Yay for paying off debt!
I am not a positive thinker.
Mal: Gotta say, doctor, your talent for alienatin' folk is near miraculous. Simon: Yes, I'm very proud.
'Safe'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Jun 08, 2010 10:41:39 am PDT #5168 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Sean K - Jun 08, 2010 10:43:42 am PDT #5169 of 30001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I prefer pools to lakes, and I don't swim in the ocean.
I am also not a positive thinker.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 08, 2010 10:45:19 am PDT #5170 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I am not a positive thinker.
I am only in the sense that I'm positive bad things are going to happen.
I think I embraced that old saw "an optimist can never be pleasantly surprised".
lisah - Jun 08, 2010 10:46:15 am PDT #5171 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Woohoo paying off debt! My brother is selling a nearly new car that he offered me for a good price but not one I could take on w/out a loan. I declined and am hoping my car will last another couple of years (at least until after the freaking condo sells). I'm totally spoiled for not having car payments!
I'm not exactly a negative thinker but I'm a worrier (who tries to be positive).
Jessica - Jun 08, 2010 10:48:12 am PDT #5172 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
People tend to accuse me of being unreasonably optimistic, but really it's because I've already considered the worst case scenario and figured out a workaround.
Theodosia - Jun 08, 2010 10:52:38 am PDT #5173 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Sorry, I missed the Census question from earlier. Your local enumerator has a Crew Leader, who reports to a Field Office Supervisor and on up the chain of command. (The people who designed the bureau evidently had lots of military experience. Only they LIKE forms more than the Army does, impossible though it seems.)
If you go to this page:
you'll be able to drill down far enough to find the right local office to complain to. However, if you give your address, the national/regional office is going to be able to look up their own records and figure out which enumerator/crew leader is getting complained about.
Daisy Jane - Jun 08, 2010 10:53:45 am PDT #5174 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
My boss and I are constantly doing that! What would we do if this elevator started to plummet.
She and I alone from my office will survive the zombie apocalypse.
Laura - Jun 08, 2010 10:54:29 am PDT #5175 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Yay for elimination of debt.
An astrologer once looked at my chart and declared that I was blindly optimistic in the face of certain disaster. Called that one right.
Aims - Jun 08, 2010 10:55:06 am PDT #5176 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Thanks, Connie! The Crew Leader that called me today was a TOTAL DB. He has been reported for his DB-ery.
Burrell - Jun 08, 2010 10:55:59 am PDT #5177 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Having read msbelle's posts on the topic, I realize that I don't have a good understanding of what the term "positive thinking" really means. I've always thought of it in that kind of oversimplified "smile is the best medicine" school of thought.
I think of myself as kind of a realist-optimist, if that makes sense.
I'm not exactly a negative thinker but I'm a worrier (who tries to be positive).
I see worriers and negative thinking differently. Worrying is more about trying to control for factors outside one's control.