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I just joined this rating community Contrary_beauty and I loved their survey, so I thought I'd post it...
Basics:
Name: Jillian
Age (Minimum 16): 16
Location: Charlotte, NC
Occupation: Student/Poet for hire
About you:
Describe yourself in one word: Thesjockpian
What makes you you?
Well, it's a combination of things, really.
You could look at my material items- My anime collection, my cd collection, my book collection, my clothes, my walls.
Or you could look at my social group- My best friends, rockstartobe, quasi_stellar. My soulmate that I was lucky enough to find before I was too horribly scared by false love and aggressive priks. (Literally.)
Or you could look at all the attributes that I will some day write down on a college application- President of the Dead Poets Society, Drama Club member, editor of the school newspaper, MECA 8 regional allstar for varsity soccer, Defender of the year, Charlotte United Futbol Club u17 MVP, my grades, my class rank and any other frivolous thing I can think of that won't make any difference in 6 years.
Or you can look at the fact that everyday I wake up telling myself how lucky I am to have all the things I have and were able to obtain, all the things in the previous categories, and remind myself NEVER to fucking waste it.
You can pretty much take any one of those into consideration and find the same resulting answer- Some variation of the girl I see in the mirror every day.
What pisses you off? People who think think something is wrong because that's what people tell them, not because it's what they feel in their hearts. I had a huge rant prepared about a woman who is friends with my mother and believes she is a bad parent because she gives my boyfriend and I so much freedom. And while, yes, her daughter follows her strict curfew, but also lies to her every weekend and instead of sleeping over at that bestfriends house, goes and gets drunk with her college drop out boyfriend. Oh yeah, wonderful parenting.
But what I really hate about the scenario is that my mother actually starts doubting herself even though she I've never lied to her and she is very aware of my relationship.
IN SHORT: Grow a back bone, grow a spine, and don't do something because its the correct thing in society. Society is more corrupt than human nature, so stick to yourself.
::phew::
Favourite bands or musical genres: Rage Against the Machine, The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Beck, Bright Eyes, A Perfect Circle, Basement Jaxx, MSI, Atari Teenage Riot, Pitchshifter, Garbage. I like different stuff... anything from punk, techno, rock, folk, ska... whatever.
Favourite Movie(s): Braveheart, Snatch, Lock stock and two smoking barrels, Requiem for a Dream, I just saw the Virgin Suicides and dug it, American Beauty, The Last Samurai.
Favourite Book(s): The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, Animal Farm, Perks of Being a Wallflower, American Gods, Romeo and Juliet, Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
Favourite fruit: Apples, no contest. So versatile.
Favourite scent or perfume: My boyfriend's deodorant. Maybe because it reminds me of him, maybe because it's on all his clothes, maybe because it's built to make me want to sex him up. Which ever, I love it.
Your best feature or asset: I like my eyebrows. I used to hate them but then I saw that everyone else plucks theirs to the point of killing the poor hairs. I like their shape... even if everyone thinks it's a masculine shape.
Your biggest insecurity: I'm really pale... not because I'm a shut in or anything, I just don't tan. But I've kind of gotten used to the jokes. I guess I'm really insecure of my presidency of DPS. I want to do a really good job, and when people make fun of the club, I take it really personal.
Your biggest fear: Being blind. I can't even imagine it.
Your religion and why: To make my life long debate over logic, faith and big bang/darwinism vs an all powerful god short: I am non religious because I feel no love for a god in my heart. Maybe one day I will find faith, maybe not. I'm keeping the possibility open.
Your role model and why: Maria Montessori. I went to a Montessori private school for 12 years and I really know a lot about her. She was a pioneer for all women. For example, she wasn't allowed in a Italian medical school, so she studied human anatomy at the morgue until she was allowed in. She was the first female to graduate. She also created the first schooling philosophy based on the needs of the child and their personal development. It's ingenious and the only reason I am the person I am today. Public school "sink or swim" mentality has nothing on her. She's an amazing person, and I can only hope to one day have a mind and heart as beautiful as hers.
4 Turn ons: Martial Arts, Full, pouty lips, the mind of a Renaissance poet, and a built neck/shoulder line and back (means he is strong enough to pick me up and carry me around while I giggle and yelp until he kisses me quiet.)
4 Turn offs: Racism, narrow minds, football... it just won't work out, spoiled brats who have everything given to them and think their a good catch because they have expensive cars and their college all nice and paid for.
Describe your clothing style: I used to make all my clothes and I guess you could say I looked really "punk." I still wear some of those clothes, but I got tired of re-safety pining everything, and I got sick of the stereotype...I wasn't trying to make a statement, I just couldn't find anything at the stores that fit me or that I liked. These days, my boyfriend tells me my style has become more "sophisticated." I mostly wear baggy/cargo-ish pants and tight shirts I find at consignment shops or on clearance at the mall. Some band shirts, and I dig button down/collared shirts cause I can flip up the collar and be cool like that. I wear these cobalt blue vans and black and white spats. Either that or my "Nice" brand shoes that look like navy knock off adidas. I'm tomboyish, but kind of not... I guess I look like a little bit of everything. I don't usually mess with my hair, just dry it and let it love me, if it's in the mood. I wear a shit load of eyeliner though, without it I look SOOOO pale.
Special talent: Hmmm... I'm pretty good at making others feel better, sometimes at my own expense. I guess I'm good at breaking things down to a bare absurdity so that people feel ok about their situations. My friends come to me a lot for help. I'm pretty good at public speaking and talking to perfect strangers. I guess thats a talent because all my friends praise me for it.
Do you smoke or drink? I have gotten drunk before. It was alright, I feel like it's not a big deal if you're at home and with people you can trust. I don't smoke because I need my lungs. I stopped caring if others do it, they won't listen anyway.
Piercings and/or tattoos: My ears, other than that, none. I can't stand a lot of jewelery, so I don't see the point. I'd probably take it out after a month because it was annoying me. My dad and I are going to get matching tattoos when I graduate from high school. Well, kind of matching- Mine will be an Asian dragon on my lower back (like Kabuki, if you're a david mack fan) and his will be a celtic dragon. I might get my sisters name somewhere in Gaelic. (She died of Downs)
Pets: I have a dachshund, Rusty. We didn't name him, got him at the pound a year ago. Had we named him, he would be LOTHAR king of the woodlinds. He's our...7th dachshund.
Just a little more:
What are your thoughts on homosexual relationships and same sex marriages?
Love is love. Had my boyfriend been born a girl, I would be a lesbian. I think that same sex marriage should be legal because it's just that-a matter of law. It's not like a baptism, you can't break it down to a purely christian thing.
Future goals and aspirations (try to be original): I want to own a vespa, go to college in UNCA, live with my boyfriend off campus. Graduate, get a job where I can make advertisements people laugh at and thing "damn that was good", write a novel on the side. Get said novel published. Marry said boyfriend. Buy an old house off his networking job in some huge corporation where he plays computer games all day so he comes home happy every night. Have a daughter named "Anna Mae", travel somewhere beautiful while shes just a child. Maybe have a son named "Nigel John" (he can go by john if he hated Nigel), help husband set up his Dojo, grow old with him and continue loving him as much as I do now. Get more books published. Be a good mom, be a good wife.
ENJOY LIFE. And in the end, go back to Charlotte and dance on my grandfathers grave for everything he did to my mom. Then slow dance on my mother in laws grave. Oh yeah, and keep a healthy love life.
What do you think of Capitol punishment (the death penalty)? I feel like sitting in prison is more of a punishment. A killer is probably so deluded that dying won't faze them. 50 years of sitting in the same room will. Plus, if the person really is innocent, they may be able to prove it and save themselves.
What are your views regarding the religion of Islam and their treatment of women? I don't know if I can really touch this... religion is something they feel, and if the women feel it is the right thing to be discriminated because that is what is said by their belief system, then so be it. I actually think that they have a very interesting religion that enforces good standards, like the 5 pillars. Also, the faith states that the man should take care of the woman.
"Treat women kindly. Woman has been created from a rib (the rib is crooked) and the most crooked part of the rib is in the upper part. If you try to straighten that rib, it will break, and if you leave it as it is, it will remain curved. So treat women kindly." (Bukhari and Muslim)
I think that the Muslim faith is in itself, good. But people have abused it and taken it to extremes it should not be taken. Yes, woman are basically possessions. But according to the prophets, they are like sacred possessions. If they are abused, that is the fault of the human, not the faith.
How did you hear about this community (i.e. if you were invited or directed by and advertisement)? Invited
Where did you promote this community to (please link us)? parakiss
What’s the special word? banana
Anything else? 42.
And I encourage you all to go out and sound your barbaric YAWP.
And about my pictures... I have say, they aren't the best. I don't have a web camera at the moment so most of these are me no make up, quite grundy taking care of my wisdomteethless boyfriend. Lets just say, I wasn't prepared to be photographed. But, this community is about personality too right?
And I loved this survey. Questions you can actually have fun answering. ^^.
Pictures here please:
Hmm... my weekend was pretty good. Daniel slept over on thursday and we watched donnie darko and I was utterly confused... then I slept over there friday night and played on the computer all day. Came home, had a four hour lecture, and went to the mall with shayna, lauren, courtney and Katie.
I'm really glad they called me to do something or I would have spent the whole night inside dwelling on my parents and a lot of other things I don't need to obsess about and get my self down on.
It was a lot of fun, got a new shirt.
Mk, well, I feel like either writing poetry or going to sleep, but my sheets aren't on my bed yet....so... poetry.
Gotta get up kind of early sunday to clean before me and daniel go eat lotus and go out shopping...
later.
Basics:
Name: Jillian
Age (Minimum 16): 16
Location: Charlotte, NC
Occupation: Student/Poet for hire
About you:
Describe yourself in one word: Thesjockpian
What makes you you?
Well, it's a combination of things, really.
You could look at my material items- My anime collection, my cd collection, my book collection, my clothes, my walls.
Or you could look at my social group- My best friends, rockstartobe, quasi_stellar. My soulmate that I was lucky enough to find before I was too horribly scared by false love and aggressive priks. (Literally.)
Or you could look at all the attributes that I will some day write down on a college application- President of the Dead Poets Society, Drama Club member, editor of the school newspaper, MECA 8 regional allstar for varsity soccer, Defender of the year, Charlotte United Futbol Club u17 MVP, my grades, my class rank and any other frivolous thing I can think of that won't make any difference in 6 years.
Or you can look at the fact that everyday I wake up telling myself how lucky I am to have all the things I have and were able to obtain, all the things in the previous categories, and remind myself NEVER to fucking waste it.
You can pretty much take any one of those into consideration and find the same resulting answer- Some variation of the girl I see in the mirror every day.
What pisses you off? People who think think something is wrong because that's what people tell them, not because it's what they feel in their hearts. I had a huge rant prepared about a woman who is friends with my mother and believes she is a bad parent because she gives my boyfriend and I so much freedom. And while, yes, her daughter follows her strict curfew, but also lies to her every weekend and instead of sleeping over at that bestfriends house, goes and gets drunk with her college drop out boyfriend. Oh yeah, wonderful parenting.
But what I really hate about the scenario is that my mother actually starts doubting herself even though she I've never lied to her and she is very aware of my relationship.
IN SHORT: Grow a back bone, grow a spine, and don't do something because its the correct thing in society. Society is more corrupt than human nature, so stick to yourself.
::phew::
Favourite bands or musical genres: Rage Against the Machine, The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Beck, Bright Eyes, A Perfect Circle, Basement Jaxx, MSI, Atari Teenage Riot, Pitchshifter, Garbage. I like different stuff... anything from punk, techno, rock, folk, ska... whatever.
Favourite Movie(s): Braveheart, Snatch, Lock stock and two smoking barrels, Requiem for a Dream, I just saw the Virgin Suicides and dug it, American Beauty, The Last Samurai.
Favourite Book(s): The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, Animal Farm, Perks of Being a Wallflower, American Gods, Romeo and Juliet, Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
Favourite fruit: Apples, no contest. So versatile.
Favourite scent or perfume: My boyfriend's deodorant. Maybe because it reminds me of him, maybe because it's on all his clothes, maybe because it's built to make me want to sex him up. Which ever, I love it.
Your best feature or asset: I like my eyebrows. I used to hate them but then I saw that everyone else plucks theirs to the point of killing the poor hairs. I like their shape... even if everyone thinks it's a masculine shape.
Your biggest insecurity: I'm really pale... not because I'm a shut in or anything, I just don't tan. But I've kind of gotten used to the jokes. I guess I'm really insecure of my presidency of DPS. I want to do a really good job, and when people make fun of the club, I take it really personal.
Your biggest fear: Being blind. I can't even imagine it.
Your religion and why: To make my life long debate over logic, faith and big bang/darwinism vs an all powerful god short: I am non religious because I feel no love for a god in my heart. Maybe one day I will find faith, maybe not. I'm keeping the possibility open.
Your role model and why: Maria Montessori. I went to a Montessori private school for 12 years and I really know a lot about her. She was a pioneer for all women. For example, she wasn't allowed in a Italian medical school, so she studied human anatomy at the morgue until she was allowed in. She was the first female to graduate. She also created the first schooling philosophy based on the needs of the child and their personal development. It's ingenious and the only reason I am the person I am today. Public school "sink or swim" mentality has nothing on her. She's an amazing person, and I can only hope to one day have a mind and heart as beautiful as hers.
4 Turn ons: Martial Arts, Full, pouty lips, the mind of a Renaissance poet, and a built neck/shoulder line and back (means he is strong enough to pick me up and carry me around while I giggle and yelp until he kisses me quiet.)
4 Turn offs: Racism, narrow minds, football... it just won't work out, spoiled brats who have everything given to them and think their a good catch because they have expensive cars and their college all nice and paid for.
Describe your clothing style: I used to make all my clothes and I guess you could say I looked really "punk." I still wear some of those clothes, but I got tired of re-safety pining everything, and I got sick of the stereotype...I wasn't trying to make a statement, I just couldn't find anything at the stores that fit me or that I liked. These days, my boyfriend tells me my style has become more "sophisticated." I mostly wear baggy/cargo-ish pants and tight shirts I find at consignment shops or on clearance at the mall. Some band shirts, and I dig button down/collared shirts cause I can flip up the collar and be cool like that. I wear these cobalt blue vans and black and white spats. Either that or my "Nice" brand shoes that look like navy knock off adidas. I'm tomboyish, but kind of not... I guess I look like a little bit of everything. I don't usually mess with my hair, just dry it and let it love me, if it's in the mood. I wear a shit load of eyeliner though, without it I look SOOOO pale.
Special talent: Hmmm... I'm pretty good at making others feel better, sometimes at my own expense. I guess I'm good at breaking things down to a bare absurdity so that people feel ok about their situations. My friends come to me a lot for help. I'm pretty good at public speaking and talking to perfect strangers. I guess thats a talent because all my friends praise me for it.
Do you smoke or drink? I have gotten drunk before. It was alright, I feel like it's not a big deal if you're at home and with people you can trust. I don't smoke because I need my lungs. I stopped caring if others do it, they won't listen anyway.
Piercings and/or tattoos: My ears, other than that, none. I can't stand a lot of jewelery, so I don't see the point. I'd probably take it out after a month because it was annoying me. My dad and I are going to get matching tattoos when I graduate from high school. Well, kind of matching- Mine will be an Asian dragon on my lower back (like Kabuki, if you're a david mack fan) and his will be a celtic dragon. I might get my sisters name somewhere in Gaelic. (She died of Downs)
Pets: I have a dachshund, Rusty. We didn't name him, got him at the pound a year ago. Had we named him, he would be LOTHAR king of the woodlinds. He's our...7th dachshund.
Just a little more:
What are your thoughts on homosexual relationships and same sex marriages?
Love is love. Had my boyfriend been born a girl, I would be a lesbian. I think that same sex marriage should be legal because it's just that-a matter of law. It's not like a baptism, you can't break it down to a purely christian thing.
Future goals and aspirations (try to be original): I want to own a vespa, go to college in UNCA, live with my boyfriend off campus. Graduate, get a job where I can make advertisements people laugh at and thing "damn that was good", write a novel on the side. Get said novel published. Marry said boyfriend. Buy an old house off his networking job in some huge corporation where he plays computer games all day so he comes home happy every night. Have a daughter named "Anna Mae", travel somewhere beautiful while shes just a child. Maybe have a son named "Nigel John" (he can go by john if he hated Nigel), help husband set up his Dojo, grow old with him and continue loving him as much as I do now. Get more books published. Be a good mom, be a good wife.
ENJOY LIFE. And in the end, go back to Charlotte and dance on my grandfathers grave for everything he did to my mom. Then slow dance on my mother in laws grave. Oh yeah, and keep a healthy love life.
What do you think of Capitol punishment (the death penalty)? I feel like sitting in prison is more of a punishment. A killer is probably so deluded that dying won't faze them. 50 years of sitting in the same room will. Plus, if the person really is innocent, they may be able to prove it and save themselves.
What are your views regarding the religion of Islam and their treatment of women? I don't know if I can really touch this... religion is something they feel, and if the women feel it is the right thing to be discriminated because that is what is said by their belief system, then so be it. I actually think that they have a very interesting religion that enforces good standards, like the 5 pillars. Also, the faith states that the man should take care of the woman.
"Treat women kindly. Woman has been created from a rib (the rib is crooked) and the most crooked part of the rib is in the upper part. If you try to straighten that rib, it will break, and if you leave it as it is, it will remain curved. So treat women kindly." (Bukhari and Muslim)
I think that the Muslim faith is in itself, good. But people have abused it and taken it to extremes it should not be taken. Yes, woman are basically possessions. But according to the prophets, they are like sacred possessions. If they are abused, that is the fault of the human, not the faith.
How did you hear about this community (i.e. if you were invited or directed by and advertisement)? Invited
Where did you promote this community to (please link us)? parakiss
What’s the special word? banana
Anything else? 42.
And I encourage you all to go out and sound your barbaric YAWP.
And about my pictures... I have say, they aren't the best. I don't have a web camera at the moment so most of these are me no make up, quite grundy taking care of my wisdomteethless boyfriend. Lets just say, I wasn't prepared to be photographed. But, this community is about personality too right?
And I loved this survey. Questions you can actually have fun answering. ^^.
Pictures here please:
Hmm... my weekend was pretty good. Daniel slept over on thursday and we watched donnie darko and I was utterly confused... then I slept over there friday night and played on the computer all day. Came home, had a four hour lecture, and went to the mall with shayna, lauren, courtney and Katie.
I'm really glad they called me to do something or I would have spent the whole night inside dwelling on my parents and a lot of other things I don't need to obsess about and get my self down on.
It was a lot of fun, got a new shirt.
Mk, well, I feel like either writing poetry or going to sleep, but my sheets aren't on my bed yet....so... poetry.
Gotta get up kind of early sunday to clean before me and daniel go eat lotus and go out shopping...
later.