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Strange Dreams.
Jun. 15th, 2005 12:39 pmI had a strange dream last night.
( TMI? Sex was involved. )
( TMI? Sex was involved. )
Jun. 15th, 2005
Meme Infection
Jun. 15th, 2005 01:20 pmLately there was a meme going around where you asked folks why they had friended you. Even I got into that one, something I seldom do.
One thing I didn't do was answer many questions about why I had friended the folks on my list. I realized a couple of days ago that I was obscurely embarrassed by one of my various reasons. You see, some folks are on my friends list because I want to be infected with some of their memes.
I am someone who always finds myself tending to behave in a manner similar to my friends. Thus, I find it advantageous to have friends with traits that I admire, but which I tend to lack. Among those traits are: An eagerness to write, a gregarious nature, a forthright attitude, an ability to readily trust another person, and so on.
In retrospect, I suppose its no insult to say that someone is on my friends list because they have qualities I admire. On the other hand, it somehow feels like I'm just using them to better myself. I dunno.
There is also the fact that some of these folks were added because they had traits I admire, but I've come to like them for a whole host of reasons.
So, I have to ask: If you found out you were on my friends list, just because I wanted to be more like you, would you feel insulted?
One thing I didn't do was answer many questions about why I had friended the folks on my list. I realized a couple of days ago that I was obscurely embarrassed by one of my various reasons. You see, some folks are on my friends list because I want to be infected with some of their memes.
I am someone who always finds myself tending to behave in a manner similar to my friends. Thus, I find it advantageous to have friends with traits that I admire, but which I tend to lack. Among those traits are: An eagerness to write, a gregarious nature, a forthright attitude, an ability to readily trust another person, and so on.
In retrospect, I suppose its no insult to say that someone is on my friends list because they have qualities I admire. On the other hand, it somehow feels like I'm just using them to better myself. I dunno.
There is also the fact that some of these folks were added because they had traits I admire, but I've come to like them for a whole host of reasons.
So, I have to ask: If you found out you were on my friends list, just because I wanted to be more like you, would you feel insulted?
I just realized that I never posted the news about my Mom that I got today. Sorry about that -- I've been stupidly busy lately.
Anyway, I talked to her on the phone this morning, just as she was getting ready to be released. She says that they put in three stents, not two like I thought. They were all in branches off of one of her arteries. Anyway, she says she's feeling much better now.
She'll have to take things very slow and easy for the next few months, and won't be able to fly until sometime early next week, but she should make a full recovery. She'll be on various anti-coagulants and cholesterol-lowering drugs for the next year, but she says that doesn't really bother her.
At least now she'll have an excuse to retire that her current boss can't deny. She's been wanting to retire, but he's been afraid to lose her. Now it looks like he's got no choice.
Anyway, I talked to her on the phone this morning, just as she was getting ready to be released. She says that they put in three stents, not two like I thought. They were all in branches off of one of her arteries. Anyway, she says she's feeling much better now.
She'll have to take things very slow and easy for the next few months, and won't be able to fly until sometime early next week, but she should make a full recovery. She'll be on various anti-coagulants and cholesterol-lowering drugs for the next year, but she says that doesn't really bother her.
At least now she'll have an excuse to retire that her current boss can't deny. She's been wanting to retire, but he's been afraid to lose her. Now it looks like he's got no choice.