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Thursday, October 28, 2004

Book meme

Okay, I’ll bite:

Grab the nearest book.
Open the book to page 23.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post the text of the sentence in your journal...
...along with these instructions.

”The tartan was a bold pattern in amethyst and black.” - Pandora’s Star, Peter F. Hamilton.

Hmm, that wasn’t very interesting. I think this is one meme that can lie down and be forgotten (a junk meme, perhaps?)

Simon

So, His Worldtravellerness flew in on Tuesday night. In stark contrast to his departure, he’s looking tanned and fit, altogether the better for five months backpacking in Europe. The bastard. He tells tales of night bike tours of Paris and Berlin, and mentions San Sebastian as the prettiest place he visited. He says Prague is amazing and Berlin is cold and amazing. He got a pitiful number of stamps on his passport. He has several CDs of photos that he has threatened to stun us with.

I hate him.

Shrink

So I had a followup session with the work counsellor yesterday. We attacked my chronic procrastination habits, a meticulous planning-based approach that will undoubtedly be effective as long as I don’t – oh, I don’t know – sit down and start writing a blog entry the first thing I do…

Understand that there are no great psychological insights coming out of these sessions. She’s not even teaching me coping techniques that I don’t already know – but she is reminding that I actually need to use them to make them work. Deep breathing, blocking out work plans, giving myself little “you did good” affirmations and so forth. Basic, elementary stuff, but sometimes when I’m stuck in the middle of boring work, office tensions and blind, idiotic bureaucracy, it’s a little hard to get the right perspective.

Anyway, I think I’m now at least sufficiently well-armed to make it through to the end of the year without quitting or going postal.

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	Thursday, October 28, 2004 Book meme Okay, I’ll bite: Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 23. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the sentence in your journal... ...along with these instructions. ”The tartan was a bold pattern in amethyst and black.” - Pandora’s Star, Peter F. Hamilton. Hmm, that wasn’t very interesting. I think this is one meme that can lie down and be forgotten (a junk meme, perhaps?) Simon So, His Worldtravellerness flew in on Tuesday night. In stark contrast to his departure, he’s looking tanned and fit, altogether the better for five months backpacking in Europe. The bastard. He tells tales of night bike tours of Paris and Berlin, and mentions San Sebastian as the prettiest place he visited. He says Prague is amazing and Berlin is cold and amazing. He got a pitiful number of stamps on his passport. He has several CDs of photos that he has threatened to stun us with. I hate him. Shrink So I had a followup session with the work counsellor yesterday. We attacked my chronic procrastination habits, a meticulous planning-based approach that will undoubtedly be effective as long as I don’t – oh, I don’t know – sit down and start writing a blog entry the first thing I do… Understand that there are no great psychological insights coming out of these sessions. She’s not even teaching me coping techniques that I don’t already know – but she is reminding that I actually need to use them to make them work. Deep breathing, blocking out work plans, giving myself little “you did good” affirmations and so forth. Basic, elementary stuff, but sometimes when I’m stuck in the middle of boring work, office tensions and blind, idiotic bureaucracy, it’s a little hard to get the right perspective. Anyway, I think I’m now at least sufficiently well-armed to make it through to the end of the year without quitting or going postal. 0 smartarse remarks Post a Comment 0 Comments:

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