December 2009
26 posts
“Is $300 a fair price for your time? Or if you want, I can pay you in X-Men...”
– (via clientsfromhell)
and #LOL
Gender Patterns In Friendships →
Authors identify at least three barriers to close friendships among men: competition between men, traditional masculine stereotypes about “real men,” and fear of homosexuality (Fasteau, 1991; McGill, 1985; Miller, 1983).
- I am not so surprised. I could have guessed that without a study!
Out Of Practice
I haven’t answered the house’s phone since ever. The only thing I’ve been answering these days is our interphone which I usually answer just to see who’s at the door.
And the phone just rang, and I had to answer it. I picked up and having been out of practice for so long, I immediately said: “Who is it?”
I was lucky to have tripped on the wire and disconnected...
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FAIL! (A funny anecdote)
One day, I went to this mall for the first time and it had some fast food restaurants that I’ve never tried before. I decided to have a Shrimp sandwich from a Shrimp restaurant. The customer service guy was acting too friendly and trying to start a conversation.
I went there for a second time on another day after a month. And I was trying to decide what to get. The guy kind of recognized me...
Best Trick-or-treat EVER! →
I grew up in a college town, and one Halloween our doorbell rang and we opened the door expecting to see trickortreaterbut what was in front of our open doorwas another door! Like, a full-on wooden door, that had a sign that said Please knock. So we did, and the door swung open to reveal a bunch of college dudes dressed as really old grandmothers, curlers in their hair, etc, who proceeded to...
“In elementary school, in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single...”
– Warren Hutcherson
That's "typical"!
Every time a man knows that my ultimate goal is to have my own fashion business with me being the designer, manager and marketer, he says “Well that’s natural. All women want to be fashion designers.”
That’s very stereotypical and false, because most fashion designers are actually men. And the most famous ones are men as well. It’s true that a lot more women care...
20 Powerful Beliefs That Will Push You Toward... →
I don’t need the approval of others to succeed
If you are always looking for others’ approval and consent you will not go very far off and you will certainly not be self-empowered. Successful people follow their heart even when others are skeptical or do not consent.
Quotes by Chuck Klosterman →
“Women intrinsically understand human dynamics, and that makes them unstoppable. Unfortunately, the average man is less adroit at fostering such rivalries, which is why most men remain average; males are better at hating things that can’t hate them back (e.g., lawnmowers, cats, the Denver Broncos, et cetera). They don’t see the big picture.” — Chuck Klosterman...
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale... →
Part 4 Be a Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment
A leader’s job often includes changing your people’s attitudes and behavior. Some suggestions to accomplish this:
Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
Call attention to people’s mistakes indirectly.
Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
Ask questions...
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of...”
– Judy Garland, actress.
Things People Said: Courtroom Quotations -... →
Lawyer: “Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?”
Witness: “No.”
Lawyer: “Did you check for blood pressure?”
Witness: “No.”
Lawyer: “Did you check for breathing?”
Witness: “No.”
Lawyer: “So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?”
Witness:...
I can finally out myself
I got to say I’m thrilled that everyone is in love with Twilight and vampires. Before Twilight, people were so scared of vampires, thinking they are all ruthless evil creatures with insatiable thirst for human blood. Now, everyone assumes that vampires are Edwards. And I can finally reveal my true self now… as a VAMPIRE!
Yes, I am a vampire. And it’s nice that now everyone...
Women's Shopping Addiction
It’s known that every woman has a shopping addiction to something, it’s mostly said it’s hats, or shoes, or bags, or everything else. My older sister’s addiction is actually mobile phones! She just HAS to keep changing her phone even though she only use it for minimal things. My younger sister’s addiction is bags, she needs to have all colors and shapes, and she...
“The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.”
– Psychologist, Arnold Glasgow
Old friends.
I just finished setting up an account on Plaxo http://themanalyst.myplaxo.com and then I was suggested to add some random people that I’m supposed to know based on the info I added on my profile… Usually I really don’t know anyone from my own history and background. Except this time I actually recognized someone! He was one of my classmates in college, and I really have no...
Random Thoughts
I made this tumblr account because I had a random thought today that is too long for 140 Char. on Twitter and too short to be developed into a post on my blog www.themanalyst.com; and now that I was finally able to focus a bit to finish this, I can’t remember what my thought was!