Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Interesting tidbit
Yesterday our new program management intern was kind enough to mansplain to our female associate program manager how to run her meetings. "The way 'Jim' (male associate program manager) does it is very engaging, everyone gets excited and engaged. And you... take a lot of notes, which is great, but maybe you could take fewer notes." He then seemed to realize he was coming off as critical, in front of me and a senior program manager, and turned everything into a compliment. "Different meeting styles are so... interresting. And there's personality differences which... you can't do anything about." (Wasn't sure if he meant personalities of the PMs or personalities of the teams.)
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Just overheard
...on "New Girl":
Girl: "Don't you know it's Christmas?"
Airline attendant: "It is? Oh I just thought they did a black version of Annie for no reason."
Why is that so damn funny?
Thursday, November 20, 2014
not feeling it
Feeling pretty down about my weight loss efforts. I still have this ridiculous pot belly. I've cut down on my bad eating, I've been exercising every day for nearly an hour, for a month and a half now, and I still look the same. What the fuck.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Today's trigger
The thing that is making me cry right now: an article about square beer bottles by Heineken, that can also be used as building blocks for homes and structures in undeveloped countries. The design was rejected as not being masculine enough and the dual purpose bottle bricks never got mass produced.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-heineken-bottles-were-square-62138490/?
Why does this affect me so much? I feel like I'm crying for the world.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Random thoughts
You know what type of therapy should be added to the menu at massage places? Dog lick therapy and back scratch therapy. (Back scratching to be done by humans.)
Friday, August 8, 2014
Inspired by Mindy
I'm reading Mindy Kaling's book, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and other concerns) and it's really awesome. She makes me think that even my stupidest thoughts could be funny.
So here are some random thoughts. Let's try this out.
Okay, so you know how you hear stories about dogs who are treated terribly -- their owner leaves on vacation for a week, and just left them outside with one bowl of food and water? or the owner makes them drink alcohol because they think it's funny to see them drunk? (Wait, why is that the worst thing I can imagine happening to a dog? I think because it's too painful to think about worse things. Anyway, you get my point.) And you know how you also always see how some dogs are spoiled rotten -- you know, like on reality shows, where mega rich people carry their dogs around in purses into restaurants and feed them caviar at the table. So my question is, wouldn't it be interesting to find out how people their dogs average-ly? Like, in an acceptable fashion, but not overdoing it, and also not abusing them? I like to think my husband and I are really really nice to our dogs, but we don't overdo it, and we definitely don't abuse them (unless you count my husband disciplining them, but let's review that later). Like, right now, our German Shepherd has a plastic squirrel toy in the house, even though she's thrown it around outside in the dirt a million times, so it's sticky with her saliva and super dirty. But she loves playing with it and carrying it around in her mouth. When she's outside with a toy and on her way to come inside, I can tell her "no toy" and she'll drop the toy (although I have to time this just right because if the timing is off, she'll drop it inside the house). So I'm super inconsistent about the no toy in the house rule. Is that average? or is that spoiling the dog? I kind of need some barometer about an average way to handle a dog.
So here are some random thoughts. Let's try this out.
Okay, so you know how you hear stories about dogs who are treated terribly -- their owner leaves on vacation for a week, and just left them outside with one bowl of food and water? or the owner makes them drink alcohol because they think it's funny to see them drunk? (Wait, why is that the worst thing I can imagine happening to a dog? I think because it's too painful to think about worse things. Anyway, you get my point.) And you know how you also always see how some dogs are spoiled rotten -- you know, like on reality shows, where mega rich people carry their dogs around in purses into restaurants and feed them caviar at the table. So my question is, wouldn't it be interesting to find out how people their dogs average-ly? Like, in an acceptable fashion, but not overdoing it, and also not abusing them? I like to think my husband and I are really really nice to our dogs, but we don't overdo it, and we definitely don't abuse them (unless you count my husband disciplining them, but let's review that later). Like, right now, our German Shepherd has a plastic squirrel toy in the house, even though she's thrown it around outside in the dirt a million times, so it's sticky with her saliva and super dirty. But she loves playing with it and carrying it around in her mouth. When she's outside with a toy and on her way to come inside, I can tell her "no toy" and she'll drop the toy (although I have to time this just right because if the timing is off, she'll drop it inside the house). So I'm super inconsistent about the no toy in the house rule. Is that average? or is that spoiling the dog? I kind of need some barometer about an average way to handle a dog.
Monday, March 3, 2014
Things that make me feel good
- Petting our animals
- Looking at our animals
- Looking at pictures of our animals
- Saying or doing something that results in our dogs wagging their tails
- Saying or doing something that results in my husband's smile or hug or laugh
- Coming home from work on a Friday night
- Doing something that helps my professional career
- Writing out my feelings
- Writing something creative
- Doodling
- Looking at something beautiful in nature
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