Posted in Everyday on Aug 20th, 2009
My mind is fuzzy in that Dayquil-knockoff-treated-mild-headcold sort of way. I can’t quite think straight or concentrate on much and, frankly, I’d really like to be in bed. I’m not miserable, just sleepy. This entry will, no doubt, be even more incoherent than usual!
Alas, I am at work. It’s company picnic [...]
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Posted in Everyday on Aug 19th, 2009
A fantastic article from the Washington Post on Britain’s NHS.
For the record, I lived in the UK for five years (I now hold both US and UK nationality) and loved 90% of my interactions with the NHS. I had a miscarriage and a successful pregnancy, and raised a toddler to the age of two [...]
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Posted in Crafting on Aug 17th, 2009
Part of the reason I’m wanting to do the silhouette/crazy quilt of myself mentioned in my last post?
I’m really DULL. Seriously. I have so many fantastic friends who dress fabulously and create magnificent things…and then there’s me. Blah. Boring, brown, and very same-y.
It’s seriously depressing (and I’m on flipping antidepressants!).
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My brain is percolating several entries, after my brain, which has been hiding under a rock for a couple of weeks and only emerging to do classwork, has finally realized that it can be AWAKE!! again and actually deal with real life.
I’ve frequently heard people tell me that they never remember their dreams. [...]
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Posted in Size acceptance on Aug 5th, 2009
I’m on a type-related Myers-Briggs listserv that I mostly ignore (time constraints) but occasionally participate in. A post today set me off, namely, someone that I otherwise like very much was posting on the topic of nationalized healthcare (she’s a Republican – suffice it to say that we disagree on the topic) but mentioned [...]
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Posted in Everyday on Aug 3rd, 2009
I know I’ve mentioned this somewhere in the dark recesses of my blog archives…but I’m an INFJ. Also, an Enneagram type 4w5.
What does that say about me?
INFJ:
Because the INFJ has such strong intuitive capabilities, they trust their own instincts above all else. This may result in an INFJ stubbornness and tendency to [...]
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