6544 Zombies, doors and today's work
Mar. 20th, 2004 06:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
scottobear[Poll #266038]
(feel free to answer in comments, and elaborate.)
What do I think? I think it is... not one that should always be accepted, mind you, dear journal.
Also, Mmmm... waffles.
I'm considering a little day trip to the Dawn of the Dead movie on Monday. I've heard that these zombies are quick, not shamblers, and that there's no pivotal helicopter, but the rest is pretty much the same.
Today's cases have kept me going like gangbusters, and it seems that nine year old boys with black hair, weighing 90 lbs is the golden mean. four of em. 2 solos, and a pair together. Not to mention the 37 year old bipolar woman, the 75 year old Alzheimer's gent, or the 16 year old habitual runaway that already has a tattoo on her neck.
This is just since 12:30 this afternoon.
Good news is that over half have been found by the police, neighbors, family or friends already. (the duo, a soloist, and the 75er.)
Random Scotto factoid -
I think everyone has worth, some kind of value. I might not like particular people, but I think that they have a reason and rhyme to be the way they are. Like other items of value, some I like to keep nearby, and others I'd prefer were kept as far from me as possible. (Gold and Plutonium both fetch a nice market value, you know...)
Everyone has loved or been loved by someone at some point. I believe that everyone has made *some* kind of difference is someone else's life, and that's a kind of connectivity that makes us all part of a common whole. Nobody is born and lives in a vacuum. I wonder sometimes how far things can be read back... a friendly smile or someone giving the finger can set whole chain reactions in place. Mind you, I think that there are times when flipping someone off is required... even a punch in the jaw might be needed to put patterns in place to help the world flow a little more smoothly. However, extending a hand to help someone else, or to make some other friendly gesture is far more often the useful maneuver.
Bottom line? I don't know. I'm rambling a bit. A good fundamental rule is "Don't be an asshole, you're better than that."
(feel free to answer in comments, and elaborate.)
What do I think? I think it is... not one that should always be accepted, mind you, dear journal.
Also, Mmmm... waffles.
I'm considering a little day trip to the Dawn of the Dead movie on Monday. I've heard that these zombies are quick, not shamblers, and that there's no pivotal helicopter, but the rest is pretty much the same.
Today's cases have kept me going like gangbusters, and it seems that nine year old boys with black hair, weighing 90 lbs is the golden mean. four of em. 2 solos, and a pair together. Not to mention the 37 year old bipolar woman, the 75 year old Alzheimer's gent, or the 16 year old habitual runaway that already has a tattoo on her neck.
This is just since 12:30 this afternoon.
Good news is that over half have been found by the police, neighbors, family or friends already. (the duo, a soloist, and the 75er.)
Random Scotto factoid -
I think everyone has worth, some kind of value. I might not like particular people, but I think that they have a reason and rhyme to be the way they are. Like other items of value, some I like to keep nearby, and others I'd prefer were kept as far from me as possible. (Gold and Plutonium both fetch a nice market value, you know...)
Everyone has loved or been loved by someone at some point. I believe that everyone has made *some* kind of difference is someone else's life, and that's a kind of connectivity that makes us all part of a common whole. Nobody is born and lives in a vacuum. I wonder sometimes how far things can be read back... a friendly smile or someone giving the finger can set whole chain reactions in place. Mind you, I think that there are times when flipping someone off is required... even a punch in the jaw might be needed to put patterns in place to help the world flow a little more smoothly. However, extending a hand to help someone else, or to make some other friendly gesture is far more often the useful maneuver.
Bottom line? I don't know. I'm rambling a bit. A good fundamental rule is "Don't be an asshole, you're better than that."
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Date: 2004-03-20 05:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-20 05:34 pm (UTC)(but that's why I don't leave my doors open!)
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Date: 2004-03-20 05:45 pm (UTC)Neat icon. :0)
Do you remember a scene in "Summer Rental" where John Candy & his family were sitting at the breakfast table with the window open next to them? The path to the beach went right past the window, and people were stopping and staring in through the window at them. OooOo, I bristle when I see that scene. I've had neighbors (that I barely know or don't normally talk to me) who see my side door open and they come running - just walk on in & be nosey and then I become very guarded & not so friendly. & they're actually surprised that I'm not happy about it.:P
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Date: 2004-03-20 06:04 pm (UTC)(Though I am happy to talk to people outside the castle walls and moat)
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Date: 2004-03-20 05:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-20 05:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-20 05:37 pm (UTC)::growls::
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Date: 2004-03-20 06:09 pm (UTC)Yay for Waffles! Yum!
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Date: 2004-03-20 09:10 pm (UTC)I try to remind myself of those same facts. Sometimes it's REALLY difficult for me to do but one that I think is worth continuing to strive for. Newt, on the other hand, comes across as a very picky individual with little tolerance of others. ;)
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Date: 2004-03-20 10:21 pm (UTC)Thanks for your kind words... I agre, sometimes things only come out on a look back a s a reminder for better vigilance in the future.
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Date: 2004-03-21 01:15 am (UTC)I feel the same way. My mother taught me that a good way to keep appreciating mankind, even on it's bad days, is to look at everyone as souls. Not so much in a God/Creator/Higher Purpose sort of way - just as individual little souls wandering around, trying to figure it all out.
I people-watch with that in mind, it's a lovely perspective.
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Date: 2004-03-21 05:11 am (UTC)