My time in the North has created in me an intense passion for fresh fruits and vegetables. Commonplace no more, these culinary delights sit on a throne in my fridge. Often, in the past year, it’s been a battle against the clock to consume produce faster than the produce is consumed by out-of-control organic processes which render my lettuce wilted, celery flaccid, bananas muffin-worthy, and green onions slimy; all after a single day in my possession. Unfair. In Dawson City the weekend past, we came upon a farmer’s market and what was my purchase? A giant bunch of fresh carrots. Happily, we munched on them as a hiking snack - they were like candy. So sweet and crunchy. Intensely satisfying and great props for goofy pictures. At home in Ontario, it’s the lettuce and sweet tomatoes that appeal most. In my former life as one who took fresh produce for granted (no more!) I would have never thought to pack a bunch of fresh carrots for a hiking snack…was always quick to grab the oatmeal bars and apples. Traditional snack food no more…bring on the celery…the grapefruits…the peppers…
hummina.
What I need is a piece of punctuation that falls, on the excitement scale, between an exclamation mark and a period. I feel like exclamation marks are FAR too enthusiastic most of the time - but periods just don’t seem to convey enough oomph. For a while, I was a huge fan of the ‘dot dot dot’…but it is to easy to over use…FAR too easy… Maybe if I just ended my ‘happy’ sentences with < they would seem more gradual. Or perhaps the combination of <! would be less exciting. I just don’t want to be one of those crazy exclamation types! Where after every sentence I have to use one! It just seems phony! Like when I am REALLY happy no one will believe me! Because I cried wolf far too often before! Know what I mean?
^ ooo I just noticed that little character. Perhaps it can stand for “start off excited, but cap it quickly, it’s not like I’m ‘I won a million dollars happy’, the enthusiasm has a limit”. I like that.
Or maybe I just need to pay closer attention to the words I use and rely on them to transmit my emotion. Let’s try. ‘I am so happy’. Meaning is there…somehow still not enough. Odd how I DO need punctuation to finish my thought with pizazz. DAMN punctuation! I need more options! (See I was excited that time and needed an !).
THIS is funny. To me anyway.
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