204 I can't get sick!!

 

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  Well, I've gotten a little sore, scratchy throat. Tom said his
  illness started with aches & pains. My back hurts, but I think it's
  because I've been carrying alot of shit in my bookbag, and because
  I've been spending a lot of time in the kitchen baking cookies. For
  some reason, things I do in the kitchen hurt my back. Bad floor? bad
  counter height? Bending down to get into the dishwasher too much? I
  dunno.
  
  Anyhoo...I'm taking Zinc and vitamin C and trying not to get sick.
  Mom and Greg are going to be here in a few days and I want to be able
  to spend time with them.
  
  I still have some preparations for xmas:
  
  put goddess pins on cards I made & put names on 'em.
  
  Buy $5 gift for coworker exchange on the 20th
  
  Do Xmas cards
  
  batch of stained glass cookies (have not made any yet)
  truffles (have not made any yet--too humid!)
  yule log cookies (my variation--use different colored doughs wrapped
  around each other to resemble cross section of tree trunk)
  Forgotten cookies (have made 1 batch, do at least 1 more)
  divinity (have not made yet--too damned humid!)
  rum balls (have 2 batches, make 1 more)
  
  Make capes & magic wands for Alex, Jaden, and Josephine. Need
  material & pattern for capes. Alex & Jaden get lightweight cotton,
  Josephine will need heavier material (fleece?)
  
  Presents for Rick & Kathy DeWitt, Lyle Sloan, Mike Beeler.
  
  Pack up Xmas goodies for mailing
  
  Mail Xmas goodies (i plan on doing this the 17th, when I'm off from
  work)
  =
  Among all this, I also need to : clean house, pick up Jess & Jordan
  to spend the nite tonight, take them Xmas shopping for Xtal and Mike
  on Sat., Make something for the Austin No Kidding gathering. Austin
  NO kidding holiday party Saturday nite. Garden in the Hts. gathering
  in Houston Sunday. Off from work Monday. Depo Shot on Monday. Lynn's
  B-day dinner Tuesday. Make pie for Xmas luncheon at work Tuesday pm.
  Appeals dept Xmas luncheon Wednesday. Notice Writers Unit luncheon &
  gift exchange Thursday. Possibly have Mom, Greg, Alex, Andrea, and
  Eric over for dinner Friday (see what plans Mom & Greg have, work
  around their schedule) And then....after the 21st, peace & quiet, no
  work no nothing until the 27th. I am still trying to wheedle Tom into
  going to New Orleans over the long Xmas break. *sigh* I don't think
  it's gonna happen. He's a poot.
  
  Jaime and Kathleen have invited us to their New Years' party on the
  31st. I guess we'll go. I don't really feel like it. But maybe I will
  be more in the mood after the big crazy xmas rush is over.
  
  anyway...I CANT GET SICK. I stayed up until Midnight last night,
  stayed up until 11 the night before that...been staying up too late
  all week.
  
  Thankfully I have phone duty today, so I can leave work at 3 &
  hopefully get some stuff done.
  
  Okay, I can get sick. But not until after the 21st. I have to hang in
  there for 1 week, then I can be as sick as I want from the 22nd to
  the 27th.

 

205 Post hoc, ergo propter hoc?

 

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  Yeah, it's gonna be one o' those days. Lots of random brain
  misfirings. This happens when I have too many things to do and can't
  do any of them while sitting in my cubie at work. Since my hands
  can't do what they need to do, my brain goes into overdrive.
  
  I am having a little <i>post hoc ergo propter hoc</i>-fest with
  myself.
  
  Ever notice that alot of people who are into things like role playing
  games, alternative sexuality, alternative lifestyle, BDSM, paganism,
  etc. are also fucking <u>nuts</u>? (not all of us, just alot of us,
  mind you)
  
  So, is it that I notice these things because I'm interested in the
  same things as the nuts? If I started playing golf and going to Mass
  on Sunday and growing tea-roses, I'd notice a buncha control-freak,
  mind-game playing bipolar narcissists there, too?
  
  And do these things attract crazy people more than they attract sane
  people? The <u>DSM</u> lists 'magical thinking' as one of the
  symptoms of various psychological disorders.
  
  Or do sane people get involved with these things and go crazy?
  
  Or do I just notice the crazies because they are more vocal & visible
  within my various interests than the sane people who also share the
  interest?
  
  I guess the key is 'degree of interest'. There are plenty of things I
  see and recognize as 'this could be dangerous' so I don't go there/do
  that/see that/collect that/even start. Like Vampire the Masquerade,
  or like bondagedotcom, or whatever. I know I could become involved to
  an unhealthy degree. But that detatchment I think prevents me from
  forming any close bonds with people, too, and from immersing myself
  in a spiritual belief...
  
  Which is kind of a sad trade off, I guess. But I am at least self
  aware enough to see the red flags and NOT go there.