Literally, a post

[icepixie]

I've had it. I think it's time to retire the word "literally" from the English language, seeing as how nobody--not journalists, not novelists, not message board posters--can use it correctly anymore. 99% of the time I see it, the writer either means "figuratively," or else is using the term to add wholly-unnecessary emphasis (i.e., "The car was literally red"). It's time to give up and move on.

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In happier news, I finally got my hair cut today. I usually get it cut every three or four months, getting around two inches cut off each time. It's been about six weeks since it needed to be cut, so I had the lady chop off three and a half inches. Ahhhh, freedom. I hate it when my hair touches my shoulders; it feels like it's eating my neck, and the longer it gets, the more I fidget with it, and that drives me up a wall, which makes me play with it even more, and it's a vicious cycle.

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[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

I hate it when my hair touches my shoulders; it feels like it's eating my neck, and the longer it gets, the more I fidget with it, and that drives me up a wall, which makes me play with it even more, and it's a vicious cycle.

I AM SO WITH YOU ON THIS. LITERALLY.

[icepixie]

I AM SO WITH YOU ON THIS. LITERALLY.

INDEED.

(Although...doesn't your hair usually hit your shoulders? Perhaps I misremember. Mine is just barely covering my ears right now, and I LIKE iT.)

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

Although...doesn't your hair usually hit your shoulders?

Just. When it gets at all below my shoulders, then it gets neck-eaty and RAR.

Mine is just barely covering my ears right now, and I LIKE iT.

Heh. Maybe someday I'll be brave and go that far.

[icepixie]

Heh. Maybe someday I'll be brave and go that far.

You should! Although be careful not to go so far that you can't tuck it behind your ears. Then it constantly gets in your face and you have to resort to barrets, which are no fun. Not that I have any experience with this or anything.