I want to be led by "He hates me. I continuously examine my actions, their effects and their motivations. Does this add new data? Aha."

Pass the word: ita wants Sabermetricians to rule the world!

Huh. I don't want to be led by either of your examples.

Well, I was describing extremes on purpose. The "What did I do wrong?" kind of reflection is sort of what is called depressive rumination, where stewing on a mistake magnifies it to global "I suck" proportions. Whereas, "He hates me. Asshole." is the thought-process of a sociopath.

hippie woowoo might be the best phrase ever.

YAY sociopath Choose sociopath.

The Nathan Fillion story has charmed the pants off of me. Damn, that guy's cute.

I just waited over an HOUR to get into my scheduled OB appointment (that's ONE HOUR AFTER I was supposed ot see him). I'm just glad I dragged DH to the office visit with me or I would have been really bored all alone. Doc gets a pass because he was delivering a baby.

Bacon and eggs sounds good. We may have that for dinner tonight.

Nathan Fillion is a fabulous man. msbelle is equally fabulous.

And speaking of, I just woke up from a nap (I'm a student again now! I can nap! Huzzah!) wherein Kevin Sorbo was so impressed by Serenity that he decided to get an Andromeda film made. Why does my brain hurt me so?

ita wants Sabermetricians to rule the world!

If that's what you call someone who looks within and without when making decisions, I certainly do. Mostly I just call them thoughtful or reasonable.

The "What did I do wrong?" kind of reflection is sort of what is called depressive rumination

I think it's not useful to use it as a prediction of self-reflective behaviour. And if it's not an inherent characteristic of this mindset, I'm still not seeing the downside.

So how does that work?

Either hippie woowoo or hormone stimulation. Take your pick.

What's in the tea, that stimulates the hippie woowoo (love this!) or hormone stimulation, Plei?

I just waited over an HOUR to get into my scheduled OB appointment (that's ONE HOUR AFTER I was supposed ot see him). I'm just glad I dragged DH to the office visit with me or I would have been really bored all alone. Doc gets a pass because he was delivering a baby.

UGH! I told you I walked out of my first ever OB appointment when pregnant with Ben, right?

Bacon and eggs sounds good. We may have that for dinner tonight.

If that's what you call someone who looks within and without when making decisions, I certainly do. Mostly I just call them thoughtful or reasonable.

Not all the sabrematricians are reasonable, but they do try to muster proof for their assertions.

I'm very pleased that the Serenity premiere went so well with a full Buffista presence, that Allyson got love on the red carpet and msbelle got a 3am Nathan call. Fun!

You know, I try to separate the actors from their characters and how it affects my enjoyment of their shows, but I have to say I get warm cuddly feelings when I hear about the real life encounters with Nathan, or Ben Browder or AH or DB.

I have to say I get warm cuddly feelings when I hear about the real life encounters with Nathan, or Ben Browder or AH or DB.

You should get warm cuddlies about AD too. He's so nice. Not that NF and AH weren't, but AD was an incredible sweetie, and I'm told he's pretty much always that way.

BTW, the part about the Saudi official who is talking to the Bush administration about war in the middle east? I'm wondering if that's because some Democrats in the Senate have been suggesting that the U.S. pull out of Iraq.