I'm Just Sayin'...

First off, I know I've been a little lagging in the blogging department as of late, but I promise to try harder. And by "as of late", I mean for the last YEAR! My computer bit the dust mid 2008, and I was working from a borrowed out of date machine that made me cry because the connection was so slow. I didn't have the patience for it.

So, I'm starting anew. I'm still a dork, and I'm still in Deutschland, so the title remains. I can't promise it'll be daily or anything, but I'll try. If my computer had a hip I'd say we were attached at it, but since it doesn't, I guess I'll go with attached at the lap. Get it? Lame, I know.

Nothing too terribly new in my world other than I'm now teaching English instead of working as an Au Pair. I think I like grown ups better. Not entirely sure about that yet, but at least I'm pretty much my own boss again, and I LUV that! :-) I just get E-Mails about where and when I have to be somewhere, and then from there, it's up to me. Waaahahaahaaahaaa! That was supposed to be an evil laugh if you couldn't tell.

I've been watching CNN for the last two months as if my life depended on it. Ok, more than two months, like the last 8-10. I like my daily dose of English, and knowing what's going on in the world isn't such a bad thing. The only thing is, sometimes I find myself screaming at the TV out of frustration. Two examples below:

When reporting on a crashed airplane, do not use the phrase "up in the air" to describe the fact that the exact number of injured or deceased is not yet known... The numbers may still be "up in the air", but the plane is not. In such a situation, irony is not appreciated.

When reporting on the doings and goings on of the new President of the United States, do not reffer to him as "Mr. Obama". He's the, say it with me now, PRESIDENT. I think he's earned that title, show a little respect.

That last one really bothers me because it wasn't just once, and it wasn't just one reporter. Also, what ever happened using the word deceased as opposed to dead? News reporters used to say "______ many people perished". Now it's just "they're dead. In other news, Tiger Woods makes his return to Golf". WTF?!

Like I said in the post title for today, I'm just sayin'... And, by the way, could we call this whole "winter" thing off early? I'm over it. Who's with me?? Let's boycott winter and give summer a raise and early holliday bonus.

I guess that's it for now. I have other sites to update and blogs to read.

L8R G8Rs!

Frozen Amanda