Cotton-Pickin’ Days

I may look innocent here at age 5
but look closer into those eyes and
you’ll see evil plots brewing.

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From Techno Tuesday via Question Authority

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One of the moms at school was telling me about her daughter, then six, who was at a girl scout retreat. An older girl was gagging at one of the meals because she hated the food. My friend’s daughter said to her,

They’re not asking you to like it. You just have to eat it.

I love the sentiment of that because making it in life requires such a stalwart attitude. You don’t have to like something to do it and to do it well.

Take me and cooking, for example, I simply don’t enjoy the mess in the preparation and clean-up. If I can get a dish prepared for me that tastes the way I like, I’d rather buy it than make it myself. That doesn’t mean I don’t know how to cook that dish, or that I don’t cook for my family, or even that I don’t know how to cook at all. It just means that cooking is not high on my list of priorities. I have better things to do with my time (like blogging for example ). I still cook at least five or six days out of the week but I do not like it. I don’t like cooking but I have to do it and I do it well.

Other things I don’t like but do just fine:

• Shower (heh)
• Keep track of money
• Discipline children
• Socialize
• Take tests

Similarly, just because I can do something well doesn’t mean I like it. Such is the imbalance and unfairness and general suckitude of life.

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After a long hiaturs hiatus (I swear I don’t say hiatus like hiaturs), I’m back to twittering (as you can see in the middle column of Cottontimer). My mommy didn’t like that the Facebook status updates got truncated and since she’s not on Facebook herself, she was never able to read the entire message.

Have you started twittering in the last few months? Let me know so I can follow you! I’m at http://twitter.com/hsienlei.

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Build Your Wild Self (via Neatorama)

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After taking the learning style inventory test last week, KathyF suggested I try the Enneagram Personality Type Indicator test.

Here are my results:

I’m most like Type 3: The Motivator. The adaptable, success-oriented type. Score 8.

I’m least like Type 6: The Skeptic. The committed, security-oriented type. Score -6.

Here are some tips for you on how to get along with me, a type 3 motivator:

• Leave me alone when I am doing my work.
• Give me honest, but not unduly critical or judgmental, feedback.
• Help me keep my environment harmonious and peaceful.
• Don’t burden me with negative emotions.
• Tell me you like being around me.
• Tell me when you’re proud of me or my accomplishments.

Ironically, this was one of my favorite t-shirts in grad school.

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From PostSecret

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What’s your learning style? Lilian and I couldn’t be more different and I suspect my sister and I are too.

Here are my scores from taking the learning style inventory test made-up of 70 questions. No real surprises. I’ve never been one for numbers, graphs, and charts, preferring words instead. And as social as I appear to be, I need a lot of alone time too. Working independently also suits me much better than having to manage others.

The scores are out of 20 for each style. A score of 20 indicates you use that style often.

Solitary 16
Verbal 15
Social 11
Aural 10
Logical 8
Visual 7
Physical 2

Those that have a strong solitary style include authors, researchers, park rangers and security guards.

Pursuits that use the verbal style include public speaking, debating, politics, writing and journalism.

What scores did you get?

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My online persona meshes pretty well with my offline one. Although I choose only the best pictures of myself to put up which isn’t saying much. I need to learn how to Photoshop myself to superstardom!

Here are the lyrics to this great Brad Paisley song - Online. (Video above.)

via Inky Circus

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From today’s Facebook Chinese horoscope for water rats:

With your children, you’ll obtain much better results by gentleness than by anger.

Hrmph. I don’t appreciate the insinuation.

BTW, here’s me on Facebook. Everybody’s there, don’t you know? Yes, I’m looking at you, dear sister.

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