Another post that could be but really isn't about anything

Motivated self-starter. The iconic resume` cliche. I've never given much thought to the phrase beyond concluding that it doesn't apply to me. I seldom feel motivated beyond fulfilling certain biological imperatives, and for whatever reason, perhaps some integrity I stumbled upon, I don't feel that an urgent need to empty my bladder that will inevitably occur during my time in a company's employ warrants its use in my resume. Do motivated people feel the same way about their job that I feel about eating pizza? It could just be the work I've done, of course. Getting told that a kid has recently ejected his or her half digested lunch all over a bathroom doesn't fill one with the kind of verve that pizza does, even if that recently rejected lunch was in fact pizza. And what exactly is a self-starter? Does that mean you don't need to be told what to do until you do something? Would the opposite of a self starter be considered a disability that could be classified as 'work blindness'? Is simply being motivated but not a self-starter mean that you're like one of those automated vacuum cleaners wedged in a corner, desperate to do work but lacking the AI to prise yourself from that dark juxtaposition of two non-parallel surfaces? Oh dear, it appears I've made the descent into sarcasm-land yet again.

Really though, am I alone in my feeling that the phrase doesn't apply to me despite my motivation to continue breathing and my ability to not only spot work that needs to be done, but to then do it without being told? Sure I have my problems, my need to pause television programs during awkward moments is quite painful for my wife, and my propensity to seldom address topics in a serious fashion has been viewed with disdain often enough throughout my life that I'm tempted to view it as a character flaw rather than a quirk people simply need to accept. But it's okay, because over the last two paragraphs I've convinced myself that I really am a motivated self-starter.

In other notes, a big congratulations are in order for Alex and Jantrey who tied the knot this past Friday. Way to go guys, it's an epic adventure.

Alright, my fantasy football draft starts in 25 minutes and I'm officially motivated to show up and self start by drafting a player... when the program tells me I can, of course.