Well, in charge of yourself is different than in charge of someone who might really need you!

Shir, do you want red shoes or could you go with a neutral?

Doesn't have to be red. It's just for fun, I'm not planning buying anything online, but going back to the store and ask them about it.

Although, I have to say I'm somewhat boggled by people who aren't into the Olympics at all, and I've come across several lately.

It's a sporting event. Therefore, I don't give a fuck. Whatever it is that makes it fun to root for a team and feel that whole group-bonding thing that I guess happens... I don't get it. To me, it's either boring or creepy.

My friend Marcia spent a while saying "But it's the Olympics, how can you not care at all?" I don't understand why she does care. I particularly don't understand she keeps telling me about it when she knows that I don't.

I don't particularly care, but I will watch if it's on.

I can't wait until football season really begins though.

I'm the exact opposite of DJ. I love the olympics and make an effort to watch. But football season? Don't care at all.

Although, I have to say I'm somewhat boggled by people who aren't into the Olympics at all, and I've come across several lately.

I'm not at all. I really don't care. I'm not into sports or anything and the added bonus of jingoism (in my perception) pretty much turns me off. I think watching sports is boring. It's a very YMMV thing, don't see why it's boggling.

Tips from a Bitter Temp

How to survive in a bureaucracy

When I tell people I work at an insurance company, I feel I need to explain myself. Sure, I work in insurance, but I'm "in insurance" about as much as a Giants Stadium security guard is "in professional football." See, I'm a temp. An outsider. My industry? Survival.

I love this part:

I've adapted so well to my new environment that my boss wants to offer me a job, make me legit: an underwriter. "So, Anne," he said. "Do you like insurance?" After some stalling I said: "Look, I don't understand this stuff, but I love the cereal here. I love the chairs. I really, really like a few of the people, and I'd like to stay. How can we make that happen? Could I have a demotion? Order staplers and stuff? That I know how to do."

I like sports, but I'm not really into the Olympics. Mostly because it takes too much effort to follow closely.

I particularly don't understand she keeps telling me about it when she knows that I don't.

See, this is the kind of thing I don't understand. I'm a sports geek, but I definitely get that not everyone is. So when I'm with people I know don't give a rat's ass, I don't go on about it and I certainly don't question why other people aren't into it. To each their own and all that.

I guess it's the by-product of having grown up a figure skater/skating fan in Florida. I had very few people around me who cared about it, so I kept it quiet.

Oooh. it occurs to me that my Make an Effort to Watch It is sort of a lie. I watch it, especially summer, because there is not much else on. But I let my Tivo override it to record Mad Men, Project Runway and A Long Way Down.