dictionary.com is my new best friend

[fishpatrol]

I have devised a way to make studying GRE vocab seem...enticing. I'm not sure how long this method will remain effective (read: how long it will remain entertaining and novel) and I can never allow my study notes to fall into the hands of, well, anyone, but hey, as long as it works... :Db

The slightly annoying thing is, I'm so conscious of this LEARN-NEW-VOCAB thing that I will automatically stop in the middle of a story (in the middle of the sentence, usually!), whether it'd be a book, fic, or even audiobook, and jot down and look up the unknown word. I can't even make myself read to the end of the paragraph and double back for the word because my brain will be blaring, "LOOK UP THE WORD NAO NAO NAO". Talk about breaking the flow of the story! (and let me tell you, it gets especially irritating when you're reading the NC-17 part of an NC-17 fic)

Is this a permutation or combination question:
Brooke wants to hang three paintings in a row on her wall. She has six paintings to choose from. How many arrangements of paintings on the wall can she create?
I think it's combination, because order shouldn't matter, but my book says the opposite. D:

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Snagged from dear_whimsy:

The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away :D

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I wonder what it would be like to sleep on a $159.99 pillow.

Comments

[dear-whimsy.livejournal.com]

D: What way?

[photograficnerd.livejournal.com]

Who uses big words in the middle of sexing? D:

I wonder what it would be like to sleep on a $159.99 pillow.
Probably the same as sleeping on a $9.99 pillow. :/

What's your favourite colour? because I can only think of elementary questions

[whosthat.livejournal.com]

Mannn you're one of those people I admire. If I don't know a word, I'll just try to figure out what it roughly means from that entire sentence and continue reading, telling myself I'll get back to the word later (which of course never comes, lmao). XD

Ugh, it's been too long since I've done any math questions. Not that I'm even good at P&C in the first place. Sorry. D:

What's with the pillow?
And for the meme: what's the first thing you'll look at a person?

[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

TELL ME MY FAVOURITE BUNNY PLZ PLZ PLZ ;o;o;o;o;o; ◕3◕

And haha I used to do that all the time when I was young...too lazy now, though. I've been doing that with Chinese, though, so I learn new words :3333

And I would have guessed permutation. It says in a row, then asks for arrangements, so there's an order involved and thus permutation. Wow, you are studying so hard ;_; You should come to Europe with me~~~~~~~ ◕3◕

QUESTION: WHAT KIND OF PANTIES DO YOU WEAR. (This is something I should know about you if we were roommates :P WHICH WE MAY BE, BTW, IF YOU COME TO EUROPE WITH ME. OR AUSTRALIA.)

[disutansu.livejournal.com]

Dictionary.com has that word-of-a-day thing, which I got into for a while, then forgot. XD;;

For me, I almost never look up words... *relies on context clues and sort of GUESS what the word means* I fail as a good student. XD;;;;

Question: Hm... have you always lived in Canada? *fails at questions* Or where are your parents from?

And I don't think I want to sleep on a $159.99 pillow. O.O;;