“Pittsburgh, which seems to be the Galapagos Islands of American dialect.” July 24, 2006
michele sent me an article, complete with mp3s, about dialects in america. we are apparently the freaks of it all….
the post gazette had an article about the n@ stickers, complete with a list of links about pittsburghese
Good Web sources for Pittsburghese:
english.cmu.edu/pittsburghspeech/
www.pittsburghese.com/ (entertaining site but no longer maintained)
www.slanguage.com/pittsburgh.html
www.sesraw.com/Birdra/pitt.htm
cd trade news July 23, 2006
so, i think i mentioned that i did a cd trade. i created and burned my cd last week, i hope my trade partner was happy with it….
here’s the final product, while the music didn’t have a library theme, the packaging did:
the track listing was done in the format of a check out card. i have since acquired real check out cards, so i think that’ll be fun in the future.
i got my cd last week too, i haven’t had time to listen, but here’s what my partner made me:
trouble. July 23, 2006
gilbert has become obsessed with sitting on the step stool in the kitchen (for us short folk). he also loves to sit on the stool and have people comb him. if you walk away with out giving him proper attention, he will likely swat at you and try to claw you. nice. we have raised such a respectful cat.
visit to the club July 23, 2006
finally, i have uploading some photos to share. i swear this summer has been lazy central, but with work and school too. i don’t know, i feel busy, but i guess i don’t feel like i am accomplishing so much, so i am also lazy, make sense?
i went to bill’s club last weekend for community day. it is more up in the mountains, further from civilization. there are a lot of people who come down to check out the club, i imagine that it’s pretty big excitement for them, which i guess is nice. hm.
guess it keeps bill of the streets, right? a few years ago, natasha, dana, j and i went on a “train robbery” trip, it was crazy. i wish we had photos of that…. sorry.
this photo is not used in a metaphoric manner July 22, 2006
Multimedia message
Originally uploaded by amyr.
i finished class today, only 3 jobs to keep tabs on, at least for a few more weeks. i swear a REAL update with unused photos tomorrow.
what can you look forward to?
cd trade news
swimming
side braids in my hair (do i really need to blog about that, probably no)
wedding stuff (you’re going to have to sweat it out to see if it’s me who’s getting married…. dum dum duh (aka: suspenseful music))
possible real knitting projects
what i have been making lately
stay tuned…
damn haters. July 22, 2006
view of pittsburgh from the point
Originally uploaded by amyr.
the final 21 minutes of elizabethtown are amazing. totally fantastic. what was the deal with everyone hating on this movie? did anyone else bother to see it? i am a sucker for cameron crowe “moments” and little details so i really got into it.
anyway….
phipps July 20, 2006
so i haven’t been to phipps in years but i hear the cafe there is really nice since the renovation. so, pgh folks, check it out: http://www.phipps.conservatory.org/menu.htm
maybe i am the only dork reading this (aside from other dorky library students..) July 20, 2006
but the new pew study on blogging is out…. woo hoo. guess it was interesting to read about bloggers, what they read, what they write about… anyway.
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/186/report_display.asp
