Swimming was good for one thing, I've discovered. Whenever I used to get really angry (which perhaps was even more than I do these days) I'd just go thrash out a few kilometers in the pool, and even though I hadn't addressed the root cause of my anger, I was at least less aggressive about it.
These days, I get angry, and have to resort to listening to The New Pornographers really loudly (comparatively loudly, I have crappy speakers) and spitting out bile on this blog, if I have the time. I need to work out more perhaps.
Showing posts with label complaints/whinging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label complaints/whinging. Show all posts
Monday, November 26, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Awk
This week is apparently "foot in mouth" week for me. Witness:
The confusion of "Palestine" with "Pakistan" - how did this happen???? I must have been drunk.
Telling the boyfriend that he and Sean were now somehow "even" - did this objectify women? I didn't even think about it. That was awkward.
Not being able to physically tell Lucinda about my Halloween party preparations - am I just unbelievably lame? Maybe I didn't want her to think that, but it turned out that way anyway.
Walking in on the roommate and her boyfriend well, not doing anything really awkward, but slightly awkward nonetheless. Argh whyyy.
My Biochem paper being labeled as "Redundant." Well, you know what else is Redundant????? Your face! God already gave you one ass!
Err... fleeing the Halloween party. At least twice. A solicitous Jamelle thereafter asking whether the Jeffsoc crowd was too big. Nice, but I'd rather handle my own awkwardness lest it become even more embarrassing/intolerable.
Rata is rather neurotic.
The confusion of "Palestine" with "Pakistan" - how did this happen???? I must have been drunk.
Telling the boyfriend that he and Sean were now somehow "even" - did this objectify women? I didn't even think about it. That was awkward.
Not being able to physically tell Lucinda about my Halloween party preparations - am I just unbelievably lame? Maybe I didn't want her to think that, but it turned out that way anyway.
Walking in on the roommate and her boyfriend well, not doing anything really awkward, but slightly awkward nonetheless. Argh whyyy.
My Biochem paper being labeled as "Redundant." Well, you know what else is Redundant????? Your face! God already gave you one ass!
Err... fleeing the Halloween party. At least twice. A solicitous Jamelle thereafter asking whether the Jeffsoc crowd was too big. Nice, but I'd rather handle my own awkwardness lest it become even more embarrassing/intolerable.
Rata is rather neurotic.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Scattered Thoughts
Here's hoping that this blog won't be as empty as the last! Although that seems relatively unlikely to me. Although perhaps not having a sketchy ex as the only regular reader of the blog will persuade me that I actually have something of substance to add to the internets.
Uninformed Opinions: I've changed my mind completely on organic food. And vegetarian food. Although I was cognizant at the time that I didn't really mean what I was spouting to Jamelle, that organic food was a waste of space and not very efficient, I now hold the complete opposite opinion.
General Complaints: I don't want to finish this paper (for my nanotech job over the summer). Hence the procrastination and blogging of this incohate mess. I'm terrible at finishing anything if I don't have a strict deadline for doing so, and this paper is a perfect example of that. True, I have to get it in to my PI well before the September 14th deadline, so he can proofread it. Also, I have to go back to school in less than a week, and that involves tiny details such as packing, last minute visits with all number of friends and family, the purchasing of fifteen different items I never knew I needed (and the forgetting of another few vital buys I should have made), etc (a wonderful English teacher told me to never use the word etc; instead, just add the few extra things being left out/forgotten to the list. Sound advice, but it's much too difficult to sit here and remember the other things I need to do. They'll come to me. Quite late, the night before I need to leave. I'm quite certain of this, actually.) Getting to the point, this week would be an excellent time to finish this paper - today, in fact, would be best, as no one is home and there are as yet no demands on my time (the M in fact thinks I am working on said paper - optimistic of her.) But try convincing my body of that. It'd rather read trashy magazines and kids books and bang out something which, in a former life, may have resembled piano music.
I'd much rather still be in California, with a bunch of science people who, apart from being a bit self conscious and critical, and thus somewhat dull, were actually LIKE me and actually seemed to, well, enjoy my company (LIKE me :-P). Which was great. CJ and Nikhil were awesome, and Syad and Derek were cool in their own slightly standoffish ways. I've never made friends so quickly. *sigh* Santa Barbara was gorgeous, and had the best weather I've ever experienced, outside of in New Zealand. In fact, it reminded me of New Zealand in a number of ways, which is perhaps why I liked it so much.
Uninformed Opinions: I've changed my mind completely on organic food. And vegetarian food. Although I was cognizant at the time that I didn't really mean what I was spouting to Jamelle, that organic food was a waste of space and not very efficient, I now hold the complete opposite opinion.
General Complaints: I don't want to finish this paper (for my nanotech job over the summer). Hence the procrastination and blogging of this incohate mess. I'm terrible at finishing anything if I don't have a strict deadline for doing so, and this paper is a perfect example of that. True, I have to get it in to my PI well before the September 14th deadline, so he can proofread it. Also, I have to go back to school in less than a week, and that involves tiny details such as packing, last minute visits with all number of friends and family, the purchasing of fifteen different items I never knew I needed (and the forgetting of another few vital buys I should have made), etc (a wonderful English teacher told me to never use the word etc; instead, just add the few extra things being left out/forgotten to the list. Sound advice, but it's much too difficult to sit here and remember the other things I need to do. They'll come to me. Quite late, the night before I need to leave. I'm quite certain of this, actually.) Getting to the point, this week would be an excellent time to finish this paper - today, in fact, would be best, as no one is home and there are as yet no demands on my time (the M in fact thinks I am working on said paper - optimistic of her.) But try convincing my body of that. It'd rather read trashy magazines and kids books and bang out something which, in a former life, may have resembled piano music.
I'd much rather still be in California, with a bunch of science people who, apart from being a bit self conscious and critical, and thus somewhat dull, were actually LIKE me and actually seemed to, well, enjoy my company (LIKE me :-P). Which was great. CJ and Nikhil were awesome, and Syad and Derek were cool in their own slightly standoffish ways. I've never made friends so quickly. *sigh* Santa Barbara was gorgeous, and had the best weather I've ever experienced, outside of in New Zealand. In fact, it reminded me of New Zealand in a number of ways, which is perhaps why I liked it so much.
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