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killing time

From mechaieh, who got it from, who got it from ... I figured, what the hell, I haven't done one of these in a while, and I'm bored. Bolded items are those that I have in common with mechaieh; apparently you bold what you agree with and change whatever you don't. I can't say I'm terribly surprised that I agree with her on lots of things, and that she put her opinions far more elegantly than I did.

01. I discovered e-mail in college but I've never played in a MUD or a MUSH. Honestly, I�m not totally sure what that even means.
02. Watch far less tv now than I used to, but what I do watch I talk about a lot more thanks to TWoP. I don't know why I enjoy talking about it like it matters, but I do. It's fun to snark without repercussion.
03.I don't feel all that strongly about my "favorite" shows right now since Buffy�s gone and Angel pretty much sucks. Although my one can�t miss show, Joan of Arcadia, continues to suck me in weekly, and when American Idol and TAR5 start, well ... I don't WANT to care, but somehow I can't help it.
04. I don't draw or paint well enough to "enjoy" it without qualifications. I don�t draw or paint period. That's just not where my artistic talents lie.
05. I like music. But I am not at all knowledgeable about it. I pretty much just know what I like and what I don�t.
06. I'm actually pretty sure somebody understands. If you'd hit me many years ago, maybe not, but I'm feeling ... understood these days. At least on the home front, and with a couple of close friends, which is what matters.
07.I hate it when people type in all caps online.
08. I also hate people who TypE LyKe D1s. Oh, Jesus, yes.Why? Whyyyyyy?
09. I don't mind people who cannot speak/write in proper English: depending on context ... There's a difference between the homeboys talking smack and would-be writers who need to be smacked into placing apostrophes where they belong. I couldn't put it any better.
10. I live in the same general area where I was born and grew up.
11. I have a MA. And a MLIS.
12. I wish my jobs paid better . Well, duh. I was a liberal arts major.
13. I do lose contact with people sometimes. Sometimes I regret it and sometimes I don�t.
14. I wish I was better at forgetting, or at least letting go of grudges and regrets. Yup. I obsess about things long after I could do anything about them.
15. No desire to take up yoga. I tried it for a while and even kind of liked it, but basically, I�m lazy.
16. I get cold but I live in Michigan, so what�s new? When I am cold, it�s more often my feet and my fingers than my butt. I keep my butt covered up but I often forget to put on socks.
17. I complain about never having enough time to get things done, so what I am doing filling out this survey? Heh.
18. I have a lot to learn.
19. I'm generally far more comfortable writing to people than talking to them, although I manage both as needed.
20. I check my email constantly ... but am not so swift with the replying.Depending on who I'm replying to and time needed to devote to answering.
21. I am a writer, but at this point I�m very much lacking the confidence to finish things, never mind actually send them out.
22. I hate when people yell. Who likes this? Although I admit I do overreact to it sometimes and get upset out of proportion to the event.
23. I used to want to travel the globe and hang out in other countries, but I�m more of a homebody these days.
24. I like collecting things, within reason. Books. Fiestaware. Angels (but not the cutsey ones). I have this possessive urge that I try to tame most of the time, but if I had the money and space...
25. I have some trouble finishing things I start. See above re writing.
26. Hate coffee. My caffeine fix comes from soda pop.
27. I love going new places and seeing new things but not so much trying out new stuff to eat. Also, I love taking friends to places that are new to them, showing them new things, and feeding them new stuff to eat. Just because I�m picky doesn�t mean I accept that my friends are.
28. I think mechaieh said it well: I actually don't think of myself as weird, but I'm sure some (perhaps even most) of my intimates would beg to differ. It's not that I view the word "weird" as pejorative, I just find it too vague and decentralized to be of much use to me as a descriptor, whether it's of me or unknown-to-me people/places/things. That said, if we�re being vague, I think I, and most people, lean more toward �weird� than �normal.� Because what�s normal?
29. I wish I believed "that human beings can understand each other, with time, effort, patience and love, no matter what their backgrounds are" but the hypothesis relies too much on uncertain commodities.Again, she says it better than I could.
30. I love the sound of cats purring, especially mine.They all sound so different when they purr. Charlotte squeaks, Daisy rumbles, and Lucie kind of sighs.
31.I still play piano although I don�t have access to one right now. Used to play flute and would like to take that up again someday as well.
32.I think that animals are part of the cycle of propagation and predation, and that excesses to one side or the other in the animal rights issue are dangerous. I think excesses to one side or the other are dangerous in general, on most issues.
33. I procrastinate. And how. And I feel bad about it, but it doesn't mean I do anything about it.
34. Bratty kids make me sad *and* irritated. Usually because it's their parents and/or caregivers fault that they're turning out to be brats, not their own.
35. Not much of a movie-watcher. I don�t have the patience to sit through most movies.
36. I hate cleaning, although I like organizing.
37. Not so big on pornography/erotica, although I�ve been known to read it on occasion. Never written any.
38. I hate crowds.
39. I am married and usually grinning about it.
40. I anticipate being entertained by people I know picking up this meme. Well, sure.
41. My birthmark is within self-scratching reach.
42. I live in a one-story two-year-old house that I'm still getting together. We (ok, the bank) own it.
43. I really enjoy thoughtful gifts, even if they cost nothing. Like mechaieh, as a crafty person, I appreciate time and effort over money spent, for the most part. Not that I object to store-bought gifts, when the giver takes the time to know that it�s something I would like.
44. I like people who are a bit out of the ordinary, and I like people who are a lot out of the ordinary too, because I like to think I like people as individuals, not types. Although I tend to dislike it when people behave out-of-the-ordinary not necessarily because they are being true to themselves, but just to attract attention.
45.I love fashions of different, by-gone eras, but I'm relieved I don't have to wear them. I would live in jeans and sweats. Sad but true.
46. I pass for normal fairly often, although the people who know me well seem to share consensus on "offbeat."
47. One stepson, age 10, with plans to adopt at least one more. Child, that is, not stepson. Got enough of those.
48. I haven't learned how to ride a horse and have no plans to. Horses are big, y�all.
49. I disovered role-playing in junior high, but never quite found the time or inclination to stick with a long-term campaign. I did find it inordinately more fun to read the manuals and construct characters than to play in an actual game. Definitely. Making up the characters was totally the fun part.
50. I am generally pleasantly surprised when I hear from someone new in my comments.
51. I like silence sometimes.
52. I've lived in the South and the Midwest.
53. I�ve never had glasses or braces.
54. It�s not so much that I like giving orders, as that I�m naturally bossy and sometimes I can't help it.
55. I like being alone sometimes, depending on mood and energy level.
56. Honestly, I�d rather not cook OR do dishes. See above re: lazy. If I had to choose, I�d rather make the mess than clean it up, but as I said, I�m fairly pick and non-daring. I like what I like. I tend to make the same unexciting non-complicated foods over and over. I cook and eat from necessity rather than enjoyment, for the most part.
57. I make a lot of lists, but need to work on putting things away once I'm done with them. My husband is always picking up after me. I'm a slob.
58. I need to exercise. and I�m getting better at making myself go do it, although I haven�t been in a couple of weeks.
59. I like when my friends write me letters and emails, it makes me feel special. After years of thinking badly of myself, it still surprises me sometimes that people want to be in touch with me.
60. I think of myself as generally pessimistic, but have been told that I often credit people with good intentions they don't necessarily possess. I don't know what that says about me.
61. I�m only in touch with one friend from pre-college days, and one friend from graduate school. The rest of my close friends are of recent (last 5 years) origin.
62. Occasionally I will cry at commercials if I�m having a down day (right now the grandma with the Cheerios and �we�ll all be together for Christmas� gets my going) but am more likely to tear up over books.
63. I overreact about things sometimes. I also underreact. Definitely. I tend to overreact about the little things, and underreact in the face of major bad news and tragedies.
64. I occasionally cry at music, and once in a while something from the John Denver and the Muppets Christmas album will set me off, but in general, no.
65. I have bizarre dreams and occasional nightmares, which I rarely remember in detail.
66. I wish I could travel more often, but day and long-weekend trips, not major excursions.
67. I like living, growing things in theory but am not much of a gardener and have no guilt about killing bugs.
68. Heights don�t bother me.
69. I believe in a God that's too complicated to describe here, and am deeply interested in religion in both theory and practice, although I�m not usually comfortable discussing it.
70. I consider myself a pacificst in general and believe that usually the peaceful solution is best, but I do acknowledge that sometimes violence is a necessary evil.
71. I like weather cool enough to wear sweatshirts but mild enough to forego socks.
72. I like to go to parties occasionally, though not giving them, and hate feeling obligated to entertain and mingle.
73. I've broken several bones: right wrist, right arm, right foot, right ankle, left ankle. I�ve gone over a year now without a cast, which must be some kind of record for me.
74.I don't like the smell of patchouli or most other incensy-type things. I like fruity scents.
75. I really don�t care about what (or who)famous people are doing, wearing, talking about, voting for, etc. I have my occasional crushes and (more often) dislikes, but I don�t make a point of following celebs.
76. I have lots of acquaintances and a few good friends; unfortunately most of them live too far away to see regularly.
77. I love to read. And will read pretty much anything available, if I'm desperate.
78. I re-read a lot. I try not to buy books without re-read value. One reason I�m so fond of the public library.
79. I try to be open about the health issues I have. Within reason; I�m not going to inflict my tales of woe on uninterested parties, but here I talk about it when I need to because this is for me, and it�s a major issue in my life. And when I think sharing what I�ve been through might help someone else, then I don�t mind talking about it. Again within reason; one of my fears is that people think I�m a whiner or complainer, or hypochondriac.
80. I am told I write very well. How much I believe it depends on who�s doing the telling.
81. I'm apparently fairly easy-going most of the time. Choosing one's battles, etc.
82. I don�t like horror movies one bit, and while I appreciate that other people do, I don�t understand why.
83. I sometimes disregard the budget but I'm generally fiscally cautious. Now.
84. I love my family for the most part, although I sometimes think we�re too close.
85. I�m usually willing to look at all sides of an issue and hear opposing arguments, but once I make up my mind I am very firm in my beliefs.
86.I am female.
87. I support gay marriage. It makes me really sad that there are people who can't marry the ones they love. And no one should be denied the practical benefits of marriage - tax breaks, next-of-kin rights, etc., because they happen to be gay.
88. I think kids in general don�t get enough credit, attention, and positive reinforcement, and aren't taught enough responsibility for their own actions.
89. I did not vote for Bush - and won't, but I haven't made up my mind regarding who would best take his place. I�m also pretty sure it won�t matter at this point, which is too bad.
90. I realize I'm going to die someday, and I'm okay with that in theory, but I still don't like it one bloody bit.
91. I do not smoke. I've also never tried any illegal drug and last drank enough to get drunk over two years ago.
92. Some of my family is very comfortable financially. Some of them are just scraping by. We�re somewhere in the middle.
93. I HATE when computers freeze. Again, who enjoys this?
94. Hate the phone but don�t mind using it to talk to close friends or my mom.
95. I�m not afraid of hospitals or airplanes, and don�t mind being in either one, although it wouldn�t be my first choice on most days.
96.Socially anxious? Sometimes. Much less so than in the past, however.
97.I have no pager. Or cell phone. Or PDA.
98. I have my ears pierced and that�s it. I don�t care what you get pierced, but a) I�m a wimp and b) Frankly, I think it looks kind of silly. I probably wouldn�t even get my ears pierced now, but I�ve had it done since I was 12 and they refuse to close up.
99. I've never had a permanent tattoo, although temporary ones amuse me. And I wouldn�t get one; see above re: pain, and also, my tastes change too frequently for me to put a design permanently on my body.
100. I�m done with this. It�s been a fine time-waster for the work-morning, but I should do something else now...Ok, done except for all the editing I had to do on screwed-up tags. NOW I'm done.


Blue has an interview on Friday at noon. Let's all keep our fingers crossed, shall we?

12:00 p.m. - December 17, 2003

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