Laughing Wolf
Saturday, April 19, 2008
A Quiet Weekend
In terms of posting, at least. My (extremely) occasional co-bloggers English Werewolf and the Borzoi have driven in for a visit, and a nice one it is. A delightful Indian dinner last night, with Borzoi actually sporting a bindi (and a shirt showing a cat and indicating that having sown destruction, chaos, and the like she had done her job as was moving on—ironic for a dog person, but apt *G*), conversation late into the night (at least for Jenny and myself), and a slow start until the morning. Posting will be lite this weekend… 
LW
Sunday, November 04, 2007
What Do I Want To Be When I Grow Up
About five years ago, I did one of these personal growth and assessment studies. It was a good thing to do, and even a bit fun. Some of the things to come out of it have helped lead to some of the things in my life now: working with wolves, blogging here and at Blackfive, and a job where I get to work with people literally striving to heal people around the globe. No, the process didn’t say go find a way to get into blogging; rather, it identified a need to generate opportunities and to encourage me to take them when they came up. The key is that it identifies strengths and how to play into them; weaknesses and how to improve or circumvent them; and, identify and prioritize the need for change.
Well, five years has passed and it is time to do the exercise again. This time, I thought it would be fun to see what you might have to contribute in terms of thoughts, suggestions, and perspectives. I’m not going to bring in all the process and such, but here is where you can have some fun via your take on what you think I should do with my life. One of the key things is that almost nothing is off the table. All career and life choices, from being a professional dominant to becoming a zoo keeper to plugging along in the same career path are subject to consideration. Please note that it is dominant and not dominatrix, as the almost nothings I have chosen are anything that involve gender change surgery (surgery/modification in general), anatomically impossible acts, or things that require a high-degree of coordination and dexterity since I lack the latter (in spades). Open for consideration are radical career change, minor career change, relocation, and education.
I have my previous list of strengths, weaknesses, and possibilities: what are your takes on each? Suggestions? Have fun with it, and I will be doing the same.
LW
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Yeah, I’ve Been Quiet
Things are busy, and I have been under the weather for almost a week. What should have been just a cold proved to be a bit more problematic, all the more so in that I was slow in realizing it. If you are interested in the joys of allergies, read on. Otherwise, hope to have more free ice cream soon.
A joy of having allergies is the fact that the body can decide to react to things in very entertaining ways. In this case, the cold I picked up seems to have triggered an allergic response. It happens, and comes from the sinuses becoming hypersensitive. The trigger can be a bad/strong allergen, it can be a mild allergen, or it could just be a simple air molecule that hits the wrong receptor at the wrong time. The body then decides it is under attack and responds. Once you realize what is going on, you have to break the cycle to get rid of the allergic response before you can truly begin to treat the cold (or whatever generates the situation). Otherwise, the body puts almost all of its time, energy, and effort on maintaining the allergic response. Such is very draining, in all senses of the word. I was slow in realizing what was happening, so didn’t start to even try to break the cycle until Monday. That appears to now be done, and I am left with simply trying to beat a regular cold to death. Still tired, and will take a day or three to bounce back to full energy, but at least now the drain is stopped. Times like this I miss Ru-Tuss, an atropine based anti-histamine tablet regretably no longer made even in generic form, that did not require giving my papers to the Gestapo, er, DEA as trying to get anything with an effected decongestant seems to require these days. Right now, any candidate who came out and admitted the huge monetary, regulatory, and freedom cost (and abject failure of) of the so-called War On Drugs would get my attention and most likely my support.
LW
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Send Single Malt
Balvenie single-barrel, Highland Park, heck, almost any Speyside or Highland whisky would be good… More soon.
LW
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