saxikath | Questions, questions.

Why do I go and spend money on silly stuff while I have no job? (The silly stuff in this question being pvc pipe and foam for making a boffer sword and some fabric for making skirts.)
Do I really like live roleplaying enough to invest in it the time, money, and energy that seems necessary to get anywhere with it? I went to Legends the other weekend, and had an ok time, but not a fabulous one; I spent a lot of time feeling useless and rather lost for much of anything to do.
What the heck is the difference between PVC and CPVC?
Why, when we explicitly told the cab company that we needed to be picked up at 5:00, did they not show up until 5:25, thus making us miss the commuter rail train we wanted?
Why didn't I ever hear back about what sounded like the perfect-fit job for me? (telecommuting, editing a newsletter devoted to language and wordplay)
Why did Houghton Mifflin suddenly decide to move their math department back from New Jersey?
Will they hire me again?
Why am I still missing one paycheck? Or did I mislay the stub?
Why do I always start asking myself stress-inducing questions at night?
What do I have in the house to eat? And why haven't I eaten since lunch?
Should I get new glasses, or should I wait till I have income?
Anyone need an editor? Fast, accurate, not too pricey.
Why are so many of the songs in my collection of Spanish songs written in a women's voice, but written by men? They're fascinating. Oracion de las madres que tienen a sus hijos en brazos ("Prayer of the mothers who have their sons in their arms") is heartbreaking: "Sweet Jesus... I pray that this my son does not become a soldier."
Where did my ability to concentrate on anything for any length of time go?
How could I possibly have managed to forget that it's davehogg's birthday? He's only one of my favorite people in the world. Happy birthday, Dave! *jumfem*
How many people reading this will be totally baffled by the last word of that last question?

Why do I always start asking myself stress-inducing questions at night?

That's the biggest reason I have insomnia. The questions come out at night, and they are at their worst when I try to go to bed. I end up staying up well past a reasonable bedtime, just to avoid the questions.

How could I possibly have managed to forget that it's davehogg's birthday? He's only one of my favorite people in the world. Happy birthday, Dave! *jumfem*

*blush* *jumfem*

Because money is only there to make you happy anyway.
Yeah, you do, you just need to find the right LARP for you.
One has a C in front of it, silly!
Because all cab companies are jerks. It's like price-fixing, only in this case it's bad-customer-service fixing, in which they all say "all right, we'll be jerks as long as you guys keep being jerks, then no one has the advantage.
Anyone who edits a newsletter about wordplay is pretty much bound to be a flake.
Would you want to be in New Jersey? Jersey suddenly turned out not to be the next Paper Valley, the publishing equivalent of Silicon Valley.
Yeah, why not? You were good the first time.
Oh. Um. Did you need that?
Because during the day you're keeping yourself too occupied running around and buying foam rubber to think of these things.
Well, there's that bread you made last night, and there's no shortage of pasta, plus a few other insta-meals you're welcome to borrow from me. You haven't eaten since lunch because you were too busy running around and buying foam rubber, and then asking yourself stress-inducing questions.
Mmm, might as well wait. You'll have income soon. How's that thing of your father's coming?
Yeah, actually! We could use one for the Mystery Hunt, just to be sure that...oh wait.
It's a quirk of Spanish men that...oh, you're not going to buy it anyway.
Oh. Um. Did you need that?
Birthdays, according to cognitive scientists who work in memory, are one of the hardest things to remember, because unlike other facts associated with people they are abstract (unlike, say, hair color), become relevant very rarely (unlike names), and are unrelated to any other fact about the person (unlike birthplace or accent).
Pretty much everyone but davehogg, would be my guess. But happy birthday, Dave.

Questions, questions.

no subject

Ooooh, I love these LJ surveys!