Sometimes I talk a lot. I'm sure people would say that is an understatement sometimes. I'm passionate about things that I like! I get excited! I use exclamation points a lot and mean it! I found out that a coworker is watching Doctor Who for the first time with her boyfriend and they had reached the episode "Blink" in reboot Season 3. I was so excited for them I could hardly sit still because I knew what sort of a ride they were in for. I told her to come back in the morning and tell me what she thought.
This is seriously one of the coolest ways to break the 4th Wall of Theatre. Seriously. Don't Blink.
Needless to say, she came back with that familiar wide-eyed, paranoid Doctor Whovian look. I nodded knowingly and we started the new workday shared exciting details about our individual experiences with the episode.
[Side note: Do you think it's necessary to watch the Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood (at least the first season) before the end of Doctor Who Season 3? Or does it matter? Thoughts?]
I had my last day at the grocery store yesterday. I feel so elated to be done and have that over with. I kept my cool and smiled and made it through. Even for the person who was arguing about a $0.40 off coupon for a stack of Zip-bloc food containers that had expired three weeks ago. I smiled. I survived.
Now, I just get to be a customer and I don't have to worry about forgetting to ask for someone's grocery reward card.
I'm really looking forward to the time I will have now that I am only working Monday through Friday. I feel like I can get so much accomplished - write Christmas Thank-yous, sort and file old bills, shred the box of spam mail, wash dishes - big and little things.
I also want to volunteer! I want to get involved and learn new skills!
Like I said in the first paragraph, I'm very passionate about things that I like. I spend a lot of time on the internet indulging in fandoms, activites and aesthetics that I enjoy - Doctor Who, Steampunk, Abandoned Buildings, Disney, Harry Potter, Nerdfighteria, to name a few. I'm on Tumblr and Facebook and sometimes Twitter exploring mutually enjoyable content with other participants. My friend Rachel V. and I have been vlogging back and forth to each other on Thursdays (alternating each Thursday) and that is a BLAST. (I'm rediscovering how much I really like video editing - but that's a whole different blog post.)
Now, I just get to be a customer and I don't have to worry about forgetting to ask for someone's grocery reward card.
I'm really looking forward to the time I will have now that I am only working Monday through Friday. I feel like I can get so much accomplished - write Christmas Thank-yous, sort and file old bills, shred the box of spam mail, wash dishes - big and little things.
I also want to volunteer! I want to get involved and learn new skills!
Like I said in the first paragraph, I'm very passionate about things that I like. I spend a lot of time on the internet indulging in fandoms, activites and aesthetics that I enjoy - Doctor Who, Steampunk, Abandoned Buildings, Disney, Harry Potter, Nerdfighteria, to name a few. I'm on Tumblr and Facebook and sometimes Twitter exploring mutually enjoyable content with other participants. My friend Rachel V. and I have been vlogging back and forth to each other on Thursdays (alternating each Thursday) and that is a BLAST. (I'm rediscovering how much I really like video editing - but that's a whole different blog post.)
Something I want to work on improving for myself is staying positive on Facebook and avoid "vaguebooking." I feel this sort of effort would help me get over my cynicism and bitterness about events in 2013. "Fake it till you make it" was a popular mantra when I worked as a counselor at Girl Scout Camp and it still sometimes holds true. I want to be more positive in my life, even if I'm having a bad day, so I will do my best to only put positive things on Facebook. It's my hope that these positive statuses help uplift my day as well as others who I am friends with.
I was Tweeting about a month ago, bemoaning an article/infographic that had been posted on Facebook by a friend. This particular graphic presented one side of the issue and completely ignored any other statements about any sort of benefits of the product the graphic was declaring wrong.
I wanted to post something. I wanted to research and support my argument with proven facts and just show how ill-conceived this infographic was. How it didn't cover the whole picture. How by sharing it with the people on Facebook it continues to perpetuate these crazy misconceptions.
But I didn't. I didn't want to start a fight. I didn't want to open myself to emotional blackmail. I didn't want to start a debate where the main participants would be straw men and the Texas Sharpshooter. So I didn't comment. I vented instead on Twitter.
A former college classmate replied and informed me of what a friend of his does when he sees someone posting something on the internet and he wants to argue.
He posts an article about lizards instead.
I wanted to post something. I wanted to research and support my argument with proven facts and just show how ill-conceived this infographic was. How it didn't cover the whole picture. How by sharing it with the people on Facebook it continues to perpetuate these crazy misconceptions.
But I didn't. I didn't want to start a fight. I didn't want to open myself to emotional blackmail. I didn't want to start a debate where the main participants would be straw men and the Texas Sharpshooter. So I didn't comment. I vented instead on Twitter.
A former college classmate replied and informed me of what a friend of his does when he sees someone posting something on the internet and he wants to argue.
He posts an article about lizards instead.
I liked this idea, so I've started implementing it as well. Anytime I need to point out that someone is wrong, or something is incorrect or I need to argue some political/nutritional/medical/economical point I will post an article about lizards instead. I certainly don't need the anxiety of debate and the nuances of speech and body language don't carry over on Facebook very well. So I'll just post something else.
The body language of this lizard is saying "DON'T ARGUE ON FACEBOOK! OTHERWISE YOU'LL BE UNHAPPY AND THEN I'LL EAT YOU. AND THEN YOU'LL BE REALLY UNHAPPY! And also taste bad."
So far I've posted about Iguanas (did you know they are vegetarians?) Komodo Dragons (which can weigh up to 150 lb. and live for 30 years!) and the Common Collard Lizard (which is the state lizard of Oklahoma!)
Just sayin'...
If I run out of lizards that I can think of post to satisfy my need to say something (I haven't decided if dinosaurs will count.) I think I'll start on lighthouses...
"I think Obamacare shouldn't force religious groups..." "BOOM. Lighthoused."
Although the internet tells me that there are over 3,800 species of lizard in the world, (most of them in Australia) so I should be good for a while.