On Being Witness to Extraordinary History


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Socialism....

Various ideas

That Beagle that is staring at me, thinking I want her in my lap and trying to stare me down. I think she thinks I will obey... She is mistaken

Which of course made me think about obeying

I'm always such a practical shopper when buying Christmas gifts. Why is this bugging me at 3 something in the morning? Ugh... I wanna give fun stuff this year. Time to rest in bed and think of things I can give that are fun...

Till I fall asleep. :hamactor:

I recently got a job that I feel woefully under-qualified for. The place is way bigger and more professional, as well as more highly regarded in the industry, than my last place, the place they hired me out of.

You can see the post here > http://www.butchfemmeplanet.com/foru...887#post695887 < about my last (3rd) long interview just before they offered me the job, if you care to read it.

Occasionally, one gets to find out the answer to something that they usually would never find out.

I found out what it was about me that made them hire me. It was a sentence I said during my 3rd grueling interview.

Usually, I imagine that no one pays attention to individual sentences like I do. I love writers and good writing. I am an exceptional reader, hence my screen name, not because of the volume of reading that I do, but because of the quality of my reading and the attention I give to things I read, especially those things I like. It's like being a good listener.

I know a woman who is absolutely the best "listener" for readers who share their own work with her. She is a retired English teacher and she did the same thing with her 7th grade students when they read their poems and creative writing pieces to the class aloud.

She gets comfortable and then she closes her eyes and appears to be drinking in the sounds of the reading. She tilts her head as if to fine tune her hearing and she basically makes readers feel like they are the only sound in the room. She follows her listening with such great feedback.

So, I feel lucky that the "big" boss, my boss' boss said casually during a conference call that the reason they chose me was because of a sentence I said during that last interview, which he repeated verbatim: "I like to wreak order from chaos."

He works in pharma, but I bet one of his personal passions must be reading. I had been wondering why they hired me when I didn't know their software, systems or therapeutic areas. I still think they could have found someone better in those ways than me. But, sometimes, I guess, even corporate America still makes decisions based on things other than keywords.

Who knew?

News reports
I'm hungry
A quote I saw
You... every day

people and things....

Various memories
The holidays
The new school quarter rapidly approaching
Chores to do tomorrow
Various ideas

I miss Florida:theisland:

I love that we are in tune with the other, and both willing to work it out. And talk. A lot.

Y must it always seem difficult when it really isn't. Y somethings just get better with a hug
Y must u conform to b who they want and not who I am
Y is smurfette the only girl is she an mtf?

Hmmmmm.....my mind is on the future....today, tomorrow and beyond. Also on my mind: Wanting to do it right - being patient. :D

Finding the lil troll thats run off with my charger and my screw driver..........

Surgery
Friends
Christmas
The real reason I am still not asleep
Memories
Regrets
Pleasure
My girl always
and you

I'm starting to feel like I did before I needed bypass surgery...I'm hoping it is just the exhaustion of working so many hours, but I'm worried I started eating right too late.

Hi Ho Hi Ho, it's off for tests I go...

How much my head hurts...I have a migraine, luckily I only get one every couple of years.
I have been thinking a lot about past relationships and how everything we do and every decision we make moves us in new directions.
I have also been thinking about what I want in a relationship, what I expect and will accept.
It's hard to focus though when your head is pounding.