How ya doin?

I've been thinking about changing my default "How ya doin?" response. Usually, without thinking, I either say "Alright" or "Pretty good". Lately I have thought this sounds kind of plain. Sounds like I don't have much happiness in my life. I might start saying "Good, thanks". It will take a while to convert to this on a subconscious level.

Keep in mind, this topic applies to random people you pass at work, out shopping, in a bar. Different response rules apply to closer friends or family. When the average person on the street asks "How ya doin?", it is more like a pleasantry. They don't want to hear about how you had no sleep last night and your bowel movements are not very consistent. They are asking in the equivalent manner of saying "What's up", "How's it goin?", or "Hello".

This is why a blanket response is necessary. Call it insincere, but when I pass someone in a public place, or see a co-worker at work and say "How's it goin?", I don't want to hear their personal problems. Ultimately, I don't really want to know the answer to my question. The people that freely share their personal life's events with people they don't know terribly well makes me uncomfortable. As if I am supposed to offer up a piece of my life in exchange. There is no exchange, I was just being polite.

I feel myself going off in another direction now, so I'll leave it at this. The next time you see me and say "How's it goin?", I most likely will respond with "Good, thanks."

Broken Links

Ok everyone, you can get back to your normally scheduled lives. I have removed and/or fixed the broken image links on this page. I may (at a later date) add the pictures back in that were removed. Some images were rehosted. Carry on now.

Drawing a Blank

I am drawing a blank. No reason to post anything interesting right now, so I will ramble. I hate adjustable columns in certain programs that do not retain their settings when you go back in. Am I just anal that I have to have these columns of information adjusted a certain way? Every other damn thing in this program is sticky (i.e. remembers the last settings), except for the damn columns. I have to continually readjust these column widths every time I refresh. I work in an office with no windows. 5 years ago, I had a room downstairs with windows overlooking Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland. Then they bought the floor above and remodeled it for our department. Hey, you think, uhh....YOU FORGOT THE FUCKING WINDOWS?? They successfully constructed a large interior room with dozens of cubicles. Welcome to your new home, jackass. I thought about framing a scene of some beach or mountains or something...but then again, I should just set the place on fire. I kid, I kid...sorta.

Alive

Yeah, I am still alive. I might even fix some of the broken image links on here pretty soon. Trust me, the pictures still exist in their original locations, there is just currently no electrical power enabling them to be seen from their dormant hard drive. We bought a house and moved, haven't got my webserver back up yet. Actually it is up, but now being used in my wife's sewing room/office. She doesn't like to keep it on though, she thinks the fans within it are too loud. I think my cats are behind this betrayal of image availability (referring to my broken image links). I leave work soon. I worked 11.5 hours today. I'm not bragging, just stating a rarity that may bring recollection to this day when I read this post in a month. Ok, bye.