Daily Archives: October 20, 2008

choose ye: return of the ultimate demographic choose ye!

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This is a reprint of a Choose Ye that I did last year. I was supposedly to compile the results, and then I… well, I didn’t.

So let’s do it again!

Reprint begins here:

Okay. We’re playing hardball now, kids.

Unless you’re ready to be covered in strawberries and whipped cream, no waffling!

(And no, I’m not actually going to cover you in strawberries and whipped cream. Give your head a shake.)

The choices we make sometimes say a lot about who we are. Sometimes they say nothing about who we are. But it’s funny — even the totally silly choices can end up getting us into huge debates with our family and friends.

(Actually, I think it’s interesting to note the choices we struggle with… or just don’t care about at all. And the choices we admit to, as opposed to the ones we hide.)

But today I don’t want to hear about definitions or shades of gray or your existential struggle or “I need to know context!” or qualifiers or “well, generally I think I like this, but it depends…”

Just choose. No extra (especially political or religious) commentary, no justifications, no bashing other choices.

Just CHOOSING.

Scary, I know.

(And one more parenthetical remark for good measure. Thank you.)

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Coffee or tea?

PC or Mac?

Kids or no?

Political or no?

Summer or winter?

Artificial sweeteners or sugar?

Fries or salad?

Lake or ocean?

Own or rent?

Email or phone?

Traditional medical care or natural remedies?

Vegetarian (or vegan) or carnivore?

Apples or oranges?

Follow celeb culture or no?

Liberal or conservative?

Rural or urban?

Car or SUV?

Atheist or not (not includes agnostics)?

Marriage: necessary or no?

Cable or not?

Campsite or hotel?

Alcohol or no?

Up early or up late (if given the choice)?

News online or news on tv?

hair today, gone tomorrow…

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Update:

I’m going back into the salon on a day when my last cutter won’t be there, and they’ll see if another stylist can “fix it“.

Which — unless they can grow hair back — isn’t really likely. But I guess I should give it a shot, mmm? At least I can say I tried. They were kind and polite and thoughtful about it, if not guarded (which is in their interests, even if the customer is always right.)

And yes, I know it seems silly to be concerned about something like hair (It’ll grow back!), and it’s not like they shaved my head, but I’m into actually getting what I want when I pay for something — and not a SuperCuts price, at that! I don’t have money to throw at things that don’t work for me at all, and since I don’t live on credit, I tend to want my money’s worth… well…. now.

It’s the principle of the thing, you know?

Most of my friends will be shocked to read this since I am a) a pathological overtipper, even in the face of bad service; b) unlikely to take things back because I feel like it’s my fault they don’t fit properly.

Silly.

But there’s a first time for everything. And since I’ve got long distance bills to pay off and plane tickets to buy, now seems like a good time to start, huh?

(The best part of the whole experience thus far? The hold music at the salon was “Runaround”. Ha!)

Have you ever returned something or asked to have a service performed again when it didn’t go well for you?

Tell me how it went…

smacking monday upside the head.

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Well!

It’s Monday!

At least I think the morning has broken, though the DARK GRAY SKY indicates it may still be night. Or just… a broken morning.

My day began with me climbing into the shower and sliding immediately to a sitting position, which left a notable bruise on my ass that will soon be the same colour as the sky.

From there, I got my hair caught in my blow dryer (don’t even get me started about the damn hair. No one has even noticed I cut it yet, which should tell you HOW LAME IT TRULY IS) and poked myself in the eye with my mascara wand.

I’m thinking something is off.

Not that I haven’t done these things before — really, being a klutz/mess/goat isn’t notable for me — but all in one morning?

(Interesting note: I trained Gradon to be able to tell the difference between when I a) have just surprised myself with a klutzy move, and b) have actually injured myself. If I’m not really hurt, I’ll say “Ow!”. If I AM hurt, I’ll swear. It’s a pretty clear distinction.

And if I say nothing at all? Call an ambulance.)

Sigh.

I’m actually a bit of a stressball in most areas of my life right now, so I think my best strategy is to… think about something else.

Something else like…. you!

SO:

1. How are you today?
2. Are you wearing pants?
3. If you could choose anywhere in the world to be right now, doing anything, what would you be up to?
4. What song defines your day thus far?
5. What is your favourite food in the whole universe?
6. If I took you to Starbucks, what would you get?
7. If the US presidential election were between a squirrel and a gopher, who would you vote for?

And that’s it!