"A word of warning: This topic is dry and technical. To be brutally honest, one might even call it boring."

--my econ textbook, on the study of cost incurred by firms during production

What the hell kind of devil book is this?

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Helper, Giver, Caretaker - Twos, at their best, are compassionate, thoughtful and astonishingly generous; they can also be prone to passive-aggressive behavior, clinginess and manipulation. Twos want, above all, to be loved and needed and fear being unworthy of love. The corresponding "deadly sin" of the Two is Pride, while the Two's "holy idea" or ( Read more... )

So I went to my eye doctor today. I've been noticing this large "floater" in my right eye over the last week or so. After a little research on ye olde Wikipedia I decided to see a doctor, as the appearance of "floaters," along with the perception of flashes of light, can indicate retinal detachment which can lead to blindness. Fun. My retina does ( Read more... )

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This semester I've been:

a rather negligent friend. This needs remedy.
an awkward authority figure, but in my opinion, not a bad one.
a passable student. Yipee, finals.
open to suggestion.
all in all, real damn resilient.

I believe I'm in the black.

So much emotional paperwork. I need an emotional administrative assistant. This shit is ridiculous.

And then there's real work...

"Trailer-Park Mimosa":
-- 1 can Miller High Life
-- equal part orange juice

You will be surprised.

I need to stop wasting precious time on YouTube.

So at work yesterday I discovered (another) something unnerving. The harnessing we (hypothetically) use to preclude falling off the roof while painting is called "Compliance in a Can,"so called because it is required by general painting protocol... I think. I've heard this referenced on the job before, and I always assumed it was just a sardonic ( Read more... )

So I've never actually done that thing where you go back and look over all your LiveJournal posts in order until now, in order to put off cleaning the apartment, but damn I used to be (probably still am) obnoxious. It's rather embarrassing. However one thing that did please me was revisiting my New Year's resolutions. Maybe it's just me pushing ( Read more... )