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A linky Monday morning to you.
Oct. 25th, 2004 07:44 am1) Blue and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
savage_rose, did you know there was a community called ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
organize? Heh, it's kind of perky over there, but other than that I can see it being a nice place to post certain things.
2) Don't ask me how I got here, but I found the first half or so of this to be quite a fascinating read about compulsive scratching. The scratching, picking, or tearing is an attempt at self-help, directed at one of the tasks or at the skin itself. We scratch to reduce the itch. The intent is honorable but the technique is terrible. Similarly, the picking and tearing so typical of people with acne is an attempt to improve the skin. The intent is fine, the technique ineffective. I hardly have any problem with face-picking anymore... but it's interesting and rather nice to think that even the dumb self-destructive things we do, we're doing on some level with good intentions.
3) I have new shoes. These shoes. I've never had clogs before, but I think I like! :) And the next day I took a bag to Goodwill to balance out the shopping trip. I find that a nice thing to do... keeping at least a rough balance of things in to things out.
4) I am (finally) officially signed up to take that Java test. It's a little creepy to have committed to a time, but I'm looking forward to having it be over. I started my reviewing of the book yesterday, and did a reassuringly better job on Chapter 1 than I did the first time. Yeah, I could pass the test if it were tomorrow. But of course that's not enough for type-A little me, I want to crush it. Stomp it. Ace it. So I guess I have a nerdy couple of weeks coming up.
savage_rose, did you know there was a community called organize? Heh, it's kind of perky over there, but other than that I can see it being a nice place to post certain things.2) Don't ask me how I got here, but I found the first half or so of this to be quite a fascinating read about compulsive scratching. The scratching, picking, or tearing is an attempt at self-help, directed at one of the tasks or at the skin itself. We scratch to reduce the itch. The intent is honorable but the technique is terrible. Similarly, the picking and tearing so typical of people with acne is an attempt to improve the skin. The intent is fine, the technique ineffective. I hardly have any problem with face-picking anymore... but it's interesting and rather nice to think that even the dumb self-destructive things we do, we're doing on some level with good intentions.
3) I have new shoes. These shoes. I've never had clogs before, but I think I like! :) And the next day I took a bag to Goodwill to balance out the shopping trip. I find that a nice thing to do... keeping at least a rough balance of things in to things out.
4) I am (finally) officially signed up to take that Java test. It's a little creepy to have committed to a time, but I'm looking forward to having it be over. I started my reviewing of the book yesterday, and did a reassuringly better job on Chapter 1 than I did the first time. Yeah, I could pass the test if it were tomorrow. But of course that's not enough for type-A little me, I want to crush it. Stomp it. Ace it. So I guess I have a nerdy couple of weeks coming up.
