shift_in_perspective unhinged somewhere along the line, i learned how to choose to see the good side of things and that has been invaluable to me. today my pen exploded in my favorite purse. i was trying to leave for work when i noticed. oddly, not much was damaged in the explosion and i even managed to salvage the purse by emptying it and then rinsing it repeatedly in the bathtub. as i was rinsing it, i just started laughing at how ridiculous it was. eh, no use in crying or screaming. those things never got anything done. 090108 ... hsg "as i was rinsing it, i just started laughing at how ridiculous it was. eh, no use in crying or screaming. those things never got anything done. " you're beautiful. ! did you get that icky boring clean purse all over your fun and inky pen? 090108 ... unhinged thanks. *scrunchyface* geez guys...that's like two blather illicted scrunchyfaces in two days. i used to do a lot of crying and screaming. but really the surest antidote to any affliction is the opposite, thus have i heard. and enacted and believe. 090108 ... a_disgruntled_past after having a portion of my fall pay held, and then receiving conflicting reports from the employer as to why (reason one: its a pressure tactic to make you make concessions; reason two: we're oh so busy we're sorry but you'll have to wait until some unknown date in the future, that argument equals bullshit), my sympathy not only for my union's stance on wage stabilization but also that of the transit union (day 29 or something like that of their strike over scheduling) has jumped considerably. hell, i've filed a grievance (along with a few hundred others, take that you bastards), signed up to work the strike vote next week, and just may well picket in the fucking cold if it comes to it. 090108 ... jane paradigm_shift 090108 ... In_Bloom Move me 090108 ... unhinged it takes just as much energy to look at the positive as it does to look at the negative 090108 ... unhinged shamatha shambhala i am good just the way i am 110514 what's it to you? who go blather from