It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think.

River ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Sophia Brooks - Apr 29, 2014 7:13:05 am PDT #26400 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I can't remember-- that's why I wish I knew the name so I could look it up. There was something about moving items under the line at a certain time?


meara - Apr 29, 2014 7:13:17 am PDT #26401 of 30000

One of my friends was just saying he'd taken up that bullet journal method and was loving it. Seemed too complicated to me. I've tried a few online methods, but generally just go back to old pen and paper lists. Usually separate notebooks for work and life, and when a list gets mostly done or messy looking, start a new page with the undone things and any new things I can come up with...and when a notebook gets too scruffy looking, the fun of buying a new notebook!


shrift - Apr 29, 2014 7:14:47 am PDT #26402 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Sorry--that wasn't a real question, just a comment on the appropriateness of the choice

I think the Pixies are a dubious choice for ANY product you may want to sell, unless your product IS a bone machine. Sometimes I wonder if there's some music nerd in the advertising department who is all "I can't believe I got away with that." But mostly I think somebody liked the way it sounded and didn't actually listen to or think about the lyrics.


Sophia Brooks - Apr 29, 2014 7:17:29 am PDT #26403 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

For some reason I cannot comprehend Evernote. Everything I put in there, I can never find again, which is weird because I thought that was the point? I think I might need a tutorial.


Amy - Apr 29, 2014 7:19:03 am PDT #26404 of 30000
Because books.

Yeah, Evernote looked great to me, and I found it really confusing. I think I'm just a pencil and paper girl at heart.


Zenkitty - Apr 29, 2014 7:27:27 am PDT #26405 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I can't use any sort of reminder system that doesn't stay in front of my face at all times, because I just forget to look at it. Tasks in Gmail is helpful just because I check Gmail all the time, and the Tasks bar is right there.

I just wish I could access Tasks on my phone, but I can't figure out how.


Sophia Brooks - Apr 29, 2014 7:31:34 am PDT #26406 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I ordered a turkey sandwich with honey mustard and banana peppers for lunch, and I got a tuna sandwich with banana peppers. It is the cafeteria delivery, so I don't really want to take the time to complain and get someone back here, but I am disappointed. They put far too much tuna on their sandwiches, and it is not great tuna, and it has too much mayo/miracle whip. They also did not bring chips AND it is in an AU Bon Pain bag, and they are not Au Bon Pain-- I think the regular person was out today.


beekaytee - Apr 29, 2014 7:31:52 am PDT #26407 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

I'm currently using a vinyl chalkboard in my kitchen for task management. Very satisfying.

I also keep my appointments in a Daytimer, though from years of experience, I've reduced my paper usage in that to two pages per month. I started out with two pages per day and have whittled it down due to underusage...the two pages are plenty.

Lastly, a friend and I have instituted a 10:30am call each weekday where we list three things we intend to do for the day and report on the three things we planned the previous day. It's a bit creaky getting the process rolling (I missed the call this morning due to lack of attention...but rang in less than an hour late.)

It's sort of a verbal kan ban.

So far, so good!

My friend hipped me to a zen habits article about doing the hard stuff first. This is proving to be a major challenge to me, as is evidenced by a) it being noon-thirty and I have only done email and puttering around the internet and b) a major project intended for the first of the year that is now 4 months over due. Sigh.


Sophia Brooks - Apr 29, 2014 7:33:17 am PDT #26408 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

A Serbian woman who used to work in the costume shop before moving back to Aerbia called that "doing your frog " (the frog being the hard thing). It made me laugh at the time, but it does help.


beekaytee - Apr 29, 2014 7:33:58 am PDT #26409 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

That's so funny, my friend calls it 'eating the frog.' Huh. Must be a similar derivation.