Hello everyone.
This month is a new beginning for us. Last month was an end of an era; I think I really did see the end of my childhood last month. With my Granddad passing away, I've come to once again question my beliefs and I've been a little surprised at what I have found. Through-out my teens I've been swaying between believing in reincarnation and believing in no afterlife what-so-ever. Why, then, am I so sure that if I take the time to talk to my Granddad, he will be able to hear? When I was young, my parents told me that if I burnt the letter to Santa then he will know what I had written, even though he was miles and miles away. I honestly believe that if I write something to my Granddad and burn it then he will know of what I have written. I don't know if this is a belief I have come to on my own, or if it steams from my parents' teachings about Santa. I guess it's a mix of both. This conclusion I've come to intrigues me, though. If I believe in no afterlife, or in reincarnation, how can my Granddad be around for me to talk to? This is something I haven't really talked about with anyone yet, as I'm not sure I could hold up my new found belief against someone like Sean - someone who knows that there is no left-over soul after you've died to float about and go into heaven or into a new body, and has known it for a long time.
Also, this new month sees Sean and I actually living together for the first time. So this is another element to my childhood coming to an end. Even though we've been together for over six years, the fourth of July is going to see us living together as a couple (I don't think I have mentioned we move in together on Independence Day... Even though we aren't American, I still find it rather ironic.), paying rent and bills together, cooking for each other, sleeping together each night, caring for the house... The list is endless. It's going to be so different to anything we've done before. I can't wait. On top of that, I now have an office job. A real job that isn't retail or fast-food. These two things combined together make me feel like I've been plunged into adulthood in the deep end, and with my beliefs being questioned again I don't see a way back. I'll be celebrating my 21st birthday in a few months, and then I'll be grown-up for sure. All I need to do now is graduate, and I only have 12 months of lectures and labs left until I do that!
There's one more thing I wish to tell everyone. I am in love. I guess it sounds funny for someone in a long-term relationship to say that. But something Sean and I have known for a long time is the feeling of "being in love" doesn't last more than around 6 months. I think it's actually been found in Scientific experiments, I'll see if I can dig up the issue of New Scientist that had a 'love special' a few months ago. The feeling of being in love is to do with brain chemicals. Anyway, I'd just like to say that Wednesday night I fell in love with Sean all over again during a proper love-making session. You could tell it was the real thing, the love-making I mean, because afterwards Sean actually commented, "I think that's that first time we've made love in ages". I was on a super high, that spilled over into the next day and is still with me now. Even with everything that's been going on, I feel fantastic. Being in love is a fantastic feeling.
On to site maintenance... We still don't know how long we will be without Internet in our new house. Our guess at the moment is two weeks, but I might be able to fit in the odd post at the Uni library. You'll have to wait and see, I'm afraid. To keep every one amused, I wrote a post a couple of days ago summarising our last 6 months of content. I think it was a labour of love, it took over two hours. So while I'm away from the Internet, there's always the post below you can check out. Well, that's it for now. Good night my friends.
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I got this meme from
Padme, who got it from
butterfly. Unlike
before, I'll just do the bolding and ilalicising and if anyone wants to know more then leave a comment and I'll elaborate. If you want to do it, go ahead and do it. I'm not tagging anyone on this one, because I'm not around enough to read them all at the moment.
1) Bold what is true about you. (in
red)
2) Italicise what you wish was true about you. (in
blue)
3) Add one true thing about you to the end of the list.
4) Tag five friends (no tags, only if you want to do it)
* I miss somebody right now.
* I don't watch much TV these days.
* I own lots of books* I wear glasses or contact lenses.
* I love to play video games.
* I've tried marijuana.
* I've watched porn movies.* I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.
* I believe honesty is usually always the best policy.
* I curse sometimes. As opposed to constantly.
* I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.* I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.
* I have broken someone's bones.
* I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal.
* I hate the rain.
* I'm paranoid at times.* I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
* I need/want money right now.* I love sushi.
* I talk really, really fast.
* I have fresh breath in the morning.
* I have long hair.* I have lost money in Las Vegas.* I have at least one sibling.* I was born in a country outside of the U.S.
* I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
* I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
* I like the way that I look.* I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months
* I am usually pessimistic.* I have a lot of mood swings.
* I think prostitution should be legalized.* I slept with a roommate. (read: flatmate)* I have a hidden talent.
* I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.
* I have a lot of friends.
* I have pecked someone of the same sex.* I enjoy talking on the phone.* I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
* I love to shop and/or window shop.
* I'm obsessed with my blog.* I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
* I have a cell phone.* I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
* I've rejected someone before.
* I currently like/love someone.* I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.
* I want to have children in the future.* I have changed a diaper before.* I've called the cops on a friend before.
* I'm not allergic to anything.
* I have a lot to learn.* I am shy around the opposite sex.
* I'm online 24/7, even as an away message.* I have at least 5 away messages saved.
* I have tried alcohol or drugs before.
* I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.* I own the "South Park" movie.* I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga, Livejournal or Blogger.* I enjoy some country music.
* I would die for my best friends.
* I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist.
* I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
* Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.
* I have dated a close friend's ex.* I am happy at this moment.* I'm obsessed with guys.
* Democrat.
* Republican.
* I am punk rockish.* I go for older guys/girls, not younger.
* I study for tests most of the time.
* I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.* I can work on a car.
* I love my job(s).
* I am comfortable with who I am right now.* I have more than just my ears pierced.* I walk barefoot wherever I can.
* I have jumped off a bridge.* I love sea turtles.
* I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.
* I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.* I am proficient on a musical instrument.* I hate office jobs.
* I went to college out of state.
* I am adopted.
* I am a pyro.
* I have thrown up from crying too much.
* I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.
* I fall for the worst people.
* I adore bright colors.
* I usually like covers better than originals.* I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays.
* I can pick up things with my toes.* I can't whistle.* I have ridden/owned a horse.* I still have every journal I've ever written in.* I talk in my sleep.
* I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century.* I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.* I wear a toe ring.
* I have a tattoo.* I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.
* I am a caffeine junkie.
* I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all.* If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder.* I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
* I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner.
* I'm an artist.
* I am ambidextrous.
* I sleep with so many stuffed animals, I can hardly fit on my bed.* If it weren't for having to see other people naked, I'd live in a nudist colony.
* I have terrible teeth.
* I hate my toes.* I did this Meme even though I wasn't tagged by the person who took it before me. (but she'll like to read it, and didn't tag anyone herself :P )* I have more friends on the internet than in real life.
* I have lived in either three different states or countries or provinces
* I am extremely flexible.
* I love hugs more than kisses.
* I want to own my own business. I'll never get rich working for somebody else.
* I smoke.
* I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else.* Nobody has ever said I'm normal.
* Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then.* I am proficient in the use of many types firearms and combat weapons.* I like the way women look in stylized men's suits.* I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me.
* I have been described as a dreamer or likely to have my head up in the clouds.* I have played strip poker with someone else before.
* I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help.* I believe in ghosts and the paranormal.
* I can't stand being alone.
* I have at least one obsession at any given time.
* I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again.
* I consistently spend way too much money on obsessions-of-the-moment.
* I'm a judgmental asshole.
* I'm a HUGE drama-queen.
* I have traveled on more than one continent.* I sometimes wish my father would just disappear.
* I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am.* I am a Libertarian.
* I can speak more than one language.* I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.* I would rather read than watch TV.
* I like reading fact more than fiction.
* I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do.* I have no piercings.
* I have spent the night in a train station or other public place.* I have been so upset over my physical gender that I cried.
* I've been married and am now divorced.
* There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I born?" and may/may not have cried over it.
* I like most animals better than most people.
* I own a collection of retro game consoles.* The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver.
* I have hit someone with a dead fish.
* I have written/read erotic stories.* I am compulsively honest.
* I was born with a congenital birth defect that has never been repaired.
* I have danced topless in front of dozens of complete strangers.
* I have gone from wishing I was a boy to revelling in being a girl to feeling like a boy again in the span of five minutes, and not cared a whit for my actual sex.* I am unashamedly bisexual, and have different motivations for my desires for different genders.* I sometimes won't sleep a whole night or eat a whole day because I forget to.* I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on.
* I dislike milk.* I obsessively wash my hands.
* I always carry something significant around with me.
* Sometimes I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own hair.
* I've pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more aware of others.* Even though I live on my own I still cry sometimes because I miss my mother.
* I hand wrote all the HTML tags in this document.
* I've liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad or weird.* I have been clinically dead for a brief period of time
* Instead of feeling sympathy/empathy with people and their problems, I simply become annoyed.
* I participate/have participated in auto drag races and won.
* I do not 'get' most comedy acts.* I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing.* I don't like to chew gum.
* I am obsessed with history/historical things and can't wait for someone to build a time machine so I can be the first to use it.
* I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car.
* Had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years.
* I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other.* I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly.
* I love to sing.* I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up.
* I have a custom-built computer.* I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it.
* I would be in a relationship with one of my pets if they were human.
* I've gone skinny-dipping.* I've performed in three plays, all of them Shakespeare.
* I enjoy burritos.
* I'm Irish and lovin' it.
* I have a thing for redheads.* I am a twin!
* Most times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically 'fun'.
* Once I set out to finish something, I always stay at it until it is completed before I move on to something else.* I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes.* I wish I could do High School all over again.
* I have big interest swings every year.
* I have loved Pokemon since the beginning and continue to do so.* There's no genre of music I dislike.
* I've read every work written by my favorite author(s)* No matter how much I sleep, I'm always tired.
* I'd rather eat out than cook.
* I am obsessed with actors that are older than I am.
* I can move my little toes independently.* I enjoy purchasing and wearing articles of clothing and/or accessories that have skulls on them.
* I trip over my own feet at least once a week.* I hate not knowing how to love
* I still fantasize once in a while about an ex.
* I find incredible freedom in being restricted.
* I love being housebound in a blizzard.* I am a libra
* Thunderstorms cause me to be incredibly horny, no matter the time of day, the place nor what mood I was in prior to it.