Question...

[krowface]

where the hell is the line between "ranting to blow off steam" and "passive-aggressive shit-talking"?

Ugh. P/A behaviour drives me up the wall. But does talking about it make me P/A?

I'm really more of an active-aggressive sort of person. I just happen to be very patient and very tolerant. Which makes it easier for me to get along with people, and I guess it makes it easier to get along with me. That and I'm kinda easy to figure out. Or, at least I look like it. Still waters run deep, and there's a body at the bottom of the well.

Long fuse. Long, long fuse. Luckily, I know the trick to this. It's about letting what does not matter, slide.

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The rainstorms are a welcome relief from the violent heat wave that has gripped Philly this week. Perfect weather for some Depeche Mode, fresh coffee, and some fried scrapple. It's also a good day to play video games and draw half-naked elf chicks. Unfortunately, I can't just "let go" for a day and game it up. I'm obsessed with this new hobby. It's called "looking for work". Fuck. If I could somehow turn "looking for a job" into "a job", I'd be pulling in a six figure salary.

I'd be pissed if I wasn't so goddamned amused.

Comments

[a-clever-one.livejournal.com]

Good luck on the job hunting. I found work but it's in retail. I keep getting asked "Why aren't you working in your field." To which I reply, "Because the job market sucks."

[cryptess.livejournal.com]

Long fuse. Long, long fuse. Luckily, I know the trick to this. It's about letting what does not matter, slide.

This is what I get stuck in, and then I end up in an unintelligible tangle of all different things that would not matter on their own, but which grow into something gargantuan and destructive.

Baobabs, baby. Baobabs.

So I'm passive-aggressive for deliberating on my massive jumble of concerns and frustrations before I run my mouth? And I seek out advice in a setting where bottom-line bitching has become the norm? So be it.

I'm going to blow the lid off of it around now, though, because if there's anything I hate it's getting pulled into back-bitey malicious intent.

[dangerouslysane.livejournal.com]

Miss you anyway. But you definitely sound like you're in a decent frame of mind--change of scene does you good this time!

[krowface.livejournal.com]

I'm definately doing much better, thanks ma!