Computer Combing

So as I was combing through my computer trying to rid it of anything that would impede its performance, I stumbled upon a folder full of advice and personality indicators. In sifting through the files, I saw a personality test that I found on the internet, and although I didn’t fill it out personally the only answer of mine that would have been different would be the shaving of the cat…I’m for furry animals. My dog (rest his soul) was shaved for the latter part of his life due to skin cancer, and I am willing to use a lint brush in order to never have to see something like that again. Just to give you a glimpse of how awful it was; I had friends who would come over and ask what kind of animal he was (it was fairly easy to see why considering the patchy, shaved pink body was headed by a huge fluffy white ball of fur). Anywho, the test (look to the left with the rest of the pictures to find it, you can't miss it)…

Another picture that may or may not need some explaining is one that you have most likely already seen. It is the one next to my name on this blog; the one with the stick figure in the process of flying. I love this picture. It basically says to me that I can do whatever I put my mind to so long as I parsimoniously (yes, I remembered a big word from college) answer questions! Life is too short to complicate things, if you do you’ll end up spending most of your time thinking and less of that time living.

I also came upon was a quote by Samuel Johnson on the measure of a man. It reads, “The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” On this quote I have two thoughts. First, in my experience those to whom this quote would initially apply don’t concern themselves with their “measure” and how they compare to other men or women. And second, there is no such thing as a man who can do someone absolutely no good. Experiential Learning - two words that define my views on education. Anyone who does a good dead towards someone learns something about themselves that without said person would have otherwise been lost. Not that this is how I view my work here, but I will use myself as an example. I am volunteering in a third world country where most people are too poor to buy a toothbrush, which costs a whopping 0.20USD. According to this quote, most of the people who I interact with can do me absolutely no good. I can gain very little if any useful knowledge from them, they cannot better my financial standing, they can’t better my social standing, etc… But I have learned more about living and life here from these people than I could have imagined. And that would not have been possible were it not for my interacting with them with an open mind. Because if I didn’t go into it with that mindset then I would be the one who could do me absolutely no good. Paradox?

Let’s see, what else is in my little treasure chest of a computer file… oh yes, another picture. I hate energy drinks. They are horrible for your health nutritionally and they mess with the internal systems and workings of the body in an unnatural way. If you can’t pull an all-nighter without one then you are just a little bitch! With that thought I give you the answer to increased daily energy (again, look left)!

OK one more quote and one more picture and then I’m done. Achem, sorry Aunt MaryJane and Audrey, I’m finished…turkeys are done. To the quote…this one’s from Gilda Radner (I have no idea who she his, but I liked the quote), “…Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity…” Need I explain this one?

And this final picture is one about optimism and finding the good things in life despite…sorry I am laughing as I write this because the picture is just too good…finding the good things in life despite any potential disadvantages or curveballs that life may throw…haha, what a load of poppycock just look at the picture and laugh (look left)!

Yes I am and will always be a kid at heart; nothing will ever change that.