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Sep. 26th, 2005 04:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
emmagrant01I have questions today.
1. Why is it still over 100 degrees here and almost October?
2. Why is it that no matter what I do and how well I try to do it, I'm going to piss someone off?
3. Why does #2 bother me so much each and every time it happens? I should know better by now.
4. Why aren't there spam filters for your paper mail?
5. Why do the squirrels eat my bird food and the birds eat my squirrel food?
6. Why does time pass at warp speed when I'm cruising my f-list but slow as molasses when I'm grading papers?
Not expecting answers. Just asking... :-P
1. Why is it still over 100 degrees here and almost October?
2. Why is it that no matter what I do and how well I try to do it, I'm going to piss someone off?
3. Why does #2 bother me so much each and every time it happens? I should know better by now.
4. Why aren't there spam filters for your paper mail?
5. Why do the squirrels eat my bird food and the birds eat my squirrel food?
6. Why does time pass at warp speed when I'm cruising my f-list but slow as molasses when I'm grading papers?
Not expecting answers. Just asking... :-P
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Date: 2005-09-26 09:36 pm (UTC)All extremely nutritious food for thought!
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Date: 2005-09-26 10:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-26 09:40 pm (UTC)I've been wondering that one myself. STUPID HEAT.
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Date: 2005-09-26 10:07 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-09-26 09:44 pm (UTC)annoyinghelpful. ;-)1. Because God is playing games with us. Clearly.
2. Because people, as a rule, tend to be persnickety.
3. Because you are one of those persnickety people. ;-) Or, maybe you're human, and it sucks when we do something that pisses someone off--ESPECIALLY when we didn't mean to.
4. I ask myself the SAME question daily.
5. Identity crises.
6. See the answer to number one.
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Date: 2005-09-26 10:10 pm (UTC)Re 4: I dread going to the mailbox for this reason.
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Date: 2005-09-26 09:45 pm (UTC)2. You are living amongst other humans.
3. You are a normal woman.
4. Because of big business.
4. They are called "garbage cans".
5. They like variety.
5. They are species-confused.
6. Duh.
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Date: 2005-09-26 10:10 pm (UTC)4. They are called "garbage cans".
Oh, but they won't do the filtering for you. :-(
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Date: 2005-09-26 09:46 pm (UTC)2. bc everyone has different points of view, and anything anyone does is always going to contrast with someone else.
3. hey, i'm the same way.
4. ooh, there should be.
5. you have squirrel food? that's pretty cool.
6. bc time flies when yer having fun. and grading papers does NOT sound like a good time.
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Date: 2005-09-26 10:12 pm (UTC)Re 5: Yes! It's for those of us who have given up trying to keep the squirrels out of the bird feeders. Only, it doesn't work so well.
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Date: 2005-09-26 09:49 pm (UTC)I would have liked the answer to that question yesterday while my skin was boiling at Austin City Limits. :(
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Date: 2005-09-26 10:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-26 10:06 pm (UTC)Wouldn't that be nice? I sorted through 9 days' worth of mail today and pitched about 2/3 of it unopened.
Also, {{hugs}} on your previous post. I'm so sorry it hasn't worked yet.
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Date: 2005-09-26 10:14 pm (UTC)And thank for the hug. I appreciate it. :-)
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Date: 2005-09-26 10:08 pm (UTC)Because there are people in the world that live for drama and angst, and if there isn't anything in their life that is dramatic or angsty they will generate something that is.
Umm... I don't know you all that well, but just from the question I can see you are compassionate and kind (if you weren't you wouldn't care)and it upsets you that someone may have been upset by something you said- even if they are being ridiculous.
Because there are not enough fairies who are willing to sit in your mailbox and zap the junk mail?
Squirrels are fuzzy diabolical experimental psychologists. They take sadistic delight in playing headgames that can't be won and teasing all comers to insanity. Mind you, having them visiting your yard is totally worth it IMO. :)
Because time flies when you're having fun.
P.S. Would pics of baby squirrels being bottle fed cheer you up?
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Date: 2005-09-26 10:15 pm (UTC)The bird and squirrel feeders are mostly for the entertainment of my cats, so in the end it doesn't really matter where they're eating. It's just odd.
Baby squirrels? Cool!
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From:Oh, that could be confusing...
From:Words of demi-wisdom from the sleep deprived.
Date: 2005-09-26 10:16 pm (UTC)2. Intent and outcome are rarely coincident.
3. Because you default to idealism (which is a good thing.)
4. Getting rid of direct mail would cripple the graphic design and postal industries.
5. Because the lure of doing the wrong thing extends to the animal kingdom.
6. Tedium is the great extender of our time here on earth. Sadly, it's well... tedious.
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Date: 2005-09-26 10:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-26 10:30 pm (UTC)2) Because you're human.
3) Irrational Thinking.
4) Because that would require your postman to go through your mail.
5) Because they like to fuck with you.
6) Time dilation.
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Date: 2005-09-26 10:30 pm (UTC)And I don't know if you've seen this but I thought it might cheer you up. Remember that boy!man who looked like Draco? Yeah...he mentioned all this stuff in his blog!
Here's the C&P : Monday, September 26, 2005
I've read all the Harry Potter books and I'm a big fan so I think this is HYSTERICAL! My boyfriend got an email the other day informing us of this ongoing live journal discussion about my apparent resemblance to Draco Malfoy. There's a discussion board up and lots of screen caps of me from "Team Players"(the funny thing is this is actually my first look at the movie since I haven't gotten my copy yet). I'm linking to the site here, be warned there is a lot of nudity(my nudity, LOL).
posted by Hunter @ 2:55 AM
And the link that I think you already have... http://notthatboy.blogspot.com/
But, yeah. Thought that was cute! Thanks and I hope everything gets better for you! =)
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Date: 2005-09-26 10:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-26 10:35 pm (UTC)2) Because people don't have enough gay porn in their lives
3) Because you're a nice/good person?
4) Because if there was the stamp prices would climb yet again
5) To make sure you're paying attention to the animals
6)Its the same theory as the studying causes time to stop while fics cause it to skip forward. If we could bottle it and market it as time travel we'd make millions.
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Date: 2005-09-26 10:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-27 12:04 am (UTC)5. Switch their food. Or leave it. haha. What do we know about what squirrels and birds like to eat? hahahaha
:D
6. Just finished grading more essays - my hand's cramped up.
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Date: 2005-09-27 12:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-09-27 12:15 am (UTC)5. Do your squirrels have radio collars? A&M's does and it makes 'em do waaaacky things. So either radio waves degenerating their brains...or squirrels are just mindfuckers and the birds eat what's left.
Good questions! LOL
Date: 2005-09-27 02:02 am (UTC)Re: Good questions! LOL
Date: 2005-09-27 02:05 am (UTC)And because saying, "but I was reading porn" isn't a good excuse, really. ;-)
Re: Good questions! LOL
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Date: 2005-09-27 02:59 am (UTC)2. Because you can never please everyone 100% of the time, but if it's any consolation, you do a pretty good job of pleasing about 99% of us 99% percent of the.
3. Because you are just the sweetest thing and you deserve a cookie. ::points to icon::
4. Because that would be stifling of free expression and that's wrong. It's their right to fill our mailboxes with as much trash as they want, screw that it kills trees and most people don't even bother to flip through it. Damn trees probably deserved to die anyway.
5. Because there's not much room for a brain up there in that tiny skull of theirs.
6. Because I say so. ::shrug:: I dunno, that one bugs the hell outta me, too.
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Date: 2005-09-27 04:22 am (UTC)1. Dunno. Way not fair (I won't tell you about my weather - it will just depress you)
2. Because everyone is different. Can't please everyone all the time.
3. Yeah, me too. I take everything so personally. I continually work on picking the things I need to react to and not worry about the small stuff.
4. AGREED!! WANTS ONE!!
5. Because the grass always seems greener on the other side.
6. Because you don't notice time when you do something you enjoy. My work days seem to be like that, too.
I hope you enjoy my platitudes of the day. :P
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Date: 2005-09-27 04:57 am (UTC)It's because Pandas are secretly planning to take over the world. All that 'omg, we're gonna be EXTINCT!' is just an act. Really. How I know? I'm their LEADER man!
~Head Panda
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Date: 2005-09-27 05:39 am (UTC)2. Independent minds and different experiences in life. Wouldn't it be horrible boring if each would think and feel the same? - Okay, it might lead to world peace, but really it would just be horrible dull.
3. You are human, you are a nice person, who obviously wants the best for all, but pleasing everyone is so idealistic that it almost never happens. (But I wish it would myself!)
4. post business, because some people have no internet, obtaining the e-mail address from a post address not applicable yet; Hmm, maybe you could make a sign outside or leave it at a post office: Please don't advertise through paper, use my e-mail instead.
Anyway, we've got this great service in Germany - you sign up (for free) and they take you off the lists where companies get their addresses from for advertising. You can then even sue legally if you still get spam paper mail. Look, if you got something like this in the USA.
I used to throw away 70% of my mail too before signing up.
5. variety and smell. And neither of those two species is very picky. But I have birds here too. The different species fight over the food I put outside - I changed the feeding device and now only the birds I want can get to the food. :) It's very nice to watch them when I turn my head from writing.
6. Time flies when you enjoy it and you are more distracted so you don't notice. But all your attention to time comes back when you HAVE to do something you don't really like.
Btw, Jeff Greenwald wrote something very accurate about the percieving of time and I totally agree with him. (It is actually on the difference between how you notice time in Nepal and western countries.) Summary: in Nepal time has quality - in US/Europe/.. it has quantity. If you are interested I can send you the quote (it's about 1/3 of a page). It is totally true and I had felt the same way when I was there for a couple of months.
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Date: 2005-09-27 09:05 am (UTC)luvin ya backj!
Date: 2005-09-27 10:23 am (UTC)2:You must not live in America. that is our clarion call! don't worry about those that abuse you, pay attention to those that praise you! (I know it easier to think of the bad ramarks than the good, but the good are so much more heartfelt!)
3:As I said before, its easier to remember the bad than the good. But hell, Here I am! And I love you! Just one person, but more than you had a few moments ago, right?
4:Spam is tricky. both to block and to send. no matter what protection you may have, theres always a way around it. Even by postal service!
5: Just to Piss you off! I know this for a fact. I had the most beautiful bird feaders and pirches in my yards and the birds deliberatly ignored them. but the Squirrellles and RACCOONS had no problem with them. The Raccoons ttok to teasing my family by turning our water facets outside on in the wee hours. I KID YOU NOT! Those Buggers would turn them on and run just far enough away to goggle at us!
6:The next time your grading papers, send me a line, i'll send my squirrels and raccoons on over. I promise the time will not go so slowly!
(I'm not a teacher, but I do spend a great deal of time helping in english classrooms, and any distraction is good! perhaps even a bunny!)
Personal to here...
katrumble@yahoo.com
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Date: 2005-09-27 12:20 pm (UTC)LMAO!