You are a romantic and inspirational individual. You are able to enchant others and are easily seduced yourself. You have a sweetly innocent charm that seduces those around you. You have the power to get your way. You are an interesting blend of both logic and feeling. You are a private person who will not easily grant access to your inner world to others and can sometimes isolate yourself from the world around you. You see love as a primary reason to live and with quiet persistence and a belief in your powers you often succeed in what or who you want. You are a master of your emotions. And when you have decided that you are truly in love you can make a faithful and devoted mate. You love candle light dinners, vacations in glamorous spots and spontaneous gifts. Strengths: Affectionate – Seductive – Objective Weaknesses: Isolated – Selfish – Demanding

current mood: curious

Louisville's Bring Your Firearms to Church Day

current mood: amused

If you're honest and open about what you're doing, and willing to commit to a relationship, she says, a hookup and friendship can be fused into a lifetime partnership.

Wow!  This has been true for me several times over! 

"For many of us, the requisite vulnerability and exposure that comes from being really intimate with someone in a committed sense is kind of threatening."

And the thought of being in love with someone, Wilkerson says, "is the most terrifying thing."
 

An interesting read.

My life however, is going in the opposite direction.  Although my sluttiness is probably overrated, the number of partners in a year has taken a sharp decline recently, and I am completely happy with that as the level of intimacy has taken a similar skyrocket.  Life is a funny thing.

current mood: thoughtful

1.    Father went to college
2. Father finished college 
3. Mother went to college
4. Mother finished college 
5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
6. Were the same or higher social class than your high school teachers
7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home.
       I can pretty much my children will have something close to this...
9. Were read children's books by a parent
10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
11. Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18 
12. The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively.

       HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!! All I got was 3/5 men like me would be in jail by

 20, and 2/5 would be dead. Uhm…… wait a minute!
13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
14. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs
15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
16. Went to a private high school
17. Went to summer camp   (well, I went to a science oriented summer daycare once)
18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18
19. Family vacations involved staying at hotels

My father was VERY big on vacations
20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18

(With caveats here, b/c my mom bought all my clothes at Zayre’s or Kmart..the cheaper the better until middle school, when I took over that. I still have nightmares about that white shirt with the brown and blue horizontal stripe… *shivers* )
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them 
        Well, my first car was purchased by them for a couple hundred from my neighbor as a hand me down..so sorta. Oh that chevette was classy..let me tell you.
22. There was original art in your house when you were a child.

My mother loves elephants..and we have had paintings in the house always.
23. Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
24. You and your family lived in a single family house
25. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
26. You had your own room as a child

Only children represent! 
27. Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
28. Had your own TV in your room in High School 
29. Owned [an investment] in High School or College.
30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16 

Dude…I was in Europe twice before middle school…see above on the dad and vacations.
***31. Where did this one go???*** (yeah..where did this one go? Someone have something against 31?)
32. Went on more than one cruise with your family
33. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up

HA! This is a funny story. Yes, we went to museums but my mother hates modern and abstract art. This had something to do with my failing the gifted test in elementary school. Following that, we hit every museum in town. I still don’t like abstract art….
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family

HA! My mother and father joked constantly about asking me if I had stock in the electric company or the gas company.  Oh I knew what was going on, if not an exact amount.
35. I am for the most part healthy and have no significant disability.
36. I have been born into a gender which I am comfortable with.
37. My sexuality is viewed positively in the media and by the majority of my society.
38. My sexuality is not visible to others just by looking at me.

Apparently, I do not set off gaydar. A blessing and a curse, I gather.
39. My peer group is represented positively in the media and embraced positively by the majority of society.

HA! See above about statistics for young black men.
40. My ethnic group is represented positively in the media and rarely stigmatized or stereotyped.

O.O No comment necessary. When people still pull their purses close to them as I walk by. I mean, really…This shirt cost more than everything in your purse. WTF?
41. The language spoken by teachers in school was the same language as that I spoke with my family at home.
42. My parents and teachers took it for granted that I would attend university.

This was NEVER OPTIONAL in my home.
43. Any money I earned at part-time jobs before I turned 18 was mine to keep or put towards my education.

How else did I support that comic book habit and all those dates?
44. I know what my family's genetic history is.

Uhm……do I have some ideas about the tree? Yes. But only so far back, then there are fuzzy spots. Apparently, someone was from Ghana, or so I hear from Africans ALL THE TIME.
45. When people see me with my parents, they assume we're related.
46. I graduated from college or university with no debt.
47. During college or university, I could use income from part-time jobs to supplement my spending money (rather than for tuition, books, or living expenses).
       

current mood: working