Time: 4:18pm
I am wearing: the blue sweater that Janny gave me for Christmas last year, and these nice brown dress pants I bought at Jacob last winter. I'm barefoot right now, although I keep putting on and taking off my signature rubber-soled slippers.
Location: the futon. Before I wrote this, I was bouncing on the exercise ball, because then I'm moving around while I'm reading.
Tea of choice: Pear Oolong, purchased at T when I was visiting Meg and Karl. It's a wee bit less finicky than my old standby, Pear Tree Green. It steeps for 90 seconds instead of thirty. And you can use boiling water, rather than "not quite boiling."
Teapot of choice: the clear Bodum, because I'm drinking a loose leaf tea.
Teacup of choice: the green-and-blue flowered cup and saucer I bought on clearance at the KaDeWe.
(Note: those of you who ended up seeing a truncated version of this first, apparently my fingers don't know the difference between "Ctrl" and "Shift".)
Music: Gypsy Kings, on my Study Music playlist
Old-school study methods being used: I have lit about a bazillion candles, to distract from the gloomy day outside, bouncing on the exercise ball, dressing up to work.
Today's progress: half a book.
I am procrastinating from: reading the other half of that book, e-mailing my supervisor to ask if we can discuss my funding application, reading the e-mail detailing all the work I'll be doing to help organize a conference.
I'm dorkily excited about: the fact that Chris came home with a.) the details of his health benefits, and b.) an Entertainment coupon book for the next year. Sweet. I love the Entertainment Book.
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I've been having the "e-mail" vs. "email" discussion with a co-worker. Frankly, I'm pro-"email," but I notice you say "e-mail." What's your reasoning?
I hadn't really thought about it much. I like how "email" looks better, and yet I habitually use "e-mail." I looked it up on Wikipedia, and apparently Apple, Gmail and Yahoo use "email" and Microsoft uses "e-mail." I think I've been too steeped in the Microsoft. (Interesting, the Wikipedia entry also defaults to "e-mail.")
I think that I also hyphenate it because a.) I feel like I emphasise the "e" when I say that, b.) somehow, it feels more like an abbreviation of "electronic mail," and c.) "email" looks a little too much like "I write in all lowercase letters and wear scarves indoors."
E-mail (e-mail) is the official government spelling. We had the same debate at the translation office I worked at.
I think that the Editors Association of Canada goes with "email." I'll have to double-check. The whole English speaking world should vote on it.
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