Okay, then. Winding down...

What a whirlwind. Went straight out of work to greyweirdo's to celebrate droewyn's birthday, and although I was cheap and didn't bring a present (bad me), I did stick around for a bit and play Settlers with them and hollygraham. And then watched Eddie Izzard's Definite Article sketch. Izzard's comedy routine is rather interesting. He always looks like he's on the verge of forgetting the whole show, and that he's making it up as he goes along. Hysterically funny, though, and he wants you to make sure you remember all the already-made jokes. When I got back to Ann Arbor, I fell into bed. Today I helped annaonthemoon out with a few errands (for some reason, she doesn't like steps, what with her knee being the way it is and all) before zipping off to see kaijumaster and his wife, freshly returned from Japan. They got me a very nice present, Brigadoon OST #1, which was apparently rather difficult to find. Many thanks and enjoyment to come of this. uncle_pervy got some adult manga, but no picture of kaijumaster being beaten on by his wife outside of a maid cafe. Ah, well. Can't get everything you want.

And then I came home. So this is the first time I've sat down to my keyboard in a while. Have much to do tomorrow as well, including laundry.

Half of America still believes Iraq has WMDs, despite the fact that such things would have been found and/or likely used by now if they existed. Some people believe whatever they really want to believe, I guess. Add it to The List of Things That Don't Exist. Perhaps another thing to add, is the alleged missing footage of demonstrators wrecking a police car during the G8 summit. This material is apparently in the unpublished material that didn't make the final cut. If it doesn't exist, it can't be produced. If it does exist, turning it over should only happen if it's being requested as evidence in a criminal trial for the alleged overturners. Nobody's been charged with such a thing yet. Free press? Maybe that's another thing that doesn't exist anymore.

Amazon booklist of beginner's Chaos. Helping many more people get into the art of electron spinning.

Last link for tonight - Wingwomen to help guys meet girls. Yep, rather than bringing a trusty pal to help you chat up the ladies, these girls can be hired to help you get phone numbers. There is a certain amount of sense to it, isn't there? I suspect women can talk to each other about a lot of things without the "trying to pick me up" vibe. With guys, it's not so good. This is a neat idea, I must say.

Regarding last post, and a lot of the emotional output on this journal - I have a tendency to overreact to things, especially when said things are crticisms, however warranted, of my personality, behavior, or actions. I try not to fall into a "quitting 4evah" mode, only to come crawling back a little while later, because it's silly and counterproductive. I just tend to try to want to be perfect, that's all, really. So if something's not quite perfect, I feel like I should go all the way back to the beginning and start over again. When what really is probably needed is to take a step back, examine things, fix things a bit or figure out a way around them, and continue on. So, while it's still not a good idea to be a stupid, stupid rat creature, and I'm sticking to that part of it, if I'm complaining about something, I'm probably blowing it out of proportion and making it worse than it really is. So the trick to interpreting me is figuring out when I'm not exaggerating. I get happy easily, I get depressed easily. I have mood swings that can be triggered by anything and everything. (Boy, I sound like a poster child for menopause, don't I?) It's okay, because most of the time I'm not depressed or doldrums-y. If you shred the exaggerations and let me sleep on it, I'm usually good. So, when reading this journal, treat it like an intelligence report - only 5% of it is good and honest intelligence. It's up to you, though, to figure out which 5% is good.

For tonight, there's a question-asking thing going around, and I thought it would be fun to see what sort of silly, deranged, or serious questions could be asked. So:

1) 3 questions. Any three, no matter how personal, private, or random. The Bridge-Keeper's Questions will earn summary execution. Vorlon-type questions are still legal, however.
2) If I choose to answer a question, I have to answer it honestly. Some questions may be refused, others may be sidestepped. Questions that are answered are answered honestly. They may or may not be answered completely.

In turn, you may become a memesheep as well and pass along the idea, with whatever modifications you feel like adding or subtracting.

If that's not your cup of tea, then we'll probably post a second meme tomorrowish that will allow for anonymous commentary and opinion-expressing.

The other memsheepage

Comment anonymously (you can attach your name if you like, of course) with:

1. One secret

2. One compliment

3. One non-compliment

4. Lyrics to a song

5. How long we've been friends

6. A hint to who you are

After you do it for me, you can put it in your lj and see who will comment for you.

The anonymous aspect is interesting, of course, because there's the possibility that a lurker will comment, or something the normally sleeps under the bridge will, but in sense, it's geared as a guessing game of sorts towards the friendslist to see what sort of things they will say, to hint at their identity, rather than having it known who they are.