Welcome to the Hundred Acre Wood

[amphitritie]

So opens the obligatory introductory post. Why? Because I found a friending meme! Hello all!

Before I go in and tell you lotsa stuff about me in an unusually egocentric post (hey, why don't old friends play the see how many I actually knew about her game!) I have a few things.

1) The Trojan ecstasy commercials on Colbert Report = lol
2) THREE DAY

Comments

[cruel_fortuna]

I love Colbert but I don't agree with that statement. Agnostic is defined in the dictionary as "a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is unknown and probably unknowable ..." meaning they don't discount the probability of it happening whereas Atheists don't even buy into the notion of 'there could be'. I only quibble over this because I myself am agnostic simply because I don't like the way the 'Christian' world portrays God in a still pagan-light of absolutes. Other than the New Testament God of Love & Acceptance. That & I question with words like 'why' - why should I accept something based on faith but I digress. I'm off to read the rest of your post & see what else I want to comment on. c : Sorry for the little mini-rant

[amphitritie]

Mini rants are welcomed here! My father holds the exact same views for those reasons and they seem legitimate to me. I'm glad you have some definite opinions on "this god-person" as Douglas Adams would say. I'm not sure where I stand on religion at this point, when I read the Bible most of what I divulged were just good stories, not creeds by which to olive by. I do hate that religion creates a moral code for you rather than having someone develop their own. In theory, the God stuff is mostly passed over in our house

[dianora77]

I hope you won't think me condescending, but you sound absolutely adorable. I'm currently reading Muriel Barbery's "Elegance of the Hedgehog", and you reminded me a bit of the precocious young girl from that book, Paloma. Anyway, I'm glad to meet you and hope to get to know you better.

I've made a short introductory post a while ago here, if you're interested. There have been some minor changes in my life since then (mainly job related... I'm tethering on the brink of unemployment), but nothing much else. Catch you around.

[amphitritie]

*cursty* Why thank you! No, from someone your age (33 wasn't it? Or 34, if your birthday passed since your introduction post) I don't mind it at all. I understand where the feeling comes from, I probably appear to be engaging in the mental equivalent of running around in Daddy's too large coat when you're five. Not that I mind, I think it looks rather dashing on me. Most people under 35 just laugh at me, not in a bad way, because this realization of my "adorableness" usually comes after I tell people my actual age and most guess AT LEAST 2-3 years later. I suspect it could be more, if not for my regular physical development

[dianora77]

Hey, hey, I'm still 33, and will remain so for the next 6 months! ;) But I'm hardly what in this day and age passes for a typical, mature grownup. I'm afraid I did come off as condescending, which was the least of my intentions. I bet you whatever you like that you're more mature and intelligent than I'll ever be. The thing with me is that when I was a child and a teen (and it's been known to happen even these days) people often thought me more intelligent and informed than I actually was or am. It was both a blessing and a curse, cause it didn't take me long to realize that I gave out that air of a know-it-all even though I actually didn't know shit. So I rode that wave and allowed myself to get a bit lazy

[amphitritie]

That first paragraph sounds a lot like me, actually. One of the hardest facets of my life is dealing with the expectations of supposed "intelligence." My sister/father/nanny/friends open a lot of sentences with, "so, since you're going to be a doctor" even if it's a question about why she shouldn't wash her feet a certain way. I jest though, that hardest are parents and teachers who will stare down at a 96/100 on an essay and since I consistently get grades like that there's no "how good of you to have worked so hard!" like my friends get, but instead "you and I BOTH know you can do even better. Why don't you go and study extra to see how you can improve! We know you love learning about literature, so this should be a breeze!" Yeah, I do love books, but cut me some slack

[marnanel]

I'm glad you liked the poem!

[amphitritie]

Oh you're welcome! It's probably one of my favourites I've ever read. It's whimsical and rolls of the Tongue nicely, but so true!

PS How did you find it in this post? I don't think you're on my friends list . . .

[marnanel]

I have Google searches set up for poems I write, so I can see whether anyone else is posting them.

[c0ntrarywise]

Waking up in clothes makes you feel gross all day, I think :/ Blargh, I like my own bed.

\o/ Intro post (though you've already mentioned a lot of the contents) :) But... I needed to scan my world map to find Cambodia *shamed* But, I had the right continent :P

Lol that poem :D That is exactly how German works, and I love it for that. Also spot on about English.

Liked the video, too :) So glad I'm not associated with anything that has anything to do with anything famous...

[quadruplify]

First off, sorry for taking so long to reply to this; I think it's apparent as to why by looking at my latest LJ entry, so. Hi there! *waves*

Yeah, I guess my sexuality is the same way, so I know how you feel about that; I prefer not to label myself, but if I must, I either use "queer" or "asexual" depending on the day. ^_^;

And you're very welcome about the link! Glad you found it to be useful. :D

I've heard of Oliver Sacks before, and I've been meaning to read some of his stuff for a number of years now, but, um, I already have way too many books on my to-read list. O_o; I tend to collect books more than actually read them, though I've been meaning to rectify that for a while (college doesn't really give you much leeway, though). Though I thought I was the book nut.....damn, you pretty much have everyone I know beat. XD

[amphitritie]

Hello again! I did read your post (although, I didn't comment. I know it's rude of me, but if I feel I have nothing vaguely helpful or interesting I won't share it. Otherwise I just feel like I'm initiating an awkward for the both of us) and I understand. I don't expect you to comment on all my posts! But, thank you for taking the time.

That is an AMAZING to read list; I've only read about an eighth of those titles. I think I'm going to steal these to add to my own! Aren't you just a fount of nifty links! haha

Hmm, I understand Florence is nice, I've never been there. There must have been some insane partying going on.