Brand new blog

Hello world.

Here goes with my first blog post.  Or do I just call it a "blog"?  Obviously I am not blog-savvy yet.  I have not decided what I will be discussing or who I will be sharing this with but one thing that is certain is grammar.  I strive to have flawless verbal skills, almost obsessively so.  It makes me cringe when people spell things incorrectly, use a word wrong, or mix-up tense or possession in everyday language.

Lately the one that has been killing me is when people incorrectly use "so-and-so and I."  Apparently they think that "so-and-so and me" is bad grammar.  No where else is this more true than on facebook.   I'm all for labeling pictures and having quirky captions describing your family vacation or your roommate's wedding, but just have your mom proof-read it (I don't think that was a "your mom" joke, but it could be).

I've been called the grammar police

A new phenomenon I've noticed on facebook is people capitalizing words that aren't proper nouns.  WTF?  Someone will have a status update along the lines of, "I Have Such good Friends!  I love Spending Time with My Girls!!!!!"  Please note the excessive exclamation marks.  All I have to say about those is, "really?  Really?"

I know now that I've confessed this, I am going to get comments saying I have misused a word or, more likely, punctuation.  I can deal with it.  If I couldn't take it, I wouldn't dish it.

This blog is probably going to just turn into a rant about... everyone.  I work in a food service/retail job where I am assaulted on a daily basis with idiots.  The types of people that say "exetera."  Ugh.

That is all for now.

Ginger out.