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when you dream…
… what do you dream about?
I had a recurring nightmare when I was a teenager which, when I think about it, was very odd. It started with a general sense of foreboding. I am walking down what seems to be a subway platform, but there’s no train in the station. Then the scene cuts to what can only be described as a sense of extreme claustrophobia. My face is really close to something, and I can see electricity zapping between two points on the surface of this thing. I am aware that I cannot move, and I am pressed in tightly on all sides. Have you ever stared at something so intently that your focus became so tight that the spot you were focusing on seemed to rise toward you? If you have, it kind of felt like that. Anyway, back and forth it goes, between the empty platform and the feeling of being pressed in. Ultimately the final scene is on the platform. As I walk, I look over to where the track should be, but there is no track there. In fact, there is nothing there at all. It is simply emptiness, a black void.
And at that I would wake up.
Nowadays, I think I mostly can’t remember my dreams… I’m still recovering from post-kids sleep deprivation… 
blogger beta broke my flock
If you’ve noticed subtle changes to my blog recently, it’s because I transitioned over to the Blogger Beta. Call me crazy, I just like to test out things sometimes. Be ahead of the game. On the bleeding edge. As long as it’s not for work. If it’s for work, then I don’t like to be the beta tester, I just want something that does the job and doesn’t crash.
Anyway, I was using Flock, a new browser (also beta), to blog from. It is pretty neat, and you should check it out if you like that sort of thing. However, Flock doesn’t yet support the Blogger Beta. So I can’t use it to blog anymore. I’m kind of sad, ‘cuz it was nice to use, instead of having to login to the Blogger page all the time (and as I’m doing right now). Sigh. This is the price you pay for being beta.
I leave you with my impossibly cute daughter:
do you use nouns as verbs?
Something I read recently talked about how Photoshop has become so ubiquitous a word, that it is now used as a verb, as in: “Can you Photoshop that out?” or “Did you Photoshop that?”
One that irks me to no end is the recent LCBO ad run that uses the slogan: “Do you VQA?” The ad copy reads all conspiratorial, like they’re talking about something dirty and sexual. “There they were, VQA’ing right on the living room floor…” It’s just freakin’ wine! Get over yourselves. Irritating.
Do you use nouns as verbs? What are your trendy language creations?
Do you iPod? Do a Tom Cruise?
Let’s make a list…
small victories
I almost don’t want to say it in case it’s not true, but it seems that T is no longer allergic to bananas. She’s had it twice now, and no reaction. There’s hope! (^_^)
