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listersgirl) wrote2005-12-07 10:59 am
listersgirl) wrote2005-12-07 10:59 am
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My book about me
There's only so long I can hold out against the meme train.
10 things I assume you know about me, although possibly you don't, since I may never have explicitly stated them, since I assume you already know them.
1. I'm female. That's pretty much a gimme. I'm also a feminist, but in my mind, those two concepts are intrinsically linked, so it doesn't get its own number.
2. I'm white, Canadian, 31, university educated, middle class. And I probably will assume you are too. Well, except the white and Canadian part. And I won't assume you're 31, exactly, but within 5 years of my age on either side. Oh, forget it.
3. I'm single. Historically single. Epically single.
4. I'm an only child, and I like my parents. I feel like these two things are related - I think that being an only child has allowed me to like my parents as people, and enjoy spending time with them, because there's not competition or worry about relationships with other people, on any of our parts. Also, my parents are still together after 36 years of not-marriage, so that probably helps, since I never had to take sides, or choose between them on holidays. Of course, being an only child likely contributed to me being selfish and unable to relate to people my own age growing up, but you can't have everything.
5. I'm from the West Coast. I live in Toronto now, but I still think of myself as being from B.C., and the whole West Coast culture is still ingrained in me. And I miss Victoria.
6. I don't believe in anything. That's a rather facetious way of putting it, but it's true: I don't believe in gods, an afterlife, heaven or hell, ghosts, spirits, any kind of thing watching over us, ESP, UFOs, aliens, soul mates, astrology or fate. Which isn't to say that I don't find some of those things interesting, or that I am completely resistant to the idea of any of those things being real, but just that they're not part of my (complete lack of) belief system.
7. I don't want children. Am I old enough yet that everyone will stop telling me to wait until I'm older?
8. I lean (to the point of falling over) politically left in all things. And I take my right to vote seriously.
9. I have a bachelor of music and a master of library and information studies. And I work in a music library. Go figure.
10. I like to read. Reading is the ultimate convenient entertainment -- you can do it anywhere, and I do. I carry a book with me at all times, because I never know when I might find myself bored in a line. Because of this, I really don't like hardcover books (too heavy), although that's mostly what I end up with from the library.
Think of it as the listersgirl base coat. After this, you can add any colour you like.
5 things you possibly don't know about me, unless you see me all the time or I've known you for years, in which case you may very well know these things, because I am not a particularly secretive person.
1. I describe my knowledge and interests as broad but shallow. I know a little about a lot of things, I read sporadically all over the spectrum, I never get too deeply enmeshed in any one thing. This is one reason why I've never gotten involved in fandom -- even for shows I love, I'm just not that obsessive. There's too much else out there that's interesting. This is also why I don't really get true fetishes. Why limit yourself?
2. I lived at home until I was 25. This was possible because of number 4 above. It happened because I lived at home for university, that being the only way I could afford to go, and then I just...never quite left. I was working, and supposedly saving for something undecided, but mostly I think I was lazy. I finally left when I moved to Montreal for grad school.
3. I still get excited on Christmas Eve. I don't really get into the whole Christmas thing much -- I don't decorate my place, or listen to Christmas music, or watch Christmas movies -- but I love the excitement of Christmas Day: the stockings, watching people open presents, putting out all the food for the open house. It's the novelty of it all. So sometimes I have a hard time falling asleep on Christmas Eve.
4. I get incredibly freaked out at the thought of meeting new people, I get painful stomachaches before any gathering of more than 4 people, and I hate entering places by myself, especially if I've never been there before. In short, I am full of social anxiety. Also, I have a deathly fear of conversational silence, and an inability to make small talk. But that doesn't stop me from wanting to meet new people, I generally always have a good time (and many times an awesome time) at social events (although not usually at freewheeling random parties, unless I know people who I can stick close to), and I have not yet died from entering a building by myself. Still, if we are both going somewhere unknown, I will probably make you meet me before, so that I don't have to enter alone.
5. My skin is flaking off so quickly that I'm going to be down to muscles and sinew by next week. What's the point of having extremely oily skin if it just gets dry in the winter anyway?
10 things I assume you know about me, although possibly you don't, since I may never have explicitly stated them, since I assume you already know them.
1. I'm female. That's pretty much a gimme. I'm also a feminist, but in my mind, those two concepts are intrinsically linked, so it doesn't get its own number.
2. I'm white, Canadian, 31, university educated, middle class. And I probably will assume you are too. Well, except the white and Canadian part. And I won't assume you're 31, exactly, but within 5 years of my age on either side. Oh, forget it.
3. I'm single. Historically single. Epically single.
4. I'm an only child, and I like my parents. I feel like these two things are related - I think that being an only child has allowed me to like my parents as people, and enjoy spending time with them, because there's not competition or worry about relationships with other people, on any of our parts. Also, my parents are still together after 36 years of not-marriage, so that probably helps, since I never had to take sides, or choose between them on holidays. Of course, being an only child likely contributed to me being selfish and unable to relate to people my own age growing up, but you can't have everything.
5. I'm from the West Coast. I live in Toronto now, but I still think of myself as being from B.C., and the whole West Coast culture is still ingrained in me. And I miss Victoria.
6. I don't believe in anything. That's a rather facetious way of putting it, but it's true: I don't believe in gods, an afterlife, heaven or hell, ghosts, spirits, any kind of thing watching over us, ESP, UFOs, aliens, soul mates, astrology or fate. Which isn't to say that I don't find some of those things interesting, or that I am completely resistant to the idea of any of those things being real, but just that they're not part of my (complete lack of) belief system.
7. I don't want children. Am I old enough yet that everyone will stop telling me to wait until I'm older?
8. I lean (to the point of falling over) politically left in all things. And I take my right to vote seriously.
9. I have a bachelor of music and a master of library and information studies. And I work in a music library. Go figure.
10. I like to read. Reading is the ultimate convenient entertainment -- you can do it anywhere, and I do. I carry a book with me at all times, because I never know when I might find myself bored in a line. Because of this, I really don't like hardcover books (too heavy), although that's mostly what I end up with from the library.
Think of it as the listersgirl base coat. After this, you can add any colour you like.
5 things you possibly don't know about me, unless you see me all the time or I've known you for years, in which case you may very well know these things, because I am not a particularly secretive person.
1. I describe my knowledge and interests as broad but shallow. I know a little about a lot of things, I read sporadically all over the spectrum, I never get too deeply enmeshed in any one thing. This is one reason why I've never gotten involved in fandom -- even for shows I love, I'm just not that obsessive. There's too much else out there that's interesting. This is also why I don't really get true fetishes. Why limit yourself?
2. I lived at home until I was 25. This was possible because of number 4 above. It happened because I lived at home for university, that being the only way I could afford to go, and then I just...never quite left. I was working, and supposedly saving for something undecided, but mostly I think I was lazy. I finally left when I moved to Montreal for grad school.
3. I still get excited on Christmas Eve. I don't really get into the whole Christmas thing much -- I don't decorate my place, or listen to Christmas music, or watch Christmas movies -- but I love the excitement of Christmas Day: the stockings, watching people open presents, putting out all the food for the open house. It's the novelty of it all. So sometimes I have a hard time falling asleep on Christmas Eve.
4. I get incredibly freaked out at the thought of meeting new people, I get painful stomachaches before any gathering of more than 4 people, and I hate entering places by myself, especially if I've never been there before. In short, I am full of social anxiety. Also, I have a deathly fear of conversational silence, and an inability to make small talk. But that doesn't stop me from wanting to meet new people, I generally always have a good time (and many times an awesome time) at social events (although not usually at freewheeling random parties, unless I know people who I can stick close to), and I have not yet died from entering a building by myself. Still, if we are both going somewhere unknown, I will probably make you meet me before, so that I don't have to enter alone.
5. My skin is flaking off so quickly that I'm going to be down to muscles and sinew by next week. What's the point of having extremely oily skin if it just gets dry in the winter anyway?