Month: October 2004

  • leth·ar·gy   

    1. A state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy.
    2. A state of unconsciousness resembling deep sleep.


    Synonyms: lethargy, lassitude, torpor, torpidity, stupor, languor
    These nouns refer to a deficiency in mental and physical alertness and activity. Lethargy is a state of sluggishness, drowsy dullness or apathy: The war roused the nation from its
    lethargy.
    Lassitude
    implies weariness or diminished energy such as might result from
    physical or mental strain: “His anger had evaporated; he felt nothing
    but utter lassitude”
    (John Galsworthy).
    Torpor and torpidity suggest the suspension of activity
    characteristic of an animal in hibernation: “My calmness was the torpor
    of despair” (Charles Brockden Brown).
    Nothing could dispel the torpidity of the indifferent audience. Stupor
    is often produced by the effects of alcohol or narcotics; it suggests a
    benumbed or dazed state of mind:
    “The huge height of the buildings... the hubbub and endless stir...
    struck me into a kind of stupor of surprise” (Robert Louis Stevenson).
    Languor is the indolence typical of one who is satiated by a life of luxury or pleasure: After the banquet, I was overcome by languor.

  • So I went to the liquor store to buy some Lotto, and my friend goes
    "hey, there's a girl inside who looks like a stripper or
    something."  uh-huh....  So I go in and I see this girl
    dressed like a naughty catholic school girl, baring mid-riff, hardly
    there skirt, knee-high socks, and breasts that look like they are going
    to fall off her tied off school shirt.  Oh and she has pigtails.
    oh yeah.  It's Halloween season! What's funny was that we were
    just talking about how some schools aren't allowing people to dress up
    for Halloween at school.  Now we have a good example why they
    decided on that.  I'm sure the guys didn't mind though.

  • My Mom is well, up and about.  Still a little weak and tired, but she is going to get better.

    I've recently seen the documentary "Super Size Me"
    and I've got to say that it's opened my eyes a bit on fast food and
    health. It's got to the point where I've gotten somewhat curious as to
    how healthy the fast foods are that I eat.  But what does that
    bring to Asian fast food?  For that matter, what are considered
    fast food for Asian restaurants?

    I went to Toys R Us for their "buy any two games and get one free game"
    deal for this week only.  Well the TRU that I went to was
    practically sold out of all the xbox games that I was willing to
    get.  I suppose I should have gone earlier this week.  I will
    try again by the end of the week.

  • First things first.  My Mom is finally done with her surgery on
    her shoulder.  Everything looks okay and she's already been sent
    home to rest.  I haven't really talked to her yet though because
    she's been asleep while I was here, and then I had to go to work.

    So speaking of work. RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN.  I just got off
    being sick last week because of the rain, and I came back from work
    DRENCHED again.  I swear, maybe the poncho's gotta go and I really
    should use the cumbersome rain gear that we have.  So now I'm all
    dizzy and headache all over.  Am I sick again? Maybe, but I
    haven't gone to sleep yet so let's see how I am when I wake up.  I
    took a preemptive dose of cold medicine, so hopefully that'll
    help.  Maybe this is just age catching up to me, and I'm not able
    to withstand the cold like I used to.  Or maybe I'm absorbing some
    of my girlfriend's traits of not liking the cold. 

    My water proof shoes did get a good work out though.  They were
    working very well, until all the water from my non-waterproofed pant
    legs dripped into my shoes.

    On a side note.  I've gotta pull another plug on my new favorite show Veronica Mars with the charmingly lovely Kristen Bell.  Five episode strong and I can't get enough. 

  • A little over two weeks ago I said that I am now going to put myself open to a new job.  So far I uploaded my resume to monster.com
    and I did get several responses from several companies. As of Oct 27, I
    turned them ALL down.  It all came down to my preferences to what
    I expect my new job to be, and a huge thing there is that I want a
    steady weekly income.   A lot of the jobs that were offered
    to me didn't provide a base salary and that was more or less the reason
    why I turned them down.  The other jobs paid less than what I'm
    making now, while others simply didn't get a good vibe from me. 

    Could I possibly be too picky?  I don't think so.  Besides my
    desire to wish for better pay at my current job, everything else is
    excellent.  Hours, benefits, and the people are stellar.  I'm
    holding my new choice to a high standard that will allow me to pull
    away from my current job.  Who am I kidding?  I simply want
    my new job to offer me considerably more money ($5k - $20k more) than
    I'm getting now to push me for that change.  But a base salary is
    still a must.

    Well that was step one.  Step one being just putting my resume out
    there and see what happens.  Step two, is for me to actually look
    up what's out there, as well as submit my resume to other sites like
    hotjobs and careerbuilder.  Step two is where I hope something
    significant will happen.  But I have to be patient and can't rush
    into this.

    I am still waiting for Peter to give me more info on his job that will
    convince me to try for there though. But we'll see on that.

  • My friend said that I was too hocked up on medicine and was acting too
    crazy even for myself.............. maybe he was right, aboaud
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  • Well, since I'm a quarter sick still, I didn't really do much today.
    I did spend some quality time with my dog though which I really
    enjoyed. In fact this was the first time I really spent a lot of time
    with her without my girlfriend.  So you could say that it was a
    "Father - Daughter day" for me.
    How I love my doggie so much. She's so huggable and lovable.