Mar. 5th, 2003

Venting

Mar. 5th, 2003 09:26 am
jay: (posing)
A couple of days ago, I looked at a graph, had a half-hour of angst over some implications, vented in an LJ entry, shook it off and went on to work, focussed on other things. I nearly disabled comments... instead, spent most of my energy over the past two days replying to comments and working out the aftereffects with various partners.

A meta-level comment: I periodically see something that I perceive as negatively reflecting on myself, become depressed, and then rebound. The "down" period is usually minutes-to-hours... I don't generally sit alone at home bashing myself. And I know that I'm not worthless, or completely without some virtues... whatever I may feel when I'm in one of those self-critical periods.

Posting during those periods, however, has led to unnecessary drama on several occasions (either here or on alt.poly) over the past five years. I think I should begin disabling comments when I'm venting at myself...
jay: (defiant)
It's nearly eight, time to leave the office and go home. A colleague (JL) with whom I'm doing a proposal for a new air traffic research program called my home an hour ago, trying to reach me. He talked to my 12-year-old son James, then asked James to give him a call as soon as I get home (to alert JL of my presence).

Enlisting one of my kids to spy on me, at home, outside of business hours... now *that*'s motivating, isn't it?

[3/6 update: JL didn't answer his cellphone last night after I got home. Then called my house at 6:35am and 7:10am this morning... I saw the caller ID and didn't pick up.]

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