June 10, 2004
When That Thing Starts Beeping...
...it usually means the food is ready.
I feel weird. In making some observations about myself:
I get frustrated and incredibly sad/depressed when dealing with mundane but sudden problems (like computers or phone lines...that kinda thing).
Handling a situation like that can be easy when I'm alone and I've got time to decompress, take a deep breath, pray to God for help, relax, and focus on the problem. It becomes a challenge when there's other people involved, because I don't want to take my problem out on them with even the slightest tone or sad, grumpy face. Then when I get two problems at once (or more), like a phone line to replenish a postage meter and a broken set of headphones, it can be frustrating, because it's hard to tell someone who's innocently coming to you with a problem, "Hold on a second. I need to decompress in order to handle this."
It's silly when you think about it (and complain about it), but I'll try to work on it. The picture of the office today is my helmet collection on the wall in my office. It's complete (until some team changes its helmet design).
Tonight's a big show, with Pedro the Lion (enter to win one of their new cds here at this site, just click on the banner ad for it), Dashboard and Thrice, and then Duvall later. Nice.
I read some interesting verses in Jeremiah and Job today. I love the argument God has with Job. It's almost taunting. I'll paraphrase:
"When's the last time you sent out the lightning, who reported back to you, 'Here I am!?'"
Job got put in his place, but overall he did pretty good considering all the bad advice his so-called friends gave him. I always remember the "two shall become one" lesson when I think of Job: Satan had permission to take everything from him (cattle, crops, buildings, children), but only to spare his life. But yet he didn't kill Job's wife like he did the kids. I assume that it must've been off-limits because Job and his wife were "one." Not 100% sure if that's the case, but it's a comforting thought about the depth of that marriage covenant.