| thoughts from a reluctant extrovert |
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Introverted? Need help getting out of your shell? Here are a few experiments you can try in you own community!
1) Go to a concert with a friend or co-worker. While waiting for the concert to begin enter into light conversation. Books have proven to be a successful opener. Talk about your current reads, listen to theirs--even if they sound boring, act interested. Choose a subject from the conversed book list that you feel comfortable with and expand the conversation. After the concert, don't bottle up how you felt about the music. Feel free to share it, you might find that the friend feels the same way or may even be impressed with your ability to express yourself. Sharing your thoughts on art is not embarrassing. Please remember, fellow inverts, that this exercise only works if you bring someone who is NOT already in your "inner circle."
2) When going to a Folk Music Festival with close friend, don't be afraid to deviate from your intended schedule should an unexpected acquaintance arrive. Simply by "going with the flow" you may find that your traveling group has swelled from two to eight and that you are now talking about anything and everything with a complete stranger. Yes, you may have wanted to go listen to the music from China but by remaining with the crowd you may just get invited to a barbeque later that evening. Inverts beware: Not having talked to many people in the recent past may help you forget that thinking is required before speaking. Fortunately, other people are usually far less harsh on you than yourself, you can get over it if you make a mistake.
More thoughts to come in the next installment.
Good night and good luck!
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| this is not a hoax |
[19 Dec 2008|11:25am] |
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www.firemeetsdesire.com
On a side note I was eating dinner before a concert on Wednesday and I suddenly had this thought:
"Are humans red meat or white meat?"
I have no good excuse other than pure curiosity.
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| busy bee |
[16 Nov 2008|11:20pm] |
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OK I was going to go to sleep at a reasonable hour but now I'm very awake. So I'll make a list insead. Things I've done in my free time for the past week and a half (I think):
Primed and painted dresser
fixed drawer
resealed leaky toilet
fixed 2 chairs
made chair cover
made 3 cushion covers
installed curtains on 10 windows
made 6 of the 10 curtains installed
finally took care of the paper I've been meaning to sort through for a year and a half
gathered kindling
reinstalled custom-made shelving (THAT's not moving ever again)
laundry
cleaned kitchen
washed all floors
cleaned the garage some more
went to a movie
built a house with building bricks
did a puzzle
watched all of shark week....... and about 10-15 other movies I think (all while doing other things on list)
finally befriended Lily
People helped me out with this list.
I think I'm almost to the point of simply maintaining this house. I still have some extra work to do but it's really going to slow down from here on out.
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| posting something |
[16 Nov 2008|10:53pm] |
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- Available: for what? signing autographs??
- Age: 25
- Annoyance: mostly myself
- Animal: pick one - they're all fascinating
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- Beer: Greene King
- Birthday: The same as Victor Borge's only 75 years later.
- Best Friends: I'm pretty sure they know who they are
- Body Part on opposite sex: eyes
- Best feeling in the world: being loved
- Best weather: kite flying day in June.
- Been in Love: Yes
- Been on stage?: Yes
- Believe in Magic: nope
- Believe in God: yeah
- Believe in Santa: Nope
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- Candy: snickers
- Color: green
- Chocolate/Vanilla: Chocolate
- Chinese/Mexican: depends
- Cake or pie: depends
- Continent/Country to visit: pick one
- Cheese: many kinds
D
- Day or Night: sunrise even though I don't particularly getting up then
- Dance in the rain?: hmmmm
E
- Eggs: over hard
- Eyes: varying shades of blue - mostly steel blue
- Everyone's got a(n): finite existence
- Ever failed a class?: yeah
F
- Full name: Elizabeth Catherine Wright
- First thoughts waking up: "What time is it and can I sleep in just a little more?"
- Food: I need to go grocery shopping
G
- Greatest Fear: heights and going to Hell
- Goals: I have a top ten list
- Gum: never
- Get along with your parents?: Yup
- Good luck charm: nope
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- Hair Color: blonde
- Height: 5' 1"
- Happy: Yeah, mostly
- Holiday: whatever one the family gathers for that year
- How do you want to die: funny, I just had a conversation about this....
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- Ice Cream: depends
- Instrument: Trombone
J
- Jewelry: eh
- Job: pretty good
K
- Kids: I haven't made that decision
- Kickboxing or karate: Karate
- Keep a journal?: not religiously
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- Longest Car Ride: Albuquerque, NM to Portland, ME
- Love: is all you need
- Letter: indeed
- Laughed so hard you cried: many many times
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- Milk flavor: skim
- Movies: my preferred visual entertainment
- Motion sickness?: nah
- McD’s or BK: BK
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- Number of Siblings: 3
- Number of Piercings: none though I have the scars from when I was young and stupid
- Number: 3
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- One wish: my college debt instantly paid off
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- Perfect Pizza: wiht almost no tomato sauce
- Pepsi/Coke: Coke
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- Quail: is he back in politics????
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- Reason to cry: Grammie
- Reality T.V.: is disgusting
- Radio Station: 90.9 in the mornings
- Roll your tongue in a circle?: Yeah
- Ring size: ???
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- Song: surprisingly I haven't had one in my head today
- Shoe size: 6.5
- Salad Dressing: none
- Sushi: yep
- Skipped school: sure
- Slept outside: Yes
- Skinny dipped?: nope
- Shower daily?: every other day
- Sing well?: I think I'm OK
- In the shower?: yep
- Swear?: Yeah
- Strawberries/Blueberries: strawberries when fresh
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- Time for bed: after this
- Thunderstorms: exist
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- Unpredictable: my dad
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- Vacation spot: somewhere far away
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- Weakness: chocolate
- Which one of your friends acts the most like you: ... I don't know...
- Who makes you laugh the most: I laugh pretty easily, but I'd say Laura or Kate
- Worst feeling: gut wrenching guilt
- Wanted to be a model?: nope
- Where do we go when we die?: Which part?
- Worst Weather?: nighttime raining while I'm trying to drive
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- X-Rays: once for my wrist
- Ex's: ....
Y
- Year it is now: 2008
- Yellow: Mellow
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- Zoo animal: cheetah
LAST PERSON WHO…
1. Slept in a bed beside you?: Pumpkin and Lily
2. You went to the mall with?: I hate the Mall
3. You went to dinner with?: the work crew?
4. You talked to on the phone?: Gomer
5. Made you laugh?: Pumpkin
6. Hugged you?: Uncle Bill
7. Said they loved you? Mom
8. Held your hand?: probably Mom
9. Spoke with? Gomer
10. You cried over?: Grammie
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| anxiety rising |
[22 Aug 2008|09:54am] |
My workload just exploded. I have so much to do and I have no idea where to begin.
Oh man, I even just stopped to make a few phone calls just now.
Back to work.....
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| I'm a nerd |
[18 Aug 2008|09:24pm] |
Without Scrabulous Facebook seems almost useless.
I want to play scrabble.....
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| holy post batman! |
[22 Jul 2008|09:05am] |
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It's vacation!
Went down to Frances's place this weekend and had a blast. Came back up here because I wasn't prepared to head south for the week before going to see Frances. Frances and I got into Mount Blue State Park for free using my now-defunct Maine Conservation Corps free pass -- and I didn't even remember to bring it with me! Good thing to because then they would have seen that it had expired two days prior.
It's 9 AM and I'm not at work. : ) Will be leaving later this morning for southern Maine but I have to stop off at work first to drop off the 60-pound steel spike that's sitting in my backseat. Also the shovel.
Going to enjoy myself this week except that I'll be making my first payment on the good old Stafford today. Getting paid will be great.
Oh yeah, Internship's over. You can all now despise me for collaborating with the government for the foreseeable future. I can't say I'm a Fed anymore because it's no longer true.
Moving out of here in September and August just cannot not come fast enough. I am so antsy to get out of here. When vacation is over I really only have a month and that will be great.
Many thoughts this morning. I have many problems but I know how to fix some of them. Others I will have to devise something.
Well, I think I'm off.
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| lame. |
[23 Apr 2008|10:44am] |
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This whole week has been gorgeous and I've had to spend it all inside the office.
Today I have to write a grant.
Soooooo lame.
This weekend was really great though. I'm a little sunburned but not nearly as bad as I could have been.
I really don't want to work on this grant...... I want to go kite flying.
I need a new kite. Should I make one or buy one? I'm definitely going to buy a trick kite, but I could make one or buy a cheap one to tide me over. I must inventory my materials....
Akright, I'm going to attempt productivity now.
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| Sweet! |
[16 Apr 2008|06:20pm] |
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I've been hired on with the Penobscot County Soil and Water Conservation District after my internship. They like me so much that I'm the first person in my position that they've offered insurance to. Needless to say, I'm feeling pretty good tonight.
Oh, and my sister lent me her n64 so when rehearsal ends tonight I get to go home and play Ocarina of Time....... ok I'l be using my landlord's TV for that.... but whatever.
Today = very pleasant.
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| random quiz |
[14 Mar 2008|10:30pm] |
Your True Birth Month Is January
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Loyal
Social
Logical
Easily jealous
Loves children
Rather reserved
Highly attentive
Likes to criticize
Needs close friends
Ambitious and serious
Smart, neat and organized
Hardworking and productive
Loves to teach and be taught
Quiet unless excited or tensed
Sensitive and has deep thoughts
Knows how to make others happy
Searches for the greatest romance
Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds
Romantic but has difficulties expressing love
Always looking at people's flaws and weaknesses
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More accurate than I expected... or want to admit sometimes. Though still not entirely.
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| www.peepresearch.org |
[03 Mar 2008|01:15pm] |
This site is worth visiting.
PS- I have a new cousin, his name is Cedric Mardon.
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[29 Feb 2008|02:52pm] |
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I finished researching my presentation topic. Now all I have to do is put together the presentation, but really that's going to have to happen when I have access to my personal computer which is at home. At the moment I'm waiting for the day to end so that I can go to York County for the weekend.
Since I have some free time, I've been pondering.
I've decided that last night I heard one of the worst conceivable ideas for foreign policy. I mean it didn't really sound that viable on face value, and then one must consider the affected populations; countless externalities; side effects/world reactions; and, of course, the human propensity for irrationality. The scope irrationality on all counts nearly baffles my mind.
I'm listening to some flute jazz right now. I don't know if I should feel depressed or awe....
I have to work 46.5 hours this week, so I'm staying after today.....for way too long.
Do you guys know that Nutrigrain commercial with the "Babies Everywhere!" quote? That's kind of what it feel like right now. My cousin's girl is overdue by almost two weeks and my colleague is due in April and I'm going to a baby shower this weekend. Too many babies, man.
I just finished having this incredibly odd conversation with one of my co-workers about where my career is headed and how I could change things within District operation. Man I just wanted to goof off a little and instead I ended up having serious discussion about my future. Apparently my "youthful" career days are starting to wind down and I have to start making some real decisions about my future. Whatever, I have some semblance of a plan that will suffice for the next few months. No need to think further than that for right now. Besides, I've only just entered the work force, how could my beginning years have ended so quickly?
"Questions, questions, so many questions. You want a shard? Here, here's a shard!"
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| You know what's pretty lame? |
[24 Feb 2008|09:11am] |
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I just woke up from a dream in which I was back in Marching Band. So was Gomer and this other guy that I don't know. Anyway, I was back in Marching Band because Chris said he needed me as a trombone and I said OK. How friggin' lame is THAT? But then again, that was Gomer's reason, too.
OK, I've been crashing and burning way too early these past few days, hopefully the sleep I got last night will take care of that. I really like dreaming.
Yesterday I took Dottie out for the afternoon, which was good, and then watched a movie with Laura and Amy. Despite its name, Marylin Hotchkiss's Ballroom Dance and Charm School is a film well worth watching. It was a Sundance Film Festival entry if that will convince you. Plus I own it so borrowing is allowed. Anyway, we all had a very good time and it was nice to chill with Amy again.
Then, of course, when I turn on my car to go home I can see right away that one of my lights has blown. No big deal, but annoying. Fine, I plan to call Dad in the morning and get it set. I drop Amy off at Talmar and head out towards Pushaw. Not 30 minutes after my bulb first blows I get stopped by the Police because my headlight is out. "Are you a student? Have you been drinking? Where are you going? Where is home?" Whatever, but then he gives me a ticket that says I have to fix the headlight within 48 and I wasn't planning on going to my Dad's until next weekend. Now That really is lame.
He said I could try to go until Saturday without fixing it although it was likely I'll get stopped again if I drive late at night, which has to happen at least on Tuesday. He told me to just be polite and explain the situation and I'd probably be fine. But my question: is it worth it to possibly get a real fine and wait for Saturday? I was going to head down next weekend anyway, but I don't want to pay a fine.
Time to be constructive...
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| It is snowing again |
[22 Feb 2008|01:39pm] |
I just figured it out, and if I can work 43 hours every week until the end of my internship then I'll be fine. There just can't be anymore snow days. I could handle it, but I'm not going to be getting a vacation until sometime in 2009.....
For anyone reading this and in the area Amy Gagnon's back in town this evening for the closing of her exhibition in Fogler Library. She'll be there 5PM - 7PM and then we're going to Bayka's recital in Minsky at 7:30PM.
If you wish to skip all of that (but it will be very cool) we'll be heading to Pat's Pizza for about 8:30-9PM.
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| I think I may be twice cursed. |
[08 Feb 2008|06:27pm] |
First: I can't seem to own a phone for longer than 3 months before it somehow malfunctions.
Second: Whenever I choose a topic to present on I always think it will be really easy to come up with supporting material but it never is. Maine is mysteriously lacking literature on soil conservation history.
On the up side I've spent the day in Fogler Library trying to find sources. I have to admit that I missed doing spending a whole day in the library. It felt pretty good to flex my "research" muscles. And I spent the day in the MRC chatting with Larry every once in a while. That was really nice.
Also while in the library I walked in on a chick have phone sex in the bathroom. It did get a bit disturbing when my presence didn't even stifle her vocally. But whatever, finding another bathroom was too much trouble.
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| Soil Conservation by Hugh Hammond Bennett |
[07 Feb 2008|10:54am] |
"...What happened to the bountiful land that inspired early explorers to enthusiastic comment and rhapsodic description? The answer lies largely in a false philosophy of plenty, a myth of inexhaustibility, which prevailed generally for many years and persists, in some quarters, even at the present time."
This was written 79 years ago by the founder of national soil and water conservation in America. I'm sad at how valid this statement is still today.
PS- This is how he wrote, the whole book is like this. Informational texts have become so boring; we need to bring back some style. If nothing else maybe people would have a wider vocabulary available.
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| Tonight! |
[01 Feb 2008|11:01am] |
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This evening Laura and I are going to be crafty in various formats. The possibilities include:
- cooking something complicated
- origami
- drawing
- painting
- legos
- scrabble/other board games
- chilling out with music
- DDR
- insert idea here
If we're lucky we'll get to do all of these things.
The point is this: if you're in the area and would like to join us just give me a call or something. If you're not in the area and would still like to join us then you should do something crafty tonight at the same time so we'll almost be doing them together anyway.
Cheers!
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| stealing from Laura |
[29 Jan 2008|09:27pm] |
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You are The Lovers
Motive, power, and action, arising from Inspiration and Impulse.
The Lovers represents intuition and inspiration. Very often a choice needs to be made.
Originally, this card was called just LOVE. And that's actually more apt than "Lovers." Love follows in this sequence of growth and maturity. And, coming after the Emperor, who is about control, it is a radical change in perspective. LOVE is a force that makes you choose and decide for reasons you often can't understand; it makes you surrender control to a higher power. And that is what this card is all about. Finding something or someone who is so much a part of yourself, so perfectly attuned to you and you to them, that you cannot, dare not resist. This card indicates that the you have or will come across a person, career, challenge or thing that you will fall in love with. You will know instinctively that you must have this, even if it means diverging from your chosen path. No matter the difficulties, without it you will never be complete.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.
I don't think I understand this one. *shrug*
PS - I got home from the dentist 4 hours ago and am still slightly numb. Hooray.
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[27 Jan 2008|04:39pm] |
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Rambo = Worst Movie I've Ever Seen.
I'm quite certain that Stallone only hired actors whose acting skills were inferior to his own. The music was completely mismatched to what was happening on screen (please note the ending credits for the most obvious example) and the plot was entirely incredible. The film was an exhibition marriage of blood, violence and special effects (this, of course, being set in a primarily Bhuddist nation where bigamy is still allowed under the laws of that religion). But even the action was totally implausible.
At the same time, I'm glad I went to see it. Having witnessed this abomination I can now appreciate the more mediocre films such as.... Kindergarten Cop or Cat Woman. Actually, I take that back, I will NEVER watch Cat Woman. I'm told the Rambo II and III are worse than IV and I would gladly watch those in succession with W. relating commentary rather than see Cat Woman. Seriously, Rambo IV may not be wholly without merit... and though I have yet to figure out what that is, I'm willing to watch it again to find out.
I guess it's like academic research. It was so bad I feel the need to reexamine it.
On a side note: I've done absolutely nothing productive this weekend. Well, I have been reading some and watching a few things I got for Christmas. I've also been checking out some new blogs that I've been recently introduced to. I can confidently recommend DamnInteresting.com. I think that everyone who might be bothering to read this would thoroughly enjoy it.
Interesting but not AS interesting:
gizmodo.com
geekologie.com
hmmmm, other things....
No, I guess I'm just not that interesting.
Later!
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| Victory is almost mine? |
[24 Jan 2008|02:43pm] |
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Tonight is our Annual Banquet, the thing I've been doing endless mass mailings and making innumerable phone calls for. Did I also mention that I've been combing the county for donation items for the Silent Auction since October? This has consumed so much of my time at work that I'm behind on education preparation and design work. I almost can't stand to wait for this evening to be over.
PS- If any of you happen to be terribly interested in seeing the productive side of my office in slide show and presentation format as well as a presentation on African wildlife then please feel free to come to this cursed event I call the Annual Banquet. I can honestly say that there are some really cool items in the auction and the whole thing is at the Sea Dog so the food will be tasty. Plus you're allowed to drink. : )
PPS- Auction starts at 5 PM, Dinner starts at 6PM and it is unfortunately $19 a person. But it will be fun for everyone not me, I promise.
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