11.15.17

Do you think social justice warriors accomplish anything productive?
In short, no, I don’t.
I think the majority of social justice warriors do what they do to impress their friends into thinking that they care about something, while masking the fact that the only thing they care about it themselves and how they are perceived by others.
Do hashtags really change the world?  I don’t think so.  They get people talking but unless they start an action, I don’t see them doing much to help people.
Until tomorrow…

18

Are you listed as an organ or bone marrow donor? Why or why not?

Day 7 – 11/7/2012


Are you listed as an organ or bone marrow donor? Why or why not?
Yes. Because I really don’t need them after I’m dead; what do I care?
Whether there’d be much to salvage from my diseased body is a different story, altogether.

So, more 2012 recycling….
You see what I wrote above, so again….
Are you listed as an organ or bone marrow donor? Why or why not?
I don’t know? I don’t have a driver’s license anymore, so I don’t think I had to answer the question about the organ donor bit.
Would anyone want my bone marrow with the various maladies I’ve developed, the abuse to which I’ve subjected my body? I don’t know.
It’s incredible how heavy these questions seemed back then. Today, who really cares? By and large, anything that’s in my body can be used by whoever needs it.
I have told my wife that I would like whatever’s left of me to be fired into the sun. If they haven’t figured out the process when it happens, cremation works.
I hope that I’ll find motivation to do a few more in-advance prompts tonight/tomorrow. I’ll probably spill my Thanksgiving plans Monday, then write about how it went on Friday.

15

Today was supposed to be free writing. I did do a bit, but really hadn’t finished.
When I started preparting to write this year, I started through my archives, looking for writing ideas.
I think I was looking for NoJoMo 2012, which was the next-to-last one I did on The Open Diary.
Yes, there was a 2013 there, too, but I think I’ve sampled from that one before.
I don’t know. I should have written my prompts ahead of time. Things were crazy in October, though, nad I’m just so spent by the end of the week, that I can’t bring myself to dedicate
So, stuff I’m recycling from 2012.
What has been your biggest accomplishment in your life so far?
1. What do you desire most in your life? What is holding you back from obtaining or achieving your heart’s desire?
2. What is your strangest tic or habit? For example feeling compelled to sniff your food before eating it or always counting steps when you go up or down stairs

Are you listed as an organ or bone marrow donor? Why or why not?
There will be more, but it’s been a very long day, and I’m having trouble focusing.

11.14.17

Is there somewhere specific you like to go when you want to come up with ideas?
The place where I normally come up with good ideas is in the shower.  I know that may sound odd, and I can’t really explain it, but it works.  Maybe it’s because it is the one place where I left my guard down fully (cue the music from “Psycho”).
I also like to come up with ideas when I am driving.  It helps me clear my head and gives me a chance to shut off and escape from everyone and everything.
On occasion, a great idea just pops up out of nowhere, when I am doing something completely unrelated.  If I don’t write it down, I forget it five seconds later, and then spend hours agonizing about what I great idea it was, even though I can’t remember it completely.
Until tomorrow…

14

Another day where I was too busy to even glance at this.
Listening to Mouthy Broadcast probably isn’t terribly helpful to writing…..
No, my Fitbit band doesn’t stink, but then, I have to lock it up when I’m at work.
Favorite way to annoy/tease your significant other?
I’m guessing that the aim for this one is my propensity for earworming. If I only had a brain.
I do hit on things from time to time.
And after a ten minute break to watch Beavis and Butthead videos on YouTube, it’s back to Mouthy Broadcast and writing.
Tomorrow is free-write. Halfway point right now, so some analysis of this session. Heh heh mmm heh analysis.
I’m being tasked to cook turkey this year. Hmmmm….
I need to ask my wife to find my flavor injector. Huh huh huh injector.
I do think that I’m slowly circling back into the swing where I am. Let’s see how long it lasts.
Would I rather be somewhere else? You bet. Am I trying to do good, right, work? Yep.
It’s doubly-frustrating in that there’s lots of stuff at home that I’m excited to play with, but I can’t because I’m not there during the week.
So it goes…..

11.13.17

How do you feel about people’s need to post every detail of their relationships on social media?  Are you guilty?
I don’t believe people need to put every detail of their lives on social media.  It is usually a bunch of lies anyway, just a way to make their lives look ideal.  Does everyone need to know about every fight, gift, or hard time you have?  I feel as though after awhile, people just start resenting each other and I don’t see the point to it.  To me it is a great way to ruin your relationships.
I don’t post much on social media as it is, so it is rare when I put anything about my significant other.  I just feel like our life is ours and it doesn’t need to be shared with the rest of the world.  Not all the time at least.
Until tomorrow…

13

What an evil number.
I didn’t even have a minute to devote to hammering on this today. I don’t know what to think about that.
How do you handle someone being inappropriate?
It really depends on my relationship to the person who’s acting inappropriately.
Friend: Privately ask what’s going on.
Equal: If there’s someone I’m sure was offended by the inappropriate behavior, apologize privately to the offended, then ask the offender why he/she was acting that way.
Subordinate: Apologize privately to any offended, correct privately, and ask him/her to offer apology.
This stuff isn’t rocket surgery.
My head is kinda spinning, so I apologize.
Work
HRT Paratransit, and my troubles with it
My health issues
So, yeah, nothing really to say right now. Maybe that’s not good considering I’m planning a free write session on Wednesday….
But, for tomorrow, Favorite way to annoy/tease your significant other?

My incredulity tomorrow.

11.12.17

Do you prefer background noise or silence?
It depends on the situation, but I generally prefer background noise.  If I am just doing stuff around the house that doesn’t require much thinking, I have to have something to listen to.
If I am trying to concentrate, I either need silence or instrumental music.
Until tomorrow…

12

Have you ever had a strong belief completely disproven by facts and evidence?
Maybe it’s that I don’t have a lot of strong beliefs, but no.
Have there been things I’ve changed my conclusion on in light of new evidence?
Yes.
The list of things I’ve change my mind on is pretty lengthy.
I try to listen especially, to views that differ from mine.
Am I perfect in doing it? No.
Are there some arguments that I’ll reject out-of-hand? Sure.
If you use Chomsky as your backing evidence, I’m going to critique it incredibly harshly. I remember listening to a podcast once where this thirty-something wouldn’t answer a question because he wasn’t sure what Zinn had said about it. My neck is still sore from my head shakes months afterwards.
And I get sidetracked, stumbling on this.
There are things that aren’t worth debating; maybe the Flat Earth Society still exists. I don’t care to look.
For tomorrow: How do you handle someone being inappropriate?
I don’t think this prompt was written recently, but in light of Weinstein, Louis C.K., perhaps the right answer is to move the plant so it obscures the view more…

11.11.17

How do you feel about the reality gap between civilian and military families?\
This has become more obvious to me with the recent events.  Most Americans don’t know anyone in the military.  I am completely confused by this since I am surrounded by people in the military and wanted to join the military myself.
There have been several occasions where people make me shake my head at people who don’t seem to understand what the purpose of the military is or what they do.  Here are a few:

  • A neighbor once told my dad that she thought people in the military just sat behind desks all day, while we were living a few miles away from the largest naval base in the world.
  • The people who call for complete transparency about certain operations in the military (in the case of the special forces, the families don’t even know what they are doing, why should the entire country be informed about it?)
  • People who don’t know what a gold star family is (a gold star family is a family who lost a loved one serving in the military).

So yeah, these people just irritate me.  You want to know why you can run your mouth about everything that is wrong with this and that in America?  It’s because of the people in the military who serve this country and protect your freedom.
So, on this Veteran’s Day, thank a veteran for their service!  Thank ALL the veterans!!
Until tomorrow…