That's wack, yo.

Got newest issue of Reader's Digest in the mail. I usually only give the "Enrich Your Word Power" feature a cursory glance, never being very good at learning vocabulary from isolated, non-contextual lists. ^^;; But, what the hell is this?

At the holidays, you've probably got
kids hanging around the house--maybe
home from college for vacation. Do you
have one-way conversations because
you have no idea what they're saying?
Our quiz will give you the dope (info)
on how to talk their dope (cool) talk.

Quiz words include: "my bad", "whatevs", "wack", "bling-bling", "dis", "phat"...

Argh! Slang shouldn't be a part of anybody's vocabulary education! If you pick it up from conversation, fine, but I thought these features were supposed to help, I don't know, improve literacy?

Insert angelic chorus here

I'd like to thank the fire alarm for getting my butt up and out of bed on this bright, cheery morning. Truly a more welcoming, melodious departure from the land of dreams could not have been produced by hands of man, and my soul is further enriched for having greeted the sun at the blessed hour of seven am as it rose o'er our shivering, dumbly blinking countenances.


Well, I needed to get up to finish my lab anyway. ¬_¬