It’s time for me to stop swearing. I just sent an email with *shit* in it to a friend and I guess that’s not a big deal. But swearing makes one sound uneducated, vulgar, coarse and generally unlady-like. These are of course the reasons I enjoy it.
So, I’m coming up with some new words to use. So far I have:
Oh SNAP.
Fiddlesticks.
Knucklehead
Pinhead
Nitwit
Dimwit
Oh calamity (just popped in my head).
I’m eliciting suggestions. Kindly, help me.
I’m about to go for a bike ride. I have no idea where I’ll go, whether it’ll be rocky/rooty/muddy/grassy/fire-road/flat road. We’ll see.
A few rides ago I came across beautiful bright orange newt. He was so adorable. Here’s a picture of what he looked like. Newts and salamanders have these wonderful little knowing smiles. Scotia is totally overgrown and absolutely turgid with life, saturated with chlorophyll and existence. It’s beautiful. In the morning, I tend to ride through a lot of spider webs, which is a little bit yucky but also pretty hard-core.
I have an app’t with a new therapist at 1 pm. I spoke with Dr. S (my therapist I used to see in Other-Town) and she said that of course it was fine and that if I want to come back and see her in the fall when I’m in Other-Town regularly for class that’s fine and that if I don’t that’s ok too. There was more to it than that. She was awesome about it, which of course makes me want to see HER. We’ll see how the new one goes. She’s got a lot to prove. I’m having all sorts of complex thinking about it, about me, about me in either role etc. We’ll see what happens.
I’m off to roll along with Gary Fisher.
Tags: bike, Gary Fisher, oh snap, swearing, therapy
June 15, 2009 at 4:49 pm |
Jason and I use “rugger frugger” and “why don’t you go ahead and take a dollar off” as our main swear words. The dollar off = FU in a kind and loving way. Rugger frugger sounds a lot like motherfucker but I don’t use it in that way … I’d like to adopt oh snap more.
June 15, 2009 at 4:49 pm |
also – yay orange newts. That’s awesome. I love all the lizards we have out here.
June 16, 2009 at 12:32 pm |
I’ve never quite understood some of the issues with swearing. Of course there are some swear words that have connotations that I don’t like and I try to avoid those. However, when I say “frack” instead of “f*ck,” what’s the difference? Everyone knows I mean the same thing. Is this just catering to society’s definition of appropriate language? If so, who is determining what is appropriate. In general I try to avoid swearing not because *I* think it’s bad but because I don’t want to offend other people who think it’s bad or I don’t want to influence children before they can make a decision about what words they choose on their own.
As for suggestions, “frack” is my expletive of choice.
June 16, 2009 at 2:27 pm |
I totally agree. I think that’s why I DON’T just want to use DARN or SHOOT. I think considering the function of swearing, why we/I do it, what is the goal and is there another way to meet that need is important.
I use these words for emphasis. See, I REALLY mean it. You know? Plus, sometimes it seems to make stuff funny. The taboo of the words is part of their “charm.”