Friday, January 22, 2010

Having hallucinations when you're alone is one thing. But having audio hallucinations when you're alone are the worst.

I need to learn when to keep track of time and when to lose track of time.

I like knowing two languages. English and French. The other morning while brushing my teeth I was staring at the tube of toothpaste. I usually read the phrase first in English, and then in French. The toothpaste claims to have "Triple Power"or "Pouvoir Triple". French translates English's word "power" into the French one "pouvoir". Now in French, pouvoir can also be conjugated with a noun (Je Tu Il Elle Nous Vous etc.) to say "Je peux". But it won't mean "I power" in English. "Je peux" will translate into "I can". The realization of the translation of can into power and power back into can just made me appreciate both those words so much more.

I am such a lexiphile. When I was a kid, we read about an "etymologist" in one of my elementary school classes. Apparently, all that an etymologist does all day is study the origin of words and their meanings. I thought that must be so wicked. And here my brain goes on to another idea with this tangent thought of how the hell wicked went from meaning evil to awesome? That and terrific. Yeah. Terrific should totally mean terrible, like the word terrifying. But instead we think it describes a grand old time better than a terrible and terrifying one. Sorry. I'm all over the map.

I'm thirsty. I'm currently trying to keep track of time, so I will stop here.