I'm sure most everyone on my flist knows the Chicks' first single off of Taking The Long Way, ""Not Ready To Make Nice". It's fantastic - defiant, unrepentant, a great response to those who tried to censor the Chicks in the wake of an offhand comment made by Natalie ( Read more... )

August has not been a very august month for many of my friends. For even more, it's been a month of endings. It's definitely been that for me - at least three endings from my personal history ( Read more... )

The Romantic
Test finished!

you chose BY - your Enneagram type is FOUR.
"I am unique"

( Unique like a snowflake, you bet. )

That line will still reduce me to tears, every. single. time. I wish I could explain to some people, my husband especially, how deeply I believe that line and how keenly I miss the parts of my family I've had to leave behind, for one reason or another ( Read more... )

I've been in my new job for a little over 4 weeks, after being in one place for over 3 years. I'm still re-learning my routes, even though I only moved across the street. The worst time is as I walking to work from the bus stop - I'll almost always go straight on 7th, past the Saks' Off 5th, when it's much easier for me to turn left on Nicollet ( Read more... )

One of the most Cancerian traits I exhibit is a need for order and quiet in my environment. So it can be taken as a given that the remodel of our floor here at work that has been going on for the past month is very bothersome, especially since I'm not being given the chance to arrange my main workspaces to my satisfaction (my cube is how I need it ( Read more... )

I've been feeling pretty damn tongue-tied lately. Partially because nothing is really stirring me to write anything. I don't - I've felt kind of bleah lately. Like I've lost whatever little charm and/or talent I had in the first place. I'm hoping a lot of it is due to the work situation and recovery, but still. Annoying. Even more annoying? ( Read more... )

I normally don't let myself indulge in the "What if?" game, because it would too easily consume me and/or I get irritated with the wondering about a moot point. However, in this case, not only is it a moot point (for most people), it's been a moot point since before I was born. The question ( Read more... )

(Yeah, this is navel-gazing. I'm amazingly competent at cat-vacuuming when I have bigger issues to contend with. Lemme work through this so I can go slounge ( Read more... )

At least this one has some interesting questions (it's "How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci". Exciting.)

Are you less curious or more curious than you were as a child ( Read more... )