Big Word of the Day: Part Trois
Saturday, Sep 1, 2007 2:14AM / Standard Entry
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Alright, alright, so I promised I'll showcase one Big Word per day, and failed to carry out my duty. I am not worthy. But if I do, then each blog will not be as special as the other one, riiiiight? Okay fine, I admit it, I slacked off. And I cannot list how many times that slack attack has hit me (yes, I am a victim after all).
To slack off
Ah what can I say. Everyone slacks off. Please do not even pretend to be completely oblivious to that action (or non-action for that matter). My slacking is often qualified as procrastination (is there a difference anyway?!) and I recall having done this for.... pretty much everything. Now you tell me if you're in the same boat - and for some of you sensitive souls, please spare yourselves the horrid details to come:
* bills, bills, bills: somehow, banks, credit card companies, electricity/gas/water companies and other insist on sending paper bills or receipts - what happened to being eco-friendly?! Don't know. But what I do know is that there's a healthy pile of unopened envelopes that are just waiting to surprise me with a string of digits that I'd rather not imagine. Yes, I do like to open them in one go because i enjoy.... slacking off.
* another one bites the dust: and that would be me? I guess so. Were you ever annoyed by that ball of dust just chilling in the corner of your apartment, nested somewhere between your bookshelf and the wall? And you just have to, have to pick it up with some tissue? Because you can't stand the sight of it?! Well, not me. I like to let 'em run free and pile up til they form a big tumbleweed-like ball. Then, and only then, darn it, is it worth my time and effort, because i enjoy.... slacking off.
* moldfinger, the one with the midas touch:...NOT. Perhaps it's me - and I admit, it's a horrible disease. But I just don't mind mold so much. Of course I wouldn't like to eat mold. But when it's sitting at the bottom of your sink after you've left your dirrrrrrty dishes sitting there for a few days (and it's hot and humid), you get? Yes, that's right: moooooooooooooooold. Guess fatigue after work trumps having to wash the dishes. Okay, perhaps I've shared too much insight into my daily life - everybody: erase that vision from your memory!! but either way, you get it - i enjoy..... slacking off.
I can go on ("nooooo pleeeeease!!"), but I'll spare you for now. Alrighty, on to the good stuff, courtesy of Free Dictionary.
slack off
1. to work less hard than is usual or necessary. Workers tend to slack off on Mondays and Fridays.
2. to become less severe or extreme. If this rain would slack off, we could finish the work outside.
Now that I've grossed my loyal viewers (population: 2), I promise to make it up to you all with something less frightful next time.... unless that's what you guys like.... herk herk. Nevermind.
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