follow through
Feb. 22nd, 2009 09:41 pmWriting from the café in the Big Box Bookstore on my new(!) laptop. It's an HP Pavilion with a 14" screen and five hours of battery life. Without the battery, it weighs 3 pounds. The case is metallic and has a brown-gray sheen that reminds me of the dress I almost wore to prom (or steampunk - that brushed aluminum look), plus an inscribed hexagonal pattern on the back. There's a matching steel mesh pattern on the front that makes it look durable. Very stylish and professional. I actually wanted the navy blue one with the light blue racing stripes, but they were out.
The keys make a very satisfying click click clack sound when you type on them. More processing power and memory than I will ever need. External volume control, which was a biggie. And I could walk out of the store with it, another plus (hate online shopping). For $600! I'm thrilled.
Have about an hour before I have to put another quarter in the meter (it's paid wireless). Let's see if I can review the two other general psychology/self-help books I read this week in that time. Though there's a large part of me that hesitates to say anything...no hard feelings, okay?
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Sharon Heller, Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight. Subtitle "what to do if you are sensory defensive in an overstimulating world". Inspired by Graham Coxon and er this fic. These are people who notice more in their external environments than others and feel overwhelmed. They may also have poor balance and "overreact" to light touch. I have a sneaking suspicion that if you put ADD and SD on a spectrum, attention-deficits would be on one end (inclined towards/programmed for high stimulus and don't function well without it) while sensory-defensives would be on the other (inclined towards/programmed for low stimulus and don't function well within it). But these two are still sometimes confused with each other, because the obvious symptoms - high distractibility and anxiety - are the same. ( Read more... )
Edward M. Hallowell and John Ratey, Delivered from Distraction. Subtitle "getting the most out of life with attention-deficit disorder". I shouldn't have read this. I don't need the encouragement! ^^; According to the authors, ADDers succeed by 1) marrying people who will pay the bills, and 2) landing jobs with secretaries who will manage the details. Great if you can swing it, but some of us have to do our own laundry. There's a slight gender bias here too I think: if you're a woman, it's harder to find a significant other who will clean up after you. ( Read more... )
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Next up: Spook Country by William Gibson and Anathem by Neal Stephenson. I think it'll be interesting to compare them, XD.
The keys make a very satisfying click click clack sound when you type on them. More processing power and memory than I will ever need. External volume control, which was a biggie. And I could walk out of the store with it, another plus (hate online shopping). For $600! I'm thrilled.
Have about an hour before I have to put another quarter in the meter (it's paid wireless). Let's see if I can review the two other general psychology/self-help books I read this week in that time. Though there's a large part of me that hesitates to say anything...no hard feelings, okay?
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Sharon Heller, Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight. Subtitle "what to do if you are sensory defensive in an overstimulating world". Inspired by Graham Coxon and er this fic. These are people who notice more in their external environments than others and feel overwhelmed. They may also have poor balance and "overreact" to light touch. I have a sneaking suspicion that if you put ADD and SD on a spectrum, attention-deficits would be on one end (inclined towards/programmed for high stimulus and don't function well without it) while sensory-defensives would be on the other (inclined towards/programmed for low stimulus and don't function well within it). But these two are still sometimes confused with each other, because the obvious symptoms - high distractibility and anxiety - are the same. ( Read more... )
Edward M. Hallowell and John Ratey, Delivered from Distraction. Subtitle "getting the most out of life with attention-deficit disorder". I shouldn't have read this. I don't need the encouragement! ^^; According to the authors, ADDers succeed by 1) marrying people who will pay the bills, and 2) landing jobs with secretaries who will manage the details. Great if you can swing it, but some of us have to do our own laundry. There's a slight gender bias here too I think: if you're a woman, it's harder to find a significant other who will clean up after you. ( Read more... )
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Next up: Spook Country by William Gibson and Anathem by Neal Stephenson. I think it'll be interesting to compare them, XD.