set taste buds to "margarita," and ride it out. Or move. 29 years in and I still haven't ruled out moving.
Jesse - Jun 20, 2012 2:56:38 am PDT #10436 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
smonster, that kind of sounds like a story that was on This American Life in the last year or so. Bananas.
I have never diagrammed a sentence.
And it's supposed to be 95 here today.
Jesse - Jun 20, 2012 4:05:38 am PDT #10437 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Buffista Island? [link]
Kat - Jun 20, 2012 4:10:13 am PDT #10438 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
On that same page from Jesse's link is another link to this: Uptick in Rope Sales by Women, thanks Shades of Gray. Oi.
Okay, still need to go pack. I hate moving.
sumi - Jun 20, 2012 4:12:33 am PDT #10439 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
So how much would we each need to kick in to get the island?