Flynn's Paws: My Thoughts, My Gripes

Month: January 2011

  • Blogging Title

    Okay! I’ve been trying to come up with a catchy “Site Title” and searched online for some ideas but came across some Wikipedia articles that may point out my addiction, whereby one word can lead to another word definition and so forth.

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    Stream of consciousness (narrative mode)

    In literary criticism, stream of consciousness is a narrative mode that seeks to portray an individual’s point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character’s thought processes, either in a loose interior monologue, or in connection to his or her actions.

    Stream-of-consciousness writing is usually regarded as a special form of interior monologue and is characterized by associative leaps in syntax and punctuation that can make the prose difficult to follow.

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    Monologue

    A monologue (or monolog) is when the character may be speaking his or her thoughts aloud, directly addressing another character, or speaking to the audience, especially the former. Monologues are common across the range of dramatic media (plays, films, animation, etc.). It is distinct from a soliloquy, which is where a character relates his or her thoughts and feelings to him/herself and to the audience without addressing any of the other characters.[1]

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    Stream of consciousness (psychology)

    Stream of consciousness refers to the flow of thoughts in the conscious mind. The full range of thoughts that one can be aware of can form the content of this stream, not just verbal thoughts. Commonly used experimental techniques, including self-reporting, gives easier access to verbal thoughts than to thoughts more closely connected to senses other than hearing and activities other than speaking and writing.

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    Internal monologue

    Internal monologue, also known as inner voice, internal speech, or stream of consciousness is thinking in words. It also refers to the semi-constant internal monologue one has with oneself at a conscious or semi-conscious level.

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    Schizophasia

    In the mental health field, schizophasia, commonly referred to as word salad, is confused, and often repetitious, language that is symptomatic of various mental illnesses.[1]

    It is usually associated with a manic presentation and other symptoms of serious mental illnesses, such as psychosis, including schizophrenia. It is characterized by an apparently confused usage of words with no apparent meaning or relationship attached to them.

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    Hypergraphia

    Hypergraphia is an overwhelming urge to write. It is not itself a disorder, but can be associated with temporal lobe changes in epilepsy and mania in the context of bipolar disorder.

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    For now, my “site title” is “Just Another WordPress Weblog”. I cannot come up with something creative for my weblog, which will be buried among other worthy weblogs worldwide! But we bloggers are not addicted nutters, right?

  • 20110119-Noticing Numbers

    After reviewing “yesterday’s” blog stats, I noticed a” total [of nine] views by links to my blog” and a “total [of six] clicks of links on my blog” from one particular section of my “blogroll link” located in my sidebar. This was a rare occurrence. I know because I check my stats EVERYDAY! It’s my addiction, you see.

    Therefore at around 11:22pm tonight, I had to process another transaction and hopefully the results would be useful. But before I decided to grit my teeth and bite my tongue, I had to check something online to make sure I’m on the “right track”. Then I imagined someone saying inside my mind: “You won’t regret it”.

    Earlier while walking during the daytime’s VERY sunny weather but freezing cold winds, which I did NOT feel against my very being, nay, inner core of mostly heat, I picked up a thought several times and I knew I had to act upon those thoughts because everyday I keep thinking about my objective, thanks in part to my prayerful “promises”, which TPTB promised to keep MANY TIMES unto moi!

    And after reading Lilly’s article about tonight’s full moon and recalling how beautiful tonight’s full moon shone through my east-facing bedroom window and how Paw said that yesterday’s full moon was not fully round, I figured the timing a few minutes ago is appropriate with regards to staying connected to our higher selves and loved ones.

    There you go, hon. All for you and such.

  • Healing Hands

    Two days ago, I massaged Maw’s painful left carpel tunnel the best I could. She has been sleeping with a wrist brace at night for the past week or so. This morning her left wrist was painful as I saw her stretching her left arm and squeezing her hands during this morning’s mass. I was pissed as usual for having to “pray” and “attend mass”.

    Three days ago, I massaged Maw’s painful right leg the best I could. She has numbness in her right foot. After the massage, she was able to walk faster and stand comfortably to do house chores, like doing the laundry — washing, drying, and ironing. I would arrive home to see her exhausted and all I could do is pray that she learns how to relax.

  • 20110119-Tweaking Again

    Earlier during work I was online and Tuan came by and hopefully Hoan and him didn’t accidentally see my “site title”. But I was on the administration screen. I wonder if team Automattic could make a “fake screen” so no one knows I’m blogging.

    As a result, I’ve reverted my “site title” to “Just Another WordPress Weblog” with a “tagline” reading “Posts by Flynn”. It’s straightforward until I figure out something that was catchy like “Free Writer’s Blog” or “Flynnism’s Blog” or something of that nature.

    I don’t want my “junk” duplicated during a general search online or “infringe” upon someone else’s “blog title”. It’s annoying, really because I want a domain name that describes my rant perfectly. So far, I’m stumped!

    My WordPress.com theme is Prologue by Automattic.

  • 20110119-Dream Journal

    This morning I was among people inside a restaurant, which was mostly Hispanic or Spanish or Italian in origin. I was a female and possibly a prostitute or someone close to a white guy who appeared to have lots of influencial power. I was seated in front of him and tried to converse with him unsuccessfully but he was slouched back into a corner and possibly smoking.

    I walked away towards the back where a bunch of ladies with dark hair was working in the kitchen. I told one white lady that he is with a “Mafia” several times but she merely smiled at me. Then I found myself exiting the back doors. It was twilight and I could see at least three doors. One door in the middle had stickers on the window on the upper half. The doorknobs were brushed silver and I could see the keyhole in them.

    As I made my way from my “left” field of vision where the doors were located and down a path to my “right” field of vision, I saw myself walking at night on a sidewalk. To my “left” side, I see at least three people “exercising”. They were looking in the opposite direction where I was walking. I could see two more people behind them but more to their “right” also doing “exercises”. There was a divider between the sidewalk and the property. There were more people in front of me. Some were black people in this second dream. The area appeared “wet” as it may have rained earlier.

  • My Bad, Messing Up

    Well, I’ve been bad and doing other peoples’ work. I know it’s not professional but perhaps a deliberate attempt to reduce my chances of staying here too long. I am still sticking to “Plan A” or else I too won’t be “a happy woman”!

    I cannot see myself sitting directly in front of the slamming back door. There is traffic of people walking by. This is bad feng shui and would have been Nam’s seat, too, if he wasn’t superstitious about the flow of energy going into this cubicle workstation. Whoever decided to set up these work desks near this daily noise is a stupid person!

    At the same time, I’m messing up this VERY simple data entry work and NOT getting much done because the backlog can be done by the full time staff. For whatever reason, the boss addresses the other two temps on their daily tasks and leaves me out of the loop. So right there, it appears I’m overqualified and don’t care. As a matter of fact, I still don’t have access to a program or a clear understanding on one process.

  • Energy Excited

    At around 3:52pm, a white woman with long, curly auburn hair slipped on one of the steps going downstairs. I just passed her “left” side while going upstairs. That’s how potent my energy level is: Those who don’t pay attention will get hurt. One Asian lady was in front of her and inquired if the fallen one was okay. But she got up and walked slowly downward again. She was wearing high heels and a long brown coat.

    A few months ago, the three of us finished shopping at Hancock Fabrics. We were walking down a corridor towards the exit. A young white mother was seated to the right of her young son. I stared at the boy whose wide-eyed gaze of blue eyes were locked on mine.

    He was happy and smiled. He started to squirm towards his left side and fell right off the wooden bench. He hit his head against the wall with a “thud” and started to cry. His mother was VERY slow in responding and didn’t react with much concern but gently picked up her crying toddler.

    So who is next to get hurt?

  • 20110119-Daily Writing

    Day 19: Something that shook your belief system to its core (a big disappointment in your life).

    Well, I met a few “aliens”. They looked, acted and sounded human but their eyes gave away their true identity. That means we are not alone on this planet and that highly advanced beings exist among us.

    They could have been mistaken as “gods” and wrongfully worshipped by various religious organizations. And because of their advanced technology and science, people feared these entites and the potential pain and heinous harm from their wonderous weapons of massive destructions from HAARP to vaccination.

    Reference: http://danacreative.blogspot.com/2011/01/30-day-writing-challenge.html

  • Day 19: Something that shook your belief system to its core (a big disappointment in your life).

    Day 19: Something that shook your belief system to its core (a big disappointment in your life).

    Well, I met a few “aliens”. They looked, acted and sounded human but their eyes gave away their true identity. That means we are not alone on this planet and that highly advanced beings exist among us.

    They could have been mistaken as “gods” and wrongfully worshiped by various religious organizations. And because of their advanced technology and science, people feared these entities and the potential pain and heinous harm from their wondrous weapons of massive destruction from HAARP to vaccination.

  • 20110119-Noticing Numbers

    Again, there were lots of double-digit number. This morning I was following a white van with a CA license plate number with “33-oh-oh”.

    And I’m the eleventh vote in reply to:

    Do you want weekly photo topic ideas?
    Yes. I post photos or want to.
    92%
    119 votes
    No. I hate photos / would prefer bonus writing topics.
    8%
    11 votes
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    The primary reason for voting “negatively” is because I consider computer systems and/or internet connections may be too slow for some users. So I prefer writing topics instead.

  • 20110119-Daily Post

    Topic 20: What’s the most important thing you’re putting off? And why haven’t you done it yet? What do you need to make it happen?

    I’m putting off marriage. Why? It’s because I lack the confidence to get things done. If I were smarter and know what I want in life and how to organize and better discipline my lifestyle, I’m sure “Mr. Right” would just suddenly appear on my front door and scare my parental units and me.

    Anyway, I fear the other half’s bad habits, his in-laws, friends and any children and what other people might say. Yes, I may seem like a VERY mean-looking broad in person because people said so. But I’m sensitive to being criticized and that’s something I’d have to learn not the take personally.

    That’s right! I expect to be financially stable FIRST before committing to a relationship that involves lots of mouths to feed and emotions to comfort. And if that means working hard during a day job, I don’t know if I’ll be happy. I’d rather be stay-at-home mother unit and seriously learn how to go shopping for clothes and food, too.

  • Society Shares

    With globalization looming upon us, there is no such thing as “copyright infringement” or “intellectual property”. I would like to emphasize that the knowledge should be shared for society as a whole and not given credit to one or two individuals.

    Sooner or later such technological advancement will be made common for the common people, who are creative enough to figure out, though not exactly to specifications, how make an objective work. People as a whole should be given credit for coming up with various ways to make a living and make living easier, convenient and more fun, too.

    Basically, politics need to make sure not to stifle innovation. If given a chance, I’m sure we’d all have hover crafts to get around more efficiently. And China needs to focus on cleaning up its environment and taking care of its people and NOT worry about who was first to come up with what has been really ancient secrets.

    I was going to enter my thought in yesterday’s OPEN forum discussion board about this topic but here it is in my weblog.