Multitasking makes you dumb!
Aug. 27th, 2009 03:48 amGood news: After looking for about a year and a half, my dad finally has a job!! :D What's completely ironic is that not only is the job description of the new job pretty much the same as the one he had before he got laid off, but also -- drum roll please -- it's that the job is at the exact same company!! And since he likes the company, this is not at all a bad thing. What does suck is that he has a lot of paperwork to do, he's taking a huge cut in pay, and he has to go through training again, which includes a week out in Denver sometime next month (I'll be at college by then, so it won't affect me too much). But yay, job security and another source of income. I really hope this works out for him. :-)
For anyone who's interested, I updated the last post about that anti-abortion dude; it can be found here. Just be sure to start where it says "EDIT."
A couple of interesting articles I came across today:
Asexuals are coming out
This article only made me start thinking about my own sexuality, and the way I treat relationships. As I'm sure not all of you want to read this sort of thing on your f-list, I'm putting my reaction under a cut.
( Cut for TMI, sex talk, and using LJ as a personal shrink )
Multitaskers, pay attention -- if you can
Summary: A recent study has shown that people who multitask the most are the worst at it, in that they're more easily distracted and can't block out irrelevant information. I would go into a rant about how this describes me in so many ways, and how it describes our society in general, and that this is bad and ought to be fixed, but it's late enough as it is. What I will say is that I'm impressed of the detail the article goes into regarding the study and its methodology; the MSM isn't exactly known for reporting these kinds of stories all that well, so I can get behind articles about studies that, in my experience, are portrayed accurately.
And finally, some memes. First:
( Yet another personality test )
BUT ENOUGH ABOUT ME; LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU FOR A CHANGE. :DDDDDDDDDDDD
Stolen from![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
al_sforzando:
For anyone who's interested, I updated the last post about that anti-abortion dude; it can be found here. Just be sure to start where it says "EDIT."
A couple of interesting articles I came across today:
Asexuals are coming out
This article only made me start thinking about my own sexuality, and the way I treat relationships. As I'm sure not all of you want to read this sort of thing on your f-list, I'm putting my reaction under a cut.
( Cut for TMI, sex talk, and using LJ as a personal shrink )
Multitaskers, pay attention -- if you can
Summary: A recent study has shown that people who multitask the most are the worst at it, in that they're more easily distracted and can't block out irrelevant information. I would go into a rant about how this describes me in so many ways, and how it describes our society in general, and that this is bad and ought to be fixed, but it's late enough as it is. What I will say is that I'm impressed of the detail the article goes into regarding the study and its methodology; the MSM isn't exactly known for reporting these kinds of stories all that well, so I can get behind articles about studies that, in my experience, are portrayed accurately.
And finally, some memes. First:
( Yet another personality test )
BUT ENOUGH ABOUT ME; LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU FOR A CHANGE. :DDDDDDDDDDDD
Stolen from
al_sforzando:
