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Feb. 3rd, 2005 09:25 pmCheck out http://www.geocities.com/grendelthedog/BABY_PENGUIN.html - ya think maybe that pic for a LJ userpic?
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Feb. 3rd, 2005 09:25 pmPlanning for the future...
Jan. 29th, 2005 01:08 pmIt sorta occurred to me that while I don't post much, some of what I post on may or may not be of interest to the people that have me on their Friends page. So, I'm going to start creating a few filters. Specifically, since my cricket match reports can get kinda long, I think I'm going to create a separate filter for them. So, if you ARE interested in my cricket reports and comments, drop me a note saying so (this is a paid account, so you can use the obvious livejournal.com address) and I'll add you to the "Cricket" filter.
Comment on a meme...
Nov. 29th, 2004 01:21 amThere's a meme going around about how you should post a certain sentence in your LJ if you meet a certain criterion. That criterion has to do with 'friendship' and specifically, 'close' friendship. That leads me to a different question: How do you define 'friend', and how do you define 'close friend'? By observing those around me, I've concluded that what I have aren't 'friends' much less 'close friends'; they're 'acquaintances' with whom I have relationships (which may be more or less extensive) - but rarely do those relationships run beyond one or two common interests. And I have my suspicions as to why I'm that way - but that's another post for another time. Suffice it for now to say that my emotional mechanisms are broken, probably irreparably, and leave it at that.
So, what in your view constitutes friendship, and/or close friendship?
So, what in your view constitutes friendship, and/or close friendship?
A Random Musing
Oct. 27th, 2004 11:30 amFor the past couple of weeks, I've been going twice a week to physical therapy for some minor back problems; I managed to do something that my body wasn't designed to do, and it protested a little too long. That's neither here nor there; the prescription - plus a little bit of 'hey, when the body feels wrong, it's trying to tell you something' consciousness, and I'm OK now.
Part of the PT was ultrasonic massage. Which involved siting the 'electrodes', placing a warm, moist towel over them, and then putting a gel-pad on top of that. The gel-pad was fairly dense, and meant that there was noticeable weight on my back. The whole process was quite pleasant, and I seem to be in good shape now.
But that gel-pad got me thinking: When I'm lying in bed - asleep or not - I'll opt for keeping the temperature lower than normal and adding additional layers of blanket, in preference to keeping the temperature at a comfortable level and using only a light blanket or a topsheet. A brief bit of chat on #C suggests that other people opt for the extra layers - and their weight - as well.
I'm curious, and would appreciate your thoughts: Why? Is this some sort of hindbrain response, buried so deep in our history that there's no real hope of figuring out why, or can people put a reason to why they like the extra weight? Or is it as overwhelmingly popular as I think it is, at all? If you don't feel this way, I'd like to hear that, as well, and why not. And feel free to spread the question around; it's a public entry.
Part of the PT was ultrasonic massage. Which involved siting the 'electrodes', placing a warm, moist towel over them, and then putting a gel-pad on top of that. The gel-pad was fairly dense, and meant that there was noticeable weight on my back. The whole process was quite pleasant, and I seem to be in good shape now.
But that gel-pad got me thinking: When I'm lying in bed - asleep or not - I'll opt for keeping the temperature lower than normal and adding additional layers of blanket, in preference to keeping the temperature at a comfortable level and using only a light blanket or a topsheet. A brief bit of chat on #C suggests that other people opt for the extra layers - and their weight - as well.
I'm curious, and would appreciate your thoughts: Why? Is this some sort of hindbrain response, buried so deep in our history that there's no real hope of figuring out why, or can people put a reason to why they like the extra weight? Or is it as overwhelmingly popular as I think it is, at all? If you don't feel this way, I'd like to hear that, as well, and why not. And feel free to spread the question around; it's a public entry.
