General Update

[lotsofplants]

By the time I get finished catching up on livejournal, I am too tired of the computer to post. Debating trimming my friendslist.

The place where I've been a temp since November has hired me, which means a pay raise and full benefits. I am quite pleased. I am looking forward to going to see a doctor, possibly a dentist. I am also still wrapping my brain around the idea of paid vacation. My company will _pay_ me to go away for a few weeks every year. I could go to a different part of the country, or a different country, or all sorts of wacky things. Maybe by the time I can use my vacation, I'll start thinking about a house.

Speaking of houses, I pulled a bottle of soda out of the pantry (aka my closet) to go with dinner (pizza isn't pizza without root beer) and realized it was cool enough that I didn't need to chill it. I am not so pleased. In addition to _indoor_ laundry facilities, my next living location will have heat under my control. And better insulation.

Speaking of my living situation, I am coming to the conclusion that one of the reasons I often find myself frustrated with roommates is because I am atypically detail-aware. This is particularly brought home by the fact that my current roommate, a fairly typical and reasonably competent person, is regularly defeated by things like assembling Ikea furniture and clearing a jam from a paper shredder. Moreover, when placed in a novel situation my roommate is often flummoxed and unable to come up with a quick and simple solution. Although I do sometimes wonder how much of it is being aware of the details, and how much of it is thinking through to the end of an action.

A book I was reading had an interesting combination of quotes and a point about thinking, which amused me:
"Thomas A. Edison once said that 'there is nothing a man wouldn't do to avoid thinking'...Solomon said, 'as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he'...Now, I don't know just where that leaves us, but if we are what we think and if we don't think, then it becomes pretty evident that we have a problem." I keep being amused. It explains so much about America, doesn't it?

Hrm. I seem to have lost my train of thought. My sister (and her family) just dropped by--they were in the area and thought they'd swing by and say hi. My niece (2 years old) terrified the cats, who hid under my bed. She spent a lot of time peering under the bed and saying "kitty" and "come out, kitty" until I finally hauled one of them out so that she could pet it briefly (she is quite good at 'pet gently'). We then explained that she couldn't pet the kitty anymore because it had to go to sleep, and the kitty in question promptly trucked under the bed again. It was quite cute. Though she can get amazingly upset as she gets tired; telling her it was time for her to go home and go to sleep resulted in a lot of "no" and some struggling about putting on the shoes. (As an aside, I don't think the cat was too traumatized. As soon as they left it wandered out to the living room and curled up in my chair again.)

I wonder, sometimes, what it would be like to have children. I'd sort of like to try it at some point, though I'm not so excited by some bits (including diapers and tantrums). There are many things I am curious about.

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[elynne.livejournal.com]

"People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant." - Helen Keller

I manage my Ridiculously Large F'list O' Doom with Filters! (TM) which is the only way I manage to get anybody else's posts read. :P ;)

[plantae.livejournal.com]

Of course, there is always "a conclusion is just where you got tired of thinking". ;)

I'm still not sure how I feel about filters. They seem dishonest, somehow.