Traits Meme
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plumtreeblossomHere’s a meme I’ve been seeing in a lot of journals and enjoying:
List ten traits that, put together, identify you uniquely. Don't use inherent physical traits (brown hair, blue eyes) unless they're really distinctive (six fingers, born without a spleen). Also, try to avoid "things that I like"—these are the top ten traits that, if anybody else had every single one of them, would make them your twin.
1) I’m a morning person. I naturally wake up very early, even if I was up late the night before. When I first awake, I am at my most creative, most emotional, and most libidinous.
2) I attend or host celebrations of Jewish, Christian, and Pagan holidays and will gladly celebrate peaceful holidays of any other faith when invited. I like holidays.
3) I can forgive nearly anything except being falsely accused. Once that happens, no matter what the circumstances, I may still be civil to the false accuser but I will never, ever feel closeness or trust in that person again.
4) I don’t feel that I have one specific age. I’m not what people expect from my chronological age. I’m different ages in different circumstances, and it rounds out to a range between about 17 and 37. (for the record, my chrono-age is 40)
5) I love many, many people all at once, but I only have enough hatred in me for one person at a time, and usually that spot is vacant. When I’m near someone who makes me uncomfortable, I am incapable of looking at that person or acknowledging them in any way. This is not a choice but an uncontrollable reflex.
6) My favorite colors are color combinations: Crimson and walnut brown, hunter green and gold, pale pink and chocolate brown, midnight blue and silver, deep gray and dove gray.
7) The primary deficit in my life is a sense of not belonging to a clan or family, and of being what I call a Universal Orphan. (I should add that T@F has helped ease that a bit in recent months). Though I don’t fear periodic solitude and in fact need it sometimes, I fear true isolation. I believe this is a natural and normal fear in humans, although most people never experience said fear because of permanent bonds that negate the possibility of isolation.
8) I have a somewhat less explainable fear of being perceived as something other than female. By this I don’t mean being mistaken for a male, but by being perceived as 3rd gendered, or some sort of non-gendered neuter. This is why I wear long hair, makeup, and figure-fitting clothes. I sometimes sense people mentally classifying me as something other than female, and this bothers me, because I’m not.
9) I reflexively speak baby-talk to all dogs unless I consciously stop myself. Conversely, I speak to cats in a low croon.
10) I prefer sitting on the floor or ground to a chair. I have to have the bottom bunk or none at all. I’m happiest living or working on the ground floor of a building. I like air travel, but I’m passionate about walking barefoot.
Bonus track:
11) When I'm eating ziti, penne, or any tube-shaped pasta, I never spear it in the middle. I have to carefully slide one prong of the fork up inside the tube and eat it off the fork that way. I don't suppose there's anything Freudian to that...
List ten traits that, put together, identify you uniquely. Don't use inherent physical traits (brown hair, blue eyes) unless they're really distinctive (six fingers, born without a spleen). Also, try to avoid "things that I like"—these are the top ten traits that, if anybody else had every single one of them, would make them your twin.
1) I’m a morning person. I naturally wake up very early, even if I was up late the night before. When I first awake, I am at my most creative, most emotional, and most libidinous.
2) I attend or host celebrations of Jewish, Christian, and Pagan holidays and will gladly celebrate peaceful holidays of any other faith when invited. I like holidays.
3) I can forgive nearly anything except being falsely accused. Once that happens, no matter what the circumstances, I may still be civil to the false accuser but I will never, ever feel closeness or trust in that person again.
4) I don’t feel that I have one specific age. I’m not what people expect from my chronological age. I’m different ages in different circumstances, and it rounds out to a range between about 17 and 37. (for the record, my chrono-age is 40)
5) I love many, many people all at once, but I only have enough hatred in me for one person at a time, and usually that spot is vacant. When I’m near someone who makes me uncomfortable, I am incapable of looking at that person or acknowledging them in any way. This is not a choice but an uncontrollable reflex.
6) My favorite colors are color combinations: Crimson and walnut brown, hunter green and gold, pale pink and chocolate brown, midnight blue and silver, deep gray and dove gray.
7) The primary deficit in my life is a sense of not belonging to a clan or family, and of being what I call a Universal Orphan. (I should add that T@F has helped ease that a bit in recent months). Though I don’t fear periodic solitude and in fact need it sometimes, I fear true isolation. I believe this is a natural and normal fear in humans, although most people never experience said fear because of permanent bonds that negate the possibility of isolation.
8) I have a somewhat less explainable fear of being perceived as something other than female. By this I don’t mean being mistaken for a male, but by being perceived as 3rd gendered, or some sort of non-gendered neuter. This is why I wear long hair, makeup, and figure-fitting clothes. I sometimes sense people mentally classifying me as something other than female, and this bothers me, because I’m not.
9) I reflexively speak baby-talk to all dogs unless I consciously stop myself. Conversely, I speak to cats in a low croon.
10) I prefer sitting on the floor or ground to a chair. I have to have the bottom bunk or none at all. I’m happiest living or working on the ground floor of a building. I like air travel, but I’m passionate about walking barefoot.
Bonus track:
11) When I'm eating ziti, penne, or any tube-shaped pasta, I never spear it in the middle. I have to carefully slide one prong of the fork up inside the tube and eat it off the fork that way. I don't suppose there's anything Freudian to that...
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Date: 2004-07-08 06:05 pm (UTC)but, yeah, i have lots of issues having my hair short and am afraid of dressing too 'manly,' even when wearing jeans and t-shirts. i completely understand where you are coming from.
#7 too resonates--i seem to have a lot of scattered friends and a loving family elsewhere, but i still feel this urgent desire to be part of a group, and have been trying to find that in boston (hence CL artsy group). it's hard living where i do, as i can't get to cambridge/somerville often to hang out with everyone cause i can't afford to take cabs home often at night and i have to after about 7 PM...