The life of a party. Confident and loyal princess who knows what she wants and will get it.
I don't think this is me at all. @_@ Life of a party? Confident? Nope, not me at all! Oh well, the picture is pretty, at least.
Anyway, I read some pretty interesting stuff in the paper today. In the "world" section I found this article:
Italy says ciao to bureaucratic lingo
ITALY The land of Dante declared war on officialese yesterday, vowing to simplify the way the state communicates with its citizens.
Civil Service Minister Franco Frattini unveiled a project to make bureaucratic language understandable. "Chiaro!" (Clear!) aims to rid the language used in bureaucratic texts of complex clauses and confusing terms.
One "before and after" example given at a news conference:
Before: "The aforementioned office for economic treatment will cease the distribution of monies commencing from May 1, 2001."
After: "Our office will stop payments as of May 1."
What a difference, eh? Not only will it save people a lot of confusion and headaches, I'm sure it will benefit the environment as well! Think of all the paper that will be saved by replacing big words with small ones, and getting rid of a lot of unnecessary ones!
Another cool thing I read was about how Australia has created an injection made from natural sheep proteins to make sheep's fleece fall off. So, instead of shearing sheep, people can just put nets around them to catch the fleece as it falls off! ^_^ Heehee...Imagine all those sheep walking around wearing nets!! Poor sheep, how they must suffer such indignities for our convenience!
Before I go, here's a poem that I found which I want to dedicate to my friends, you know who you are ^_~ :
I Love You
I love you,
Not only for what you are
But for what I am
When I am with you.
I love you
Not only for what
You have made of yourself
But for what
You are making of me.
I love you
For the part of me
That you bring out;
I love you
For putting your hand
Into my heaped-up heart
And passing over
All the foolish, weak things
That you can't help
Dimly seeing there,
And for drawing out
Into the light
All the beautiful belongings
That no one else had looked
Quite far enough to find.
I love you because you
Are helping me to make
Of the lumber of my life
Not a tavern
But a temple;
Out of works
Of my every day
Not a reproach
But a song.
I love you
Because you have done
More than any creed
Could have done
To make me good,
And more than any fate
Could have done
To make me happy.
You have done it
Without a touch,
Without a word,
Without a sign.
You have done it
By being yourself.
Perhaps that is what
Being a friend means,
After all.
