Changing old habits

[sparr]

At age 13 I changed the way I write the number 7.
At 17 I changed the way I tie my shoes.
At 19 I changed my signature.
At 22 I changed my laugh.
Today I am changing from two spaces between sentences (after the period) to one. It should only take a few months this time. Wish me luck.

Comments

[kdsorceress.livejournal.com]

17, really? That seems younger than I would've expected, maybe.

I don't think I knew offhand that you'd changed your signature. I should just standardize mine. :/

Luck, dear. Does this mean I get to snark at you if I catch you messing up?

~Sor

[sparr0.livejournal.com]

Please do, although you might feel recriminations when you fail at algebra again :-p

[kdsorceress.livejournal.com]

Hangon, is this all algebra, or just the algebra that I learned in middle school and should know by now? Because I find it totally conceivable that I ducked up a couple problems on my abstract algebra final (indeed, there was one I just couldn't solve at all), yet I find that a reasonable position for me to be in, especially since I don't especially anticipate ever having to teach group theory.

And punishing me for sucking at math that I'm currently learning is Just Not Fair.¹

That being said, I believe my original response was "Oh for fuck's sake, I'm not *going* to fail at algebra again, you asshole."

:P

~Sor

1: Yes, yes, and neither is the world.

[sparr0.livejournal.com]

I am sure I can restrict my jokes to core subjects no less than 10 years in your past and still have ample fodder :)

[kdsorceress.livejournal.com]

Oh bloody fcking¹ hell. Fine.

~Sor

1: I feel I should point out that neither this nor 'ducked' above are typos, both are alternates to fuck that I regularly use.

[allison-smiley.livejournal.com]

I have to say - that is a habit I want to break and have still yet to master. Two spaces between sentences is really no longer necessary IMO, but that is how I learned to type and my thumb just goes space bar happy.

Changing old habits

[efire360.livejournal.com]

The only reason there ever was two spaces was because typewriters have monospaced letters. No one who works in typesetting ever uses two spaces ever--with the exeption of colons, some people like the extra space, but we don't do it where I work. With digital typesetting, two spaces are even less necessary.