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Sunday 14 May 2006

Personal Priorities

Here’s a riddle. Let’s imagine you have five activities you could be doing right now. You can’t do all five things at once, so you have to order them in terms of your personal priorities. Here are the five activities:

  • Working with your shiny new computer
  • Buying shoes
  • Watching Star Trek
  • Making love with a person whom you adore and desire
  • Catching up with an old, beloved friend or family member

What would be your priority order?

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Posted by:   Molly | 15:46 | Comments (88)

Comments (88)

  1. ndobiecka says Monday 22 May 2006 at 08:05

    Initially 4,5,1,3,(4 again insead of 2 cos I hate buying shoes)

    šŸ˜€

  2. Silencio says Monday 22 May 2006 at 14:36

    I like eggs.

  3. Silencio says Monday 22 May 2006 at 14:37

    Sometimes I like to eat eggs, with Ketchup.

  4. Silencio says Monday 22 May 2006 at 14:39

    Sometimes I like Eggs, With Kethcup, with Bacon, on the crispier side.

  5. Jem says Tuesday 23 May 2006 at 05:34

    1, 4, 5, 3, 2

    Can’t resist the offer of playing with a new computer.. šŸ˜‰

  6. h says Tuesday 23 May 2006 at 14:30

    414141, please

  7. janet says Tuesday 23 May 2006 at 14:42

    I need specifics!

    First, priority order in my idealized worldā€¦

    4 ā€“ If said person is one of my real life or even TV crushes (Iā€™m looking at you, Goran Visnjic), is currently unattached, happens to be an exciting and/or considerate lover, and Iā€™m guaranteed that I wonā€™t have to spend the next six months of my life in angst-ridden phone conversations after said love-making, then itā€™s definitely #1 on my priority list.

    5 ā€“ Old friends and family live all over the globe ā€“ Iā€™d love the chance to sit down and chat like old times with a friend or two I havenā€™t seen for a couple of years. A good friend, a wonderful location, perhaps a bottle of wine ā€“ heck, I might be able to have #5 and #4 in one fell swoop, if things donā€™t work out with Goranā€¦

    1 ā€“ Is this a MacBookPro, or a Power Mac G5 with a 30-inch Apple Cinema HD display? Is it fully loaded with current MacrAdobe software for my design needs? Heck, Iā€™ll even take it with a 23-inch Cinema display ā€“ thatā€™s still bigger than my TV.

    2 ā€“ Are you buying? Can I have two pairs? Then shoe-shopping it is…

    3 ā€“ Yes ā€“ I was a TNG fan, and wouldnā€™t mind watching a decent episode again, but itā€™s not a high priority for me. Now if you had said a Futurama marathon, to be topped off by the new straight-to-DVD Futurama movies that itā€™s been rumored are in the works, then it would definitely take priority over shoe-shoppingā€¦

    Now for my priorities in a far-from-idealized worldā€¦

    4 ā€“ Someone I adore and desire? Even if said personā€™s not as into me, and will probably bring a lot of ā€œdramahā€ into my life? Iā€™d still make it top priority, probably because Iā€™m currently unattached and itā€™s been awhileā€¦

    5- Itā€™s always good to connect with another human beingā€¦

    2 ā€“ In a far-from-ideal world, Iā€™d at least want to get out of the house occasionally, and I still need shoes.

    3 ā€“ By default, in this list watching Star Trek becomes priority #4, unless itā€™s Enterprise, in which case it goes to the bottom of my list.

    1-If my shiny new computer is a cheap-o WinTel box that I received as a gift or a prize (because I likely wouldnā€™t buy a shiny new Windows machine for home), and it doesnā€™t come loaded with design software, then itā€™s just not that exciting for me. Granted, if itā€™s connected, I can at least check my usual online haunts and/or do some web work, but Iā€™ll be pissed if I have to spend part of my day on hold waiting for tech supportā€¦

    Aaahh, life is full of possibilities…

  8. Chris Flick says Wednesday 24 May 2006 at 06:29

    See, I’m with Bruce. The imaginative sole would find a way to multi-task and do all the things at the same time…

    For example, the girlfriend would be a shoe salesperson so it would be possible to make love and “talk shoe business” at the same time…

    “Ohhh baby, whisper that desciption of those hot pink pumps in my ear one more time… OOOOOOOOO, yeah!”

    And, while whispering “hot, dirty shoe talk” to my shoe salesperson girlfriend, I’d be downloading the entire Star Trek DVD set on my shiny new laptop sitting on my nightstand by the bed. And, during, um… “breaks”, I’d be talking to an old college roommate on my Motorola HS805 Wireless Bluetooth Headset as I checked on the download process of my Star Trek DVDs on my shiny new laptop.

    šŸ™‚

    -Chris

  9. Molly says Wednesday 24 May 2006 at 11:04

    Now listen folks. I didn’t say it wasn’t possible to do all five at once. I said you can’t, at least according to this riddle.

    So while all of you who are trying to figure out imaginative and clever ways to do as many of the five simultaneously, well, you’re missing the point. You have to actually prioritize. I’m sorry, I realize it’s shocking, difficult and perhaps even painful.

    Sorta like that new pair of shoes I just bought . . . šŸ˜‰

  10. Lisa says Wednesday 31 May 2006 at 10:18

    4 – 5 – 2 – 3- 1

  11. Sergio says Wednesday 31 May 2006 at 15:46

    4, 1, 5, 3, 2. Not sure what this says about my personal care (buying shoes? Who the hell buys shoes?).

    I’d have said that friends came before the computer, but having a shiny macbook pro in front of me, and having done somethig very similar to telling friends to stuff it while I play with it just yesterday… that might be a tad hypocritical.

    Love comes first, though. Sex, even. Definitely.

  12. cight says Friday 2 June 2006 at 02:23

    4.5.1.3.2

    I always get depressed buying shoes, they never have quite what I want.

  14. Liz Waldner says Friday 2 June 2006 at 23:26

    4 & 1 šŸ™‚

    but you so need a ‘drink coffee’ in there somewhere šŸ™‚

  15. scott says Saturday 3 June 2006 at 21:40

    Which Star Trek?

    Can’t you have sex and watch Voyager at the same time?

  16. Anne says Friday 16 June 2006 at 09:15

    1,4,5,2,3 Yeah, my priorities are set! šŸ™‚

  20. Forum says Monday 10 September 2007 at 03:24

    number one site enjoy

  21. Yellowpages says Wednesday 26 September 2007 at 03:02

    Actucally 4, 1, 3, 5, 2
    do you understand :D?

  22. fdgdfg says Friday 14 December 2007 at 20:10

    Love your beatiful

  24. kadinlar says Saturday 16 February 2008 at 17:53

    Iā€™m terribly glad that I donā€™t have to write html email templates at part
    iddaa of my job anymore, whew.

    Thanks Microsoft, yet another _wonderful_ rendering engine, yay! ssk sorgulama
    Welcome to 2008!!!! since

  25. mirc says Sunday 16 March 2008 at 06:25

    Successful website

  31. online shopping says Saturday 12 July 2008 at 01:28

    4,5,1,4,4,5,1,4. Heh heh. I guess that doesn’t make me super geeky ā€“ but hey, I don’t watch Star Trek! I used to have a friend who not only watched Star Trek but used to be part of a ā€œTrekkieā€ club. Basically, they would choose a ‘ship’ name (Like USS Enterprise something or other) and then each person in the club would have a role to fulfil ā€“ Captain, 2IC, Data etc. etc. Each week they get together at the coffee shop to discuss how things are doing on the ‘ship.’ I never quite understood what they can really talk about! Now, THAT’S Geeky.

  32. toys says Monday 4 August 2008 at 09:21

    Ah… 4. I think that’s about all I feel like doing right now. I’ve had enough of work, and I’ve seen a lot of my friends lately. I need some time out for a little bit of 4. Anyway, second to that, I think I would probably choose to see my friends and then working on a shiny new computer. Or, rather, playing a really cool game on my shiny new computer. Man, it’s been so long since I’ve been able to relax with a good PC game.

  33. Chat says Friday 17 October 2008 at 13:58

    awasome!. thanks molly..

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  38. Hannes Paidmailer says Wednesday 11 March 2009 at 10:29

    5,3,2,1,4
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