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Ten things you might not know about me.
Jumping on the bandwagon, because I finally thought of more than one thing to say.
1) I am an intensely private person. I don’t make many personal posts on LJ because of this - and yet in RL I have a tendency to overshare. I think there's something about the internet that makes me wary.
2) I’m not really into my birthday much any more. I like to do something nice but low-key on the day, and appreciate a thoughtful gift, but any kind of fuss and the acquisition of things seem hollow to me. I still enjoy celebrating other people's though.
3) I have two children, and my youngest is on the autistic spectrum. I don’t really talk about them much though (see number 1!)
I adore them both.
4) I do actually like other poets as well as Keats. I read poetry every day. Not in a pretentious way (whatever that is) but because sometimes I can’t spare much time, and sometimes I don’t get out of the house or have a hard day, and I just need a little fix of beauty to lift my spirits. I studied English literature (amongst other things) and words have long been a passion of mine.
5) I’m a Londoner, and grew up hearing many languages (in and out of my home) and now my children are growing up in London, with friends whose families come from all over the world. It makes me deeply happy to see.
6) I am a feminist, and I have become more so over the past few years.
7) Despite being a private person, I’ve probably shared most of my deepest emotions through my writing. Certain fics helped me work through how I was feeling after my son was diagnosed. I wrote away much of my rage and confusion and came through the other side much calmer.
8) When I talk to the lollipop lady at the crossing on the way to my daughter’s school, I sometimes make inappropriate jokes about her spanking people with her sign, and it is all who_la’s fault.
9) When I first meet people I will chat and laugh and tell funny stories. Really though, I prefer to be quiet and sit back. I once went on holiday with a good friend and she was shocked at how different I was with strangers.
10) I can’t drive with the windows open as I find the noise distracting. Actually, I hate driving as I’m not very aware of what’s happening around me, and I’m terrified I’ll have an accident with the children in the car. So I have very strict rules about driving: I have to be well-rested, I only drive routes I feel confident with etc.
My daughter once told someone that the difference between mummies and daddies is: ‘Mummies can’t talk when they’re driving’. :D
As a bonus, here’s a poem I enjoyed reading recently: The Peace of Wild Things, by Wendell Berry.
1) I am an intensely private person. I don’t make many personal posts on LJ because of this - and yet in RL I have a tendency to overshare. I think there's something about the internet that makes me wary.
2) I’m not really into my birthday much any more. I like to do something nice but low-key on the day, and appreciate a thoughtful gift, but any kind of fuss and the acquisition of things seem hollow to me. I still enjoy celebrating other people's though.
3) I have two children, and my youngest is on the autistic spectrum. I don’t really talk about them much though (see number 1!)
I adore them both.
4) I do actually like other poets as well as Keats. I read poetry every day. Not in a pretentious way (whatever that is) but because sometimes I can’t spare much time, and sometimes I don’t get out of the house or have a hard day, and I just need a little fix of beauty to lift my spirits. I studied English literature (amongst other things) and words have long been a passion of mine.
5) I’m a Londoner, and grew up hearing many languages (in and out of my home) and now my children are growing up in London, with friends whose families come from all over the world. It makes me deeply happy to see.
6) I am a feminist, and I have become more so over the past few years.
7) Despite being a private person, I’ve probably shared most of my deepest emotions through my writing. Certain fics helped me work through how I was feeling after my son was diagnosed. I wrote away much of my rage and confusion and came through the other side much calmer.
8) When I talk to the lollipop lady at the crossing on the way to my daughter’s school, I sometimes make inappropriate jokes about her spanking people with her sign, and it is all who_la’s fault.
9) When I first meet people I will chat and laugh and tell funny stories. Really though, I prefer to be quiet and sit back. I once went on holiday with a good friend and she was shocked at how different I was with strangers.
10) I can’t drive with the windows open as I find the noise distracting. Actually, I hate driving as I’m not very aware of what’s happening around me, and I’m terrified I’ll have an accident with the children in the car. So I have very strict rules about driving: I have to be well-rested, I only drive routes I feel confident with etc.
My daughter once told someone that the difference between mummies and daddies is: ‘Mummies can’t talk when they’re driving’. :D
As a bonus, here’s a poem I enjoyed reading recently: The Peace of Wild Things, by Wendell Berry.
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I don't know what I'd do if the A/C broke in our car. :O
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D:
Yeah, it's the noise for me too. I've never been good at clubs or going to see bands. It's a bummer, because I love music. But the combination of music so loud I can't talk and strangers pressing against me is too much.
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Yes, the noise thing is the main reason I prefer meals out rather then meeting in pubs.
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I am sort of the same. I run a social networking group so for that I have to be..."social." I meet people, greet them, chat with them, have a few beers.
With friends, I am usually sitting down, relaxing and letting them talking and throwing in my comments here and there.
The more people get to know me, the more they realise how quiet I really am.
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As I'm getting older, I am more noise sensitive. Children are noise generators and the constant chatter drives me bonkers. In the car alone- I love the windows down, so long as it isn't the expressway, music cranked, lovely. But if the kids are in the car then it is windows up, usually an audiobook playing so they will listen and not bicker.
I can't imagine living in any big city, except London. There is a vibrancy there that can't be matched. Chicago is lovely to visit, could never live there.
Thank you for these insights into Omi :)
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I could live in Berlin, I think. I love that city.
And you know the real reason you could live in London is so that you could hang out with me (although I'd just sit there saying nothing, lol). :D
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I am so not interested in my birthday any more either - it hasn't seemed all that fun since I was in my early twenties. Not because I'm getting older, really, but the magic isn't really there any more. Though I don't object to presents, heh.
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As for birthdays, maybe it's just growing up. For a while, I felt that there were no wishes, no hope left. So birthdays seemed truly pointless (as I could never get what I wanted). I don't feel like that any more (I accept things more and find great pleasure in each day) but it did take the shine off for me.
Argh. I have edited this twice as I am writing it in the dark on my phone while sitting next to a wriggling, non-sleeping, whining child.
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LOL @ reading poetry pretentiously. That would be with a goatee, maybe, a beret, and big hipster glasses?
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LOL at you and the lollipop lady.
I'm a very nervous driver. I don't like a lot of chatter when I'm driving either.
Stacey
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I go beetroot red and hide every time she says it. :D
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