Stuff

[partly]

Thoughts in no particular order, then two memes (or rather, one meme, twice)

We'll start out on a personal note:

• I'm losing my job and it sucks beyond words. The fact that so many other people have it worse than me, doesn't make it suck any less.


• I am keenly aware of and extremely grateful for all the blessings in my life. Acknowledging that losing my job sucks, in no way invalidates my appreciation for those blessing -- nor does it mean I forgot about them.


• I had a very bad experience with the writing group I used to belong to. I can say with a fairly high certainty that they were bad for me and that I stayed with them much longer than I should have. Being able to say that doesn't keep me from feeling that they may have been right in their assessment of my inability to write, though.


• I find it almost impossible to discount my usual feelings the insecurity and self-deprecation. My interior critic is way too vocal lately. And, quite honestly, it just seems like the obvious truth rather than a critic at all.


• I have been told that I am aggressively optimistic. I try to keep that in mind and fiercely cling to the "Half Full" view of the world.


• I love driving in the snow. It makes me feel competent. I'm a good driver. Actually, I'm a damn good driver, especially when driving in the snow.


• I really like winter weather. I love the still peace of a really cold night. I enjoy the soft fall of snow. I know that 32 degrees is freezing, but I don't always think that it's cold.

More fun, fandom notes:

• Castle continues to be an absolute delight. The characters, the relationships, the believable and realistic relationship between the characters -- all of it is perfect.


• Bones has the best Christmas episodes of any show ever.


• The ramped up advertising for 24 has reminded me that it is my favorite show in the world. Go here and watch the preview. Then check out this one. Renee is back! She was one of the female characters that I adored last year. Jack is still made of awesome. I so want an icon of him in the long coat with the gun behind the dumpster. Or him with the gun jumping on that cab. And this move? I'm thrilled to say it is done by an actor who is just two years younger than I. Is it January, yet?


• As demonstrated by my love for 24, I like angst as much as the next girl, but I'm all about the action, baby. The world goes to hell while people stop to think about it. "Delay is the deadliest form of denial." British Historian C. Northcote


• I did a post about the reason I had a hard time watching Criminal Minds. While I stand by what I said in that post, I think the show has really come a long way. They still fail occasionally (with the cases) but I really feel that the change from Gideon to Rossi has made real difference. The obvious "It could happen to YOU!" bad-horror-moive aspect of some of the cases still bothers me, but it hits home runs much more often than it strikes out, lately.

These really amused me:

Take a sad partly and make it better.

Which song was this lyric from?

Get your own lyrics:

I kissed a partly and I liked it.

Which song was this lyric from?

Get your own lyrics:

Comments

[talkingtocactus.livejournal.com]

I have been told that I am aggressively optimistic. I try to keep that in mind and fiercely cling to the "Half Full" view of the world.

haha, i'm often told i'm agressively pessimistic! i definitely try to cling to the half empty view!

[partly.livejournal.com]

Together we balance out the world! *grin*

[talkingtocactus.livejournal.com]

haha, excellent, everything should be about balance :D