2009/01/14 @ 8:52 PM
it takes a village
Today we left the house. *shudder* We were driving along and passed a street called Friendship Village Rd. kid: Do you want to go to Friendship Village? me: No. kid: But it sounds nice and friendly. me: I want to visit Mind Your Own Fucking Business Village. kid: THAT really wouldn’t be a “village” then. me: Mind your own business. kid: *silence* read more
2007/03/29 @ 10:59 AM
I am not a social caterpillar.
I keep trying to write something about my weekend, but I am still too tired to manage. It kept trying to turn into some large thing about introversion, which wasn’t what I actually wanted to say about the weekend. I am antisocial. I am an introvert. These two things are not the same. I have always been an introvert and have no reason at all to expect this to change. There have been studies which show... read more
2007/03/19 @ 10:41 AM
Seriously?
Somebody just forwarded me an email with 3 attachments, a pdf, a pub and a wps. Can you open these? I can only open the pdf file. I have no idea what to do with the others. I opened the non-pdf ones, created pdfs from them and sent them back. Not a huge deal. Here’s the thing. Also included in the forward was the email, a portion of which says: If you have any trouble opening any of these let me know... read more
2007/02/23 @ 10:19 PM
One More Thing I Don’t Understand
We went out for lunch today at a quick casual restaurant. There were five of us. When we were finished ordering and wanted to pick a table, we had a difficult time. There were a lot of tables and booths available. They were all for three or four people. Every single five or six person table or booth was taken. All but one of those was taken by only one or two people. One was being used by a party of four.... read more
2006/12/22 @ 9:20 PM
No Thanks
It’s just not that magic to me. At 17 I got my first job in retail. Being trapped inside the mall for the entire holiday season, both the purchases and returns, was, let’s call it “unpleasant”. Working with the general public was not something I enjoyed on a normal day, but during the holiday season everything went to extra utter shit. The number of temper tantrums increased... read more
