tanja

Lots of topics to discuss.

The aerobed I have is just a regular old camping sized one, but now that I see they have these raised pillowtop jobs, I gots to have me one!



As far as early mornings, every cell in my being revolts at the idea. I feel nauseous, headache prone, dizzy, sometimes I vomit a little, I'm physically clumsy, my memory becomes poor, my thought process is fragmented, I put the milk in the cupboard and the grape-nuts in the fridge, sound and noises become exaggerated and irritating, etc. I'll bite your fucking head off in the early morning. My mind doesn't start waking up until after about 2pm, and no real thinking gets done before 6. My golden time is after about 10pm until I retire in the wee hours. It doesn't matter how many hours of sleep I get; if I awake too early, I'm sluggish and lethargic all day. On the other hand, I only need 7-8 hours of sleep to feel great as long as I can get up at after 10am. So, I'm scared of all these things associated with early mornings. I'm weird, if you haven't already noticed.

The traditional wisdom of my childhood always dictated that I was "lazy" because of this and that I should be broken and molded into an 8-5 schedule. It never worked. My grades in school were always worse during early morning periods. Only in my post-secondary education was I able to break this cycle by always choosing classes that started in the afternoon or evening. Anyway, recent research has now proven that people's propensity for morning or night is regulated by our circadian ryhthm or "chronotype" which differs for each individual by as much as 8 hours. There's even research that suggests variations are determined by a single gene, so all this may soon be able to be quantified, and with the advent of gene therapy, even altered. I can't even imagine what being a "morning person" feels like. Perhaps someday I will. So, this is exciting news, not only for retribution purposes, but in the sense that it might de-thaw the rigid rules of the American workplace. Whenever possible, why not have employees work when they are most productive? Makes sense to me. I hope this is the case, since my proclivity for night has been the biggest obstacle for me as I've tried to thrive in an organizational setting. So far, I've managed to find flexible employers that are a bit more forward thinking, and would rather have me doing better work than going to get coffee with co-workers first thing in the morning. It's an issue though from time to time that I still have to defend and contend with. Eventually I see myself being self-employed probably when I get fed up.

I like the flavor of your dream. Though I've been known to interpret dreams quite accurately, I'm not going to touch this one. Blyss is indeed a sweetheart, and I love her, even though she does sleep too much for her own good.

And yeah, Sean Combs == Puff Daddy, who is quite possibly my polar opposite. And I thought minuet was a type of rice; this big white boy don't dance!

Have a good day, I'm off to finish learning about "electrical safety in an R & D setting".

I don't mean to pry - but - any news on your crush ?

yer new profile pic is...well...all kinds of hotness

Thank you for stopping by and leaving such a nice comment. Drop in again anytime.

At the risk of being lynched by your regular admirers here is a pretty SG boy to have a crush on.





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Thank You!

Fidel the bearded lady? I like it.

As to your crush I say fling him another, non-related email. If he doesn't respond, then perhaps you know it may not be in the cards. That will most likely suck, but not knowing can suck even worse.

Three year crush?
Way past its expiration date.
Clean the fridge. Move on.

BEASTIE BOYS!

Sheesh, that video was the stuff of nightmares!

Radiohead has a song - Fitter Happier - that to me totally epitomizes that 1950's emotional dichotomy. The sterile surface and dark underbelly trying hard to coexist, but failing miserably.

Bring on the 60's man!

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Thank-you for sharing your eleoquence and wisdom, always. I know what you mean about the joy in being positively surprised by someone. It happens so rarely to me I think I've forgotten what it feels like. I have pretty high expectations of myself and others, so it's rare when someone I meet exceeds those. I don't really look for it anymore.

``Hyper-analytic'' probably wasn't the best choice of words. ``Hyper-aware'' was more what I meant. The opposite of oblivious, as most people tend to be towards detail. I'm much the same way and I don't consider this mischievous or cruel at all. Our diversity as a race lends itself to humor I think. People need to relax and laugh at themselves more often. I laugh at myself all the time.

If you find the world continuously alienating, it might be a signal that you are evolving or undergoing a metamorphosis, and this is a good thing. I've felt the same way for a long time, as discussed many times in past journal entries. Learning to live with this, to make it through to the other side, is my current challenge, since it's not possible to return what I have learned and what I now know.

Time for some coffee & bailey's before I drift off.

Hi! Well, yes, I did like CITIZEN KANE THAT much. but just getting the hang of typing into the journals.

I'mnot certain that this is even the right way to get back to new friends on the list, but here it is.

Welles was really one fine director(my fave being TOUCH OF EVIL) and it's saddening to see his stuff listed as old film now - worse (on one list) before they "made real films"> Brr.

Thanx muchly for poiinting out my error - see you in the funny papers as time goes on!

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Hi,

Camera =

Your cool coffin inspired me, but the results were not good.

The Bar Has Been Raised...

Google asked if I meant sailormoon...

Result of my real name search.





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ooohh how very "LA"....the Anthony Kiedis sighting I mean, not the garlic tea.....

...although garlic tea could be a new "New Age" thing.....

Bah...that's the way of the world sometimes...

I think it was Neitzche who said: When the world never seems to be livin' up to your dreams and suddenly you're finding out the facts of life are all about you.

Deodorants?
Nah I can't smell. Years of smoking have totally destroyed my nostrils.

But just to show off my vast LA knowledgethis picture you have posted was taken on the roof of the Oviatt building.

Can someone write to Maxx and ask him to let me in SGLA already?

Pleeeeeeeeeeeease

and more than the pill-popping moms and delinquent kids, the heartburn-laden dad was my favorite figure

For some reason I had the feeling you'd know exactly what I was talking about.

You changed your fantasy.
What am I going to do with the apartment in Paris?
I put it on Ebay

You showed up in my matches. Hey there match!

you came up on my dating profile - you want my booty, dontchu?

When I first brought it home I noticed that the cat's were quite terrified of it, they would not go near it and would freak out if I tried to get them close to it. I started to use the skull to keep the cats off of things or out of certain areas of the house, it worked quite well. Two years ago a friend of mine was having a Halloween party and asked to use the skull as part of the decorations, there was this guy at the party that I had never met, he started to get drunk and decided to befriend the skull, he was carrying it around with him giving it drinks of beer and introducing it to people as his dead friend, I even saw him simulate oral sex with it. The next day I found out that he had been killed in a car accident that night after the party, he went through the windshield of the car and was decapitated. Then about six months ago I had some friends over and the next morning I noticed that someone had written "I am Dead" across the forehead of the skull, and that very next day I was driving past Forest Lawn and spray painted on the wall was "I am dead and so are you". That's when I decided I had to return it.

You fucking rock!

Thats awesome that you knew that I would love to go the B&B and see if any ghosties are lurking about
Happy Tuesday