(hand)writing and deadlines
Aug. 28th, 2004 01:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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debc, who got it from eiluned:
Which reads:
And I, too, am curious about other people's handwriting.
The ampersand, such as it is, is backwards in the first paragraph, which is something I don't normally do. The birds distracted me with squawking and suddenly I had to think about what I was doing, which always messes it up.
On reread, I think it's funny that I'm pleased with the way it "looks" despite being more or less unreadable. But I do think it's pretty handwriting, even if it's useless for the intended purpose most of the time.
The way both instances of "hard" look in that last paragraph could, potentially, read: hard, had, hand, maybe even head. When I go back over things I've written, I definitely pick up meanings from context, though in some older journals (especially dream journals, which are a freakshow anyway), it's impossible.
I use my right hand for most things, but I'm much more adept at others with my left--using scissors, in particular. Left-handed people tend to be much faster typists and my facility with the left hand has certainly helped me in that regard. My mother is left-handed and when I was a toddler, I wanted to learn to write very, very much. I could read quite well from about age 3, but I wanted to make words. So, even though I hold the pen in my right hand, I use a left-handed grip, curving back toward my wrist and dragging my hand through fresh ink. There's no smearing in the above sample, but my smallest finger is gray now from rubbing across my marks.
And now you know more about me and my handwriting than you ever cared to.
I don't know if she actually cares, but if you do this, you might want to link it toeiluned's own entry. And I'd certainly like a link so that I can be sure to see yours, too.
deadlines: When you're looking at midnight deadlines, it's important to realize that there are potentially two separate midnights attached to any given date, and you might be aiming for the wrong one.
Yeah. So, if I asked you to beta and then failed spectacularly to provide you with anything to actually review, it will show up before this other midnight, i.e., the one still in the future.
debc, who got it from eiluned: Which reads:
Because Eil (& DebC) was curious about other people's handwriting...
Copy this onto a sheet of paper and sign your name (or internet alias) then scan your paper and post this meme in your journal.
My handwriting is looking pretty good today, albeit hard to read. Like, once I forget exactly what I wrote, I'll have a hard time translating this myself.
jed
And I, too, am curious about other people's handwriting.
The ampersand, such as it is, is backwards in the first paragraph, which is something I don't normally do. The birds distracted me with squawking and suddenly I had to think about what I was doing, which always messes it up.
On reread, I think it's funny that I'm pleased with the way it "looks" despite being more or less unreadable. But I do think it's pretty handwriting, even if it's useless for the intended purpose most of the time.
The way both instances of "hard" look in that last paragraph could, potentially, read: hard, had, hand, maybe even head. When I go back over things I've written, I definitely pick up meanings from context, though in some older journals (especially dream journals, which are a freakshow anyway), it's impossible.
I use my right hand for most things, but I'm much more adept at others with my left--using scissors, in particular. Left-handed people tend to be much faster typists and my facility with the left hand has certainly helped me in that regard. My mother is left-handed and when I was a toddler, I wanted to learn to write very, very much. I could read quite well from about age 3, but I wanted to make words. So, even though I hold the pen in my right hand, I use a left-handed grip, curving back toward my wrist and dragging my hand through fresh ink. There's no smearing in the above sample, but my smallest finger is gray now from rubbing across my marks.
And now you know more about me and my handwriting than you ever cared to.
I don't know if she actually cares, but if you do this, you might want to link it to
eiluned's own entry. And I'd certainly like a link so that I can be sure to see yours, too. deadlines: When you're looking at midnight deadlines, it's important to realize that there are potentially two separate midnights attached to any given date, and you might be aiming for the wrong one.
Yeah. So, if I asked you to beta and then failed spectacularly to provide you with anything to actually review, it will show up before this other midnight, i.e., the one still in the future.
