Productivity, ho!
Mar. 9th, 2005 09:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
silveradeptWell, sort of, anyway. I did all the tasks I wanted to do today, including picking up a copy of the thesis, getting a haircut and an oil change.
And apparently I show my emotional state more than I think - had a message for me about how I should talk to one of my housemates if I'm having problems with living here. Well, I'm not having trouble living here, it's just that I got annoyed a bit when communication about issues was usually in the form of ultimata or the written equivalent of shouting. I know one part of my nature resents being yelled at, especially suddenly. You get much better results out of me if you ask nicely before things get out of hand. Just the way I am, and it prevents me from fostering grudges, really, if you do it early on.
It's silly to admit, but when it comes to housekeeping, I'm generally clueless. I'll let things go probably farther than other people do. I had this problem last year too, and we managed to work it out. I claim ignorance as to knowing what is the acceptable amount of clean/not clean at any given time - clean for me (if you've ever seen my room, you know this) is different than for other people. So I got some tips from a different housemate of mine, and I think I can do better about not pissing everybody off (it's just one of those things I do naturally, I guess.)
So maybe I'll just sing a PETA*-approved childhood rhyme. (*PETA - People for the Eating of Tasty Animals)
Or perhaps I'll rage on about Corporate Libertarianism - somehow, the idea of leaving corporations to do as they will seems, well, scary. Didn't we have some sort of book about that somewhere... I think Phillip K. Dick's Ubik is pretty close, but I'm not sure.
Apparently, my English skills are respectable. My GRE score proved that, I suppose, but I still hate those kinds of tests. And I suppose it shows in my "mediocre" 66% (still 2 out of 3) in Expert usage. Oh, well. So I'm not the genius I make myself out to be. (Duh.)
And apparently I show my emotional state more than I think - had a message for me about how I should talk to one of my housemates if I'm having problems with living here. Well, I'm not having trouble living here, it's just that I got annoyed a bit when communication about issues was usually in the form of ultimata or the written equivalent of shouting. I know one part of my nature resents being yelled at, especially suddenly. You get much better results out of me if you ask nicely before things get out of hand. Just the way I am, and it prevents me from fostering grudges, really, if you do it early on.
It's silly to admit, but when it comes to housekeeping, I'm generally clueless. I'll let things go probably farther than other people do. I had this problem last year too, and we managed to work it out. I claim ignorance as to knowing what is the acceptable amount of clean/not clean at any given time - clean for me (if you've ever seen my room, you know this) is different than for other people. So I got some tips from a different housemate of mine, and I think I can do better about not pissing everybody off (it's just one of those things I do naturally, I guess.)
So maybe I'll just sing a PETA*-approved childhood rhyme. (*PETA - People for the Eating of Tasty Animals)
Or perhaps I'll rage on about Corporate Libertarianism - somehow, the idea of leaving corporations to do as they will seems, well, scary. Didn't we have some sort of book about that somewhere... I think Phillip K. Dick's Ubik is pretty close, but I'm not sure.
| Advanced You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 66% Expert! |
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Apparently, my English skills are respectable. My GRE score proved that, I suppose, but I still hate those kinds of tests. And I suppose it shows in my "mediocre" 66% (still 2 out of 3) in Expert usage. Oh, well. So I'm not the genius I make myself out to be. (Duh.)
