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Holiday Shmoliday: Perfect Summation

Giania — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:56:59 +0000

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Simple links that summarize my feelings for this particular pseudo holiday that inspires more jealousy, depression, and ill-will than possibly even Christmas!

Wordlab – $122.98 Says I Love You In which the spending habits of the besotted and pussywhipped are discussed.
Ectomo – Lupercalia: Happy Fucking Valentine’s Day In which the dubious history of the holiday’s Christian/pagan associations is discussed.
The Sherman Foundation – New Word Order: Honey Trapper In which the definition of a newer phrase says a lot about modern relationships.

Enjoy tomorrow’s discount candy!

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Winter Depression

Giania — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:32:00 +0000

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I’ve heard of at least a few people who are finding themselves more and more depressed lately. There are times where I’m tempted to lump myself in with that group as well, although for the most part I’m doing my damnedest to keep a relatively positive disposition despite mounting fears about my irresponsibility catching up to me.

As it turns out, I and my compatriots are far from the only ones who feel this way. Via The Sherman Foundation, I found an article at Ananova entitled Blue Monday. It addresses the phenomena of winter blues, particularly that post-Christmas slump a lot of people seem to fall into.

Just a short blurb of an article, but it cites a few villans of positivity that tend to crop up right around now:

bad weather – That one is a big 10-4. Winter finally showed up around here, and I have to say the cold snap and the nearly snapping my neck walking to work on ice doesn’t do much for MY mood.
mounting debt – You bet your arse this one’s creeping up with increasing urgency for yours truly here. My holidays were at least somewhat expensive, and without a “nest egg” to speak of, making rent is stressful as hell.
failed resolutions – I didn’t have any specific “New Year’s Resolutions” but I was definitely poised for reform of my habits until all the ice hit. It seems sort of obscene to drive to the gym, drive home, then walk to work… when the gym is in the same building as my office. If they hadn’t taken away my parking space, it wouldn’t be an issue. I was feeling a little more positive about the whole thing before the prospect of walking to work became a dangerous one.

So yeah, I can see what they’re getting at with that.

The solution proposed in the article is “volunteer”. Well, that’s nice and all, but that won’t shore up the hole in my bank account, now will it? I’m all for doing for others, but dammit, you have to do for yourself first. If you can’t help yourself, what business do you have helping others?

Still, I have to look at all this from a positive persective. Being broke is encouraging me to start cooking again. It’s going to get me to follow through on setting some things straight. It’s going to motivate the hell out of me. Hopefully I can take all this negative propulsion and adjust it, setting a trajectory that will slingshot me back to home using the moon’s gravitational pull. Or something.

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"Increase the Flash Gordon noise and put more science stuff around!"

Giania — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:08:00 +0000

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There’s a report in the Chicago Tribune of a “UFO” sighting near O’Hare airport.

It’s just detailed enough to be interesting. It’s missing a lot of information, though. The important questions are: Who are the employees who insist upon this claim? Are they often known to spend time together? Were they able to communicate freely at the time of the sighting? Did any patrons also witness this? With the prevalence of camera phones these days, if patrons had witnessed what some of these employees are claiming, there’d be photos, right?

It’s a curious little (two page) article. Truth be told, if it’s any kind of actual air craft of an unusual nature, and not just a visual trick, it’s probably created by the government.
I say this because A) the government has the money (aka taxes) and B) Chicago has been known to be home to some well-nigh unheard of tests before.

Edit: Oh… I nearly forgot. I found the original link to the article at The Sherman Foundation and he also has an NPR link regarding the article there.