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Saturday, March 19, 2005

I got my hair did today. It looks incredible. I am so excited. I will take a picture of it soon for all of you loyal Sidesho-viewers. It was by far the most expensive haircut I have ever gotten, and it was by far worth every penny. Money just can’t buy the sheer extasy that I get from a killer haircut. I got it done by Xristopher at Pompeo … he’s the new Hannah.

While I was there, they were filming a reality TV show that is based around the salon, the stylists, and ~~exacerbates~~ emphasizes how shallow and pretentious Dallas is. A show about how shallow and pretentious Dallas is … on the day I’m there having my hair highlighted. Fantastic. They interviewed Xristopher WHILE he was doing my hair, and asked him to please turn me more toward the camera. So I think I’m totally going to be on this new reality TV show on TLC. I forget what they were calling it, it’s something like Chic Dallas or something stupid. How funnoying.

I just invented a new word. Did you notice?

Tonight is Brent and Levi’s housewarming party. Last night Ryan S■■■ and I drank SO much straight vodka while dancing in our pj’s to Neil Diamond that it would make you sick. I know it made me sick. So my body is really crying to stay home, but my liver says to go out … and you should always listen to your liver. So much iron. I’m off! Czech you skillets on the flip side.

Dallas, Texas, USA

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Neil Diamond

1miles

Oh the relief of the correction! I was beginning to have trouble sleeping; living with the knowledge of your perfection compromised takes a toll. Another note, however... perhaps your intent with 'dually' was 'duly'?

I suppose that your question of semantics should be posed to whomever is using the phrase. When I am the user, I typically mean "duly" as opposed to its homophone "dually". In either case, I wish we would have dinner this week to discuss this further.

Chris M■■■

For the Sidesho-viewers that go all the way back to Shepard (I think I'm the only one), the obvious first choice for a hendecasyllabic word would be "antidisestablishmentarianism". However, after counting several times, I noticed that it's dodecasyllabic (12 syllables). So the only hendecasyllabic word I could come up with is "esophagogastroduodenoscope".

I disagree - I think "ism" has 2 syllables. If you think it only has one, does that mean that "chasm" only has 1 syllable? Does "sarcasm" only have 2? I did some research on the net and I found supporting arguments for both points of view, but I think that because it's pronounced "is-um" that it has 2 syllables.

Ryan S■■■

I think I might have to side with my old Wilson comrad, Mr. Moore. Syllables are determined by sounds and phonics, so "ism," which has a high-low rhythm, is two syllables. Would you not count Hawaii as having three syllables?

ViD

I've done more research on this than I feel is healthy. Most of the things I read suggest that because -ism is a suffix, it is always counted as one syllable. I've even seen -able counted as one. I don't think we're arguing over -ism as much as we are the definition of a syllable. I certainly pronounce -ism as is-um, although probably to a lesser degree than some; however, I still would not count it as two syllables. It's not solely phonic. And I don't think we need to bring foreign countries like Hawaii into the discussion.