quiz, ten traits thing

[wispfox]

Va-Va-Voom! You're inner Bombshell is Mae West.
You've definitly got a lot of wit, a lot of
smarts, and you know how to use people to your
advantage. Ever heard the phrase "doesn't
take any crap from anybody"? Well that's
you! Just like Mae you never want to settle
down, and can't imagine being with just one man
for the rest of your life. You don't care about
conventions and have no filter from your brain
to you mouth. Check out the movie "She
Done Him Wrong" to see your inner
bombshell in all her voluptuous glory!


Who is your inner bombshell?
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Um. Maybe...


Oh, and
The meme: List ten traits that, put together, identify you uniquely. Don't use inherent physical traits (brown hair, blue eyes) unless they're really distinctive (six fingers, born without a spleen). Also, try to avoid "things that I like" - these are the top ten traits that, if anybody else had every single one of them, would make them your twin.

Found in multiple places.

(no particular order):

1) Intentionally playful view on life.

2) Fascinated with investigation of psyches

3) Insanely curious, easily amused, & distractable (I think these may relate to each other, thus all on the same line)

4) Random neurologic oddities (Seasonal Affective Disorder - wintertime (I clarify because there are also people who are similarly affected by summertime & lots of sunlight), sudden itches are painful, I sneeze when I get _really_ hungry... probably others. Hey, I was two (or maybe three, not sure) months early. It's amazing I'm alive & functional! ;)

5) I can be very obsessive, especially about cleanliness. If my living space is dirty, there's something _wrong_. If it's messy, I've not been home enough, and will probably randomly feel compelled to do something about it. Sometimes when I should be sleeping, or getting ready to leave. I'm better about the 'needing to leave' timing, though.

6) There is nearly always music in my head. The more strongly I'm feeling emotional, the more likely it is that I will need to express it through music. This can be simply by playing/singing something that already exists, or it can be stuff from in my head. It can also include trying to learn to play my harp.

7) The idea of magic, as beauty, as joy, as healing, as energy, as play, as exploration, as all the ways that word is defined in my head is _important_ to me, and part of me. And nearly impossible for me to explain. Either you get it, or you don't. I do believe in energy work, extra sense, and the like. I have too much direct experience with them not to, even though I tried repeatedly to convince myself that they were not real (since so many other people _don't_ believe in them).

8) I think in concepts. Sometimes these are kinda cartoon-like actions, sometimes they are emotions, most of the time they just _are_. This can make it difficult for me to find words for things, unless I've already put the necessary work into verbalizing them. My grammar is strange for this reason, as well - I _know_ grammar rules, but I don't necessarily translate in a manner that easily maps to them. I also misplace words frequently. This can be very frustrating, when I _know_ a concept has a single word, but I can't _FIND_ it. (or, worse, when I think it should have a single word, but one doesn't actually exist) Slightly less annoying is words that I've either never heard spoken, or had already mapped in a certain mispronunciation for before hearing it spoken. This is probably part of the basis for my having been informed that I have my own accent.

9) I am almost always in pain. But, like my various slightly off neurological things, it's generally mild, and I usually don't notice or think of it as unusual. Most of the time, my muscles will ache, throughout most of my body. Slightly less frequently, I will have a headache. I don't know what I would do if I ever had a day where I had no pain, at all. I'm not actually sure that I'd notice, because I'm so used to ignoring all the small bits of pain. I'm also not entirely sure that I would believe someone if they told me that they had no pain. I mean, I know I've doubted it when people told me they never had headaches unless they were ill...

10) I have a tenuous connection to my body - it's _entirely_ too easy for me to forget that I can't, for example, have a third arm, if needed. Especially if I'm tired, because I start having to _fight_ to remember that my physical self is important. (huh. I wonder if this is why I have such a hard time letting go for meditation and trancework - I generally have to fight so hard to stay _in_ my body?) I wonder if this tenuous connection relates to the pain I mentioned above...

Comments

[ommango.livejournal.com]

Agreeing with number seven. I am inspired by your interesting traits that I can relate to. Also, resonating with 1, 2 and 3 and 6.

Number 9 sounds difficult to deal with pain.
Number 10 also sounds challenging. I suppose you must take divine care of yourself to keep anchored in your body, and also have less pain instead of more pain.

Overall, it I enjoy having more clues to who you are and celebrate your uniqueness.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Number 9 sounds difficult to deal with pain.

I don't think there's been a time when I didn't?

As I alluded to, the first time someone told me they only got headaches when they were sick, I didn't believe them. Seriously.

And it's not major - I'm perfectly functional, it doesn't incapacitate me ever, and most people don't know that it's true unless I hurt more than normal.

Number 10 also sounds challenging. I suppose you must take divine care of yourself to keep anchored in your body, and also have less pain instead of more pain.

*confused* Why challenging? It just is. I've never _been_ naturally grounded, nor attached to myself. Dunno. The pain one, I can understand your reply for, a little. This? Not at all. I'm sure it's part of why I was _such_ a forgetful child. Such things didn't _matter_ to me. *shrug*

[ommango.livejournal.com]

For me it is more difficult when I am not in my body. I start bumping into walls, driving in a crazy way, and miss out on the pleasure being there gives me. Doing physical kinds of things like dance and yoga help me be more present in my body. So I am coming from my own personal experience and groundedness is desirable for me. I am more graceful and it pleases me.

In reading what you say, you seem to do perfectly fine not being grounded. *Getting it now.*

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

I start bumping into walls

Bumping into walls is more or less normal for me...

driving in a crazy way

Unless I'm too tired to be safe to drive, driving _always_ grounds me, at least enough to be safe about it. Thankfully. Driving _scared_ me, which is why I didn't learn until I was 21.

miss out on the pleasure being there gives me.

I have no idea if I have this problem, normally.

I mean, if I'm _really_ poorly grounded, it's a problem, but it tends to mean that I need to go find some grass to lie in. And/or a tree to talk to. Tends to mean I'm not going to sleep, at all, or well, if I don't ground first. Also tends to mean I get _really_ anti-social until I ground, and sleep.

[australian-joe.livejournal.com]

Interesting meme! I like!