… so it’s the most appropriate day for the Monday Mission.
(The author of the Monday Mission asks, if you borrow the questions from this page, you include a link back to the original. Seems reasonable.)
1. Who or where do you go to when you need help for web-related problems?
Depends on the nature of the problem. Assuming we’re talking about “web page coding” (which is the only web-related problem I have not caused by flaky connectivity), I’ll usually hit various web pages via Google. I have a whole slew of links in my favorites, but unless I know specifically what I’m looking for, it’s often faster just to search. If that fails, I’ll usually hit Doyce up first, since he’s a much more nuts-n-bolts webby guy than I am. After that, if it’s keeping me off my blog, I’ll hit the MT site; otherwise, I’ll blog a question about it.
2. There is a big mess of gossip going on in Blogland due to revelations about a very popular Blogger. I got very caught up in reading all the links to links about it until I stopped myself realizing it was none of my buisiness. Do you ever get caught up in gossip, either speading it or listening to it? How does it make you feel? Or have you ever been the subject of gossip?
I’ve had a modest interest in Who and What and Why on this, but not enough to dig or ask questions. I probably gossip more than I should, but I try to keep it within bounds — nothing malicious (nothing that will lower the opinion the person I’m telling has of the person I’m telling about), nothing that’s likely (let alone intended) to get back to the subject, etc.
When it comes to bitter, nasty gossip, I usually listen with morbid fascination for a minute or two, then try to duck out of the conversation, or shift it around. That sort of stuff stains pretty badly.
3. In a relationship, when your other takes a dig at you (read: a fight), do you go for the jugular and get “in their face” or try to peacefully smooth things out and have a calm discussion?
I used to be a serious push-over, taking the blame for any dispute or argument or bad situation that I was accused of. I’ve tried to break that habit, but I tend now to oscillate wildly between accepting all blame and accepting no blame, neither of which is a good attitude to have. But while I try not to take the blame for something that I don’t feel I’ve done, I usually am looking for a way to smooth things out (if not over), since I abhor confrontation.
4. A friend once told me “You can tell when someone is bored with what you are saying to them when they reply with ‘That’s interesting.'” And I have found this to be pretty dang true. How do you know when someone has lost interest in what you are saying?
Hmmm. That’s interesting.
I usually discover it when someone starts to move the conversation into something else, often a personal anecdote, sometimes right in the middle of what I’m saying.
Since I sometimes do the same thing, I try not to take it too personally, unless it’s something I feel really strongly about.
5. Ever get jealous of the popularity other Blogs?
On the one hand, of course not. It’s all virtual attention, and I know that I will never have a hit list as long as a lot of the folks I read, so there’s no point in being jealous of them, any more than there’s a point of being jealous of Robert Heinlein or Abraham Lincoln.
Oh the other hand, I crave attention, so, yeah, sometime, a bit.
6. What is your favorite dirty word? (those who don’t curse can pick your favorite happy word)
Margie has gotten me into the habit of saying “frell.” That probably qualifies as my favorite dirty word, though there are plenty of others I use more frequently, especially when I’m reacting more emotionally than intellectually.
7. (the continuing story…) OK, we are definitely doing that again. But seeing as it is nearly 6am now, how about breakfast? Anywhere you’d like to go or should we fix our own? What do you like? Or is there something else we need to do first?
Buckwheat pancakes? I love pancakes. Or waffles. Let me get some batter whipped up. Real maple syrup in the pantry, real butter atop the fridge. French toast, instead, if you want something fancier. Mmmmmmm.
BONUS: What have I done to deserve this?
Reply Hazy. Try Again Later.