Tell Me Three Things About Yourself

[T'Girl]

Hey, como sou eu suposto saber se você indivíduos é Flamejante?

Basta olhar como se vestem andando na rua.

1) I can stand on one foot and touch the bottom of my other foot to the back of my head.

2) I broke up with my last boyfriend because our relationship was too ordinary, too comfortable, it had no passion. Now I wish I hadn't.

3) Sometimes I'm scared.

 

[Gryffindorian]

I love this thread. I can't believe I share a lot in common with many people.

1. I have an unresolved sleep disorder that tends to make me very sleepy during the day, which is why I drink Starbucks or Peet's espresso every day. I should really seek treatment sooner rather than later.
2. I have a HUGE collection of non-fiction books and graphic novels at home. I have several books on history, religion, medical reference, mythology, social science, and art in my bedroom, which is a mini-library.
3. I would like to go back on vacation to Las Vegas someday.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

1) I am a devout Christian--Methodist, to be specific, and I believe very strongly that there will come a point in my life when I am called to serve the church full-time. I may very well become a minister. This is something I have known since I was 16, and it has not changed after all this time, which has it feeling very much like inevitability by now. You might be surprised to know that I find myself deeply passionate about science because it strengthens my belief, rather than destroying it...I have definitely had deep spiritual experiences in math and science classes, and when reading about the wonders of the natural world. I see no conflict between my faith and the truth of what science tells me about the world. I believe, too, that part of my calling is to try to mend the damage inside and outside of the church that some have done and tried to claim the name of Christ in doing. In a sense, I believe I am here to act as a healer.

2) I love to write and draw...I have two fanfic series you can get to in my signature, and I have done a number of related drawings as well. I love writing from the Cardassian perspective, as you might expect!

3) I have synesthesia. While what I "see" is not projected outward, I do perceive colors for letters and numbers, and shapes of varying intensities of light and darkness for every sound I hear, that move and change according to the timbre and duration of each sound. (I do not perceive a single shape for, say, a song, but perceive all of the component instruments.) I am apparently unusual among synesthetes in that my visual perception of sound is colorless. That said, though, as "bland" as that might sound, to me it is extremely beautiful and I consider it a gift from God. The strange thing is, though, I did not become aware of anything unusual going on until I was 21 or so. When I was little, I believed that expressions like "sharp sound" were literal and obvious to everyone, not simply figures of speech--but inherent properties of the sound. Now, I realize that others hear differently from me.

 

[pork3]

1. I'm a chronic masturbator.
2. I'm a nymphomaniac.
3. I like marshmallows.

 

[Bears Discover Fire]

1) Despite my best efforts to change, I was born a slob and have always been a messy person. I am not lazy, however. I just tend to focus my energies elsewhere.

2) Last year, I moved 3 times in as many months. I don't recommend doing that.

3) My parents bought me a car in high school. Everyone one was convinced that one action would ruin me for life and I'd grow up to be a horribly entitled unbearable consumerist whore. Didn't happen, and I still drive that car 11 years later with no plans to give it up, long after my peers either became 'tired' of their cars or too wrapped up in the social signifier aspect of it all and sent them to the scrap heap prematurely.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

1. I'm a chronic masturbator.
2. I'm a nymphomaniac.
3. I like marshmallows.

Are all three of these connected?

 

[tharpdevenport]

1. I'm a chronic masturbator.
2. I'm a nymphomaniac.
3. I like marshmallows.

Are all three of these connected?

Now THAT would be a sticky situations...

 

[stonester1]

1. I'm a radio DJ
2. I'm in the US military
3. I know the entire script of Star Trek TWOK by heart. I had it on audiotape a long, long time ago, listened to it lots.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

1. I'm a chronic masturbator.
2. I'm a nymphomaniac.
3. I like marshmallows.

For some reason being a chronic masturbator I am assuming you are a guy, and if that is so you cannot be a nymphomaniac. Nymphomaniacs are females. The need for constant sexual gratification in men is called satyriasis.

I guess you can add chronic corrector to my list.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Like Dave Barry, I have a compulsion to point out that certain phrases make a good name for a rock band. I would just like to add "Dark Journey and the Chronic Correctors" to that list.

 

[Gryffindorian]

1. I'm a chronic masturbator.
2. I'm a nymphomaniac.
3. I like marshmallows.

For some reason being a chronic masturbator I am assuming you are a guy, and if that is so you cannot be a nymphomaniac. Nymphomaniacs are females. The need for constant sexual gratification in men is called satyriasis.

I guess you can add chronic corrector to my list.

And women don't masturbate?

 

[Ruaidhri]

1) I once had a $2000 phone bill because of a long distance relationship.

2) I was in the Boy Scouts till I was 16. Topped out at the middling rank of 1st Class (because all I really cared about was being outdoors...badges be damned!), but still managed to get elected the Sr. Patrol Leader for 2 years despite half the troop having a higher rank advancement.

3) I have never been off of the North American continent. I always enjoy seeing the reactions of people in Toronto when I say "The only foreign country I've ever been to is Canada." They generally look confused until I tell them I'm a Yank.

 

[Me-Ike]

@ Me-Ike: Why can't you stay at university? Have you ever considered to work as a graduate assistant? Do you want to do a doctor's degree?
I'm glad you enjoy your time at university . Good luck for your thesis, by the way!

If I could choose anything I want to, I would like to become a junior-producer for arthouse movies with focus on developing scripts. Science fiction movies would be great too, but we really haven't got a market for that kind of movies here.

I'd like to do a doctor's degree but that depends on my grade. Which is why I am fussing so much about my thesis (and, likely, annoying people by now).
And thanks!

Ah yes, German science fiction. Oxymoron extraordinaire! At least nowadays.
Maybe it'll be you who brings it back onto the market!

No, I'm not yet angemeldet. Actually, I'm still stuck at the preparations stage. I know what you mean about deadlines and disciplines but I'm really terrible at work discipline if I don't have any deadline of any sort (it could be as innocuous as the professor saying, "report back to me in 4 weeks" or something). The truth is I'm really a lazy bum.

Ah, welcome to the lazy bum club. And who in their right mind would give something as precious as free time (running around fields, hugging bunnies, dancing under rainbows) for sitting on a desk all day! Crazy people, is who! (I wonder at which point we lost the alleged German Fleißigkeit.)

 

[RJDiogenes]

Hey, como sou eu suposto saber se você indivíduos é Flamejante?

Hahah, we're not, she just asked me where I'm from.

Basta olhar como se vestem andando na rua.

Well, I would hope so, otherwise they might be arrested. Or has Babelfish failed me again?

For some reason being a chronic masturbator I am assuming you are a guy

That's an odd assumption.

 

[Emher]

It's just that it's been like this for several years now. I'm a constant bother to my parents since I can't seem to manage to earn enough money to support myself, I have terrible self esteem and hence no love life for a long time, and now that I'm finally 25 and can start being taken seriously in the work market (since apparently you grow up when you're turn 25), there's no jobs!

I've part by part given up what I want.

And one day you will end up as a bitter, old man. Don't give up your dreams! Maybe you need to make compromises, but don't give them up completely. And if you have the feeling that low self esteem is really a problem, why don't you try to buy (or borrow) a book about self-confidence? That might at least help you to represent yourself in front of others. Which again might help you in an interview situation.
And write speculative applications! A collegue of mine got her job by chance, because she had send us a speculative application and my boss needed some help at that time. Whatever you do, just don't give up so soon.

I actually had a good talk with my mom yesterday about how I feel. Well, more like me trying to keep up the facade and failing horribly by starting to cry, but then the talk came about. We're going to see if we can get some stuff going, that maybe I can make some small commercial bits for the web for my current working place. They need PR, and I can do it for them. And hopefully we can go a bit from there and make people see what I've done by myself and that I could be a valuable co-worker.

Also mom thinks that I should have an appointment with a doctor about anti-depressive medication. My first impulse was that that's giving up, but then the logic kicks in and pokes with the fact that I've pretty close to that point anyways. We'll see what happens there.

A good thing with meds would probably be a boost in self esteem. Which is shit, and has been like that for a long time. I've made steps to improve it by seeing to that I exercise a bit every day, which is helping me lose weight, which I hope will help me with my self esteem.


And now I think it's time for another three.


1. I have Asperger's Syndrome. Which is a form of high functioning Autism. I don't have it as severe as other people and am rather well functioning, but there are some things that make a bit different. I find a lot of social mannerisms and behaviors odd and long winded, but I play along to not stand out too much. Also I lack and auditory filter. Which means I hear everything. All the time. Which means that sometimes it can seem that I'm not listening, but that's not true, I just can't filter you of for all the other shit. Hence because of this, I like playing music LOUDLY when able.
2. I have pretty major memory gaps from childhood but especially from age ten to thirteen. This is because during this period I was bullied and abused extremely heavily and my mind has blocked out bits to keep from self destroying.
3. I hate smoking, but there's a certain brand of cigarette that I get an intense nostalgic feeling from smelling. I have to keep myself from just inhaling it deeply, that's how pleasurable it is.

 

[Deranged Nasat]

Also I lack an auditory filter. Which means I hear everything. All the time.

I have an inkling of what that must be like; I have very weak sensory filters myself, although with me they get stronger and weaker periodically. They have a habit of collapsing on me suddenly, which can be embarrassing. I'll be standing next to someone and talking happily, then, whoops, there goes my filter on the sense of smell and suddenly their perfectly normal natural body odour causes me to leap back disgusted. I have to reassure them they don't stink- the problem isn't their hiegene in any way, it's me.

2. I have pretty major memory gaps from childhood but especially from age ten to thirteen. This is because during this period I was bullied and abused extremely heavily and my mind has blocked out bits to keep from self destroying.

I empathise so much, my friend. Here I have in part the opposite problem- I can't forget intense emotion, so for me those times are always present in my mind. I cope in part by projecting them in a internalized ritual of sorts I go through every night before sleep. Yet in part I sort of experience something similar to you- the emotion and intensity is there, because these things never leave me, yet the details of those moments and years are surprisingly nebulous considering these moments are constant for me- like having a part of my mind "fuzzy" yet sharp simultaneously. Or, in other words, like there's a part of my consciousness that is permanently...scrambled.

 

[AstroSmurf]

3) My parents bought me a car in high school. Everyone one was convinced that one action would ruin me for life and I'd grow up to be a horribly entitled unbearable consumerist whore. Didn't happen, and I still drive that car 11 years later with no plans to give it up, long after my peers either became 'tired' of their cars or too wrapped up in the social signifier aspect of it all and sent them to the scrap heap prematurely.

My parents didn't buy mine. (With three kids all turning driving age with a two year time frame... I didn't expect them to.) However, I have had the same car for going on 13 years. She is in excellent shape, the interior is spotless and the gas mileage is amazing. I did buy a new one a couple of years ago but I ended up getting rid of it because I never drove it. I love the old one way to much! It is like an old pair of shoes and the best investment I ever made.

 

[Bloodwhiner]

1. I've been married 25 years and have a 13-yr-old son
2. I'm a certified full cave-diver
3. I was a photojournalist and photo-editor at the largest publication in the southeast for 30 years before changing careers to teach middle school.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

1. I'm a chronic masturbator.
2. I'm a nymphomaniac.
3. I like marshmallows.

For some reason being a chronic masturbator I am assuming you are a guy, and if that is so you cannot be a nymphomaniac. Nymphomaniacs are females. The need for constant sexual gratification in men is called satyriasis.

I guess you can add chronic corrector to my list.

And women don't masturbate?

Not as many and not to the extent that men do. If you're told that someone is a chronic masturbator you're much safer off betting your life that it would be a male.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

1) I had a banality filter installed, so i could filter out comments that are overly insipid or jejune.

2) I love watching Frasier.

3) I'm a hopeless romantic.