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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2014 20:24:45 GMT
Do you ever make statements just to get a rise out of someone or get their attention?
No, I'm not an attention seeker. In fact I'm the kind person who would just let things go so as not to draw attention to myself. Not because I don't feel that I have anything much to say, but (something like htmb mentioned earlier on) - I don't have that need to always make my point or always have to be 'out there.' If that makes sense. Neither do I enjoy getting 'rises' out of anyone. There are so many other better things to do in life!
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Do you think that you still have something to prove or have you bypassed that a long time ago?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2014 17:58:11 GMT
Yes, I still have something to prove.
How are you afraid that you might die other than old age?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2014 1:47:41 GMT
A plane crash. I don't particularly like flying at the best of times, but a couple of years ago, on the way back from the UK, we went through some real stormy type weather and it was no fun at all. Scary stuff.
Please choose a question already asked.
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Post by htmb on Jan 9, 2014 0:55:30 GMT
How are you afraid that you might die other than old age?
A car crash. I get vertigo when I'm not driving and that tends to make me anxious.
What color best suits your personality and why?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2014 14:06:09 GMT
Yellow. It's my favorite color. Bright, warm and sunny Did you have a favorite teacher at school? What did he or she teach you that still stays with you to this day?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2014 18:22:29 GMT
I never had a teacher that I really admired, but my heart went out to a few teachers who tried so hard with their classes and failed. I do remember one English teacher that I had in both 11th and 12th grade who really pushed us hard with really obscure vocabulary words to learn and odd reading lists. I really wish that he had more charisma to really convince us that what he was doing was important.
How far have you gone to help a friend?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2014 13:20:43 GMT
Sometimes I think too far. I've learnt to put restrictions on how far I will go to help a friend. Only because they usually end up going back to and doing what they were trying to get away from in the first place. Bottom line is, each person has to deal with their own issues, and there is only so much you should risk and do for someone whom you know is not strong enough, or too unstable, to keep to their word. I'm not putting myself in a position where I am going to be dragged down by someone, while they go back to the mess they were trying to leave, and decide carry on their merry/dysfunctional way.
Do you still keep in touch with friends you knew in school or from many years ago?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2014 21:44:57 GMT
I am in touch with absolutely zero 'friends' from high school and university. I have the email addresses of a grand total of perhaps 3 people, all from university, and messages are exchanged about once every 2 or 3 years. It is a way of saying that they were important people in my past life but that they have no relevance whatsoever in the year 2014. Actually, the last two major events concerned the families of former close friends from back then who found me in their archives... and who informed me of their death.
Are your siblings also friends, or are they isolated into a different category?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2014 1:01:55 GMT
Definitely a different category! The difference is they can do whatever they want and I'll still love 'em. If a so called 'friend' betrays me in some way they are instantly history.
How would you describe a snob? What makes people become snobs? Would you say this quote is pretty accurate?:
'The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.' John Buchan
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Post by htmb on Jan 17, 2014 1:41:48 GMT
When I think of the term "snob" junior high school, those early teen years, comes to mind. While I mostly agree with the Buchan quote, I think the word "elitist" is more appropriate than his use of snob. I have no time for those who believe themselves to be better than others due to some luck of birth or circumstance.
Have you ever found yourself in a relationship, either a friendship or a romance, that you knew was not good for you, but you found hard to end?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2014 4:36:12 GMT
Do you think that you still have something to prove or have you bypassed that a long time ago?
I still feel that I have something to prove, but only to myself. I want to do a lot more travelling and I want to prove to myself that I can and that I will be able to handle everyone that comes along with extensive travel. Especially if to unusual or sometimes out of the way places.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2014 4:40:32 GMT
While I mostly agree with the Buchan quote, I think the word "elitist" is more appropriate than his use of snob. I have no time for those who believe themselves to be better than others due to some luck of birth or circumstance. You put that very well, htmb. Those that see themselves as better than others, especially if they have not earned it themselves hold no respect from me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2014 4:45:45 GMT
Have you ever found yourself in a relationship, either a friendship or a romance, that you knew was not good for you, but you found hard to end?
Yes, a few times. But eventually I have ended them. Fact is there are some people who are just not good for us. What to do? Do you carry on, hoping they will change or do you break away from them for your own good?
A decision you made recently that you are very happy about?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2014 6:06:54 GMT
I am very happy to have put an end to my professional career.
What is the last thing that you turned a blind eye to but later felt that you shouldn't have?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2014 16:00:55 GMT
The last thing I turned a blind eye to? Honestly I can't remember. I am tending to turn a blind eye to many things, simply because I don't want to waste energy on what is not really important to me. The one thing I do find it hard to turn a blind eye to is - cruelty to animals. I feel like I should be doing more than I am to help in some way...
Have you ever thought about writing a book? If you ever did write one, what would it be about?
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Post by mossie on Feb 9, 2014 16:44:20 GMT
Me of course. But then I just can't bring myself to do it because it would be too boastful, and I was always the decisive one
What significant events have you witnessed
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2014 13:49:58 GMT
I don't think I have witnessed anything too significant. Nothing Earth shattering. At least it wasn't to me anyway.
It is said that you can only truly get in touch with yourself and who you really are in silence. What do you hear in the silence?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2014 18:03:06 GMT
I only hear silence in the silence. I think that a lot of people who hear things in silence end up in institutions.
What sort of stupid TV show or movie makes you laugh in spite of yourself?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2014 2:21:26 GMT
hehehe... I think you'd rather not say huh, K? Silence is good sometimes Comedies have to be my best type shows or movies. I've always fantasized about being a stand-up Comedienne One funny movie that stands out for me is 'Mr. beans holiday'. It's hilarious. And then there was 'The Young ones' some years back in the UK. SO funny! Too many funny movies and shows to put down on here right now. But there's been many. What do you most look forward to at the end of the day?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2014 20:49:40 GMT
Frankly, I often need a cocktail after returning from the nursing home. It has become a sort of reward for spending time there.
What book have you read more than once?
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Post by htmb on Feb 16, 2014 22:36:26 GMT
I don't typically re-read books, but about every ten years I will pick up Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. It's a reminder that things may not always be as they first seem to appear. I have also read Pat Conrad's Beach Music numerous times. I am a Conrad fan and I appreciate the complicated relationships woven throughout his book, as well as the way in which family members continue to be affected by events that happened many years before.
What's your favorite way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2014 18:46:44 GMT
I despise nothing more than a lazy Sunday afternoon. I want to do things! Nevertheless nearly every Sunday afternoon for the last 8 years has been lazy for me since I try to spend them with my mother. Today I watched 3 episodes of "Alphas" and 1 1/2 episodes of "CSI Miami" while holding my mother's hand, brushing her hair, and peeling a couple of tangerines for her. (I'll skip the toilet session.)
Which public figure would it give you great pleasure to slap if there were no consequences?
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2014 18:48:45 GMT
Public figure? None, I can't think of one. Whose shoes are you glad you never had to walk in? (figuratively speaking)
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2014 16:50:21 GMT
Public figure? None, I can't think of one. That's because you don't have the National Front in Canada.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2014 21:19:36 GMT
Oh, come on deyana. Wouldn't you like to slap Rob Ford?
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 14:29:24 GMT
Oh, come on deyana. Wouldn't you like to slap Rob Ford? lizzyfaire, I guess for me to give way to something like slapping someone, such a raw, angry thing to do, I'd have to have been involved in a more direct way. Public figures just don't bring that out in me. With those like Rob Ford, I'd use my vote, my voice, my writing to making aware of, in order to kick them out of power. I've done that with one such person here locally already and it worked. But.. if you want to put teachers in the category of 'public figure'.. there was a teacher some years back, who taught one of my sons in British Columbia, who I would still love to give a good slap to. She was originally from England and I noticed that she treated the white kids much in favor of the Indian kids. There is a large Indian population in that area. Not only that but she favored the girls over the boys. I thought maybe that was due to the fact that her granddaughter (whom she continually talked about) was the same age as the kids she taught. In her little, biased mind, she saw the girls in her class as a reflection of her own granddaughter. The boys were mostly ignored, put to the back of the class, or treated mean by her. As were all the Indian kids. This was all so obvious to me (and I'm sure to others too). More than one parent requested that their kid be taken out of her class and placed in another one. I reported her to the school principal, she was interviewed, but nothing came of it. I took my son out of her class. Maybe I should have gone to the school board? Yes, that is one figure I could cheerfully slap. And the worrying thing is I'm sure she didn't see this prejudice in herself. So conditioned are some people that in their own little twisted minds all they do is normal to them. She was too far gone, the only solution in such a case was to protect your child, by making sure they never went anywhere near her and ways. Some people should never become teachers, and many go into the profession for all the wrong reasons. And the love of children is just not on that list.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 14:36:21 GMT
Public figure? None, I can't think of one. That's because you don't have the National Front in Canada. But we do have other many annoying public figures!
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