"To a Certain Extent"

I wished so bad today that I could have slept in, and then spent the remainder of my day in pyjamas, watching old movies and snuggling with someone. The weather is kind of depressing, but perfect for doing absolutely nothing in particular.

Amy and I amused ourselves lastnight by doing the Celebrity Face Recognition. I read about it on the John Mayer website (which I shamelessly plugged in my previous entry), and well, I thought it might be fun to do it. So I did it. Amy didn't have the best of luck. She looked like a few african-american men. Amy is clearly not and african american man (or woman, for that matter.) I had a good laugh. Lucky for me, I look like Sienna Miller and Julia Stiles... and Florence Henderson! She is OLD. Maybe it's trying to tell me something.

Ok, here is something to think about. I tried to explain something to my friends today and they didn't agree with me... so anyways, here it is. When you say "to a certain extent", it's kind of misleading to whomever you are talking to, or at least I think so. We used the example of weather.
"I like hot weather, but only to a certain extent."
Saying that you like it to a certain extent means that you are certain about to what extent you can stand the heat. Being certain about something implies that you are 100% sure, that you have a specific temperature or amount in your mind, whatever the situation may be. But I know for myself, I do not know the exact temperature in degrees when I start to feel uncomfortable and then start to dislike hot weather. My friends viewpoint was that it doesn't have to be an exact number, you just have to know that there comes a point when you are certain that you are uncomfortable because of the heat. I guess both ways it works. I don't know, I thought I really had something, but now that I have written it out, it really does make sense both ways.
*sigh* I thought I might be on to a major mistake in the english language, to be compared to the likes of people saying "irregardless" and other idiot things that people say without realizing it. Oh well.

Anyways, gotta go do some folding and cleaning and reading and whatnot.