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msfledermaus...I'm trying like crazy to get a wide variety of things done this week. I just hope I remember everything I need to get done... I remeber in Psyche class in college that when the human brain is trying to juggle 5 or more things to remember at least one gets dropped--the brain can't handle the overload unless you organize the data into smaller, easier to remember pieces. So I'm trying to keep things reeeeal simple.
I actually forgot to give LJ my money to keep my paid status up, and it lapsed! happily I noticed something was funky with my page yesterday and paid up like a good Maus. *Crosses off list*
(This section is a wad of Inferno babblings. You may want to skip this section, and I would understand.)
this last week at the Inferno has this crushing workload--I'm getting stuff out for our opening in April, I'm training people, trying to get my own last-minute stuff organized, and dealing with sniping and weird jovial passive-agressive stuff from Mr Sta-Puft. They have a replacement for me already; some guy from outside the Inferno. I have 4 days to train him before I run out the door...I can hardly wait to get this week over and done with at last. I can't stand myself. All I think about is the goddamn Inferno, all I talk about is the goddamn Inferno, all my poor, long-suffering friends and family hear about is the Double-Plus-Goddamn Inferno. I want this over so I can have my life back. I just keep reminding myself that things always get messy when you're trying to remodel your life, and this, however annoying and swamping, is only temporary...
And the news has been weird....a lot of out-of-state-and-country friends had been asking me about the Red Lake shootings. I've been following it too; of course. I was reading an article about Red Lake in the Times, and it mentioned that the shooter had an LJ account. This made me sadder, in a way, becuase even with over a million subscribers, it's kind of like losing someone in your neighborhood...I've always liked the way that Livejournal was a helpful tool for dealing with strange stuff in your life, as well as a pretty good way to get some fairly well thought-out, genuine feedback on your feelings and experiences...I've used it on hundreds of occasions to get my bowl of nice nourishing Reality chex. I wish the kid could have gotten more of that out of LJ...though I suppose you have to be actively looking for that sort of thing; it doesn't just land in your lap. I'm also really glad that the article didn't print the name of the account. (I suppose that's a big fat "Duh" here, right? Anyway, the cops have probably locked it off, which makes sense.)
This rambling brooding post has been brought to you by the last of my cold virus and a fair amount of caffeine....
I actually forgot to give LJ my money to keep my paid status up, and it lapsed! happily I noticed something was funky with my page yesterday and paid up like a good Maus. *Crosses off list*
(This section is a wad of Inferno babblings. You may want to skip this section, and I would understand.)
this last week at the Inferno has this crushing workload--I'm getting stuff out for our opening in April, I'm training people, trying to get my own last-minute stuff organized, and dealing with sniping and weird jovial passive-agressive stuff from Mr Sta-Puft. They have a replacement for me already; some guy from outside the Inferno. I have 4 days to train him before I run out the door...I can hardly wait to get this week over and done with at last. I can't stand myself. All I think about is the goddamn Inferno, all I talk about is the goddamn Inferno, all my poor, long-suffering friends and family hear about is the Double-Plus-Goddamn Inferno. I want this over so I can have my life back. I just keep reminding myself that things always get messy when you're trying to remodel your life, and this, however annoying and swamping, is only temporary...
And the news has been weird....a lot of out-of-state-and-country friends had been asking me about the Red Lake shootings. I've been following it too; of course. I was reading an article about Red Lake in the Times, and it mentioned that the shooter had an LJ account. This made me sadder, in a way, becuase even with over a million subscribers, it's kind of like losing someone in your neighborhood...I've always liked the way that Livejournal was a helpful tool for dealing with strange stuff in your life, as well as a pretty good way to get some fairly well thought-out, genuine feedback on your feelings and experiences...I've used it on hundreds of occasions to get my bowl of nice nourishing Reality chex. I wish the kid could have gotten more of that out of LJ...though I suppose you have to be actively looking for that sort of thing; it doesn't just land in your lap. I'm also really glad that the article didn't print the name of the account. (I suppose that's a big fat "Duh" here, right? Anyway, the cops have probably locked it off, which makes sense.)
This rambling brooding post has been brought to you by the last of my cold virus and a fair amount of caffeine....
