Ah, LJ: a miscellany

[chronarchy]

Today, I am happy that I wrote that stationary about how we don't allow people to "Test Out" of the DP based on previous experience and "advanced age". Especially when that experience appears to come in the form of spirits telling you to drop loaves of bread down wells and the advanced age in question is 47

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[viedansante]

I haven't posted anything, so don't worry about catching up with me. I'm contemplating it, maybe, in a few days or so. My life has become one batch of proofreading after another (I love it, though, so who's complaining), interspersed with heart palpitations, international relations theory, and wanting to strangle people for having Piercing Nigerian Voices.

Not that interesting, I'm afraid.

I'm thinking about you, though. So take care of yourself.

[chronarchy]

Sounds like an exciting life. I'm suddenly sad that such a post or set of posts won't be available to me to read.

I challenge you to make a good story out of that and post it in the future. :)

[viedansante]

Well, since you asked nicely. Once I get done with my IR theory essay. That needs to be before Saturday, as people who will want to hang out are coming back on Saturday. You know how well I do with distraction...

Enjoy your game/film/class ... I know all about symbol recognition difficulties. If you're like me, it might be really hard at first, and get harder to the point you want to quit (but you won't) and then it'll get easier. If you can successfully paradigm shift your way into knowing that you won't have difficulties like that, you'll be better off. That's what I'd do - I've recently decided that kanji are no longer difficult for me.

Side note - I used to practice the sign language alphabet to recondition my hands when I was in OT in 2001. I can now do the ASL alphabet too fast for anyone to read in both hands at the same time :-D

[chronarchy]

Paradigm shifts are occasionally hard when the Chaote is as rusted shut as he has been with me recently. But, a little oil in the right hinges should do the job :)

[wishesofastar]

I'd like to read the miscarriage article, in case I hadn't mentioned it previously.

[chronarchy]

The late showing is at 10 PM. That's a very late showing, but it's not like any of us have anything to do on Friday. . . like work or school (or both).

Carriage Place dollar theatre, here we come :)

[tesinth]

Hell, I've stayed up way too late watching bowl games every night this week, so it shouldn't be too big of a shift.

Good thing I'm not into basketball or else the whole month of March will be hell sleepwise.

[singingwren]

My New Year's entry was a party and a half. I was arguably drunk, but... UGH. I hope I never have to write an entry like that AGAIN.

Anyway, no fear about new class, boy. New classes are thrilling! You've got a whole quarter of new and hopefully interesting material ahead of you, and if it's a small class, you've also got the very real potential to make a lot of new friends, hand-picked for you by the Grand High Muckety-Muck of Class Assignation. Big classes offer even more friendship potential, but those are harder because you rarely see the same person twice... But those are nice because you can sneak outside to nap in the sun and nobody, nobody will notice that you've transgressed.

*smiles* So don't you worry. It'll be a nice break from work during the day.

On a final tangent, can't make Thursday, but I do want to see that movie.

[chronarchy]

I chose Thursday specifically because you couldn't come! BURN!

(actually, I chose it because there's a bowl game tesinth and I are watching tonight, and I don't want to miss it at the dollar theatre by waiting too long. . . it may be gone on Friday. But it sounds better to be all cliquish. Or something.)

ASL frightens me, I admit. I don't know why yet, but I expect it has to do mostly with endangering my 4.0 with something that is actually *hard* for me. I do poorly with symbols, even if I do okay with languages.

And this class will also be taking up some of my Sundays because I know just where to go to study, and they're only open on Sunday mornings. . .

[singingwren]

Oh, OUCH! I am burnt! Sizzle.

As for ASL being frightening, quit teasing me like that. You are not frightened, you're challenged! You're facing something really hard for you, something you know that needs improving, and you are going to be hardcore and improve it. I think I will be doing the same type of thing for myself with the Initiate's Program soon. We will both be X-treme.

Hmm and I forgot there was a bowl game tonight, or that there were any around right now. I know of the big game obviously, and it's sort of a shining beacon in my mind, but everything else is quite fuzzy and confused. I've been very busy trying to Rebuild and Restore since Barwick and I got our asses kicked by Life. My new fishies are all set up now, at least....

[chronarchy]

Hehe. Well, ASL does scare me. Quite a bit.

But things have been scaring me recently, so it's not that out of the ordinary right now.

Glad things are set up now.

[chronarchy]

I aim to ruin monitors with Coca-Cola products that have been launched out of noses.