Sunday, October 31, 2004

Candyland

LOL... The BF just called me from home in a panic; he nearly ran out of candy while a large group of kids came to the door trick-or-treating. He'd bought a very small amount of candy based on the few kids who came around our neighborhood last year. Apparently there were three times that amount this year, and he was obviously unprepared. In the middle of the group, he had to shortchange a couple of the kids and give them less than the others, so he wouldn't run out completely. The poor kids left disappointed.

Now he's switched off the light on the front porch, dimmed the interior lights and huddled in front of the TV, hoping no one else shows up -- a prisoner in his own home.

Current mood: Amused

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Monday, October 25, 2004

Funny ha ha

Shamelessly stolen from youforgotpoland.com; link courtesy of ufscoops:

 

Current mood: Daydreamy

Posted by Lynniechan @ 04:08 PM EST [Link] [1 shoutout]

 

Saturday, October 23, 2004

Electile disfunction

I have election anxiety.

I'm worried to death that I and the rest of this country will have to suffer through four more years of that embarrassment in the White House.

Please help me get him out of there. He's done enough damage.

Current mood: Concerned

Posted by Lynniechan @ 12:44 AM EST [Link] [6 shoutouts]

 

Friday, October 22, 2004

Sign up for your free massage!

I ordered a massage table last night! (Had to do it soon before we plummeted 10 tax brackets.) Scroll down; it's the yellowish "saffron" colored one. They ship next-day, so I should have it within the next couple of days! I can't wait till it gets here. (I bet the BF can't wait, either, he he.)

I also need guinea pigs! Warm bodies willing to be bent, twisted, mashed, rubbed and oiled (insert maniacal laughter here). Come one, come all. Will travel. I even work for free, since I'm not yet licensed. And I'm still a "student driver," so to speak, so volunteer at your own risk.

Current mood: Wired

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The doctor is in

Conscious self	Overall self

Enneagram Test Results Type 1 Perfectionism |||||||||||| 47% Type 2 Helpfulness |||||| 30% Type 3 Image Focus |||||| 29% Type 4 Hypersensitivity |||||||||||||| 56% Type 5 Detachment |||||||||||||||||| 80% Type 6 Anxiety |||||||||||| 46% Type 7 Adventurousness |||||||||||||| 55% Type 8 Aggressiveness |||| 20% Type 9 Calmness |||||||||||||||| 62% Your Conscious-Surface type is 5w4 Your Unconscious-Overall type is 5w6

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Personality Disorder Test Results Paranoid |||||| 30% Schizoid |||||||||||||||||||| 86% Schizotypal |||||||||||||||| 62% Antisocial |||| 18% Borderline |||||||||||||||| 62% Histrionic |||||| 22% Narcissistic |||||| 22% Avoidant |||||||||| 34% Dependent |||| 18% Obsessive-Compulsive |||||||||||| 46%

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Big Five Test Results

Extroversion (16%) very low which suggests you are extremely reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and private. Friendliness (30%) low which suggests you are overly selfish, uncooperative, and difficult at the expense too often of the well being of others. Orderliness (36%) moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly flexible, improvised, and fun seeking at the expense of reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment. Emotional Stability (40%) moderately low which suggests you are worrying, insecure, emotional, and anxious. Openmindedness (76%) high which suggests you are very intellectual, curious, imaginative but possibly not very practical.

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Current mood: Introspective

Posted by Lynniechan @ 01:11 AM EST [Link] [1 shoutout]

 

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Life is good

If you don't already know, I've gone part time at work. I'll go into more detail later. But I just couldn't attend school 30 hours a week, work 40 and still have time to sleep and study. I've had to quit rowing, at least full time. I'm pretty much just on call and can row one day a week, assuming I'm not too busy. I miss it greatly and already feel as though my body is turning to dough. But it was the most expendable of my obligations. I'm still coaching the novice rowers at Winter Park High, but only one day a week. As hard as it is to get up at 7 a.m. on Saturday mornings, I don't want to close the door completely on that option, and it keeps me around crew.

I love school. It hasn't gotten difficult yet, but anatomy is coming up in November. I feel like this career has so many more options. It's all up to me what I want to do and where I want to take it. I don't feel trapped any more. In debt to the government for the first time in my life, yeah. But if things don't work out, it's not the end of the world. I'm still young enough -- not that you have to be young to make big changes in your life -- to backtrack if I have to. Not to be too quixotic, but to me, a career in massage therapy has purpose. You're helping someone feel better physically and mentally. I don't expect to make the same amount of money doing bodywork than I was (at least any time soon, though I hope to eventually). But I know I'll get more gratification from it than putting together a page based solely on what industry insiders might think and will just be lining somebody's birdcage the next day.

It's weird how I used to hate school when I was in college. I despised it and slept through my senior year, too exhausted mentally (and physically, since I was also working 35 hours a week managing a busy ice cream store) to drag my ass to class. But when you've been away from it for so long -- and have matured since then -- you appreciate it that much more.

Current mood: Hungry

Posted by Lynniechan @ 04:01 PM EST [Link] [2 shoutouts]

 

Saturday, October 16, 2004

Awesome

(Long) Video clip of Jon Stewart's telling it like it is on Crossfire yesterday, eventually calling Tucker Carlson a dick

Current mood: Exhausted

Posted by Lynniechan @ 09:50 PM EST [Link] [2 shoutouts]

 

Friday, October 1, 2004

Observations...

... after two days of school:

I'm one of the older people in my class of 12. Many of the group are in their 20s, probably hadn't gone to college and are still trying to figure out what to do with their lives. At least a couple are older than me and in my boat -- they're middle-aged women looking for a career change. One of those is a white Jamaican woman who has practiced reflexology for many years and now wants to explore traditional massage. She has a fabulous Jah-MEHHH-kahn accent.

People, especially Americans, have real hangups about close interaction with others. I personally have a very small comfort zone when it comes to violating my personal space, which is something I'm quickly going to have to get over. Today, we were shown the proper way to drape a client on a massage table with a sheet in such a way as not to expose her or make her feel uncomfortable in any way. After the demo, we were paired off to practice draping each other -- one would be the client, the other the therapist. It required lifting the client's legs and "close talking." Everyone was so intimidated by the thought of having to touch another, it seemed as if minutes passed by before someone would actually begin the exercise. We all glanced back and forth at each other, waiting for someone to make the first move. It's just so ironic that we, students of massage, were so afraid of coming in contact with a stranger.

I really like one of the clinic instructors, Tom. He's a licensed massage therapist, but you'd never know it by looking at him. Think a fatter, more disheveled Dabney Coleman. He's a civil engineer by trade and had been one until about 10 years ago, when he decided he didn't like engineering any more and formally pursued massage, something an old girlfriend had taught him informally many years ago. He's from the Bronx and used to supervise at construction sites -- hard hat, gut, overloaded keyring dangling from beltloop and all. Now he teaches and owns a chair massage business. He tells jokes during class ("Come on people, at least one of you has to smile at that one") and doesn't take life too seriously. I admire people like him who don't fit into the mold of what society says you're "supposed" to look like.

I'm not looking forward to all of the A&P (anatomy and physiology) I'm soon going to have to memorize.

Current mood: Tired
Current music: New Order | 1963

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