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14 September 2006

I'm on hold. My call has been first in the queue for 10 minutes. Maybe I should take my clothes off.[More:]
I am so tired of working. Would like to take time off and campaign all the time. There's a peace walk on to Edinburgh against the Trident renewal and I'd like to be walking in the rain with Mike, listening to his voluminous knowledge of Scottish people's history. I like campaigning so much and am good at it! 'Tis no trouble being nice to people in that context, but at work I'm stressed and scared all the time. When I'm campaigning I like me. I give advice and stick by my word. I don't try to please others for its own sake, and people keep coming to me for assistance. The love of my Better Half and success in campaigning have brought me to a better level of self regard than I've ever been at.

I hope I never become so callused that every word out of my mouth seems fake. I hope I never become passive aggressive. Have you ever met people like that? You can see the little barbs of falseness when they try to be polite.

I wonder sometimes what it would take to rip the fake off the fake people. Cartoon scenarios come up, like the Road Runner peering birdishly over the cliff where Wiley E. Coyote is dangling by a few fingers... of course this scenario would bring about pleading, not realism. Perhaps an immersive virtual reality to trick them into honesty would be required. But a little birdie tells me that the fake people are fake because deep down, they hate themselves. And I don't anymore - it definitely increases my fuck you quotient towards others, but it makes me speak far less on aggregate.
yes, "better level of self regard", yadda yadda... but are you naked yet?

:) JK. I know exactly what you mean, Grace.
posted by taz 14 September | 06:27
hehee I decided to stay clothed as it's damp and nastalicious out!!
posted by By the Grace of God 14 September | 06:28
My call has been first in the queue for 10 minutes. Maybe I should take my clothes off.

Do you really need a reason?
posted by jonmc 14 September | 08:04
I have a particular fake person off of whom I've fantasized about ripping the fake for some time. He's in charge of lying to staff to keep them going without quitting. Every time he talks to me with that awkward fake smile, I imagine that sand is pouring out of his mouth as he speaks. Sometimes all I can think about is the sand, so I have to ask him to repeat what he just said.

Steady as she goes, Grace.
posted by PlanetKyoto 14 September | 08:08
hey, btgog, if you're in Scotland, you'll be getting the big grumbly thunderstorm that just passed through the West Midlands, heading north-east... have fun with that. Naked thunderstorm dancing... tempting.
posted by altolinguistic 14 September | 09:15
alto, it was pissing today but hopefully is done!! Or maybe we are getting it tonight or tomorrow.
posted by By the Grace of God 14 September | 10:49
Hey, why aren't you naked?
posted by loquacious 14 September | 17:09
Mefi is up, folks... || I cannot even begin to guess why these sheep are dressed like this

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