Saturday, January 24, 2009

My Quarter-life Crisis

I was checking my Northwestern webmail and found a rather interesting e-mail from the Northwestern Alumni Association entitled:

"Are You Having a Quarter-life Crisis?"

This is the first time I hear about the term "Quarter-life Crisis". So I googled it and found some information on Wiki:-

Characteristics of quarter-life crisis may include:
  • feeling "not good enough" because one can't find a job that is at one's academic/intellectual level
  • frustration with relationships, the working world, and finding a suitable job or career
  • confusion of identity
  • insecurity regarding the near future
  • insecurity concerning long-term plans, life goals
  • insecurity regarding present accomplishments
  • re-evaluation of close interpersonal relationships
  • disappointment with one's job
  • nostalgia for university, college, high school or elementary school life
  • tendency to hold stronger opinions
  • boredom with social interactions
  • loss of closeness to high school and college friends
  • financially-rooted stress (overwhelming college loans, unanticipated high cost of living etc.)
  • loneliness
  • desire to have children
  • a sense that everyone is, somehow, doing better than you
OMG, I think I have most of the above symptoms (except for the desire to have children). Does that mean I am having a quarter-life crisis now?!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

头脑跳针了

被虐待狂对虐待狂说:

“求求你以最残忍的手法来虐待我吧。”

虐待狂淡淡地扫了被虐待狂一眼,默不作声地走开了。