*closes eyes* 'panettone, panettone, panettone.....

If I think it,
it will come.....


Because the Holiday treats from patients have already begun!


or


Ima jus git' one myself! nomy nom.

noy'ing

I've maybe said this before, but the "people you may know" feature of FB annoys the crappolla out of me!!!

How much more INTRUSIVE can you get?

As if we all don't have enough "friends" on our facebooks.

We all did it in the beginning already - adding all these people from our past or people that we have not seen for over two decades and never had any contact since, or heck maybe hardly even talked to them at all in highschool anyways. We added them just cause we knew them or of them, not because we were really friend-friends. At one point it just became all about the quantity of friends you had vs the actual connections you made personally with these "friends".

We did that already FB, we deleted some and kept some, I'm pretty fine with it already, why must you suggest more?

And even if I may know that person, why should I "friend" every single encounter I've ever had in my lifetime?

I get it, when it comes to family or extended family or close friends or really cool people I want to keep in touch with and such. In that case I can find them myself and friend them or they give me their info and thats how we connect.

But...

The HVAC guy from two years ago when I had an issue with the AC in my condo.
The cupcake maker I ordered those nut free cupcakes from once a year ago.
I really don't need these people to be included in my personal happenings or my semi private life.
I really don't.
But if I had a small chat with a total stranger on my trip that I wasn't really interested in - must I follow the rest of their lives too?
Or if a patient of mine made an appointment to my clinic and I saw them once, shall they see my trips and family outings in pictures as well?
Or the doctor I rent space from, should I see how his family life is and creep into his southern vacations?
Or that cool kid I did volunteer work with 3 years ago - should I be following the updates of her by friending her mother?
Do I really need to know my cousin's coworkers or friend's highschool friend or great aunt? Do I really need to know the link to why I may know someone in common with a total stranger?

Why ON earth should you even suggest these people at all FB?

I think what annoys me the most is how FB finds them. How FB links you to these folk and exposes the opportunity to poke into their lives and vice versa.
It sparks uneccessary curiosity into a strangers private life, it also sparks exposure of ones own personal life into the world. And if you fall for this and you look, this can lead to accidentally pressing friend request or accidentally messenger calling them. I've done it and know many who have as well, and have gotten requests from similar.

So much so, there seems to be less personal control over this (despite FB's claims that you do have control over this) other than just simply restricting what we ourselves put onto FB, even though we may want to show/ share only specific others personal info about our lives - we have to be always aware that strangers can somehow have access to this too. I would like to think that I have control over my social exposure and encounters, sharing what I want with some and not others, but on FB I really don't.

Its like trying to have a conversation with a friend in an intimate cafe, and knowing that the person beside you may be listening to your every word. Sure, you "have control" over this - It almost makes you want to just sit in silence with your friend or write notes from across the table. Though in that case FB would still be the person looking over your shoulder to read those notes.

You are annoying me FB, yet again. This like-hate relationship is getting to me.

If it aint broke...

........ dont fix it, right?

Well what if its broke as hell, fix it right?

No.... apparently, the answer, so often now a days, is "don't fix it" and just gimme more money because I will say I will fix it and I will simply either paint the rocket more red and call it a day or wash it for you, so it can appear fixed, but the answer is still, don't fix it.

Me: Great Idea huh?

'Blind': YES!

Me: Elected.



(And no, I'm actually not talking about our southern neighbour's situation, this is more closer to home)

catching up!

Well, what a wonderful time away. Was so stressed before I went, but wow, was amazed.
Travelling with the folks makes me appreciate them more, the time I have with them and even the history of it all that brought me to where I am today. Pretty darned thankful.
Its also very hard to see the changes in my folks, the older I get and the older they get. Time is a gift I have to keep reminding myself about. And calmness is something I need to keep learning about.

Anyhoots - boy, as people may think - the world has changed quite a bit from when I last posted. Sooo many thoughts are running through my mind about it all.

.... Welp, just edited my whole post to leave my last line at that hahaha.
Self censorship can be quite frustrating especially since I have SO MUCH to say about things that are happening around me lately - in the news and in this city and such. Maybe I will come back to it bit by bit, or let the urge to post pass, or simply make another blog to vent about world and community issues. Gah - since when did I start caring about all this stuff?! Haha - Oh since I earned my way and became a tax payer I guess...... Adulting. Its not all fun and games man.

vocal Fry

Today I was talking to my doctor's office's nurse.

She had that irritating vocal Fry sounding voice that I cannot stand on an average day.
And today is not an average day for me so its that much more worse.
Dont get me wrong - this is not an innate accent or innate sound that she was born with.
Its that annoying millenial cliquey sounding tone that a lot of celebs and now, the average youngin seems to have. It makes them sound "ditsy" or not intelligent or worse even - that they just dont give a F* !
A response to what you say in this Fry sounding voice portrays a person that is condescending, careless, clueless, has a false sense of self righteousness and full sense of self absorption.
I liken it to the "valley girl" talk of years ago, except they were just deemed clueless.

And even if this is just my assumption based on the simple tone of a persons voice, it doesnt help that I called last week regarding the same matter and was told that "for sure" I would get a response back as soon as possible - and then there was no response.There, assumption supported. Today I went to the doctor to have everything checked, only to have related physical reactions pop up about an hour after my apt had finished. So in my worry I call the office back... only to be yet again directed to the same nurse with the same Vocal Fry.

I'm not sure what to make of this anymore. As I have heard before, Social Fry is practically a social disease! Stop it! Just talk NORMAL. ugh. Now I guess I'll have to wait for my freakin phone call back....