Random Traffic Through Nick's Brain

• Occasionally I go on a brief, mild caffeine kick. I need to remember to ease off gradually lest I get caffeine headaches.
• LinkedIn is a social networking site for job search with cool features like recommandations and introductions. When you automate stuff like this, it really makes you think about the human factors involved in doing this in real life. Odd. I need to think about it for a while longer, and will probably post something more in depth about it later. Meanwhile, if you want an invite, ping me.
• At the dance weekend, I wasn’t in a good place. Lack of sleep. Recovering from something stomach related. I was waiting for things to be over and done instead of being in the moment. I used to feel this way a lot, wanting to move on to the next thing instead of enjoying where I was. The episode this weekend served to illustrate that I’ve improved… it hadn’t happened in a while. It also shows that I have a ways to go… I couldn’t break out of the mood. Guess I should crack open the meditation books again.
• Before running into a field I should pause and determine if it’s a minefield. If it is a minefield I should pause and determine if I want to run in anyway. If I want to run in anyway I should pause and force myself to walk gingerly… body armour might also be a good idea. When walking through the field I should expect to be blown to bits at any point for the smallest misstep.
• I love my analogies. No one else seems to. I guess it has to do with the fact that that I understand all the thought that went into them since, well, I did all the thinking that went into them. That still means that I need to work them up to a point where they’re appreciated by others.
• I suck at letting things go. How do I learn to get better? Talking or thinking it through, either by myself, with Dina, or with friends? Or trying to clear my mind? Playing things by ear? Planning for what’s to come?
• If you piss people off, why should you expect them to be nice to you?
• In social groups, people ‘talk behind your back’ because news needs to travel and people can’t be expected to wait until your front is present.
• In social groups, people ‘talk behind your back’ because the group needs to figure out what it thinks about people, events, and situations. Groups don’t have the luxury of doing their thinking internally, inside one mind. If you provide stimuli to the group, it needs to determine how to react to that stimuli.

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