Cleaning Up

Kevin's away until Thursday in Brisbane, and I'm using the opportunity to do some cleaning up an rearranging - it's so much easier to move things in the morning when you don't have to worry about waking up an insomniac. I've already put up a "bin frame" (it allows you to use old plastic shopping bags to put rubbish in) and defrosted the freezer (it has 1/3 more space now)! I also hope to finally add the second set of shelves in the kitchen - something Kevin was going to do but then got sick/forgot.

I desperately need to do this for my bedroom and the craft rooms in the front of the house, and a thorough vacuuming after killing fleas would help too. Having Ebony lurk in the front rooms has been very disruptive. When I came back from Sydney after getting the new monitor, I found that she'd knocked my digital prints down and they were lying in the cat litter! Luckily, none were permanently marked/damaged.

Know I'll feel better after it's all done.

Disability Employment Network

I have an appointment tomorrow under the "disability employment network".

This is supposed to help me find appropriate work that I can do, up to whatever capacity I have. Most of my disabilities are mental, depression, panic attacks, that sort of thing. I did the library science class a few years back and thought that I'd be good at library duties, but the final work placement for that wasn't so good. I lost my notes and the car broke down for most of the placement. I was really stressed by the end of it.

D.E.N.

I have an appointment tomorrow with an employment agency. They are part of the "Disability Employment Network", the idea of which is to find disabled people employment.

My disabilities mostly seem to be mental - depression, panic attacks and agoraphobia. Apart from tarot reading -- which is in a controlled environment -- the last time I did something like this was with "work placement" at Toronto Public Library in 1994. I had a lot of stresses when I did 3 days a week there for five weeks: I lost my notes; my car broke down. By the end, though I'd enjoyed it overall, I was pretty much stressed out (especially after repairs quoted at $330 cost $770).

So I'm not sure how this will go. I was pretty stressed earlier today when I discovered that I'd lost the letter with the appointment details! After unsuccessfully trying to "Disability Employment Network" in the yellow or white pages, I phoned the group that referred me there, and got the details that way.

Still, not a good sign.

What Happened

Got this from nematoddity:

( What Happened in 1957... )

Religion Quizs

Inspired by jenndolari:

( Quiz Results )

Unconscious Mutterings

I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Audition :: passed
2. Urgent :: message
3. Lunch :: long
4. Adult :: problems
5. Mug :: me
6. Awful :: time
7. Comics :: joy
8. Damage :: control
9. Kicks :: I don't get my...
10. Experience :: needed

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Insurance Call

I just had a phone call from someone hustling for ING Insurance.

Basically if I signed up, and had an accidental death, I could leave "up to" $1,000,000 in payouts to surviving spouse/relatives. The woman read out the long spiel, and asked at the end if I was interested. I said no, and then for "feedback purposes" she asked why. The conversation then went like this...

me: I just don't see the benefit

tele-marketer(tm): Well I just explained how...

me: You see I've already had my accident in the past, so there's no point

tm: but what about leaving the benefits to loved ones or family?

me: ah, well you see, I've been suicidal in the past, and if I took on such a policy, then maybe if I got suicidal in the future, it might be enough to push me over, for me to want to arrange an "accidental death", so that others'd be better off

tm: (pause) I see, so "not suitable to requirements" would be the closest then?

me: I guess so

tm: thank you, speak to you soon [click]

Now of course I haven't been suicidal in years - just having a bit of fun at their expense - think they'll call back?