Another New Years Resolution
I’ve come across an embarrassing, personal revelation. My vocabualary is not like it used to be. In fact, it has taken a turn for the worse. I have realized that when I want to explain something either which ignites some passionate feeling within me, I can’t fidn the words! I think it is because in the last 6 months, I have not been reading the usual rigorous feminist and IR theory that preoccupied by life for 4 years (I painstankingly miss my Women’s Studies Classes). So! I have devised a plan! And it may sound really nerdy.
I am going to pick 5 vocabulary words a week. I may know them, be slightly familiar, or have no idea what they mean. In other words, different ‘vocab’ levels, if you will. Then I will use them in sentences as much as possible. I thought this would be a good mental excerise to get me ready for Grad school next year or so!
My 5 words for the week of Jan 11 will be:
Alight
Indignation
Feigned
Sojourn
Fulmination
And if you are reading this, laughing at me because you know what all the words mean - don’t hate. This is about expanding my vocabulary in my speech which in turn will increase my writing skills! yay!
With that being said, I am purchasing my first piece of furniture. A desk! I can’t tell you how I have missed having a desk to write on. It probably sounds strange but I have been counting down the days that it will arrive in the store. My excitement led me to remember the book A Room of One’s Own, by Virginia Woolf. I think she would understand my current angst of not having a desk, and my excitement of having a place to write very very soon!
*After re reading this blog entry… I really sound like loser. Oh well! I think my Grandma would be proud. :-)
