My current pet peeve is people who IM you with "hi" or whatever and don't tell me what they want until I respond.

All of the personality tests I've taken at work put me in the "wildly impatient for you to get to the point" corner. Which puts me at odds with people who approach everything with their feelings and their small talk.

A few times this week I've answered "How are you?" with "Full of feminist rage, you?"

God, yeah. I'm the Hulk all the time now.

I've managed to instil a drawing habit that results in anxiety when I can't indulge too, Sue. I need to stop getting obsessed with publishing pictures, though. That's not the point.

I'm using the art store gift cards to buy different art materials from the things I normally use. We'll see. I'm not very good with breaking patterns.

Sadly the art course I am taking is not what I wanted. Yes, I underestimated the amount of time required, but it is kinda random and less than half the things they settle on are of particular interest. I don't know if I have better general knowledge now, but I will keep accumulating.

The french bakery near me has a sandwich board out front heralding, "iced cold drinks" which looks weird. Should it be "ice-cold drinks"? Do they mean the same thing or is their a nuance I'm missing?

I think you can have iced drinks, so you can (and probably will unless extreme circumstances) will have iced cold drinks. It's not much extra information for the extra word, but it seems accurate.

I can't believe I slept without socks last night. First time this year.

I'm going to put socks on now, though. Chilly toes.

I thought I knew which of two t shirts I was going to wear tomorrow--either the Winchester Hell & Back Tour or Greendale Community College. But I just found my Get In Touch With Your Feminine Side WTA shirt, and...I get one t shirt to wear to work a year! I don't know what's most important! Well, okay, I know none of it is important, but I'm still me.

Trying to work out what low glycemic snacking looks like. Fuck, pistachios are work--is that part of the angle? At least they sell unsalted. Why bother salting them? They're no tastier...aw, you people are weird anyway.

Oh, and Wordnik is wrong to be case sensitive. I think it's more harm than use.

I love that you're using the certs to buy new and different things, ita!

I've managed to instil a drawing habit that results in anxiety when I can't indulge too, Sue.

Truth: the Unfuck Your Habitat blog got me making the bed every morning, and it stone cold freaks my shit out if I don't have time to make it before I leave the house.

Fuck, pistachios are work--is that part of the angle?

I know that at least TJs sells bags of shelled pistachios, which is made of awesome.

My work BFF once sent me an IM without the usual "hi" to make sure I was there first, which turned into an amusing conversation with the IT guys fixing my laptop, as the message that popped up in front of them was "Shall I compare thee to a Summer's Eve?" (from The Bloggess)

(Dammit, y'all changed topics while my screen sat unrefreshed. Oh well.)

I have so many bad habits I want to change/good habits I would like to adopt, I get a bit overwhelmed. And then I waste time on the internet.

Unfuck Your Habitat

Oh, that's the blog my boss used to get her new apartment unpacked in less than 12 hours. I should check it out.

So far I've been pretty good about using the Wii Fit every day, mostly because the balance board is a TOTAL BITCH if you don't. And I don't like being scolded by hardware.

Truth: the Unfuck Your Habitat blog got me making the bed every morning

Me, too!

Now that I'm not out in sports bars watching Blackhawks games and eating bad food all the time, I need to get back to unfucking things. I've got an invisible corner with 3 bags of clothes that need to go in a donation bin.

I love that you're using the certs to buy new and different things, ita!

In between work thingies, I'm trying to work out a decent Supernatural lino cut, and I don't think I've successfully lino cut since high school. Scared and excited! Definitely grateful tho.

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I know that at least TJs sells bags of shelled pistachios, which is made of awesome

Oh, hey, unsalted! Just added TJs to the new grocery run, unless Sprouts has them too.

Should I give her another chance or find a different stylist?

If you like it otherwise, I say give her one more chance, and be very clear about what you didn't like. I find that tugging on the bits of hair I'm dissatisfied with captures the attention of hairstylists, who generally aren't actually listening.

I know that I come across as abrupt and unfriendly, but I am always impatient for people to get to the point. Leave me a voicemail saying in an urgent voice that I should call you asap, without giving me the slightest hint of what's going on so I could prepare a little? That's just rude.