Friday - February 21, 2003
Hyperbole
Histrionics & melodramatics annoy me,
especially when I’m the one doing it. When I see other people doing it they
remind me of myself and I get uncomfortable. I make a mental note to try and
remember to tone down the hyperbole the next time I’m discussing something
that has my juices flowing. If something has me upset, I tend to become
emotional and “gild the lily” to try and make my point. It’s counter
productive and starts people questioning your credibility.
We get a lot of hyperbole at work, especially when the unions are involved.
One of my coworkers came in the office today to complain about management's
new edict requiring everyone in the physical plant to wear steel toed boots.
The physical plant will pay for them but we will be required to wear
them. Years ago the union complained when management didn’t provide boots
and now they’re complaining because management does. The union quote that
got me thinking about this subject was, “Keep managements hobnailed boots
off the neck of the workers!” Gee, to me, that seems to overstate the
issue just a little. What are they going to say when they want to make a
point about something that is really important.
Descanso Sweetwater Bridge
My take on the current “Survivor” show.
I think people have noticed that “flying
under the radar” is a successful technique for getting ahead in that
competition. On the women’s team however, everyone seems so hesitant to take
charge that very little has gotten accomplished. They’re still sleeping in
the rain! It seems to be human nature to resent the boss but sometimes
you need someone to get the roof built.
And the guys. Well, at least they weren’t quite as embarrassing as on the
first episode. It’s hard to tell exactly what’s happening because the
producers manipulate the final product for purposes of entertainment. I
gotta remember, this isn’t a PBS documentary.
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Nov 24, 1966 - Thursday Today is Thanksgiving so I have two days off from school. I started today
off by watching the parades on T.V. and then I went over to Kirks to play
some football. I spent the rest of the day at home and at 4:30 we had a real
nice turkey. (Whoopee)
I haven’t brought up this subject much before but with the lack of things to
say, I decided to discuss it.
As I have said, I’m not the type of person who goes on dates or to any
dances, in fact, I’ve never been on a date and I’ve only gone to about 2
dances when I was in the fourth grade. For a junior in high school this is
pretty bad. I don’t know what it is but girls scare me to death and if I got
caught in the situation of being with one alone, I don’t know what I’d do. I
have trouble talking to other boys in my class, how do I think I’d do with a
girl?
As far as my looks go, I don’t think I’m ugly but the most important thing
is a good personality and that’s where I loose a few points.
I think that a girl could like me once she got to know me but a girl expects
the boy to start the ball rolling and I can never do that.
What I’d like to do is just let fate work things out, but the way things are
going that could take years. I’ve got to do something but I don’t know what.
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