The all-hours witch

[azurelunatic]

I seem to be On Call a lot lately, either for general expertise in the field and orientation of the variety of n00b who will be a valued colleague soon if not already, for counseling, or for consulting.

My odd hours seem to be for that purpose, at least partially. Part of being counselor, or orienter, for insomniacs, is a touch of insomnia oneself, especially if there was already some there to start with...

I can accept input for analysis no matter how tired I am. I can give output no matter how tired. The coherency of the output will be affected, and the coherency of the input will be affected, but I'll give it my best shot, if Called.


My psychic answering machine's been flashing at me a lot lately...

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[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I'm to blame for at least part of that. A case of "when the student is ready, the teacher will appear", or more likely "when the teacher appears, the student will be ready" (meaning I am likely to have the n00b arsenal of rapid-fire questions prepared!) and this semester has been something of a magical growth spurt for me.

Don't know if this student loans / next semester thing means I'm on Ordeal - it feels like it, but it also feels like the sort of thing that could blow over as suddenly as it hit.

mm, insomnia.

[azurelunatic]

With you, I think of it more as a natural side effect, and not really something that much can get done about. If your presence weren't so much of a delight, I'd be likely to be thinking of it in terms of 'blame'. Oy vey, when I was orienting *name obscured for privacy*, that was a bit of a pain. Okay, more than a bit.

But I survived.

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[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

Well, I meant 'blame' more in the amusing sense :) I try not to be demanding of instruction, because instruction requires seriousness, which when it's not spontaneous is Just No Fun. (on the other hand, when it is spontaneous, it leads to various fun geeking)

Admittedly sometimes I worry that I won't ask for instruction if I need it becase I'll be afraid of imposing, which is why I tend to post journal entries rather than talking on IM. That, and because it's interesting to read through later and go 'oh, *that's* where I was then.'

[azurelunatic]

On the other hand, I'm not especially good about replying to posts, whereas I respond to IM, whether in my journal, your journal, or in IM.

And I like getting random messages, and it works out my brain to be asked things, because then I have to answer, and we both understand it better.

So don't worry about asking. And you can always post IM's on private.

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[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

True. Thanks. Believe me, I really appreciate your helping me with stuff. :)

[azurelunatic]

You're welcome.

Things are doing things.

Yep.