Warning - this is going to ramble - I'm not really framing or editing this beyond basic spelling.

I was driving to work this morning and along my route there's these two huge flag poles. Today they were at half-mast, a sign for mourning. My first though had been "Who died?" and my second was "Fucking idiot."

Aside from the momentary flash of guilt ( Read more... )

I've kept a mental list over the years of things that I see that make me quite sad. They're nowhere near original, or profound, they just make me think lonely little thoughts (and in certain contexts they can be quite creepy as well):

A lone balloon stuck to a ceiling.
A single shoe by the side of the road.
An animal looking out a window, waiting for ( Read more... )

A meme, tell me what you really think of me. Not looking for ego, just really kinda curious.

Johari Windows.

See the results.

And the opposite - what do I need to work on?

Nohari Windows.

See those results.

Nooooooo!

To the guy who taught me that air has to get into a bottle for the liquid can get out, pulleys make lifting buckets of sand much, much easier, and gave me my second-grade science fair idea... bravo.

Also, thanks to JLoats at TWoP for summing it up very nicely.

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There is little more nausea-inducing than trying to locate an apartment and realizing that one you really kinda want is a mere $80 out of your budget. And that's with squeezing and shorting the current savings plan.

ETA: I've gone through this several times, I keep finding more random mistakes, and I'm conceding defeat. Deal. Also - a f*&^%$# LJ ( Read more... )

My headspace has been pretty filled lately so it's taken me a little while to get caught up on the VaTech incident. (Massacre, crisis, tragedy, horror, pick your poison, none of them fully encapsulate what really happened.) There is nothing I can add to the masses of words both profound and profane that haven't already been said, typed, or screamed ( Read more... )

...decided to sketch.

However the result won't be posted here as
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This is oddly like me these days.

My Personality

Neuroticism

54
Extraversion

20
Openness To Experience

69
Agreeableness

68
Conscientiousness

53

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...another day. Once again we've come to world AIDS day.
Please take a moment to pause and reflect, because if we truly are connected as a human race, than this affects us all.
Do you have to give money?
No.
Do you have to go to a rally?
No.
Do you have to sign a petition?
No.

But you should think, and you should talk. Because silence kills.
Talk to ( Read more... )