I'm a bad, bad girl

Once again, I'm skipping earth science today. But today's the last time I'm doing it. I've got stuff due for my professional writing class today, and I need to be working on that. Didn't get much time over the weekend to work on it. (Two memos and a complaint letter.) Plus, studying for my earth science lab test tomorrow.

Plus, there's always the thing that I'll get called into work tonight...which I volunteered for, if Brooke doesn't show up. It's been kind of iff-y with her lately, so who knows. I left a note for Patti to call my cell phone if she doesn't show and I can at least be at work by six.

So...off to get my work done.

word of the day

Word of the Day for Sunday, September 24, 2006

vertiginous \vur-TIJ-uh-nuhs\, adjective:

1. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
2. Causing or tending to cause dizziness.
3. Turning round; whirling; revolving.
4. Inclined to change quickly or frequently; inconstant.


"But up close the building is impossibly steep, vertiginous, hostile."
-- Neil Baldwln, Legends of the Plumed Serpent

"He did us no good when, without permission, he entered Tibetan air space and flew up over central China, explaining that it was impossible to comply with the authorities' instructions to land because of the vertiginous mountain terrain."
-- Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, Around the World in 20 Days
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Vertiginous derives from Latin vertigo, "a turning round, a whirling round; giddiness," from vertere, "to turn." Related words include reverse, "to turn back (re-) or around"; subvert, "to undermine" (from sub-, "under" + vertere -- at root "to turn from under, to overturn"); and versus, "against" (from versus, "turned towards," hence "facing, opposed," from the past participle of vertere).

update: looks like I'm working today

To fill in for Kevin. He's still sick. He didn't sound good yesterday when he called up to try to get someone to fill in for him.

Ah well. Extra hours. I kind of need them.

*tangent* Why does my tummy hurt? I only had a salad and a baked potato for lunch.