because I was tagged by everyone, their goldfish AND their pet hamster, 25 things about phin

Feb 01, 2009 10:38

1. I spent seven years as a vegetarian. It started as a reaction to a badly done cut of meat (i don't remember what type it was now) and ended because of bacon. I still don't eat a lot of meat, and I like to buy local when I can. As far as bacon, I'm terribly spoiled by our local butcher's bacon and frequently refuse to buy anything else. (The ( Read more... )

hai there i haz a tinfoil hat, faq-phinnia, my head is pasted on crooked yay

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taiga13 February 1 2009, 19:07:22 UTC
I hear you on point #2. When I completed graduate school I couldn't find a job for over a year, in a field where there's a high demand. I had some interviews but nobody wanted me. Then when I finally did get a job, which is kind of below my level even, I had trouble adjusting for various reasons and my boss tried to fire me after two weeks. This was all two years ago and I haven't recovered from the huge damage to my self-confidence.

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sirriamnis February 1 2009, 19:36:32 UTC
I think we share a brain.

"3. I love to write; I've always wanted to write. But I keep wrestling with the feeling that I need another, more "responsible" job. This leads to even more self-loathing. I really don't like myself very much. I try to hide it as much as I can, but it's really difficult."

That and the family moving thing... Wow. My folks never did that, although when I was sixteen they didn't tell me we were moving across country (again) until about two weeks before we left.

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topaz_eyes February 1 2009, 19:47:00 UTC
I totally hear you on #2 as well. I quit my job two years ago because of extreme stress. Aside from a temp job working on a city census last year, I haven't worked since. What's worse is that there are very few jobs in my area for someone with my education--and the job I quit was at the one place where I can work. :-(

On the good side, leaving brought out my inner bipolar, which is now being treated. Of course treatment has its side effects--WTF, brain? but family life is more peaceful. Now I just have to recover my self-confidence to work again.

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miintikwa February 1 2009, 19:59:04 UTC
2-- I so get this. I cannot adequately desribe the depression that arises from my self-loathing when I can't even clean the house. bleah.

3-- Me too re: the writing. :D

14-- When I was a child I had to wear braces because I had tendon problems, too. My feet curled inward-- I literally walked on the outside of my feet. It was very hard to walk unaided, even with the braces. I had to go to kindergarden with the braces. I don't even want to describe the ridicule.

23- Me too! :) And our original wedding rings.

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benjimmy February 1 2009, 22:33:46 UTC
Hm. We are so similar. <3

I was pescatarian for like 4 years, and it's always bacon, isn't it? Bacon makes the world go 'round. I had to have some bacon and I thought, this would be really good on a burger. It all fell to pieces after that.

I want three kids. But I don't have any, so I might change my mind. *shrug* I sorta doubt it, though. No matter how many of something I have, I always want more. Be it dogs or t-shirts.

I experience synaesthesia sometimes, too. I see sounds, though. Just random patterns of colour on a black background. Which is why I tend to close my eyes when I sing or play piano; a lot of the time I can see the correct pitch and tone quality better than I can hear it.

I also usually hate cooked eggs. And yet, I keep thinking 'I'm hungry. I'll make eggs!' Silly brain...

The first movie I saw in a theatre was also Bambi. I reportedly fell asleep. Probably a good thing.

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