Tina's blog: "I've Learned"

crazy language Let's face it English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat... WTF We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices??? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not just one dam amend... If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn't preacher praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? If you wrote a letter, perhaps you bote your tongue? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways??? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another. have you ever noticed that we talk about stupid shit like who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly? why do doctors call what they do practice? why are the people who handle our money called brokers??? You have to marvel at the unique fuck up of a language that we call english... how does your house burn up as it burns down, how do you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm clock goes off by turning on. English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race which, of course, isn't a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this blog, I end it. damned english...

TEARS!!!!! Current mood: blah The Tears of today Are the Tears of tomorrow The Tears of heartache Are the Tears of sorrow The Tears of lust Are the tears of love the same tears we use to give thanks to God above The Tears of lost And Tears of pain The tears that remains Where your past is nothing But a clearly viewed stain Tears that go And Tears that stay Tears that will push the heaviest of burdens out of your way The Tears of hello's And the tears of goodbyes The tears that only ceased when you said hi The tears that I held back while I watched you cry The tears that I looked through as you said goodbye The tears I released Put me on a natural high Released my pains Released my sorrow My tears of today Are your tears of tomorrow

Words to Live By.... Maya Angelou said this: "I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow." "I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights." "I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life." "I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'." "I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance." "I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back." "I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision." "I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one." "I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone." "People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back." "I've learned that I still have a lot to learn." "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."