Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Death of a Notebook

A book once filled with lines is now fooled by words. Here are some of those words:

Think of the power grey has over black and white. (I was, at the time, weary of worrying in absolutes.)

A couple asked me what I look for in a girl. This was my response: Smart and good and likes men (or doesn't categorize them all as one and the same) and is heroic and makes me want to root for them. "A girl who rhymes in all the right places." Mm.

"Like a blind man spanking a child." (I have no idea why I wrote this down, or what stemmed the thought.)

Let people show you their strengths. (Perhaps the most valuable skill one can have: enabling others.)

Nomenclature for gnomes. (Unfortunately, www.gnomenclature.com is taken by a real company. Like one you might have heard of.)

"Any place that grants autonomy is the same." (I'm not sure if this is true or not. But it's an interesting statement.)

Names I've called people in the last year: Face, Chickface, Funnyface, Clown, Paco, Worm, Ziggy, Lavoisier, Lucy, Cowboy, Trombone, Genius, Parcheesi, Elmo, and Fontaine.

Invention idea: the smoke-ring ring.

"You can always take the derivative to find a formula." (This came from a man in a wheelchair who can only move his thumb and his lips. Needless to say, there's a lot to grasp in his seemingly simple statement.) 

If you were a city, what would you consist of?

Mature people don't seem real.

True or false: You don't really get to choose what is important.

Attention spans are not shorter. Distractions are up. We are the same.

Go be distracted.


Friday, May 8, 2009

Perception/Reality = 3

The good thing about writing a lot is that you pay more attention to the world, maybe even your own.

The good thing about writing a little is that you pay less attention to the world, to your own.

Today I wonder if I've received the benefit of the doubt over the last few years, if I'm perceived more as the sum of the good or the sum of the bad. 

I received an email asking me for advice on marketing copy. I don't think I know anything about marketing copy, other than that I don't enjoy reading it. 

I've been accepted to a (somewhat) selective Leadership group. I don't know what to think of this.

I seem to be better at working within a framework than at creating one.

I think people should make their decisions clear.

(# of days depressed)/(# of rainy days) = 1.

I want to do everything today.

I should reread Henderson, the Rain King.

I will reread Henderson, the Rain King.