when some crisis comes up, how do you respond?  do you turn to someone to help you through it, or do you go solo?  according to Dr. Legato in why men never remember and women never forget,  women tend to do the former, men- the latter.  all I know is that when I recently had a crisis, I did the typical woman thing- I had to talk to another woman about it- not for advice or anything- just to be sane and know I could handle it.  There are definitely times when I don't want your help, thinking "I can handle it" but more often, I'd like a support system.  what's your perspective?

when people say or write 'said' all the time instead of 'asked' in a conversation, it drives me nuts

what a day!  it seems to be getting continually darker outside.  I know that it can get darker, as I can still see a good distance, but that doesn't stop my perspective.  a lot of people stayed home today (government) or went home early.  i wonder if traffic will be better after work?  it's rained a lot, and lightninged, and I can't help but imagine ligthning finding it's way to me through these windows, striking the computer, too.  oh well.

 some quotes of the day:
"wounds"
----from me misspelling a word while writing an e-mail.  isn't that interesting?  it conjures up something different for me than 'hurts'.  also, thinking of it as winding around something is also cool.  it's just a good word, I think

"won't be published"
-------TBLOG not an actualy quote, but when I find out how people find my blog, it's always interesting, to say the least.  the latest was something suggestive of porn, and I don't know exactly how that was associated with my blog, but I think that's OK.  i think everything works together in its own way, so maybe something good will come out of it, whether or not it has anything to do with me.

"did you eat?"
----from co-worker about my trip to Wisconsin.  Are you kidding me?  do i not eat normally?  she said that's one of the best things about being with family, so I got the context, otherwise I'd really wonder about her...

"funny
1a: affording light mirth and laughter typically by means of absurdity or oddness without much subtlety: AMUSING (when they laughed it was not because they thought it was --- but out of embarassment' Barnaby Conrad)..."
---- Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged 1971