"ABCs of our Psyche" Questionnaire

1. What attitude would you wear out on a Friday night? Uhhh…probably “leave me the hell alone!”

2. Do you usually brush your teeth before bed? I don’t go to bed without doing it. I think it’s quite “off” NOT to brush your teeth.

3. How many sets of chimes do you have hanging in or outside of your home? What is on them? We have two. One is one I got for my partner when I went to Colorado..the other is one that has an Asian influence.

4. When was the last time you cooked a four-course dinner? What did you prepare? I don’t think I’ve EVER prepared that big of a dinner.

5. Do you believe in the concept of eternity? Don’t know what I believe these days.

6. When was the last time you ordered fried foods? What was it? I’m guilty…last Friday, I had a whopper jr. meal from Hungry Jacks.

7. What is your favorite memory about a grandparent? I don’t have any favorite memories. I’m not really close to my grandparents.

8. If you could change anything about your health, what would it be? I feel pretty healthy for the most part. ::knocking on wood:: Mental heath, now I’d love to learn how to not stress so much.

9. What is your favorite ice cream topping? Heath bar

10. Can you juggle? What? How many at a time? Nope..not that coordinated.

11. If you could design your own kid, what would they look like? I don’t want kids..but IF I did, I’d probably want a child that was ½ Asian and ½ Black. I'm not sure why the combination interests me. I just think I'd have an absolutely "aesthetically" pleasing child.

12. What is your "one-liner" definition of love? “Constantly changing entity”

13. How much is the perfect amount of money to have? I like my gadgets and so does my partner. We’re not into being flashy, but we prefer to live comfortably.

14. Do you believe in "never" say never? In some cases…..however in the case of me sleeping with a guy, I say NEVER, and NOTHING would ever change that. In other cases, I may be persuaded. But there are just some things, I WON’T do. I don’t care of I’m missing out on something. I’ll learn to live with it.

15. What was your biggest obsession in high school? Keeping my grades up. I was always in constant competition with one girl, with who could have the best grades. She ended up beating me for the top grade point average. She was a perfect 4.0, I was 3.97..grrr.

16. If you had to grade yourself, are you more the wild child or a prude or do you fall somewhere in between? Definitely a prude…and not afraid or ashamed to say so.

17. How many things in your life do you feel you simply cannot quit doing? What are they? Blogging probably…the online thing. Though I don’t go online as often as I used to. And stressing, no matter what I do, I always seem to never be able to overcome that hurdle.

18. Do you believe in equal rights for all individuals or does it depend on who you are? I don’t think some people should get special treatment, but I understand in some cases, they should get different treatment, depending on the situation. Does that make sense??

19. If outside influences were not a factor, what is the perfect amount of sleep? 6 or 7 hours I’d say. Too much sleep can be bad, just as not enough.

20. How long does it usually take you to trust someone enough to share your secrets with them? Depends on the person and the secrets. There are things my partner still doesn’t know about me. It’s not that I’m being secretive, I just like to keep that part to myself. Doesn’t mean I don’t trust her. But I’m the sort of person, that can’t give myself to anyone 100%.

21. When was the last time you felt someone totally 100% understood you? Who is/was it? ::thinking:: I don’t think it’s ever happened. People have gotten close, but have never won the "prize."

22. Do you support celebrating Valentine's Day? Yeh, though last V-Day we didn’t do anything. We still gave each other cards. But why need a special day to show how much we love each other???

23. If you could make three wishes (without wishing for additional wishes) what would they be?

1. Be able to see my family and friends when ever I wanted to, with the blink of an eye.

2. Make gay marriage legal here in Australia and in the States. Well, in truth, everywhere would be nice.

3. Currently wish my car wasn’t having issues already..lol. I guess that’s what I get for buying a used car.

24. Do you own a play station, Nintendo, X-box or other game system? Which? What is your favorite game? Nope…just have a pc. Game system games are so expensive.

25. What year do you think we will be in when we finally make contact with another planet with life or warp out of our solar system? I honestly don’t know. Don’t think so in my life time…that’s all I’ve gotta say. That sort of thinking kind of scares me, and I don't like to think about it much. If I do think about it (the world ending as we know it...) I tend to get really tense, and this certain sensation overcomes me. It's not a good feeling.

26. How much insight did this give you to yourself? (rating zero to ten) 1, not very much insight…..sorry ::smirks:: Maybe I know myself pretty well already. But nonetheless, the questionnaire was entertaining.

-current mood-DON'T KNOW really how I'm feeling. Sort of have mixed feelings at the moment.

Hillary Clinton

Picture courtesy of www.yahoo.com

Couldn’t they have posted a better picture??? C’mon, now this isn’t The Star or any other gossip type of magazine where they purposefully make the celebrity look out of place. So why did yahoo have to post such an “odd” picture of Hillary Clinton? They could have posted a more flattering picture. I can only wonder what she’s saying or thinking at the moment this picture was taken. And imagine the headlines for this picture. I can see it now, all the email chain letters, and all the crazy things people could do with this picture.

After seeing this picture, I said to myself “self, I’m SOO glad I’m not someone famous.” I can only IMAGINE what sort of pictures would be taken of me, at those odd moments, which I wouldn’t know someone was taking pictures of me. ::shaking head:: It’s like I’d never be able to fully be myself. And I’d be afraid to wipe my nose, or someone would probably snap a picture just so it looked like I was picking a winner. Nah, as much as I’d like the money, I don’t think I could handle the fame!

-current mood-YUCKY, told you my monthly visitor was coming. It arrived early this morning.

Milk Carton

There are many little things that irk me about my partner. Nothing too serious now though ::smirks:: But one of my major pet peeves, has to do with the milk carton. My partner is usually the only one who drinks milk. I sometimes have it for brekky, but usually not. When ever the carton of milk comes close to its expiration date, she’ll get rid of the carton. She’ll take it out of the fridge, and she’ll set it next to the sink. And then she’ll leave it there! It utterly annoys me, that, in the amount of time it takes her to put the milk carton next to the sink, she could take an extra few seconds and EMPTY the milk out.

So, a few days ago, I think it was Monday…she put the milk carton next to the sink. And I think she was, as I usually would do, expecting me to empty the carton. Instead, I let it go. It was left on the counter for 2 days. I finally had a word with her yesterday. I wasn’t mean or anything. I actually kind of put a joke on the whole topic. But I said “in the amount of time it takes for you to leave the milk carton, why can’t you just dump it in the sink? Are you waiting for me to do it???” She laughed and said “yeh, I was thinking of you….thinking that you’d eventually dump it.” She eventually ended up dumping the milk out. But instead of putting it in our recycle section, she left it on the counter. ::shaking head and laughing:: It never fails…just when you think you’ve taught them to do the WHOLE job, they prove that they haven’t learned EVERYTHING. ::snickers:: Awwww, but I guess things could be worse.

-current mood-TIRED, I think "my monthly visitor" is approaching.

What Does your Birthday Mean?

Click on the subject title to get sent to the link for this quiz. Just saying this, in case you can't find the quiz link ::smirks:: Further quizzes will be accessed that way.

Your Birthdate: October 24

You understand people well and are a natural born therapist. A peacemaker, people always seem to get along when you are around. You tend to be a father or mother figure to friends, even to those older than you. You enjoy your role, and you find that you are close to many people.

Your strength: Your devotion

Your weakness: Reliance on others for happiness

Your power color: Lilac

Your power symbol: Heart

Your power month: June

My comments on this...I like to think I understand people well. And I am always finding myself trying to help people out, in a therapeutic sort of way. I always feel like people can count on me to be honest but helpful. I do have to say though, I don't think I get along with EVERYONE. I have butted heads with a few personalities before. ::laughing lightly::

-current mood-HUNGRY, having chicken alfredo for dinner YUMMO!

What type of Lesbian are You

Got this quiz from a fellow blogger..but it’s inspired by Curve magazine. (Click on the title of blog entry to go to the quiz link.)

You scored as The Student Dyke. Your entire life is defined bytwo things: your intellect and your sexuality; moreover you often merge the two to lure in women.

-current mood-TIRED, stocktake is a lot of work!

Memoirs of a Geisha

This weekend, we saw Memoirs of a Geisha. I think since the trailer started airing on tv and all the Oscar talk, it was a movie I had wanted to see. I remember reading an article, about the controversy of the two main characters. Because the movie takes place in Japan, is about the Japanese culture, people were in uproar, because the two main actors were in fact Chinese. Personally, that doesn’t bother me, it’s what the movie is about, and how well the actors do, that should be important.

But in watching the trailer, the movie caught my eye. I enjoy watching movies about Asian cultures. Though I do have to say, I just couldn’t get into Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. I tried to sit down and watch it, but my attention span was gone. At work, I kept hearing about the Memoirs of a Geisha book, so I knew that I had to eventually see the movie.

I believe in this movie, aside from the actual plot (love story) there is the informative aspect of what it means to be a geisha and just how important it is in the Japanese culture. I thought the music was beautiful, the scenery was spectacular, the kimonos were gorgeous, and the storyline was a real tear jerker. The young actor (Suzuka Ohgo), who played the main character (when she was 9) was superb. She’s a new actor to the acting scene, but she did an absolute amazing job. She had these beautiful blue eyes, and when she smiled (which wasn’t very often) her face totally lit up. In truth, I think the acting was well done all around. I wasn’t bored in the movie, and the movie really touched a part of me.

At the end of the movie, I thought about my own life. I am not Japanese, but I am of Asian descent, and I know there are a lot of parallels between the cultures. I didn’t say we were all exactly alike, but I do know of some similarities in terms of poverty, and selling children. For those who don’t know, I’m adopted. And after the movie, I thought a lot about how my life would have turned out..had I not been adopted. Where would I be now? Would I have eventually been adopted by another family? Would I have stayed in Korea, been kicked out of the orphanage when I was 16, to fend for myself. And if so, how would I have survived? It sounds like the plot of another movie, or something that would happen years and years ago. But it still happens. There are not enough places for children who don’t have families of their own. And once they reach a certain age, I’m sure the orphanage kicks them out. But would I have been fortunate enough to find shelter and food? What would I have done to pay my expenses? I look at myself, and wonder would I be as healthy as I am today? Would I look the same?

How anyone could sell their child or children, or give them up, is beyond me. I understand people do it for their own reasons, but being a child who was given up, I will never fully understand why. I probably won’t, because finding out the truth of my past, it is merely impossible. People try to persuade me to find out about my past, but I have already given up, before I’ve tried. But in the beginning of the movie, when the two girls were sold, and they were screaming for their father, I just felt so bad for them. And then when the two girls were separated, my heart just felt so tight. I don’t believe in separating siblings, and you hear so many stories where adopted children are not kept together. I think it does a lot of damage to the children involved. But I understand these parents (in the movie) had to do it. To me though, it still doesn’t take away from the fact that they did it.

The movie has a lot of heartwretching moments, and moments that make you really look at your own life. Well, maybe not, but it made me look at mine. But the movie also taught the audience a lot about Japanese culture and the true meaning of being a geisha. One aspect that my partner liked, and I noticed as well, was the fact that through out almost the whole movie, there were all asian characters. Only toward the end, for a brief section, were there American soldiers. But it was nice to see a movie that the focus WAS of the Japanese culture.

I recommend seeing this movie, if you haven’t already. It probably isn’t for everyone, but it does deserve a chance to be seen.

-current mood-UNHAPPY, that I got called into work.

5 Likes/Dislikes

I’ve been tagged again….so here goes. And note, don’t give me a hard time of my likes and dislikes..this is MY post. ::snickers::

In this game, you have to name 5 things you like or dislike, and then tag 5 other people to post this same game on their blog with their likes and dislikes.

Things I Like
1) Women
2) The smell of rain
3) David’s Sunflower seeds (they don’t have that here in Australia, unfortunately)
4) Good conversation
5) Honesty in friends

Things I Dislike
1) Str8 men who constantly harass me online.
2) Getting up really really early? i.e. before 7:30am.
3) People who think it’s okay to cheat on their partners (both male and female)
4) The smell of babies. Not into having kids, and certainly don’t like the smell of babies
5) Driving in the heavy rain, or at night. I just don’t feel as confident in these conditions.

People I’m tagging…going to try some other people, in hopes they’ll post ::smiles:: Sorry if you’ve already been tagged. But it gives me a chance to get to know others.

1) Willow
2) Robin V
3) KITTIE
4) Taylor
5) Aims

-current mood-JUST CONTENT.