So, in the midst of looking for a better job, I went to the office, to talk to the boss about stuff. And, in so doing, mentioned that though I do not have my own car, I have experience driving a company car. And, one thing and another, I am going to be driving one of their cars, rather than riding my own bicycle. It's basically the same job, except ( Read more... )

Why do "men" find "strong women" "intimidating ( Read more... )

So, here's the deal. I want, I need to talk about anxiety and money and adulting and stuff. This is NOT a plea for help. I have issues about asking for money; I really really really hate being someone who only ever takes from others, and never gives back. That is, literally, the exact opposite of the person I want to be, and I am trying to be. But ( Read more... )

Fewer words.

Somethiing someone I love very much told me once. I have tried to live up to that idea, with varying degrees of success ( Read more... )

i would be easier to leave.

Thursday, I got back to work at CW. I was just starting to unload the back of the car when  co worker Ct. came out, to put something into the storage bin I was piling things on top of; he saw what I was doing, and turned to walk away. At the same time, since there were only two boxes, I said I would move them. He ignored ( Read more... )

I do not know how it started. I know how it ended.

She would lie, I would get angry. And, being honest, my anger was not the go in the corner and sulk variety. It was the yell and say horrible things variety. And we did that, for pretty much all the time we were together. I mean, there was other stuff, too. She came to me, not knowing why, but she ( Read more... )

torrential downpour, follows partly cloudy day, are you happy now ( Read more... )

God of Tech Support,
Drunken Master Haiku Geek,
Butterfly Victim

I wrote that one a long time ago, under the title Resume. It's all true, more or less. And that last line... It's a reference to Eris, to the butterfly wings whose flapping determines the course of hurricanes ( Read more... )

If I have ever talked about this, here, I cannot find the entry. If not, well, it's probably about time.

Saw a meme on FB the other day. About Futurama, it showed a variety of tear jerking scenes, with the tag line, "Says it's a comedy, then makes you cry." And, one of the tear jerking scenes is from "The First Martian", which does, in fact, make me ( Read more... )

Not that I am asking you that. This is LJ; I am asking myself that.

Aunt Ann. My mom's older sister. She died today, of a sudden heart attack (apparently). She has (had) lived in an assisted living facility for that last several years, since Granny (her mother) died. Though she was the older sister, ... She was, essentially, mentally retarded. ( Read more... )