i've discussed my love of list making many times. besides sorting my trail mix, list making is a favorite OCD behaviour. it's somehow soothing to be able to check things off of a list. and just having the list is a way to try and control your life when it feels out of control. read this article about the birth of the thesaurus. it's really interesting and more then a little sad.sad:
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unhappy
Synonyms: bereaved, bitter, blue, cheerless, dejected, depressed, despairing, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, distressed, doleful, down, downcast, forlorn, gloomy, glum, grief-stricken, grieved, heartbroken, heartsick, heavy-hearted, hurting, in doldrums, in grief, languishing, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholy, morbid, morose, mournful, pensive, pessimistic, somber, sorrowful, sorry, troubled, weeping, wistful, woebegone
Antonyms: cheerful, happy
i did an image search for "vintage thesaurus" and got the image at the top. weird, huh?
2 comments:
We are a family of list makers..
I'm big on lists too. Google Notebook is like crack for me now. I can have lists and track them electronically and update them at any computer or even on my phone.
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