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| Sunday, June 21st, 2009 | | 5:35 pm |
| | Friday, May 15th, 2009 | | 12:05 pm |
| | Sunday, March 29th, 2009 | | 8:43 pm |
Sheepage because I've not posted
Your result for The Watchmen Personality Type Test...
The Silk SpectreYou scored 50% Moral Imperatives and 67% Attitude! 
You are altruistic yet selfish.
An overbearing sense of pressure has lead to your moral perspective being offset by a confusion of self identity with your acts of goodness generally being motivated by self-interest, even if only to convince yourself of your 'goodness'.
Ultimately we all have to grow up, though you might find that your need for confirmation through other people will require another equally confused person to help you do so.
Take The Watchmen Personality Type Test at HelloQuizzy
| | Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 | | 6:52 pm |
The next week feels busy
Looks like I have Friday night plans, plus Metallica on Saturday night, plus people up cleaning Sunday. I think tomorrow and Thursday will be normal, bun I know the week after I will be in really early for training at least a couple of days. | | Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 | | 6:21 pm |
When I'm sleepy, the most consistant mental state I can manage is horny. Frustrating in general, but worse at work. | | Friday, January 16th, 2009 | | 3:52 pm |
It all depends on who's ox is getting gored
That is something my parents used to say a lot. It's about how a situation looks different to people, depending on how it effects them. Has anyone else ever heard this, or are my parents just another flavor of strange? | | Thursday, January 1st, 2009 | | 12:00 am |
Intro and welcome
Inspired by others, I'm adding this sticky post. If you've been on my friends list a while, you've probably seen a fair bit of what I am writing about. Especially if you click through the lj-cuts. For newer people, here's the skinny: 2005 was an intense year; 2006 is almost over and was also an intense year. I write a lot about my mental health into my friends list. There's a lot of sadness, depression, and things I don't like about myself. There are also things about myself that scare me, disgust me, and dismay me. I may move this off into a special filter at some point in the future, but for now it's in with the main body. Feel free to comment, even if it's just to say that you read it, or that you've felt something like that. If I really don't want comments, I'll lock the post. :-) I have a few other filters, mostly dealing with aspects of my relationship life, sexuality, and kink. You can opt in to those - contact me. Hopefully, the standard writing will be worth reading, and sometimes helpful. Welcome! | | Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 | | 2:56 pm |
According to LJ, I've not posted in 5 weeks. I guess that must be how long I've been using other things to slack. | | Monday, October 27th, 2008 | | 3:59 pm |
Weekend in Philly, quick recap
Drove down Friday night. Hung out with a friend in a rest stop on the Jersey Turnpike, as we were both driving south. Got Zoe from work, went back to her place, slept. Saturday: Got up, turkey bacon and scrambled eggs. Talked about pirating plans for the night, drove Zoe to work. I called a couple of friends, then checked in on a local couple I know. She was feeling under the weather. I gave him a lift to his lab, where he explained some of what he was working on. It was pretty fascinating. After that, met turnpike friend for costume shopping. Got Zoe some wings, got some other props for other people, but alas, nothing for me. Then a bit of Ikea shopping, then getting lost, then getting Zoe from work. Pirating fell through, so I ran people around that I said I would run around, then back to Zoe's for a quiet night of Torchwood. Zoe came up with a drink which I've dubbed the Yaegermonster, in honor of Girl Genius. It's basically what it sounds like - part Yaegermeister, part Lo-Carb Monster energy drink. Zoe ended up wired silly for the rest of the night. I gave up and crawled into bed before she mellowed out enough to sleep. Sunday: Dave and Busters! Tried to pull a crowd together, ended up with 4 people. At least three of us made the effort to have fun attire. Parking situation meant that half our group had to leave early. Zoe is really great at House of the Dead 3 - pump action gun games suit her. At least we had some good food and even better deserts. A bit of shopping: hair dye for Zoe, a ridiculous butane lighter for me. Argued in the car about environmentalism. Zoe cut off the argument when she decided she'd rather not spend the end of the day fighting with me. She has much better instincts than I do. Another episode of Torchwood, then car packing, then my drive home. Made it home safely, but I'm not the sort of endurance driver I used to be. Unpacked car quickly, then straight to bed. Didn't even turn on my computer. Today I'm reading blog entries on how the current financial troubles will functionally wipe out what we currently think of as civilization. The luckier of the industrialized countries will find a way to turn themselves into large numbers of small, self-sustaining communities. The pre-industrialized world will be business as usual. Most people won't have access to electricity or oil. And somehow the guy writing this seems to convey the idea that this form of life would be superior to what we have now. I could rant at great length about a lot of ideologies and belief systems that upset me, because they make bad assumptions or they talk about things as being 'inherently good', rather than admitting that it's an opinion about values. But then it's just me getting upset to no good end. I value intelligent life higher than non-intelligent life. I value sentient life higher than non-sentient life. I think technology is useful and not inherently evil. That combination of beliefs seems to alienate me from most environmentalists that I remember meeting. Maybe I meet a lot of environmentalists that don't stick out in my mind - you know, buy not howling at me that I'm inherently evil and/or stupid for not believing their 'self-evidently' obvious positions. | | Friday, October 10th, 2008 | | 12:29 am |
My really funny line tonight
Apparently, the way I delivered this line was purely hilarious. The line was "Thanks to Prozac, I hate people less now." - or at least that's the best I can remember. I guess I'm funniest when I'm certain flavors for trying to be - but not this flavor. | | Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 | | 12:13 pm |
I was going to post about work.
But then had other thoughts. Perspective is very important. The Obi-Wan Kenobi line is very true of the human condition: "You'll find many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on your point of view." | | Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 | | 12:26 pm |
My company is hiring software developers, particularly recent grads
The job's in NYC, you need to be willing to work in NYC. There's a referral bonus for me if you get hired and stay at least 6 months. Please post if you are interested in more details. Also, there are account manager and project manager positions, also in NYC. There's an Admin Assistant job in DC, and there's some Tier 2 and phone work to be done in the Atlanta area. | | Friday, September 19th, 2008 | | 6:00 pm |
| | Thursday, September 18th, 2008 | | 1:06 pm |
| | Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 | | 4:28 pm |
I want to watch some Red Dwarf
A couple of hours of it. I'm also thinking about starting an emo band. Nobody else in the band needs to be emo, though. I've got it covered. | | Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 | | 3:05 pm |
Book thoughts this morning
I bought a book this morning. "Moral Relativism", by Steven Lukes. I've been thinking about this topic more, recently, and it seemed a fruitful purchase. Also, I found the bookstore very calming this morning. I was in a quiet, polite, reserved sort of place. I felt as small and unobtrusive as it may be possible for me to feel. I liked that. I don't remember when I've had that sort of feeling recently. The weather is gray, and that's quieting, if not calming. I say not calming because I feel a gentle sadness, a soft heavy blanket. Maybe that's the sleep dep. Maybe it's my loneliness creeping back. I don't know exactly what it is, but I want to wrap myself up in it, roll over, and go back to sleep. I want to stay still, and small, and quiet, a warm corner in a cool gray world. But instead I need to get back to work. | | Monday, September 8th, 2008 | | 5:42 pm |
It's getting that August is busy for me.
Last month kinda kicked my butt, in terms of being busy. Annual House Hotting, plus an event, plus work being busy, it was a lot. This morning I had a dentist's appointment, which didn't keep me from Scrum, but did show up 4 cavities that will need numbing and drilling. More later, but I just wanted to post. | | Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 | | 1:22 pm |
The Alchemist is a nifty book.
I just finished reading it. I'm not sure yet how to integrate all of it. It does feel like some of the messages in it are repeating things other media are telling me. Going to have to read it again. This is interacting oddly with "House of Leaves" in my head. "House of Leaves" is a more difficult read, more scary and painful. Also, the minotaur wasn't a monster until he was put in the labyrinth. The balrog was a Maiar before he fell to Melkor. Sometimes we cage something because it's a monster, and sometimes something becomes a monster because it's caged. I want to understand what this can tell me about me. | | Monday, August 18th, 2008 | | 7:35 pm |
| | Friday, August 8th, 2008 | | 1:21 pm |
Following on from the apartment horror
I feel I could really use some storage boxes, and things to go into those boxes to fight dampness, humidity, and mold. This is because I want to box up some bedding, and a lot of books. I have some vaccuum storage bags, but I don't know how to deal with the dampness factor. Suggestions, please? MY default thinking was more Rubbermaid Roughneck containers, and maybe putting silica gel packs in there, maybe mothballs also. |
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