- http://ruminationbu.blogspot.com/: Genna Martin's blog amuses me to no extent. Who hasn't had to dance in front of those automatic flushers? And is there anyone in this world that travels on a regular basis and has always had a good experience? It is just so true to life that I couldn't pass it up.
- http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6133452241464387103&pr=goog-sl: The condom commercial, originally posted by lschneid, is enough to make someone not want to have children while being horribly amusing at the same time, and clever.
- http://www.thesuperficial.com/: Who doesn't love hearing some celebrity gossip every once in a while? This website portrays it in an even more amusing way than it normally is. Originally posted by paultoms.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
There are a few websites that I have found to be interesting and helpful as the Dear Abby of my group of friends.
First of all, of course, there is the real Dear Abby's website http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/, which I have found works wonders at two in the morning when one cannot sleep and is bored out of their mind. Not to say that she is boring, not at all, it's just that I have a very pathetic way of calming myself down and that is to read the questions that people put to her and to see if I would suggest the same thing in her position.
Second of all, there is http://postsecret.blogspot.com/. I find that a lot of people already know about it, but for those of you that don't know about it it is a site that allows people to send in homemade postcards anonymously and share their secrets. It's actually an awesome concept. I've never sent one in, but it's fun to read them. Sometimes they're amusing, sometimes they're horrific, and sometimes they are just plain depressing, but it is still a refreshing and interesting website, especially from a psychological viewpoint.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Some of the things I love about my "position":
- I know everything before everyone else does.
- It makes my life seem not so bad, and it distracts me from my own problems when my life is bad.
- I can genuinely say that I have helped my friends, and in some cases, even changed their lives. How many people can honestly say that?
- Helping my friends discover themselves has helped me discover who I am.
Some of the things I hate about my "position":
- When people say "Please don't tell anyone" after they have been confiding in me for years and know that I have never slipped.
- When people ask me what the other person said about them when they know full well that my lips are sealed, which goes along with the next one.
- Being caught between two people and having loyalties to both.
- Sometimes talking to people for hours and just wanting to scream "What is so hard about this to understand?!"
- When I get blamed if something goes wrong: I only help come to decisions, I don't make them or carry them out.
- Most of my friends are only used to talking and don't know how to listen.
- I guess it all comes down to which outweighs which, and sadly, that changes from time to time. I finally understand what people mean when they say that something is both a gift and a curse.
Monday, September 11, 2006
I have always found this slightly ironic considering that I myself rarely take the advice from myself that I should, but that's ok, because my friends take it for me. I dole out advice, they most likely follow. If there is no advice involved, I at least usually prevent breakdowns, screaming, fights, break ups, or a little bit of all of it. I am the reason and maturity. How that happened I will never know, but I have accepted my position, begrudgingly most times, but I have accepted it none the less. It is because of this position that I know all and see all. I am the center of the infamous "loop". Yes, that is rather nonsensical, but then again I feel that me as a therapist is too.
However, it is because of this position that I am able to write a blog dedicated to the craziness of my life as the next "Dear Abby". As Lucy in the Peanuts used to post outside her booth, "The Doctor Is In", but then again I am in 24/7 much unlike Lucy. Ah, to be a cartoon.