It seems like every week I find a dime laying on the ground somewhere new in my apartment. Since I never pick up the dimes when I find them, and only devote marginal amounts of attention to said dimes, I have no idea whether there is actually a plethora of dimes minding their own business laying the floor in various rooms in my apartment, or if there is really just one dime that's been getting around the last couple of months.
My guess is that there is just one dime, that nobody picks up, and yet somehow manages to migrate throughout the apartment. If this is the case, the dime has traveled through the kitchen, living room, at least one of the bedrooms, a bathroom, and has even gone as far as making it into one of the showers (not in that exact order). Sadly, the dime seems to have finally given up on trying to get somebody to pick it up off of the floor. After its brief visit to the shower, it apparently became suicidal and decided to condemn itself to sitting next to the toilet, unforgivably close to the plunger.
It'll most likely stay there until our next cleaning check, as I don't think anybody in my apartment will have the mercy to save the dime from its current state of misery and uncleanliness.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Facts of Life:
1. I've come to the conclusion that I really just don't like blogging at this stage in my life. That said, I'm not remotely opposed to posting things on blogs when it strikes me as a worthwhile thing to do.
2. I can be an extremely manipulative person. I've known this for ages, but I normally don't worry about it. Under normal circumstances, I have no desire to manipulate people. It's just not interesting to me. Under abnormal circumstances, I'm very willing to manipulate the crap out of people. (Literally, I can convince the poop right out of them...)
Normally, in the abnormal situations, I'm not actually trying to achieve anything through my manipulations besides maximizing the potential for amicable feelings--amongst everyone involved--at the end of an interaction. This is accomplished primarily by me being completely aware of how other people are most likely to react to anything I do or say. Then, I act accordingly.
As far as I can tell, most people try to do this most of the time. They just aren't any good at it. Because--in these situations--I'm not actively trying to control people for my exclusive benefit (or at the expense of their benefit), I don't worry about it too much.
Sometimes, however, I control situations for my own selfish reasons. Then, I feel guilty and proud at the same time. And, then I get over it.
2. I can be an extremely manipulative person. I've known this for ages, but I normally don't worry about it. Under normal circumstances, I have no desire to manipulate people. It's just not interesting to me. Under abnormal circumstances, I'm very willing to manipulate the crap out of people. (Literally, I can convince the poop right out of them...)
Normally, in the abnormal situations, I'm not actually trying to achieve anything through my manipulations besides maximizing the potential for amicable feelings--amongst everyone involved--at the end of an interaction. This is accomplished primarily by me being completely aware of how other people are most likely to react to anything I do or say. Then, I act accordingly.
As far as I can tell, most people try to do this most of the time. They just aren't any good at it. Because--in these situations--I'm not actively trying to control people for my exclusive benefit (or at the expense of their benefit), I don't worry about it too much.
Sometimes, however, I control situations for my own selfish reasons. Then, I feel guilty and proud at the same time. And, then I get over it.
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