Whhhhat? Whhhhhiskey?

Ha ha!  See the response:

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Thank you for noticing and taking time to tell us about the grammatical errors!

We have gardeners prepare plant-related content and support staff prepare class content.  Unfortunately, we don’t always take time to review their work.  If you find more errors please send them my way and I will fix them.

The Garden is beautiful this time of year and I would love to send you a couple passes or leave passes at the door for you.
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And now for a related video clip.

An Editor's Heart

Observe the following email that I just sent to Red Butte Gardens:

Hello,

 

It has come to my attention that there are various errors of language usage on your website. Since you are sponsored by the university, I thought you might like to know.

 

On the page <http://redbuttegarden.org/spring_plant_sale>  under the subtitle "shopping tips" the phrase "let us wet your appetite" appears.  Why would your appetite be wet?  The correct word is "whet" which means to sharpen.

 

On the page <http://redbuttegarden.org/residential_landscape> the phrase "landscape design principals" appears.  Remember, the principal is your "pal."  A principal is a person.  As an adjective it can mean important or influential.  A principle is a rule or law of a code of conduct.

 

If you are seeking freelance editors, let me know.

 

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In my humble opinion, a website sponsored by a university should hold itself to a higher standard.  Simple typos are one thing, but obvious errors of usage pain me.  When I exclaimed my disgust, my husband basically said that no one knows the difference between wet or whet nor cares.  Also, he said no one employs editors.

 

My editor heart hurts.

Gatsby Party

 

This February was fairly happening for me.  As well as attending the Regency Romance Ball, I also attended a Black and White Gatsby party hosted by my friend Andrea.

 

 

I am new at this whole posing with fake moustaches on a stick thing.  I prefer my moustaches to be glued to my face, so that I can properly secure them in the mirror.  (This photo was the best of the lot.  My faux pas was that I actually smiled in the other ones.)

 

Anyway, I enjoyed throwing together DI costume part deux for February.  You can't tell very well from the pictures but the dress is pleated and I am wearing fishnet stockings.  I decided that the beaded embellishment on the dress was art deco enough to pass.

 

I would have liked a cute round hat or a headpiece of some kind, but I only started throwing my costume together a few hours before the party, so it was what it was.  What are some of your favorite photographs/dresses from the 1920s?

Doppelgangers

For whatever reason, people fairly frequently tell me that I look like someone else.  Last week at church, someone told me that I look like Mindy Gledhill, who is apparently an LDS indie singer.  I don't really think I look like her, but I certainly didn't mind being told I look like someone stylish and beautiful.  (I was having a bad face/hair/life day, if you must know.)  Anyway, here is one of her music videos. I think it's cute.


Well, this got me thinking, so I present to you (drum roll, please) my history of dopplegangers.

#1 Tiffany

When I was maybe 11 my cousin told me that I looked like Tiffany.  I see no resemblance.

#2 Cameron Diaz smile

Someone I dated told me I had a Cameron Diaz smile.  I was flattered by this (not so much by the Tiffany comparison) but still not sure about the resemblance.  I suppose we both have wide toothy smiles.

#3 Michelle Pfeiffer

This one came from someone from my sememster abroad group, "the pahty."  Again, flattered, but unsure.  We do both have strong jaws.


#4 Imogen Poots

This one also came from someone in the Pahty.  I kind of think that I look the most like her.  I mean, I can see of a lot of differences, but I just feel like we have a similar vibe.

#5 Kristen Bell

A student of mine last year was convinced (along with her mother) that I looked EXACTLY like Kristen Bell. I don't really think so.


#6  A student

A student of mine this year told me that I looked just like another one of my students, and that we could be sisters.  I guess I should be flattered to look like the sister of someone in high school.  Though lets be honest, my mom has a sibling 16 years older than she is, so really the comment arguably had nothing to do with youthfulness.  But, I did have some students confess to me at parent teacher conferences that last year during book club (before I was their teacher) they couldn't really decide if I was a teacher or a student.  I wasn't sure whether to be flattered that they thought I looked that young, or concerned that I dress so unprofessionally that I look like a student.