Current mood: 
awake, but tired
My good old insomnia is back. Oh, boy! I guess that's what stress and financial worries will do to you. That and those
darned chocolate-covered espresso beans Nina got me. I've been eating them the last few days. I guess I shouldn't eat them anymore. I have another possible side effect other than the sleep loss. My nipples are killing me and since there is no possible way I am pregnant and, unless I'm hitting menopause early,
caffeine could be the culprit. It's either that or the hormonal change from being off my BC pills. I need to get my annual exam done after I get my tax refund so I can get back on those.
Posted by LaDonna at 04:42 PM on 02/09/04 • Permalink •
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Current mood: 
contemplative
I've been pondering the differences between right-brain and left-brain people alot lately. I find it odd that people who are mainly right-brained tend to be Democrats/Liberals (the left) and Republicans/Conservatives tend to be left-brained (the right). I'm sorry, that just hits me as odd. Anyway, right-brained people tend to be more creative/abstract and left-brained people I'm a mix of both.
I took
this test to discover which part of your brain is dominant and here are my results:
Your Brain Usage Profile
Auditory : 42%
Visual : 57%
Left : 50%
Right : 50%
LaDonna, you exhibit an even balance between left- and right- hemisphere dominance and a slight preference for visual over auditory processing. With a score this balanced, it is likely that you would have slightly different results each time you complete this self-assessment quiz.
You are a well-rounded person, distinctly individualistic and artistic, an active and multidimensional learner. At the same time, you are logical and disciplined, can operate well within an organization, and are sensitive towards others without losing objectivity. You are organized and goal-directed. Although a "thinking" individual, you "take in" entire situations readily and can act on intuition.
You sometimes tend to vacillate in your learning styles. Learning might take you longer than someone of equal intellect, but you will tend to be more thorough and retain the material longer than those other individuals. You will alternate between logic and impulse. This vacillation will not normally be intentional or deliberate, so you may experience anxiety in situations where you are not certain which aspect of yourself will be called on.
With a slight preference for visual processing, you tend to be encompassing in your perceptions, process along multidimensional paths and be active in your attacking of situations or learning.
Overall, you should feel content with your life and yourself. You are, perhaps, a little too critical of yourself -- and of others -- while maintaining an "openness" which tempers that tendency. Indecisiveness is a problem and your creativity may not be in keeping with your potential. Being a pragmatist, you downplay this aspect of yourself and focus on the more immediate, obvious and the more functional.
Anyway, what set me to thinking about all this is the different types of people I have met at the many schools I have attended. When I went to CollegeAmerica, most of the people that excelled there were the more technical, logical, left-brain types. They all thought I was weird that I got off on web design so much. I was always trying to weave creative stuff into everything I did to make it less boring. Now that I'm at a creative school, I keep running into people that are totally lost when it comes to technical/logical things. That's really scary when one of the main tools of graphic design/desktop publishing is a computer. I'm amazed that some people can't even grasp the concept of how data is stored on a cd and that it can't be rewritten once burned (unless you have cd-rw).
So this is why I have a hard time fitting in anywhere. I'm a little too creative to be happy being an IT tech or any kind of office worker, but too technical/practical/logical to be happy being an artist. I'm hoping that I really have found my niche. I'm so looking forward to the web classes that I begin in two weeks.
Posted by LaDonna at 04:48 AM on 02/06/04 • Permalink •
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Current mood: 
relieved
Sorry I haven't had much to say lately. Since Marcus called my site the "
blog of continuous woe," I've been hesitant to write anything that came across negative.
Most of my time lately has been spent cleaning up my Mac G4. I did a clean install of the OS and have been reinstalling programs and drivers. Now I'm trying to figure out how my HP cp1700 works so I can get my stuff printed for my portfolio.
Good news: I guess my kind deeds at work on SuperBowl Sunday paid off. (I did some extra work off the clock because I knew the store was going to get slammed and the manager wouldn't have time to get all of his work done since he didn't schedule extra people.) I got paid for the days I was sick. I'm only short the money I didn't make driving. Yay! I can pay some of my bills! WhooHooo!
It's been snowing for three days straight. I'm soooooo tired of snow. I want to see the sun.
Why am I still awake? I really need to get to bed.
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Current mood: 
creative
I never realized how much I lay my arm across my forehead when I sleep until last night. I'd keep touching that bump and waking myself up.
My newest ebay prize is a June 1999 issue of The Cross Stitcher magazine that features a chart called "Angel of Cross Stitch" and uses 361 DMC colors. It was designed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of DMC floss. There used to be clubs all over the Internet of women who were stitching this piece. Most of them have gone away (people gave up/lost interest?), but this
one site still exists. It doesn't appear to be active, but at least it has a couple of the errors in the chart and a floss shopping list. After I finish this module at school, I will begin this project. I haven't done any cross-stitching since my Vegas trip and I'm really looking forward to doing some. The best part about this is I can easily resell the magazine for what I paid. It appears to be one of the most sought-after cross stitch magazines out there. THe one I got is in mint condition, too. The subscription cards were even still there. EBAY ROCKS!
Isn't it funny how when you're unable to eat something, that's what you crave? I'm craving nachos. I know there is no way I could enjoy them with the raw state my poor throat is in, but I'm craving them just the same. In fact, I've been craving them since last Wednesday. *sigh* Maybe by this weekend my throat will be up to having some.
Tomorrow they're supposed to reveal the identity of the Salem Stalker on Days of Our Lives. Finally! I am so sick of this story line. It's been going on for months and they're dragging it out even more the closer they get to the end. Argh! That's one of the things I hate about soap operas. It takes forever to get to the point, to move on, to resolve anything. Maybe that's one of the reasons I hate my job so much. It really is a real-life soap opera there. I was told yesterday that the manager was crying when he left work Saturday night because he is so sure the store is going to fall apart while he's gone. How pathetic. I should get moving and get to work, I just don't want to go there. I've got so much stuff I want/need to get done around the house. It sucks that I lost so much time being sick. *sigh* Ok, I'm off.
Posted by LaDonna at 05:59 AM on 01/27/04 • Permalink •
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Current mood: 
sore
Man, I was feeling pretty good this afternoon. Work started to wear me out, though. So much so that I couldn't hold on to a dough tray that I was putting on top of the stack. BAM! Right on my poor forehead. I've got quite a lump going there.
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