#@%$!!

I met an exuberant and delightful woman this weekend who introduced me to a new way to not swear. Every time someone said something worthy or wacky she said "SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!" with a big emphasis on the SH and F part of the sentence. It was quite entertaining but did increase in me the desire to ACTUALLY swear.

I've lately been in use of an exagerrated "SHOOOOOT!" (which I think I got from a certain Miss Carlson) when things are not quite going my way but still revert to the very succint "sh%t!" when I make a mistake on the volleyball court, and apparently no amount of children within earshot has changed that. I definitely go through periods where I swear like a sailor and others where I have the language of an angel. I was raised not to swear but it was never ingrained so much that I felt any sort of heavy guilt if I let one slip. And when I am angry I do tend to let 'em fly, not so attractive but hey for some reason it always always makes me feel better.

Mind you I do NOT find any satisfaction is saying these things to an actual person and I find myself deeply affected when they are directed at another actual human being. It is a verbal weapon and can be as damaging as sexual harassment....but let's not vent about that today.

Let's just reiterate that I do swear....and I try not to....but I like it.

Shoooooot.