Busy Little Thing

I think giving up laziness for Lent is the best choice I've ever made (love you B!).

Not only do I work at my ever-increasingly-fantastic full time job -- that's sarcasm, folks-- I've also been lucky enough to pick up a writing project on the side for the (truly) fantastic site ReferAll.com. If you're a business owner (or lover!), this is the site for YOU. I finally feel like I'm actually putting my talents to use!

THANK GOODNESS!

-whitters

You might be addicted to books if...

thanks picaresque. i like that her url means pen name. :)

1. You buy your purses based on how many books you can fit inside. {Yes, yes, yes! Although, now that I have a Kindle, I don't need a big bag...}
2. The Fed Ex and UPS carriers, know you by name. [Well...not because of books. Usually because of the strange things I buy off of Etsy. But, that's a different post.]
3. Your family refuses to buy you books because they don't want to support your habit. [My family is full of enablers.]
4. You own multiple versions of the same book. [I do. But, usually because I lose them. Then find them. Then lose them again. Or ruin them with bathtub water or sand.]
5. You dream about books. (Getting them... meeting the authors that write them.) [Not sure about this one.]
6. You always have at least one book on you at all times. Even if it's just a quick trip to the dollar store. [Kindlegarten is with me at all times. Everywhere I go. Work, mall, car wash...]
7. You usually help shoppers at the bookstore, because you are more knowledgeable than the staff. [Noo...I did that once a Sephora though and I thought the girl working there might stab me with a makeup brush. Go Makeup Forever!]
8. You've been known to skip family functions or outings with friends because you can't stop reading. [Yes. I like books more than you.]
9. There are books in every room of your house. [Everywhere.]
10. If you are within five miles of a bookstore, you find yourself drawn to it like a homing device from the mothership. [I work by Barnes and Noble. I have to tell myself to look away.]

I Don't Like Mondays But I Do Like

 NOT FALLING FOR SCAMS!!!


I'm attempting to sell my BRAND NEW laptop over the internet.  Why lie, I want a Mac.  I put my ad up on a local classified website and waited....I've never sold anything on the internet before.  I was so excited when only a day later I received an email urging me to take down the post because they were incredibly interested and would purchase right away.  I immediately emailed back my asking price and received a request to ship the laptop to a "cousin living abroad."  The interested party would pay $100 over my asking price and wire the money "directly into my paypal account after shipping through DHL." 

I Googled DHL and was instantly warned that many con artists request shipping through DHL and promise wiring money when in fact the laptop gets shipped who knows where and you get no money and...no laptop. 

The gods of Wikipedia also let me know:

"...popular online classifieds websites [have] been plagued with scammers using advance-fee fraud and similar techniques, usually involving fake checks, to con people out of their money. Sometimes many scammers contact a person who is either attempting to buy or sell items on Craigslist, and attempt to perpetrate the exact same scam...sending realistic looking bank checks, sending more money than is owed, and requesting that money be wired back to the scammer.^[41][42]
Another advance-fee method that has been used recently on Craigslist is where the scammer will contact someone selling an item and ask them to ship the item to a location outside the US, then provide the tracking number for the shipped item in exchange for payment. The seller then sends the item and provides the tracking number, after which the scammer never provides payment."

Bummer.  Be careful out there on the internet...but anyone else can still buy my laptop.  As long as you're not a con artist. 

Rude. 

El sueño de la razón produce monstruo

Homework:

♥ Discover what your 'real self' would do.

Draw a line down the centre of a page in your journal, labeling one ‘ego’ and one ‘real self.’ I’m going to give you four situations, and in each column I want you to write how your current ego would behave, and how you would really like to behave. If they match up, great! You’ve traveled so far in this journey and your amazing life is really coming together. If they don’t match, there’s still a little work to do.

1. You’re in a classroom debate, you know you have an excellent idea but there are a lot of big personalities talking all at once and you’re not sure you could back up your claim. Do you flush in the cheeks and say nothing, or bite the bullet and say your piece whatever the outcome?

• I think my ego would sit quietly and not say much. My real self (or ideal self) would speak up about what I think. In a tactful manner, of course.

2. Whilst shopping you spot a stunning dress that you could totally afford. It isn’t your normal style and is perhaps a bit dressy for everyday wear. Do you opt for a more sensible, plain style which won’t make you stand out, or throw caution to the wind and decide it is your chance to make a statement with your clothing?

• I'm always a bit dressed up for every day wear. I'd go for it.

3. You spot an advert for a job which has a great rate of pay and is exactly the kind of thing you’d love to do, but you don’t have every skill they list, and you know loads of people will apply for such a great position. Do you let it go, or apply anyway, deciding you’ll dazzle them regardless and simply chalk it up to experience if they reject you?

• Story of my life. Apply anyways. At least you tried.

4. Whilst on the bus a beautiful girl comes to sit next to you. She is dressed in a sparkly, interesting outfit and gives you a big smile. You can hear her iPod playing one of your favourite songs, and she pulls out the very same book you currently have on your bedside table at home. Do you feel intimidated that she is so much prettier and more expressive than you, or start up a conversation with the aim to make friends?

• My ego sits and feels like a loser because...obviously. My ideal self would be all, "OMG! Let's be friends." I can't talk to girls very well. They scare me. :)

I think M.Y.L.A. is working.