…saying I was going to stop doing the Monday Mission.
Well, you shouldn’t hold your breath, obviously.
1. Chrystal said in last week’s Monday Mission that the chore she dreaded most was having to “fold and put away clothes.” What regular chore(s) do you dread the most?
I don’t do ironing.
2. Have you ever tried any of the “tabbed” browsers like MyIE2, Safari or Mozilla Firebird? Do you like it better than a one-window browser? How come?
I like tabbed browsers. I’ve been planning to download Mozilla for ages, I’m just too lazy to have gotten round to it yet. The benefit is pretty obvious if you’re in the habit of having several webpages up at a time, which I am – especially if you also tend to have a lot of other applications up, the task bar can get rather crowded.
3. I was told last night that normal people don’t spend as much time on the computer as I do. That if I’d devote that energy toward something else, anything else, I could have probably cured cancer by now. I don’t think my time is wasted when I am on-line or otherwise working on the PC, but maybe it really is more time than so-called “normal’ people. Do you ever get criticized for being on the computer too much? How much time do you spend on the PC and/or on-line? Is it too much time are or do they just not “get” us?
I can’t remember the last time someone criticised me for spending too much time online, but then I don’t suppose most people have any idea of how many hours I do spend online (and that includes myself).
4. One of the phrases I notice every week when read in the job listings is “must be a highly motivated self-starter.” I have no idea what that means. To me it sounds like what they really want to say is “must be able to take a lot of crap and not complain.” That could be why I don’t get many second interviews. In your opinion, what is a “self-starter?” Are you a “self-starter?”
I would hope that what they mean is that they want someone who will do a job they see needs doing (and see that it needs doing in the first place) without having to be told to do it. I’m one and I’m not one. It depends on the job. If it’s something I’d like to do, I certainly won’t wait for instructions, but otherwise I might just pretend not to have noticed…
5. Let’s take that thought one step further: Write a Job Ad that describes you perfectly (as you are now, not as your “ideal” self) as well as the ideal job you’d like to get paid for doing.
Yikes.
6. As you may know, I have (Adult)ADD in a bad way, severe even. Although I’d very much like to be rid of it, I don’t take meds for it because they made me very irritable and very unpleasant to be around. Do you take medications on a regular basis, or ever attempted to? Have they caused any side effects? Is it worth enduring them for the benefit you receive from the medication?
(I didn’t know, actually.) No. I don’t take medication regularly, I have, thanks be, never had any reason to.
7. Some things should just stay in the past, you know? I’ve found many memories are better as memories. When you try to re-live them they never seem to be able to live up to the memory. Maybe we glamorize them over time. Or maybe they were as good as we think, but something from “now” gets in the way and you just can’t get past it. What moment from the past have you tried to re-live that has fallen short of the memory?
I used to love going to the circus. It’s no fun anymore. I keep thinking what a waste and feeling concerned about the animals’ welfare and such and it all gets in the way of the enjoyment.