How strange, you and I get along too well, it seems
So I remember being tagged in a note written by jasminant on Facebook last month and I had gone down to Maryland on a spontaneous trip. Yeah, aside from the crazy bus rides, I don't know what got into me to do that for Halloween, but I conveniently forgot and pretty much remembered to do this a month after. LOL.
1. I love my mom. And I detest anybody who breathes the word "hate" in their mother's direction, especially if their mother is neither a basket case nor a hardened criminal. We all have parent issues, but I really cannot stand people who say they hate their mothers even if their mothers have done nothing to deserve that kind of emotion. It's fine by me to say you don't often get along with your mother, but the last time I listened to someone rant on and on about how they hated their mother and went as far as making up stories about her, I took a long shower and scrubbed my skin raw.
2. I'm often compelled to re-arrange things. And because I can never decide where to put what, my room is constantly in disarray. It's going through another tornado right now and most of my stuff is on the floor because I'm just NOT HAPPY with where I put stuff.
3. I'm weak to pretty smiles on a girl. My first crush had the most gorgeous smile ever and even if she had crooked teeth, I was madly in love with her because she was never afraid to smile. I love women who aren't embarrassed to smile or laugh out loud in public.
4. I'll never deep fry anything. This isn't for health reasons but more of a fear of getting burned by hot oil. It's been 14 years since I last deep-fried chicken and after the experience of getting scalding oil poured on my foot when the pan tipped over, I've never once again dared.
5. Optimists are my ultimate envy. Because I want to take complete control of my life and get disheartened when some things go wrong, I envy people who can shake it off with a smile and move forward. I'm still working on that.
6. People often think I'm unshakable, but my reactions are usually delayed. True story.
7. I love karaoke. I love karaoke even more when the theme is 70's, 80's and early 90's rock music. Everything from Led Zeppelin to AC/DC to Queen to Whitesnake. I'll take no prisoners. And maybe I'll cave into some R&B and ballads, but only when intoxicated.
8. I absolutely LOATHE e-book readers and will NEVER get one. I still think real books are the way to go and I prefer holding an actual one in my hands everywhere I go.
9. Very often, I get fooled by people who pretend to have good intentions. It angers me to this day that I could afford to waste six years of my life being used and wrung dry. When 'no thanks' is all that I get, I think I have every right to be angry.
10. It is extremely difficult for me to forgive. When I extend an olive branch after a while, you better be damn sure not to mess it up because that won't ever happen again. The people I have forgiven should count themselves pretty lucky.
11. I can never tolerate bullies.
12. My expectations of people and of myself are extremely high. As much as I tell myself to do the right thing daily, I will expect no less from the people I know.
13. Illustrating comics has been a dream of mine ever since I figured out what the word 'dream' meant. I want to infiltrate the comics world and change the misogynistic views that most comics writers still possess. And if I have my way, I will make a modern day Lois Lane comic series happen. If they did it before, they most certainly can do it again.
14. There are a lot of things about my own culture that I detest and it angers me that my own countrymen don't want to change.
15. I still hold out for the hope that I'll grow taller. Like maybe 5'2".
16. My fashion weaknesses lie in statement jewelry and statement shirts. I have far too many ARTWORK shirts to count and my ring collection is still growing.
17. I don't know how to bake.
18. I'll never ask for help from anyone. My pride demands that I figure everything out for myself, so I tend to run off and deal with the problems myself.
19. People call me independent, but I really think of it as tenacity.
20. Every single day, I put together a mix of songs I like to call my life's soundtrack and I imagine I'm tasked with an impossible mission to take down terrorist groups by myself. So you can imagine just what kind of songs I listen to on the 20-minute bus ride from Secaucus to New York.
21. I abhor lying in any form. I hate people who fake shit in their records just to get ahead and make excuses for doing it, people who try to come off as better versions of themselves online by declaring how much "class" and "sass" they have when I know for a fact that they aren't what they claim, people who force me to lie for them under any circumstance, people who just don't fucking like the truth. I make no apologies for who I am in this journal, I don't see how people can get off on pretense and delusions.
22. I call myself an acquired taste because it's true. I don't feel like a lot of people can keep up with me or even get me. In that sense, I feel like I'm still set apart from the rest of the world.
23. I cannot shop for more than an hour. Also, once I have an established store, I never go anywhere else.
24. The first thing that catches my attention in a person's house is always their kitchen. A clean and spacious kitchen is like a dream to me.
25. The best first date I ever had was going to a bookstore.
1. I love my mom. And I detest anybody who breathes the word "hate" in their mother's direction, especially if their mother is neither a basket case nor a hardened criminal. We all have parent issues, but I really cannot stand people who say they hate their mothers even if their mothers have done nothing to deserve that kind of emotion. It's fine by me to say you don't often get along with your mother, but the last time I listened to someone rant on and on about how they hated their mother and went as far as making up stories about her, I took a long shower and scrubbed my skin raw.
2. I'm often compelled to re-arrange things. And because I can never decide where to put what, my room is constantly in disarray. It's going through another tornado right now and most of my stuff is on the floor because I'm just NOT HAPPY with where I put stuff.
3. I'm weak to pretty smiles on a girl. My first crush had the most gorgeous smile ever and even if she had crooked teeth, I was madly in love with her because she was never afraid to smile. I love women who aren't embarrassed to smile or laugh out loud in public.
4. I'll never deep fry anything. This isn't for health reasons but more of a fear of getting burned by hot oil. It's been 14 years since I last deep-fried chicken and after the experience of getting scalding oil poured on my foot when the pan tipped over, I've never once again dared.
5. Optimists are my ultimate envy. Because I want to take complete control of my life and get disheartened when some things go wrong, I envy people who can shake it off with a smile and move forward. I'm still working on that.
6. People often think I'm unshakable, but my reactions are usually delayed. True story.
7. I love karaoke. I love karaoke even more when the theme is 70's, 80's and early 90's rock music. Everything from Led Zeppelin to AC/DC to Queen to Whitesnake. I'll take no prisoners. And maybe I'll cave into some R&B and ballads, but only when intoxicated.
8. I absolutely LOATHE e-book readers and will NEVER get one. I still think real books are the way to go and I prefer holding an actual one in my hands everywhere I go.
9. Very often, I get fooled by people who pretend to have good intentions. It angers me to this day that I could afford to waste six years of my life being used and wrung dry. When 'no thanks' is all that I get, I think I have every right to be angry.
10. It is extremely difficult for me to forgive. When I extend an olive branch after a while, you better be damn sure not to mess it up because that won't ever happen again. The people I have forgiven should count themselves pretty lucky.
11. I can never tolerate bullies.
12. My expectations of people and of myself are extremely high. As much as I tell myself to do the right thing daily, I will expect no less from the people I know.
13. Illustrating comics has been a dream of mine ever since I figured out what the word 'dream' meant. I want to infiltrate the comics world and change the misogynistic views that most comics writers still possess. And if I have my way, I will make a modern day Lois Lane comic series happen. If they did it before, they most certainly can do it again.
14. There are a lot of things about my own culture that I detest and it angers me that my own countrymen don't want to change.
15. I still hold out for the hope that I'll grow taller. Like maybe 5'2".
16. My fashion weaknesses lie in statement jewelry and statement shirts. I have far too many ARTWORK shirts to count and my ring collection is still growing.
17. I don't know how to bake.
18. I'll never ask for help from anyone. My pride demands that I figure everything out for myself, so I tend to run off and deal with the problems myself.
19. People call me independent, but I really think of it as tenacity.
20. Every single day, I put together a mix of songs I like to call my life's soundtrack and I imagine I'm tasked with an impossible mission to take down terrorist groups by myself. So you can imagine just what kind of songs I listen to on the 20-minute bus ride from Secaucus to New York.
21. I abhor lying in any form. I hate people who fake shit in their records just to get ahead and make excuses for doing it, people who try to come off as better versions of themselves online by declaring how much "class" and "sass" they have when I know for a fact that they aren't what they claim, people who force me to lie for them under any circumstance, people who just don't fucking like the truth. I make no apologies for who I am in this journal, I don't see how people can get off on pretense and delusions.
22. I call myself an acquired taste because it's true. I don't feel like a lot of people can keep up with me or even get me. In that sense, I feel like I'm still set apart from the rest of the world.
23. I cannot shop for more than an hour. Also, once I have an established store, I never go anywhere else.
24. The first thing that catches my attention in a person's house is always their kitchen. A clean and spacious kitchen is like a dream to me.
25. The best first date I ever had was going to a bookstore.