can i say something

Right now I like:
Book: Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon: I'm rereading it and it's so much better the second time. Pick it up if you have a month to kill.
TV: Fringe on Fox: I actually didn't like it at first [for some reason I'd prejudged it as a bad show--too much hype?] but I've been watching it and it's really well put together.
Music: I'm not going to go there. I always feel like I'm being one of those too-cool-for-you indie nerds when I discuss music, even if the bands I'm talking about aren't that unknown.

I got an email from a college that had a subject title of: "Ryan, you're talent is impressive ..."

...
Yours isn't.
I mean, you'res isn't.

a lot of people use many words that are not needed to help get across their message
a lot of people use many words that are not needed to portray their message
a lot of people use unnecessary words to portray their message
people use unnecessary words to portray their message
people use unnecessary words
people use words
people use
people use people

people is a weird word

i have no room in my heart for mayonnaise

i don't even know what's in it. i don't think anyone does. you could embalm someone in that shit.

shouldn't television be abbreviated as t'v' and not tv? it's a contraction. capitalizing it doesn't make it any different from lowercase tv, does it?

punctuation is more serious than i want to be

periods have a definite finality to them. question marks are ambiguous: to those who rarely punctuate, they create seriousness behind the question; for those who frequently punctuate, they're a necessity. periods are similar, but they show more emotion, especially when compared to the effervescent exclamation mark. for example: thanks. vs. thanks! the period in the former makes it seem as if the bearer of thanks is not completely genuine. the exclamation mark, however, shows the user's apparent appreciation.
then there's the mighty apostrophe. if you're going to type with proper punctuation and capitalization, the apostrophe is a must-have. as you may have noticed, i don't capitalize my sentences or proper nouns. that would seem doubly serious, coupled with my punctuation. i'm not writing a novel. but i do everything else correctly [or i think i do]. one can't claim to be proper when they use then instead of than, their instead of they're [or there], or thats instead of that's. thats isn't even a word.
contractions also make things less serious. even if i were to write a novel, i would still use contractions. the only instance in which i would shun the contraction is if i were writing a decree or something of the sort.

i think i'd make a good analyst [at least with my own syntax].

the law needs an english class.

the signs in massachusetts read:

CLICK IT OR TICKET!

BUCKLE UP,

ITS THE LAW!

contractions need love too.