17 posts tagged “qotd”
If you had to give up one of your favorite foods, which one would it be?
Oh, man. Honestly, I should be giving up a lot of my favorite foods. I am NOT a healthy eater. I'm working on it though.
My guilty pleasure at the moment isn't a food; it's a drink. Coke, to be specific. Seeing as it's completely vile from a health point of view, and contrary to the health code of my faith, it's something I would be very wise to ditch.
However, said ditching causes grumpiness, caffeine headaches (or lack-thereof headaches) and the desire to sneak away and drown myself in a litre bottle. Sigh.
Little by little, a day at a time.
What first attracted you to the person you're currently dating?
Can I get an L O L??!!
How about his sheer invisibility. His non-responsiveness when I call his (nonexistent) name. His ability to just.. not be detected. :P
Now that I'm done being a smart... :P What attracts me to the people I'd LIKE to date?
One makes me feel amazing about myself. He calls me "pretty girl" or variations thereon. He's unobtrusive, but very kind. He's clearly intelligent and has a variety of life experience, and he seems to be an all around good guy. Now, whether he's equally as kind with all of the women in the room, I'm not sure. I certainly haven't seen it yet. (but yes, that'd make a difference.).
The other is just an absolute spiritual ROCK. He changed my life and now he's changing the lives of others. He was gentle and unassuming, but there when you needed him, and he'd kick your tushie if you deserved it - either verbally to put you in line, or physically using martial arts. I think that even if he and I don't end up dating, he will be a standard against which I test my intended suitors.
You may all "awwwwwwwwwwwwwww" now.
In spirit of Labor Day, what are some things you love about your job?
Chill corporate culture. The fact that skills and abilities are recognized beyond simple numbers and statistics. The fact that management goes to great lengths to recognize and appreciate the employees. Flexibility of hours, good pay.
Really, everything you need for a great job.
What's your favorite thing about Sunday?
Church!
If you're inclined to make an atheist or non-"cult" or anti-ritual or WHATEVER comment, button it now. Some of the atheists I have the pleasure of calling new friends are far more intense "zealots" than I have ever been as a member of a faith that IS more die-hard.
You can't deny that coming into the company of good-hearted friends, solemn and sacred music, learning about the amazing possibilities and rewards that come of a life of faithful service and shutting out the noisome influences of the world for a few hours a week IS a source of serenity and a rejuvenation for the week to come.
Even as someone plagued by a serious episode of social anxiety this week, I was rewarded for dragging myself out of bed and getting dressed and getting out to church by an amazing service, a personal revelation that will likely cause me a lot of upheaval (more on that later) and a general sense of bien-être that might even last me till tomorrow ;) hehe.
So there you have it. Church.
Do you have a habit you wish you could break?
~eyes her Coke bottle~
nuff said? ;)
What has been your favorite mistake?
Submitted by Runnergirl
That's the perfect description of D, though not in the sense that Sheryl Crow's lyrics portray it. He's been in my life for 4 years.
Met him through Lavalife. Intimate Encounters probably... that's the only place anyone ever responded, whether they were looking for that or not. Oddly enough one of my longest relationships also came from that side of the site. But would I call them successes? hahahaha ... no.
D's gorgeous. But he doesn't think so - or he claims not to think so, in order to get more and better attention. My opinion in that respect changes daily. But as a Cancer-nurturer, I admit to eating that stuff up, as well as to loving having attention lavished on me by someone solidly built with spiky hair and kind eyes. Awhile before meeting me, he had his life headed in the ideal direction - pursuing a career as a hockey goalie, pretty wife, onward and upward. A few car accidents and girl-committed life negated his hockey career, so he's been in IT for awhile now. And beneath his typical jock exterior lie quirks and traits that are definitely atypical.
He and I didn't spend much time out in public. We did spend a lot of time talking. We talked online pretty much daily. Still do, most days. I'm BlackberryIM-ing with him right now, but only to arrange to see the laptops he's getting rid of, that I might help him accomplish that by purchasing. Well, one of them anyway. I know nobody believes that that's my sole intention, but the reality is, mistakes are mistakes for a reason.
The one and only thing I had ever asked of him was honesty. And he provided it, for awhile. When I found out that he had made me an accomplice to cheating, I stopped talking to him for awhile. And he hopefully learned his lesson. But if more mistakes were to be made at that point, they would be my mistakes, because I could no longer claim to be blind to reality.
He has a strong grip on my psyche. And hearing all that you've heard about him so far, you might think him a horrible human being. (Or me, for that matter). But he's also demonstrated that he cares. At a time when I thought I would drown in the financial mire, he threw some money my way. And not a small amount (by my standards - not enough to live off of for a month, but enough to knock down the most imminent financial hurdle facing me at the time, which involved the life of my pet too).
I'm outgrowing what we had, what we were. And I won't knowingly be an accomplice to cheating, because I've been the maligned girlfriend enough to know how much it hurts. But he'll always be my friend. I'll always be concerned for his well-being.
And I'll always wonder what if he had wanted more...
What were you afraid of when you were younger that seems silly to you now?
Submitted by wandie
I have more silly fears now than I ever did as a youngster. I think the irrational fears surface when we think too much about things. Or... maybe I'm thinking too much.
I am petrified of anything yellow & black & stingy. I'm working with it, and have been for a few years now. And I was never the type to run screaming. But if you see me freeze or back away slowly with a wild-eyed look of panic, I'm probably desperately avoiding a tiny little creature with a Stinger Of Doooooooooooooooooooom™.
I am afraid of the power going out while I shower. I am worried that I'll turn the wrong knob the wrong direction and either pass out from shock or cause myself 3rd degree burns. Or I'll slip on the way out of the tub and bang my head on the faucet. Or I'll make contact with an electrical outlet with my wet body and cause a pretty white fireworks show.
... I guess that only makes sense if the lights burn out in a bathroom with no window (like the one where I live now), as a power outage would result in no POWER from the outlet. Right? ;)
And I'm afraid of rejection. Desperately so. The monkey on my back says I'm not smart enough, not pretty enough, not spiritual enough, not worldly enough, SOMEHOW inadequate to the task. Thus far I've accumulated a lot of evidence to back that up.
But my fears are irrational and they need to be checked at the door and replaced with giant leaps. So here goes nothin'.
If you could be featured in a magazine which one would you choose?
I admit to there being nothing creative or particularly unexpected about my answer to this question.
Photo Life.
Probably interesting macros. The beauty of my S5IS is that I can get right into my macro - such that I can touch the object with my lens (not always the most desirable thing for the LENS, but it means I can get REALLY REALLY FREAKING CLOSE). I want to play with lighting my objects from behind and so forth, and then showcase some of my work.
Which means I gotta start WORKING on it. ~lol~ hmmm...
What's your favorite season and why?
Submitted by [Susan]
You know, I always grew up loving summer, but lately my redheaded self is catching up to me and I'm realizing that sunburn and heatstroke are no picnic. Granted, I live in Alberta, so it's been known to snow here in any given month (if you look back at our weather history you will have seen snowfall in any of the months of the year). But lately it's been 30+ (that's celcius, dearies) and downright deadly.
So I have gotten more of a taste for early fall. Still warmish, still possessed of starkly beautiful blue sky, but the leaves begin to change and the weather gets a bit crisper, but Jack Frost is still locked away in his cage and the ground is still safe to walk on. heh.
And really, when it all boils down to it, you can't beat the photo ops that come with fall. <3
Sorry, I thought I had just the leaf picture in my Flickr somewhere. Instead you get one of my Photoshop class projects, and the photos are all mine. :) This project is under Creative Commons copyright so pls to be respectin'. :)
Schools are coming closer to starting once again, any particular memories/thoughts associated with this time of year? Submitted by Chuck
Nothing in particular. Some back to school shopping, getting used to going to bed earlier. Watching the snow fall, depending on the year. ~LOL~
