Susan Sounds Off on Unrelated Topics!
Such as...
Long-Term Planning: I am in desperate need of a proper planner. The kind with tabs and insertable whatsits that one carries everywhere. This is because I fail at scheduling, due to what I will call a "future-perception deficiency." I hate being late to things, and I hate missing appointments, to the point where I'll have anxiety dreams nearly every night about sleeping through work. About a week and a half into the future, though, this perception deficiency thing kicks in. Anything coming up more than two weeks in advance registers in my brain as occurring in some diaphanous World Of Tomorrow. I'll have a dim idea that it's coming up, but not in any time frame that would make it immediately relevant. Events which occupy this slot also include my impending meeting with the Flex Plan representative at work, the Rapture, tax day, and my own eventual death. Month changeovers do this too-- even if it's the last week of March, I'll dismiss an event on April First as being "not for a while-- it's in April sometime."
This causes me problems mostly because an infinite number of things can slide into this category in my mental organization without seeming like potential conflicts. The first weekend in April is both LAFLX (Lafayette Lindy Exchange) and a gaming weekend, and objectively I knew both of these things, but since they were both in the World of Tomorrow I never realized them at the same time. Now I have rescheduling to do.
My hope is that if I have a planner, I will have a visual representation of the next couple of months, which is easier for me to remember. My other hope is that I haven't inadvertently offended anyone too much.
Denny's Commercials: I don't watch TV. My television isn't even hooked up for basic channels. Most television-based culture leaves me completely oblivious. However, I saw the Nannerpus commercial in the waiting room at the plasma donation center and the goddamn thing has been stuck in my head FOR DAYS.
That said, I know the Nannerpus was meant as an object of ridicule, a breakfast you would never want, but if I go to Denny's the first thing I am ordering is a Nannerpus. Because it actually looked kind of awesome.
Plasma Donation: I am now subsidized by vampires! They pay me to bleed! This is great!
Peanut Butter & Jelly: I have hated PBJs since I was a child. The combination of peanut butter and jelly always seemed utterly absurd to me. Being adventurous, I tried them again every few years to see if I'd changed my mind, and I always found them just as repulsive as ever...
...until now.
Weird.
Long-Term Planning: I am in desperate need of a proper planner. The kind with tabs and insertable whatsits that one carries everywhere. This is because I fail at scheduling, due to what I will call a "future-perception deficiency." I hate being late to things, and I hate missing appointments, to the point where I'll have anxiety dreams nearly every night about sleeping through work. About a week and a half into the future, though, this perception deficiency thing kicks in. Anything coming up more than two weeks in advance registers in my brain as occurring in some diaphanous World Of Tomorrow. I'll have a dim idea that it's coming up, but not in any time frame that would make it immediately relevant. Events which occupy this slot also include my impending meeting with the Flex Plan representative at work, the Rapture, tax day, and my own eventual death. Month changeovers do this too-- even if it's the last week of March, I'll dismiss an event on April First as being "not for a while-- it's in April sometime."
This causes me problems mostly because an infinite number of things can slide into this category in my mental organization without seeming like potential conflicts. The first weekend in April is both LAFLX (Lafayette Lindy Exchange) and a gaming weekend, and objectively I knew both of these things, but since they were both in the World of Tomorrow I never realized them at the same time. Now I have rescheduling to do.
My hope is that if I have a planner, I will have a visual representation of the next couple of months, which is easier for me to remember. My other hope is that I haven't inadvertently offended anyone too much.
Denny's Commercials: I don't watch TV. My television isn't even hooked up for basic channels. Most television-based culture leaves me completely oblivious. However, I saw the Nannerpus commercial in the waiting room at the plasma donation center and the goddamn thing has been stuck in my head FOR DAYS.
That said, I know the Nannerpus was meant as an object of ridicule, a breakfast you would never want, but if I go to Denny's the first thing I am ordering is a Nannerpus. Because it actually looked kind of awesome.
Plasma Donation: I am now subsidized by vampires! They pay me to bleed! This is great!
Peanut Butter & Jelly: I have hated PBJs since I was a child. The combination of peanut butter and jelly always seemed utterly absurd to me. Being adventurous, I tried them again every few years to see if I'd changed my mind, and I always found them just as repulsive as ever...
...until now.
Weird.