Snob.. I r one
Feb. 4th, 2020 08:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisI look down my nose at evangelists, whether it's religion, or food beliefs/habbits, or lifestyles or anything being pushed onto me.
I don't do Facebook, never will and honestly resent that everyone else does.
There is a long list of things I don't like and don't approve of and think unkindly about people who like and approve of them.
I am a card carrying snob. And the people I most resent are snobs. So... problem.
It's honestly something I fight ever day. And I do mean every day because I really am a snob about livejournal content. I hate those endless silly questions. And that so many people rely on them for their total content.
But, why??? Why in the world would it even matter to me? When I stop and read the answers, like I did this morning for some reason, I always find nuggets of interest. So what the hell is so grand about being high up on the horse about them? Nothing.
I so need to get over myself. Starting right this minute.
I went to the home owners association board meeting last night. And, as I suspected, the election of this board is considered by those in the know as a coup. They did not vote these folks in as much as they voted the former folks out. But, I did not expect these new people to be as on top of shit as they apparently are. While none of them has lived in the building for longer than 2 years, they are not all kids. There are two young ones, and three in their 50's. 3 women and 2 men. Far more diversity than the group that has ruled for the past 5 or 6 years. I'm not wildly hopeful that everything is roses, but I think there might be some positive change and I'm more hopeful that they won't immediately do a bunch of stupid stuff.
They actually did make one change last night that I heartily approve of. Every two years, the association hires chimney smiths to inspect our chimneys. For the past few times, the inspection has been voluntary which I always thought was stupid. If there's a problem in a chimney and someone lights a fire, the entire building could be at risk. So those inspections and any needed repairs need to be mandatory. They voted last night to make them mandatory and to move up the next one sooner than the schedule would generally call for.
My swim this morning was good. I wore the suit I made yesterday and it worked nicely and felt fine. I'm still doing the kickboard but I'm going to find another way to do leg/core work. I hate toting that thing every day. It's too big and too cumbersome. I think, for starters, instead of the 4 laps of kickboard, I'll do 4 laps of jogging. See how that works out.
The cats are full of themselves this morning. They've had several high speed chases and a couple of heated discussions. The Smalls has now gone back to bed and Biggie is making his rounds of high places and food sources. He's coming very close to knocking over the web cam. I'm not wild about climbing up there and putting it back so I'd just as soon he did not. (You can clearly I had to tape together the tetris light because someone would just not leave it alone.)
Nothing on tap for today. Maybe I'll gather up all the tax docs that I have and fill out the form my CPA sends. It's a piece of software clearly built in the 1800's. I have to use the windows laptop for it which is annoying so why not just get it out of the way today. Good plan.
I don't do Facebook, never will and honestly resent that everyone else does.
There is a long list of things I don't like and don't approve of and think unkindly about people who like and approve of them.
I am a card carrying snob. And the people I most resent are snobs. So... problem.
It's honestly something I fight ever day. And I do mean every day because I really am a snob about livejournal content. I hate those endless silly questions. And that so many people rely on them for their total content.
But, why??? Why in the world would it even matter to me? When I stop and read the answers, like I did this morning for some reason, I always find nuggets of interest. So what the hell is so grand about being high up on the horse about them? Nothing.
I so need to get over myself. Starting right this minute.
I went to the home owners association board meeting last night. And, as I suspected, the election of this board is considered by those in the know as a coup. They did not vote these folks in as much as they voted the former folks out. But, I did not expect these new people to be as on top of shit as they apparently are. While none of them has lived in the building for longer than 2 years, they are not all kids. There are two young ones, and three in their 50's. 3 women and 2 men. Far more diversity than the group that has ruled for the past 5 or 6 years. I'm not wildly hopeful that everything is roses, but I think there might be some positive change and I'm more hopeful that they won't immediately do a bunch of stupid stuff.
They actually did make one change last night that I heartily approve of. Every two years, the association hires chimney smiths to inspect our chimneys. For the past few times, the inspection has been voluntary which I always thought was stupid. If there's a problem in a chimney and someone lights a fire, the entire building could be at risk. So those inspections and any needed repairs need to be mandatory. They voted last night to make them mandatory and to move up the next one sooner than the schedule would generally call for.
My swim this morning was good. I wore the suit I made yesterday and it worked nicely and felt fine. I'm still doing the kickboard but I'm going to find another way to do leg/core work. I hate toting that thing every day. It's too big and too cumbersome. I think, for starters, instead of the 4 laps of kickboard, I'll do 4 laps of jogging. See how that works out.
The cats are full of themselves this morning. They've had several high speed chases and a couple of heated discussions. The Smalls has now gone back to bed and Biggie is making his rounds of high places and food sources. He's coming very close to knocking over the web cam. I'm not wild about climbing up there and putting it back so I'd just as soon he did not. (You can clearly I had to tape together the tetris light because someone would just not leave it alone.)
Nothing on tap for today. Maybe I'll gather up all the tax docs that I have and fill out the form my CPA sends. It's a piece of software clearly built in the 1800's. I have to use the windows laptop for it which is annoying so why not just get it out of the way today. Good plan.
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Date: 2020-02-04 05:35 pm (UTC)I guess we're all kinda snobbish or judgmental about things in one way or another even if we try not to be, and in some ways more than others. Recognizing it is good so maybe we don't become obnoxious, I think. And then there are things and times when I'm that way about things but then several years later my perspective changes and I feel like a real jerk for my past attitude. Ah well, we're all a work in progress.
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Date: 2020-02-04 07:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2020-02-04 07:32 pm (UTC)I think I'm doing it because my day to day world seems lame and boring when put into words. So - part of it is writing ability. But - there's another component -- the ability to see the small, seemingly insignificant feelings and situations that come out of the mundane stuff that, when mentioned, *are* really interesting, especially if written well.
This meme helps me see the small stuff - and to tap into whatever feelings I have about those things. They're prompts. Not all questions do this - but some have.
In my opinion, THIS is the talent you have -- the ability to both see and write about your life -- whether chocked full of events, or not so much. You don't need these memes!
And, I agree with
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Date: 2020-02-04 07:54 pm (UTC)Oh and thank you. That's very nice of you to say.
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Date: 2020-02-04 11:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-02-05 01:07 am (UTC)I hope the new HOA board does well and isn't a pain for you to deal with. I'm surprised they'd make something like chimney cleaning optional. Do they require dryer duct cleaning? That's something that came up at our HOA meeting last summer, having everyone's dryer vents cleaned, but nothing has come of it yet.
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Date: 2020-02-05 01:09 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-02-05 04:56 am (UTC)