I am tempted to just jack the bit I have on my other (more serious) blog; It was a good description of the cross over between the public and private sides of me (emphasis on the public.) But I will forgo that for now, as it is early enough in the evening for me to still type.
That makes for two slivers of information about me. I have a social/political /current events blog somewhere else (and this one should be the FUN one, yea!) And I have typing issues. Let's say that doesn't even explain it (although I tend to bang so hard on a keyboard that my fingers hate it after a bit.) But I do like to write.
Third sliver . . . I have my seeming contradictions.)
Thing which bugs me out (sometimes) is as follows:
Despite the fact that I have been "On Line" for something like 8 years at this point, I do get buggy about communicating (chatting) in text. That is mostly because I like best what I call "The Human Touch." I was a (sorta, almost) early adopter of the pc cam (got my first one in '99.) I prefer being able to see who I am talking to. I don't know if that is because I am a guy, or is it because I was trained and did work in one of the Visual Art-ish fields for a bit (theatre technician, actually), or is it because I spent way too much time in chat rooms my first couple years on the net.
I could go on about that topic till I bore ya'll to tears. Short of it is, I like the fact that on the internet one can meet interesting people from all over, from the comfortable spot of your own home, but I like it best when I can relate to them in a more human way. To me, just chatting in text is also underutilizing the technology. Computers and the net are Powerful VISUAL tools. Might as well get the most bang for the buck, right?
Think about the early days of the home computer years. People were spending more than $1,000.00 for a set-up, and just sitting there playing Solitare.
Good Grief, what a waste.
(Fourth sliver: I am L-O-N-G W-I-N-D-E-D sometimes/too much of the time.)
I am not a "True Believer" in Astrology, and yet I think there is something to it. Beyond the whole . . . "if the moon affects the tides, and if humans are mostly made out of water, than maybe we are also affected by spinning celestial objects" part, I think that there is something to the general traits that have been assigned to the Zodiac, over the centuries. In mind of that, I say:
On my GOOD days, I am a civilized example of a Scorpio. And on my bad days (my lawyer say to me . . . STOP THERE, bud.)
Moving on to some other slivers . . . I can be an easy going person . . . sometimes, but I will admit that I am quite INTENSE at times. I believe one intimate (and I don't necessarily mean SEXUAL) relationship is worth dozens of shallow relationships. I am more likely to apologize merely because I think it might be "expected of me" than to demand one (but I will demand one when I think it is called for.) And since I used the D word, I don't think I am a demanding person, by nature, but if I think I am being taken advantage of, I will get shitty, if not worse.
I do not think I am manipulative or a game player by nature, but if the honest and direct approach fails, I am willing to "Adapt to Circumstances" if that is what is required to "get the message across."
I have never been married, so I have never taken the "Vows," but if that day should ever come, all I want to hear from the bride is as follows:
"I will never take you for granted."
I live for several things, but most or all, for love, and for being really listened to, and for being understood.
That is sorta redundant, I admit. Call that trait (redundancy) yet another sliver.
I will stop there . . . for now.
