Working on the Creepy Factor: The Weekly Hodgepodge

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Every January 1st since 1976 Lake Superior University has published a list of words they'd like to see banished from the Queen's English. Words may be banished due to misuse, overuse or just general uselessness (go here to read more about how the words were chosen). Here are the words/phrases they'd like to see banished in 2024-

hack, impact, at the end of the day, rizz, slay, iconic, cringe worthy, obsessed, side hustle, wait for it

Which of these words/phrases would you most like to see banished from everyday speech and why? Are any of these a regular part of your speech? Is there a word not on the list that you'd like to add? 

I ask yet again, who made Lake Superior University the gatekeeper of the English language?  Anyway, the slang or misused words such as hack, rizz, and slay can all go.  I'd also like to see the phrase "wrap my head/mind/brain around" hung up by its feet and used as a pinata.  Maybe instead of deleting words, Lake Superior University should encourage people to actually purchase a dictionary and learn to use it.  Did I say that?  Sorry, that was in my teacher voice.

What do you wish you'd done more of last year? Less of? 

I wish I had done more writing and less stress eating last year.  Oh, well.  Onward and upward.

A place you'd like to visit in this new year? Do you think you will? 

I'd like to visit Colorado Springs for a weekend.  There's several things I'd like to do there:  

• Tour the Garden of the gods.  I went with a friend a couple of years ago, but it was pouring rain so visibility and picture quality were poor (see photo).
• Take a watercolor class with Lorraine Watry.  I saw her on an old episode of Colour in Your Life and would thoroughly enjoy a class or two from her.
• Visit the Hideaway Retreat Center again.  I was there in 2019 for a church retreat but didn't get to experience all that the center had to offer (the fitness area, hot tubs, and hiking trails).
• Eat at the Cracker Barrel.  We don't have one in the Denver metro area and the nearest one is only about 10 minutes closer than the Colorado Springs location.
• See some friends of mine who live near Colorado Springs.  They have a new baby I wish to spoil.

Am I likely to go?  Honestly, I don't know.  Here's a question for y'all:  How does a single person go out and do things like this without it being creepy?  I know I can't expect my friends to always want to go the same places as I, but doesn't the alone factor make this trip lonely and sad?  If you were in my shoes, what would you do?

What are three words to sum up or describe your 2023? 

Busy
Fun
Interesting

What advice would you like to give yourself as we begin a new year? 

Write more things down.

Insert your own random thought here.

In case you missed it:  

* My previous Hodgepodge post:  "Days 34 & 35:  Scraps and Such 01" is here.
* My final Simple Woman's Daybook "Day 40:  The End is Just the Beginning?" is here.
* My latest Monday Mess Making post on my Auntie's Workshop blog "Quilt in a Day...Well:  Episode 3" is here.