For the sake of all involved, listen.

November 30, 2007 - Friday

How are you?
I'm feeling great!
How's business?
Never been better, thank you!

I don't know about you, but I was raised to answer these questions in this manner. It saves everyone a lot of headache. No one wants to hear your problems, blah blah blah. Now while I agree with this, I think maybe it wouldn't hurt to sometimes break from the mold.

It can be tough to spend a lot of time with someone who will enlighten you on every physical ailment they may (or may not?) have. But there is merit to the idea that we are all human and somedays we may have a headache, our clothes may be a bit tight, our lives a bit overwhelmed...and just aching to talk about it for two minutes.

There is a fine line here. Venting vs. whining. Hmmm. It's tough to say what the rules are. I say listen to others. Listen to what they are genuinely saying or not saying.

Black cats and broken mirrors: What’s your poison?

For whatever the reason, superstitions have been coming up in my conversations recently. I looked up the word to see the origin and was faced with something else. Apparently superstition is irrational. I don't know if I believe that. Now is that irrational? I have to chuckle.

Here are mine in no particular order:

$2 bills: I must get this bill out of my wallet as soon as possible, but I will put it in my wallet. It must be spent immediately!

Spilled salt over left shoulder: Because I am a server this happens a lot more often than it should.

Ladders: Don't walk underneath them. This might be a safety issue as well.

Knocking on wood: I am religious about this. It could just be that I'm a Minnesota sports fan. Hahah!

Wishing wells: I believe wishes here do come true.

I find this fascinating, so please let me know what your superstitions are. Anyone think superstitions are irrational? I think everyone has at least one. Also, if anyone could explain the yellow lighter thing to me, I could sleep at night.

"Why do you hate everything that is good and cuddly?"

November 29, 2007 - Thursday

Someone posed this question to me yesterday. Apparently I am strange because I don't care for the following things:

Christmas--any form of it: music, lights, etc.,
Kids--they're ok in very small doses or if they are my nephews
Dogs--slobbery and dependent

Even though I am a pretty happy individual, the fact that I don't like kids, Christmas and dogs makes me some sort of evil. I say, "No apologies!"