Testament
Ah, but shock horror if I am not about to post the first siginificant lj update in approximately three years.
This largely stems from a combination of work related stress and the beginning of an understanding of how people see me. I begin to realise how many people see me as an arrogant and patronising prick, although I have always ignored these comments knowing that any percieved condescention or superciliousness was misconcieved. I have recently begun to realise that people may percieve me as someone who thinks he is cleverer or more intelligent than those around him, and frankly I am becoming inclined to agree with them, I am actually more often than not cleverer than those around me. However am I to blame for this? I think not! Is intelligence such an abhorrent quality that it should be diminished and mocked at any opportunity? I hope not!
I am taking comfort in things that I can without consequence state about myself. Thinking about it this resembles a post by someone on my friends list who made a post of things that s/he found good about themselves. Therefore I present a list of my qualities and faults as presented and qualified by myself, plese, feel free to comment on any of the statements that Im may make but be aware that I am more than likely to ignore whatever you say, since after all I am that arrogant that the world revolves around me. ;-)
Oh and to be backwards, it's cons first...
CONS:
>I appear overconfident when surrounded by people.
>I will talk at length on any subject no matter how little I know about it.
>I will always have the last word.
>I drink too much.
>I am brutally honest.
>If you can't keep up I will explain in words of one syllable.
>I'm patronising without meaning it.
>I don't realise when I'm being patronising.
>I don't notice when people don't understand what I'm saying, and get frustrated by it.
>I have a short fuse.
>I struggle to talk to people with very pronounced learning difficulties, and children.
>I can't always judge when people are having playful fun and when they are being malicious.
>I am often somewhat sarcastic or bitchy.
PROS:
>I am intelligent.
>I have a diverse and broad vocabulary, both of english and of related slang.
>I am honest, often brutally so.
>I do not suffer fools gladly.
>I am prepared to sacrifice as much as is required for a friend in need.
>I am fiercly loyal to my friends and family.
>I am always prepared to make an effort to talk to anyone.
>I am confident in who I am and in my own abilities.
>I am aware of my limitations.
>I have a good sense of humour.
>I pick up new concepts quickly.
>I am creative and witty.
>I'm Welsh.
>I can be slightly fickle.
So there we have it. me in my own words, yes it's captured in bullet points, but I feel that this is the easiest way of understanding how my friends list(s) feel about me. Feel free to comment as honstly as you will about me. I need your feedback to understand how I affect you, or If I even register on your landscape. I would rather you added a criticism than didn't comment at all, even if all yopu can say is that you don't know me that is something.
~If you will comment do me a favour, at least be honest.
This largely stems from a combination of work related stress and the beginning of an understanding of how people see me. I begin to realise how many people see me as an arrogant and patronising prick, although I have always ignored these comments knowing that any percieved condescention or superciliousness was misconcieved. I have recently begun to realise that people may percieve me as someone who thinks he is cleverer or more intelligent than those around him, and frankly I am becoming inclined to agree with them, I am actually more often than not cleverer than those around me. However am I to blame for this? I think not! Is intelligence such an abhorrent quality that it should be diminished and mocked at any opportunity? I hope not!
I am taking comfort in things that I can without consequence state about myself. Thinking about it this resembles a post by someone on my friends list who made a post of things that s/he found good about themselves. Therefore I present a list of my qualities and faults as presented and qualified by myself, plese, feel free to comment on any of the statements that Im may make but be aware that I am more than likely to ignore whatever you say, since after all I am that arrogant that the world revolves around me. ;-)
Oh and to be backwards, it's cons first...
CONS:
>I appear overconfident when surrounded by people.
>I will talk at length on any subject no matter how little I know about it.
>I will always have the last word.
>I drink too much.
>I am brutally honest.
>If you can't keep up I will explain in words of one syllable.
>I'm patronising without meaning it.
>I don't realise when I'm being patronising.
>I don't notice when people don't understand what I'm saying, and get frustrated by it.
>I have a short fuse.
>I struggle to talk to people with very pronounced learning difficulties, and children.
>I can't always judge when people are having playful fun and when they are being malicious.
>I am often somewhat sarcastic or bitchy.
PROS:
>I am intelligent.
>I have a diverse and broad vocabulary, both of english and of related slang.
>I am honest, often brutally so.
>I do not suffer fools gladly.
>I am prepared to sacrifice as much as is required for a friend in need.
>I am fiercly loyal to my friends and family.
>I am always prepared to make an effort to talk to anyone.
>I am confident in who I am and in my own abilities.
>I am aware of my limitations.
>I have a good sense of humour.
>I pick up new concepts quickly.
>I am creative and witty.
>I'm Welsh.
>I can be slightly fickle.
So there we have it. me in my own words, yes it's captured in bullet points, but I feel that this is the easiest way of understanding how my friends list(s) feel about me. Feel free to comment as honstly as you will about me. I need your feedback to understand how I affect you, or If I even register on your landscape. I would rather you added a criticism than didn't comment at all, even if all yopu can say is that you don't know me that is something.
~If you will comment do me a favour, at least be honest.