The Friday Five

Last seen in thorswitch's LJ.

1. How long have you had a weblog?

A subsequent question makes it clear a "journal" is not considered to be a "weblog" by this particular author. (Some do, some don't. I want a dictionary for made up words!) Therefore, I have no correct answer for this question as I do not have a weblog.

2. What was your first post about?

On my nonexistent weblog? Something like "". :-) On my journal? Here it is. Hey! I've been on LJ exactly one year today.

3. How many changes (name, location, etc.) of your weblog have there been, if more than one?

N/A. This is getting to be a very interesting Friday Five :-)

4. What CMS (content management system) do you use?

N/A.

5. Do you read people who have both a journal and a weblog? Or do you prefer to read people who have all of their writing in one central place?

I read thorswitch's journal, therefore I read [some of the writings of] at least one person who has both a journal and a weblog. I suspect this isn't what was meant by the question. By now the assumptions here are making me snarky. :-)

Countdown

Last seen in lkeele's journal

10 bands you've seen live

Um. Moody Blues, um... Can I count orchestras?


9 things you're looking forward to

Going to Sweden
Eating lunch
Menopause
Hanging out with cwilson
Square dancing this weekend
Scritching my kitties
Being done with my current task at work
Seeing Alaska some day
Having a niece or nephew some day


8 things you wear daily

Nipple ring
Wedding band
Class ring
Pony tail elastic
Watch
Underwear
Socks
Shoes

(everything below "watch" I don't wear when home in bed sick, but the rest is incredibly constant - I almost never take that stuff off)


7 things that annoy me

Me? Or "you"? Okay, I'll start with lack of attention to detail.
Clumsiness
Anything that itches
Anything that's loud or whiny
Maps folded wrong
Selfish people
Tape that fuses permanently in place if I don't remove it soon enough


6 things you touch every day

My eyes
Toilet paper
Food
A hair comb
A toothbrush
A pillow (or, when camping, a pillow-substitute)

(This would've been a much more interesting question if I didn't take it quite so literally.)


5 things you do everyday

Eat
Fidget
Contemplate
Worry
Cough


4 people you want to spend more time with

Chris
Dianna
Lisa
Gordon
Rob
Joe

(Sorry, I just wasn't going to leave ANY of these people off the list.)


3 movies you could watch over and over again

Oh gawd, what torture. Even the best movies, once is ENOUGH for a year or more. Okay...
Hopscotch
Sleepless in Seattle
The Philadelphia Story (did I get that title right?)


2 of your favorite songs at the moment

I'm a little teapot (don't laugh, it really is)
Donal agus Morag


1 person you could spend the rest of your life with

Me, I fervently hope. And, well, I could name more than one other, but you knew that.

Attitude Adjustment

Today I was stuck in some of the worst traffic I've seen in a while. I was whining to myself. "I might not make it up to Palo Alto in time to have lunch with two friends. I have a meeting at 1:30. What an inconvenient time for a meeting. How annoying that I'm stuck in traffic."

Joe told me over the cellphone that the Web traffic reports showed an accident involving two? semis, one of which had FLIPPED OVER THE MEDIAN. And I drove by a chunk of what used to be a semi tractor-trailer cab. A chunk. Bigger than a motorcycle, smaller than my car.

Boy did my attitude get better. My problems are small.

Ten Rules

(most recently seen in firecat's journal)

1. Know thyself.
2. Wait your turn.
3. It's not about you.
4. No one owns the truth. (AKA "There is no one, true way.")
5. Rewarding bad behavior brings its own fitting punishment.
6. Compassion is important; however, protecting a person from the consequences of his own actions is ultimately not kind.
7. Don't lose sight of what's truly important to you.
8. Look for the win-win solution.
9. Other people are important. They are also different from you. Learn to deal with both of those.
10. Act consciously. (Corollaries: Pay attention. Examine risk-reward tradeoffs. No whining about it later.)