Posts Tagged ‘personal’
On Reading (brief)
I go to a bookstore, and I want to read EVERYTHING, but I wind up reading nothing. I’ve been afflicted by this condition for half of my life. It blows my mind how much I don’t know, but, also how much I have the power to know but avoid. [Read More]
V-day raw
February 14, 2004 No wonder I don’t seek out new friends nor do I get excited over the prospect of dating. Once someone gets to know me, they inevitably realize that they didn’t just catch me in a phase, that I’m always like how I’ve been, and they [Read More]
Stuff circa January 8, 2011
Dating I went on a date a few days ago, and it was heartbreaking. It was a stark reminder of why I rarely ever go on a date. I battled for ninety minutes to be funny, engaging, and charming. She often seemed genuinely interested in me. I rattled off feelings about being on [Read More]
Snuggies for the Holidays
I am not such a Scrooge. I gifted Snuggies to my father, stepmother, and sister. More Snuggie photos here [Read More]
On the latest Facebook redesign
I switched to the new Facebook profile now rather than wait for them to do it for me one day. I hate Facebook more with each new upgrade. All the new Facebook does is make me more acutely aware of how I can’t figure out anything by which I’m happy to define [Read More]
Q & A
Q: How’s the new job? A: Let me take no more than 12 minutes on Sunday night to try to answer this question. I’ll feel better if I get all of this out of my system. I haven’t been feeling too well since I started my new job. At first, I think I was feeling [Read More]
Usefulness
I did just replace a laptop keyboard all by myself. So I am capable of doing something useful, no thanks to Lenovo’s instructions. Now, I wouldn’t have had to do this had I not eaten pineapple over my laptop, and then, to get rid of the sticky keys, sprayed [Read More]
Penultimate day on the job
8:50 AM – Settled in for my second-to-last day on the job I’ve been at for five years and four months. I have had by longest tenure, by far, here. So, while I have experienced many last (two) days, this one is different. All of my pet photos are off my cubicle [Read More]
