WIKTORY!

[lagilman]

The new television* is successfully set up. The new blu-ray player is successfully set up and hooked into the home network (after a mighty battle** skalds would not scorn to sing).

I am going to celebrate by wailing on a scene that needs to be revised and put to bed. Hey, you have your victory celebrations, I have mine***.






*my friends insisted I needed a 46-50 inch television for the lounge area. My friends are size queens. The 40" does the job perfectly well without overwhelming the space.
** seriously. It was a battle of wills and ice-cold hate and steely determination, and in the end, the player blinked.
*** and, at some point after that, I need to rearrange the artwork, because moving one piece meant everything else had to be reconsidered, too...

Comments

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Hooray!

(And 'wailing on' something as opposed to 'whaling on' it? Is this a regional variation, or are you faced with something that's making you weep from frustration?)

[lagilman]

"Wailing on" as I was just explaining over on Facebook, is an evolved spelling variant, mainly because to many of us "waling" (from "to wale") sounds like "WA-ling" and the other popular variant of "whaling" should not be used unless invoking either harpoons or krill.

http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/wail-on

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

In celebration of the new TV, you must figure out what DVD to watch first, a treasured oldie, or something shiny and new.

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Aha, language evolution. I do love the way that language sort of follows rules, and then when it thinks the teacher isn't watching sneaks off for a quick fag behind the bike shed.

Oh, wait, that last phrase has a totally different meaning in your country ...

[fireun.livejournal.com]

New TV? Excellent. Let me grab the flask and the laptop and I will be down in a bit.