Another day
another miracle drug
another day to turn it all around
another dollar spent
filling up my gas tank
just to get to here from there
spending money to make money
at a job where the minutes tick by
ever so slowly
it’s hard to feel good being alive
working at the 9-5
but life is what you make it
and i havent made enough yet
to really have the right to bitch about the injustices
so I sit back
and write the perfect “to do” list
it’s as exciting
as the cafeteria’s soup
Mass quantities of anything
turns out systematic and bland
cheddar and brocolli is no exception
sip it slowly,
maybe it will taste better
on another day
Another Day
Relax, Bitch
This post may as well be titled “Lessons in People Skills , courtesy of my Room mate,” but going that far seems petty.
oversesitive –adjective : excessively or unduly sensitive.
Over the years, I’ve heard men make the same remark : women get too serious as they get older. Not all women, but it’s easy to see how this happens. Women, particularly those thinking about starting a family someday, are on an accelerated life clock. It’s also easy to see how this fact can be consuming, whether consciously or not. So gentlemen, don’t take it personally. And ladies, lighten up a little. You still need to have fun. And having fun is sexy.
Sometimes, it takes being around someone with similar negative qualities to truly understand just how irritating these qualities are. My roommate has inadvertently taught me to chill out on being serious and sensitive all the time. It’s pointless and being around someone like that is a real Debbie Downer. wuh wuh wuhhhhhhhh…
Sensitive people make the world go ’round: they listen, feel empathy; sensitive beings make everything a bit nicer, especially when it comes to helping you out when shit hits the fan. Most writers are somewhat sensitive to the world around them. And I’d hate to be in a hospital lacking nurses with ‘bedside manner.’
But the ugly side of sensitivity exists: to be sensitive is to be moody. It’s like a yin-yang deal. I decided.
Living with a man who has these traits, in a platonic situation, has allowed me to understand my own downfalls. Being sensitive to everything is a one way ticket to misery. The world keeps spinning. It’s not all about me.
Twitter this ?
This week, I finally had it with Chuck the Stalker. After a particularly creepy visit featuring silent lingering in my cubicle, I informed my supervisor of the situation and after everything was said and done, she said “I’m sorry this happened, but it’s the price you pay for being cool.” It was the highlight of my ego’s day.
If you think about it, very little in life is without a price. To have something is to give up something. I’m flypaper for the crazies; some breeds are like lights on a Christmas tree, others are the strands of tinsel that never really go away. I meet them in airports, on planes, parking lots, bars, festivals, even on the telephone.
Link of the Day: 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable
I Used to Think….
life was one big party
relationships were all about excitement
it was easy to get somewhere in life
hangovers were worth it
wwf wrestling was real
hair bands were interesting
if I loved someone enough they’d have to fall in love too
Camaros were sexy
turning 30 years old was so dramatic
I’d be married with kids by age 30
I needed a man’s interest to feel good
I’d never feel better
I’d never do it again
London Legrand was so hot
things I wanted would come when I wanted them
Sean Hannity was right
cheddarwursts tasted so good
bad boys would change
vegetarians were annoying
New Jersey was the coolest state in the US
new poetry
This tortured artist bit
I’ll sell it back to you
And you and you
Being a bitch is much more fun.
Feelings come and go,
But telling someone what you really think
saying what you wanted to say
Is an endless payday of red velvet cake
After a lifetime of Handi-Snack pudding
A few words from Henry Rollins
Autumn is here and the early darkness is depressing I know. Autumn is here and you feel absolutely no interest in going on. Ending your life seems like the best way to deal with the boredom and savagery that this urban failure brings upon you. It’s this season that can save you if you let it. Hail the oncoming winter weather. Soon it will be silent and cold. The nights will be safe and frozen. Germ free. Humans are toxic but easier to take in this weather. Their smell is down somewhat. Dont end your life in a dimly lit room. Dont let the dead end of your job destroy you. The cold air is good for you. Walking alone is one of the best breaks you ever get. No one to have to put up with. No one to disturb your thoughts. No one to have to come home to. If you need company, you can always play an Art Tatum record. Fall is coming and the idiots are back in the suburbs they crawled out of on their insect legs. The wood burning fires are filling up the night air, making it worth sticking around for. In defense of the fall weather!
Tip: Dont blow your brains out.
Sleep is better in cold weather. Autumn is the time when a good book is a better friend than your fellow panicked urban compressionist. Falling leaves and grey sky is the time of the greats; …. Company is nice, but only if they keep their mouths shut and leave when you want them to. And since they never do, let’s leave them out of this. The summer leaves me feeling old and wrong. It’s only in the Autumn where I can take breaths that make me want to take more breaths. This is important. I know that most of the things I am trying to do will end in total failure and disappointment. I know I will have a later life that will be bitter and full of regret. I know that many of the people I worked so hard to please will let me down, as I will eventually let them down. I see that no matter what I do, I will always be solitary and somewhat tragic. But I will always enjoy the grey solemn solitude of this season that grows darker and colder, day by day. The season that seduces and prepares me for the greatest season of them all. Winter. The season of heroes and gods.
– Henry Rollins, from his novel “Solipsist” 2.13.61
Poll: Personality Disorder of Kanye West
Psychology is interesting.
In my professional opinion, he is either pulling over-the-top publicity stunts because he’s obsessed with staying famous -OR- has some sort of psychological disorder out of the DSM-IV
which one though? Your choices are from Cluster B (dramatic, emotional or erratic disorders) Personality Disorders cited in the DSM-IV. Just click the Poll link below :
POLL:
Which personality disorder does Kanye West have?
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Holy shit
Lady Gaga performed her song “Paparazzi” at last night’s 2009 Video Music Awards. It is the first time I’ve felt “that feeling” for something on MTV since Bon Jovi’s “I’ll Be There For You” video.
There was theatrics! And finally someone in Hollywood made a statement about celebrity media so creative, I actually remember it the next day. Watch:
Why so serious?
When it comes to YouTube, I have only 3 favorites, which stand the test of time.
Leeroy Jenkins
Perhaps the only funny clip to ever happen in the world of “gamers.”
The Legend of COREY WORTHINGTON
He stands proud under the condescending grilling of a very appalled TV reporter. Hilarious!
Slap your troubles away with Slap Chop! The remix.
I never imagined this would become a favorite of mine, but there’s just something about Vince.
Core traits: a tiger’s stripes
“What you are speaks so loudly , I cannot hear what you say.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Over the years, I’ve been advised to pay attention to a person’s core personality traits. Close friends dispensed this advice to me, while I was evaluating the behavior of someone else; usually while in the throes of disappointment.
It’s an old saying really: “A tiger can’t change its stripes.”
Core traits are often defined as “dispositional tendencies toward particular ways of thinking and behaving that are relatively consistent over time.” These tendencies are developed through childhood and usually ‘set’ by age 20.
To understand the caliber of human one is working with, we must be aware of their tendencies with the following elements.
Engagement :
Extraversion vs. Introversion.
Open to experience vs. Closed to experience
Self-Control :
Conscientiousness vs. Unreliability
Emotional Stability vs. Neuroticism
Agreeableness vs. Antagonism
Clearly, actions speak louder than words.
If you are someone who looks for the good in others, take core traits into account as well. Core traits don’t lie, they don’t promise or pretend, and by seeing a person for who they really are, you will also have a realistic idea of what to expect.
