I thought I'd be better today. I planned to take today off as my "safety day" - where I could go back to work but wouldn't because I've learned that doing so tends to cause me to relapse then be out for another week or so.
But my nose had other plans. And my lungs are feeling icky too. I'm still having a lot of hopes for avoiding bronchitis but it's hard to predict at this point. At least I'm not quite as tired as yesterday. Though still not up for anything beyond sitting on the sofa , Not even minor chores like putting away my laundry or, I dunno, buying some food.
Tomorrow will be interesting. The water line replacement project is supposed to finally finish - with my water being turned off from 8am to 3pm. And I have 401(k) rollover paperwork that must be faxed in by tomorrow or the money goes away to some account that no one seems to know how to access (I'm not sure what's up with that - it took too much energy to bother reading). So I reaaaalllly need to go into the office. But I may do little more than feel like shit and spread my germies to everyone else.
I guess I also need to cancel my workout for tomorrow night. Damn. I really want to get back on practicing flying body spirals (as I feared, after I stopped being able to do them, I haven't be able to resume). I assume I'll also be too sick to go to the workshop and "Girl's Night" party at SirenDance on Sat.
But, otherwise, I'm fine. I needed some time off from work. This just isn't my preferred method for achieving it.
"If it's not one thing, it's another..."
I guess the countdown is on. Donna has a quote on her whiteboard that says "I'm gonna be ready for Halloween this year" or something like that. It's a direct quote from me. I said that sometime in, oh, April? Looks like it's almost time.
I just got this in my email:
Your result for The Personality Defect Test...
Spiteful Loner

To put it less negatively:
1. You are more RATIONAL than intuitive. 2. You are more INTROVERTED than extroverted. 3. You are more BRUTAL than gentle. 4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant.
Compatibility:
Your exact opposite is the Televangelist.
Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Capitalist Pig, the Smartass, and the Sociopath.
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If you scored near fifty percent for a certain trait (42%-58%), you could very well go either way. For example, someone with 42% Extroversion is slightly leaning towards being an introvert, but is close enough to being an extrovert to be classified that way as well. Below is a list of the other personality types so that you can determine which other possible categories you may fill if you scored near fifty percent for certain traits.
The other personality types:
The Emo Kid: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Humble.
The Starving Artist: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant.
The Bitch-Slap: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Humble.
The Brute: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant.
The Hippie: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble.
The Televangelist: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant.
The Schoolyard Bully: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble.
The Class Clown: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant.
The Robot: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Humble.
The Haughty Intellectual: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant.
The Spiteful Loner: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Humble.
The Sociopath: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant.
The Hand-Raiser: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble.
The Braggart: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant.
The Capitalist Pig: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble.
The Smartass: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant.
Be sure to take my Sublime Philosophical Crap Test if you are interested in taking a slightly more intellectual test that has just as many insane ramblings as this one does!
About Saint_Gasoline
I am a self-proclaimed pseudo-intellectual who loves dashes. I enjoy science, philosophy, and fart jokes and water balloons, not necessarily in that order. I spend 95% of my time online, and the other 5% of my time in the bathroom, longing to get back on the computer. If, God forbid, you somehow find me amusing instead of crass and annoying, be sure to check out my blog and my webcomic at SaintGasoline.com.
When we redid the kitchen, we put in a tract lighting system. It is pretty cool, well, fiery hot actually - it has seven 50 watt halogen bulbs that you can aim at various work centers in the kitchen. So the stove, sink, fridge and coffee pot all get special attention - like they are in the big show. That's fine until one of them burns out. I'd say we've been through roughly 15 bulbs since last August. 15 at 3 per pack and $14 per pack works out to $70. Another two packs and we will surpass the price of the tract system. I assume that the company that manufactures the fixture ALSO owns stock in the company that makes the bulbs. (If you own a Wii, this is exactly the same synergistic relationship that Nintento has with Eveready.)
I'm still surprised, as I probably should not be at this point, with the number of bulbs we go through and the timing of them burning out. If the light pointing at the sink burns out, I replace it and within a day, the light pointing at the coffee pot goes out. If the light in the living room ceiling fan burns out, I replace it and then the one next to it goes out. Now it doesn't happen all the time - I'm not walking from room to room with my ladder and waiting. It only seems like that. I've switched to the new compact florescent bulbs where possible and they promise 11 years between changes. Ahh - 11 years. I can be blogging or something during all that free time that I'll have - but wait! I put two into the fixture in the living room and within a week, one of them was out. Dang - maybe it was a dud. At closer look, however, I found out it was the fixture itself that had failed. The bulbs will now out live the fixtures.
I had a few strings of those Christmas tree white lights on the bushes in the front yard. Originally, it was a Christmas decoration but then I left them on all year and they looked pretty nice, that is until they started going out. I could have gone through each and every bulb to see which one it was but instead I opted to just throw another complete strand overtop of those. Long story short, when the last one went out I pulled out about 300 feet of old wires from the bushes and I have yet to replace them.
My newest enemy is the photocell switch that is supposed to turn the outside lights on at dusk and off four hours later. I came home for lunch and all the outside lights were on. I can usually tell this because I can hear the electrical meter spinning out of control. I checked the switch and it looks fine - I mean, it looks like a switch, it just doesn't work anymore. I'd turn off the power going to the outside outlet but unfortunately due a twist of fate I used the same outside outlet for the pond pump so I'm going to have to get a new switch.
I think my next investment is a pair of coveralls that says "Maintenance" on the back.
Formula for failure: trying to please everyone.
--Anonymous
What the hell? I wasn't a big fan of the M.Cho show when I saw it in rehearsals but I'm still going to buy a ticket to see the finished product, and KELLY LIVE (again), in Long Beach. Dates and info at LiamSullivan.com
Show us a fashion trend that you hope goes out of style ASAP.
Oh, my pretties, where to begin?
1.Hezbollah scarves
There was a point in the late 80s where every wannabe hipster-tough in Montreal wore one of these, usually with a black leather zippered motorcycle jacket known as a "perfecto". I hated the fad then, and I hate it even more now.
2. Hammer pants.
AKA drop crotch pants, usually pleated, tapered and cropped. Yes, this particularly heinous fashion crime appears to be back. They don't even look good on the models. Please, I beg of you, DON'T touch this.
3.Flip-flops.
(great cartoon from Slap Upside the Head).
Ok, peeps. I know that this will offend a lot of you, who are devoted to your flip flops. But personally, I don't think flip flops--no matter how cute, fancy (sequined??) or expensive ($300 Chanel flip flops???)--should be worn anywhere other than the beach, the pool or the spa. Flip-flops at work? Ugh. Flip flops with dress pants? Double Ugh. Men in flip flops? That just makes me throw up in my mouth every time I see it.
4.Platform sandals.
I don't care how much you paid for them. I still think they look trashy.
5.Hollister/Abercrombie t-shirts
Listen up, kids: they should be paying YOU to wear their store name emblazoned in such a huge font on your chest. I mean, it's not even a graphic logo, like the little crocodile or polo player. It's the WHOLE STORE NAME.