23 posts tagged “qotd”

Do you have siblings? What's your relationship like with them? Bonus points if you share a photo!

I have two siblings; a brother and a sister.  We are not all that close as they are both more than a decade my senior.  I was closer to my brother when I was growing up, but now I keep in touch more with my sister, talking to her about once a month by phone.

On a scale of 1 to 10, how well do you sing?

Imagine the sound a chicken makes when it has a leg caught in a trap.  That is my level of singing ability.

Of course, that level of talent is little different from some of the contestants they have in the early part of the season.

What’s the hardest part about looking for a new job?
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I think it's all the insincerity involved and the idea that I have to "sell myself".

I hate writing resumes, trying to sum up my entire work life on a single page having to use obfuscating jargon to do so.  As an example, one writes: "I coordinated all company communications", when you really mean, "I answered the phone".

I hate having to act as if I care a flying fuck about whatever widget/product the company I'm applying to deals in.  I hate having to pretend as if I'd get off from working for that company and that it would be my reason for living.

The truth of the matter is, the employer is seeking someone from whom they can get the maximum amount of work out of while paying the least amount they can get away with and, with perhaps the exception of creative jobs, the job seeker is looking for a job that they can get the maximum amount of pay from by doing the least amount of work. 

The best one can hope for is a healthy compromise between what the employer wants and what the job seeker wants.  And I'd prefer to do it with the least amount of bullshit possible, but I know that's impossible because bullshit is what makes the work world go 'round.

And to be truly honest, it wouldn't hurt my feelings to never have to spend another hour having to work for money ever again.

Why do you love your body?
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Now, that's a loaded question.

I've heard it said that sex is all in the brain, but the body is the means by which the brain's sexual desire is fulfilled.  With my body, I've experienced years of sensual pleasure as well as given it to others in great measure.

Of course, there are other reasons, but this is the first that came to mind.

How do you cool off when you're upset?
Submitted by K.

Usually it's by doing something physical

Sometimes, I'll do some work that needs doing around the house or go for a long drive.

Most often, however, I go find a lover for some rather physically intense sex.

What's your favorite Michael Jackson song? Bonus points if you share the video.

I'd have to say Billie Jean, with the strong bass line in it.  I've never been a rabid Michael Jackson fan in general, but I always liked this song.

Summer is finally here! What are your plans?

My plans are to avoid the heat and sunlight as much as possible.   Because I work at night, I stay inside all day under air conditioning and when I do go out during the day, it's only from the house to the car, then to the building of whatever place I'm going.   I never willingly spend prolonged time outside when the weather is hot.

I also spend much of the summer looking forward to the return of fall and winter.

Would you rather be rich or famous?

That's very easy.  I'd much rather be rich than famous.  Famous people get mobbed wherever they go and have to avoid being seen in public in order to have any privacy.  Simply being rich without fame would allow me to go anywhere I wanted without being bothered,where I could spend my money in peace.

It's not attention I seek, but rather luxury.

What is the birth order in your family? Do you think it has an effect on your personality?
Submitted by aynge.

I am the third of three children.  In other words, the baby; the caboose of the family.  My two siblings are a decade and more my senior.  I was born in the sixteenth year of my parents' marriage and my mother died when I was barely into my teens.  Both my parents were oldest children, born the same year.

And of course my birth order affected my personality.  Because my siblings are so much older than me, I have a lot in common psychologically with only children.  By the time I was old enough to remember things, they were well into their teens and they were more like a young aunt and uncle to me, rather than siblings.

Unlike only children, however, I got the benefit of getting experienced parents to raise me.  My siblings were their "starter children" and by the time I came along, my parents were laid back and didn't sweat the small stuff.

I was the proverbial spoiled baby child.  My parents didn't push me as hard and they bought me a lot more things than with the first two.  Of course, my father was well-established in his career by the time I came along, compared to just starting out when my much older siblings were born.

I am more laid back, more liberal, and less conventional than my siblings, though neither of them is overly conservative.  Unfortunately, I'm also a great deal lazier than they are as well.  Oh well, such is life.

What makes you a good (or bad) neighbor?

I'm a good neighbor in that I mind my own, damned business.

I'm a bad neighbor in that I never do any yardwork and that the grass tends to grow to my ass before it ever gets cut.