Being frustrated makes me want to ask passive-aggressive / aggressive-agressive questions of my superiors ( Read more... )

I abhor, loathe, and despise the need to make everything in life about sports. Partially because I don't particularly like sports, but also because 99% of life cannot be boiled down to "winners" and "losers." I think that kind of belief is deeply unhealthy ( Read more... )

I have been thinking a lot lately about who I am, and what I really want to be vs. who I think I should be. It's kind of heavy stuff, and it's made me think a lot about a lot of things, like class divisions, consumerism, sexism, the myth of "having it all," ambition, and leaving a legacy ( Read more... )

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This is how my sanity ends.

Earphones. Oh, sweet, blessed, noise-canceling earphones.

Occasionally, the guy next to me will laugh out loud at a movie/podcast/voice in his head.

This would not be as noticeable if the rest of the office wasn't completely silent. We're talking often library-silent.

Specifically, one that is as awesome as this dog.

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Also, for those that didn't know, Holly the wondermutt had a stroke a few months ago. She's ok. She still walks with her head titled to one side, and we're pretty sure she's completely deaf now, but other than that, she's the same old Holly. She's... about 14 years old now, which is pretty old for ( Read more... )

I am officially off Coumadin ( Read more... )

I won a poker tournament!!!!

Scott and I both entered the Juvenile Diabetes Reaserch Fund (JDRF) poker tournament last year, and signed up again this year. There were about 60 people and I WON! I WON I WON I WON!!!

Holy crap.

( FIRST PRIZE! )

This is mostly about Sarah Palin ( Read more... )

I've been looking for a craft. I've tried crocheting, but I'm impatient with it. There are still a lot of projects I want to do, but I get so frustrated with it. And while I know not working at it more makes me a bit of a quitter, I have the odd notion that I want my stress-relieving activities to be stress-free. There's being challenged, and there ( Read more... )