Would you love me if my name was "Vaginal Ooze"? ([info]queenkatieett) wrote,
2005-12-06 09:29:00
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When I looked up "mean rat" on Google Images, a picture of Billy Corgan came up.


On the sidewalk one block north of Macy's and one block south of my office, a giant inflated black rat sat on its haunches this morning. It was probably 12 feet tall, with red eyes and claws and a sneer. All of the real New Yorkers passed by as if they didn't notice, while the tourists and I looked at each other with "Seriously?" eyes.

It seems to me that maybe this isn't the best way to welcome people to the city for the holiday season. Of course, I was only a public relations major for a quarter.

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[info]antonstrout

December 6 2005, 14:38:08 UTC 6 years ago

I love the union balloons when they protest. That rat always cracks me up.

[info]queenkatieett

December 6 2005, 14:45:23 UTC 6 years ago

I really wish I knew my grammar. Your they was totally referring to union balloons, and I need to make a joke about balloons on strike, but I can't do it without knowing the names for the parts of speech.

The only thing I remember is subject-verb agreement. And I'm pretty sure that's not the problem here.

Now let's laugh together and pretend like I'm funny.

[info]antonstrout

December 6 2005, 14:47:09 UTC 6 years ago

I don't know if I can pretend that much...

[info]queenkatieett

December 6 2005, 14:53:29 UTC 6 years ago

You cut me to the quick.

[info]kegcomfort36

December 6 2005, 15:35:12 UTC 6 years ago

I think the problem here is an ambiguous pronoun-antecedent relationship.

[info]queenkatieett

December 6 2005, 18:00:58 UTC 6 years ago

Whoa, look; a real English major.

Or at least one who fakes it better than I do. You could've said anything, and I would've believed you.

[info]cassiacat

December 6 2005, 20:33:48 UTC 6 years ago

Nope, kegcomfort is right. I know: I was a linguistic major for three whole years. Wooooooooo... *cough*

[info]kegcomfort36

December 6 2005, 22:03:09 UTC 6 years ago

hehe, well i kinda cheated...I happend to have my Sin and Syntax book in front of me. I had to write a 6 page paper analyzing the style of any author of my choosing. And you really didn't need to know that. I'm going to stop rambling and go get some sleep. I needs it.


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[info]queenkatieett

December 7 2005, 14:20:50 UTC 6 years ago

I really did need to know that. Who's the author of your choosing?

[info]kegcomfort36

December 8 2005, 02:31:49 UTC 6 years ago

The literary master Anne Rice, of course. She is, by far, my favorite author. And i chose to focus on The Vampire Lestat, my favorite book of ALL TIME. I talked about how great her style of writing was for escapists. I went to turn it in and my professor read the first line (which was "I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm somewhat of an escapist"), looks at me, cocks his head and says "you are an escapist." How he got that based solely on our in-class interactions i will never know.

[info]queenkatieett

December 8 2005, 12:26:39 UTC 6 years ago

I assume that by "based solely on our in-class interactions", you actually mean "based solely on our in-class interactions and all of the threesomes we had with my boyfriend after long dinners where we discussed our lives in-depth".

I've never read Anne Rice. Should I feel embarrassed?

[info]kegcomfort36

December 8 2005, 17:47:28 UTC 6 years ago

=0 You've NEVER read Anne Rice!! What kind of an English major were you?

naw, it's cool. I know lots of people who've never read Rice...I just never understood why. She's very versatile. It's not all Vampires and monsters...she does erotica too. The sleeping Beauty triology is VERY good. You should check it out. And if you want to read some of the vampire books, i would personally start with Lestat. You'll end up falling in love with the character, where as in Interview you just think he's an ass.

[info]queenkatieett

December 7 2005, 14:20:18 UTC 6 years ago

I remember those days. You used to write me e-mails about how mad you were that everyone says the English language comes from Latin.

[info]pygmalism

December 6 2005, 21:59:12 UTC 6 years ago

perhaps they thought that a giant rat would be more likely to turn the staunch new yorker heads than a normal advertising campaign? though they were obviously wrong about that...

[info]queenkatieett

December 7 2005, 14:25:51 UTC 6 years ago

Half the time, I wonder if the New Yorkers really don't notice or if they're all faking just to look cool. Surely I can't be the only one who wants to stare at everything in wide-eyed wonderment.
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