How did you choose your LiveJournal username? Is there an interesting story behind it? Submitted By |
A lot of people have LJ names that are their first or last names, their animals, or even their kids. Mine is a tad different. Years and years ago when I was first on AOL chat, I think I picked a name like "weird" or "odd" student. But those were taken. AOL gave me a suggestion of a couple of names and they were all "anomalous" with numbers and I looked up whwat anomaly means and LOVED it.
Anomalous: –adjective 1. deviating from or inconsistent with the common order, form, or rule; irregular; abnormal: Advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe.
2. not fitting into a common or familiar type, classification, or pattern; unusual: He held an anomalous position in the art world.
3. incongruous or inconsistent.
I like being different, not like the rest of the pack so I LOVED the name and kept it. Not very many people know what it means, but that is ok.
Oh my word, this topic is so personal with things that I went through last year. I don't consider there to be a difference to who I am online and who I am in real life. I say what I do and I do what I say. My word is golden, if I promise something people know that without a shadow of a doubt that I will do everything in my power to keep my promises.
I would like to think that when I have a friend on LJ, that person considers me a good of a friend as I do them. I am not fake and I am not a hypocrite. I don't lie, or least I try not to.
So, have I said things online that I would not normally say in person? Yes, I have, being able to say things through a keyboard is a lot easier than looking someone in the eye and saying how you feel. I definitely try though that if I would have the guts to say it over email then I would have to be willing to say it in person as wlel. I get so pissed off when people get all snarky and bitchy in a community and talk crap like they are bad asses but then they won't have the guts to do that in person. I feel like it is incredibly two-sided and a form of lying. That is so stupid in my opinion.
If a loved one got diagnosed with a painful, terminal illness and asked you to help them terminate their life before they deteriorated, would you do it? If so, would you want to be present during their last moments? Submitted By |
I would help someone end their life if they wanted me to and they were terminal, as long as it wasn't going to make me go to jail or anything and it was painless for them. I would indeed want to be there for them. I have never watched anyone pass away, but if it was someone that I loved, I would not want them to be alone.
Do you think your moods are controlled by your brain chemistry or that your brain chemistry dictates your moods? Do you believe people are born with particular emotional temperaments or that they are primarily shaped by environmental factors? Submitted By |
Believing strongly in psychology and psychiatry, I believe that brain chemistry can dictate our mood changes at times and how we handle and react to situations. I do believe that environmental factors can play strongly in one's emotions, however ultimately one person may handle things better or be able to overcome depression better than another due to their brain chemistry, the hormones in their body, and their biological make-up. I know that my family has a history of addiction, personality disorders and swift mood changes. People are definitely affected by enviornmental factors, however what someone has biologically going on upstairs affects how they will ultimately handle affairs in their own lives. Most importantly, if someone is aware of the chemical tendencies they have, they can work with them to have them positively move in their favor.
Which character from any film, television show, or book would you most like to take on a date and why? Submitted By |
I had to think about this, but I finally realized who my ideal partner would be from a fictional character. It would be Matthew Perry's character Chandler from the TV show Friends. He is good-looking, funny, smart, charming, and he loved Monica with all his heart. She seemed to wear the pants in the relationship, however Chandler strongly defended her if it was needed, accepted her for all her faults, and he is great at elf-deprecation humor. I loved his character, I felt like he was the fantasy man for me before I met my husband. And honestly, I think that Jeremy is just like Chandler, except he is not quite as confident in the things he says and does. Jeremy is so incredibly handsome to me, he is so funny and charming and smart, just like Chandler.
If your best friend asked you OR your partner to help you conceive a child, would you consider it? How do you think it would affect your friendship and your relationship? Submitted By |
Very interesting question! I cannot conceive and I once was told by a friend that she would carry a baby for me. I don't know how it would affect the friendship though because she is a great mother and I am sure she would get attached to the baby. I wold love it if someone in my life offered to do that for me, but I am sure they would get attached and it might ruin the friendship. I don't know...I wish I could have a baby but the freinds I have are pretty important to me and I don't want to lose them.
As for my partner, if he was aked to conceive a baby for omeone, if he was ok with it, I would be ok with it. I don't think he would want to though since he does not have any biological children of his own. I don't think he would want to give someone his sperm and not want to have the baby with him later on. But if he thought that he would be ok with it, I would be ok with it.
When I was younger, I had to sit in the front row all the time because teachers told me that I had to sit there so they could help me. But as I got older, I realized that it didn't matter where I sat, I still could not see the board, so I began to sit towards the back. Even when I sat in the front, I didn't speak up much. I was nervous and shy. I HATED group projects. This always shocks people who know me because I seem to be so social, but the thing is that I am social because they know me and I am comfortable with them. It does not really matter where I sit because either way, I feel like an outsider and a loner most of te time.
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I have reconnected with a few people from my past via the internet. None of those relationships have been very meaningful. I hate, hate, hate uperficial "acquaintances", I just think it is a waste of everyone's time. However, I have realized that I need to be more inclusive and let more people in. So, I have friends on FB that I haven't seen or talked to in 20 years or more. I think that the internet can be a good and bad thing where that is concerned. It is easy to reconnect with people but still keep things very caual. But I am also hard core too because I am not afraid to ignore a friend requet on FB. My friend Shelley says the reason she doesn't do FB is becuase she would feel like she has to add everyone who adds her first, but I disagree. I don't think you have to add anyone you don't want to, that people shouldn't be hurt by that.
I have received a few reat birthday gifts. Flowers from Victoria and Sook Kuan, a homemade framed mirror picture frames from Ashley, but I think the one that meant the most was the cheapest, flowers and a massage from Jeremy, etc.
In March of 2003, I had my first birthday away at college. I was away from family, though in years recently they had treated me badly, but I was also away from close friends. I had only just met my new friends Joel, Victoria and Carlyn. Carlyn and Victoria actually ot busy with some exams and forgot my birthday (sorry Victoria!), and in addition to the some bad news that day, I was bummed and upset at the end of the day and I was very sad to be sitting in my pajamas alone at 8pm at night. Then there was a knock on my door and I opened it up and there stood Joel with a Coke and a Hostess chocolate cake (one of those Twinkie-like things that are single serving) with a lit candle in it. He sang "Happy Birthday" to me quite off-key but it was great! he came in and we watched TV and had some laughs over Coke and Hostess cake. he had gone upstairs to my bitchy upstairs neighbors and asked them to light the candle for him right before he knocked on the door, and it was just the thought that counted, ya know? I guess all of the things I have gotten made my day because there was thought there, but it stood out to me because when I received it, i was really feeling lonely and sad so it was huge. Those are my favorite times to give or get a gift, when the thought means so much.
Dear Lord...should I even answer this?
Ok, this is a toss-up because women can be REALLY sneaky, so if they think they won't get caught, they very well might be more likely to get caught. However, men need to have their egos sroked much more than women, and they aren't always comfortable with settling down, so they might be more likely to be caught. It really depends on the marriage, but I read a study once that said that women are more often the cheaters. I remember being shocked and offended by that at the time, but I am not much shocked anymore.
If I didn't have a daughter, I would do Big Brother, I am curious as to the psychological experiment there. I coudl never do Survivor, not an outdoorsy girl, thank you! I would never do a makeover type of show, not really interested in that. I don't know if I could do a family type reality show like Jon and Kate, if it gave our family financial security and trips and stuff like it has given them. I would stop the show once we got a little ahead, not seasons and drama later...LOL
LMAO, no, no, and no. That is ridiculous and I am sorry, but I think if anyone were to change their plans or life because someone was a pyschic or their astrological sign dictated it, that is just silliness.
I am a skeptic. I don't believe that UFOs visit Earth and take people and leave things here. I do think that people are a bit crazy when they talk about how they believe in them.
They had this question not too long ago!! Or something very similar, meh!
I will answer this again though. I have done something like this only a few times in my life. The first time I did it was when my ex-boyfriend left his email open on my computer. I didn't initially intend to go into his email, but he was always so secretive and he made me suspicious all the time. I didn't feel good about it, but I did it and I found exactly what I thought I would find-proof that he was cheating on me with at least one person. The other time I did it was this last summer and that wasn't intentional either. I found a lot more than I bargained for; complete betrayal by my family. It was awful and hurtful and just so heart-wrenching. I don't regret either incident however because they are the ones who made me suspicious, I have had people's emails open before and I just either signed out or logged off or turned off the computer or even just left it alone and walked away. In my opinion, if people have suspicious behavior and they do deceitful things in their life, they should not be surprised if someone does go through their things. I am not a fan of it, I don't ever think about going and doing it again, however I don't regret my decisions in the past. And I have always been an open book. If someone wants to go into my email, go onto my computer, go into my journal, etc, I have nothing to hide and I don't ever give anyone a reason to be suspicious of me. I say to anyone who threatens me "go ahead, take a look, I have nothing to hide, what you see is what you get!"
I believe that Karma comes back to bite you, so I would definitely turn it in. I think that if I were to pocket it, then if I were to lose money, I should not expect to get it back. You get what you give.
I am honestly lazy as hell because I would rather chill at home in my PJs, watching movies, eating crap, and napping...LOL Sadly, that is not how it went this weekend. We were very busy. We spent too much money but I think we had a decent weekend. We went to our Bible Study Fellowship's house every single day because they had an open house all weekend. It was fun.
What's the rudest thing you've ever asked anyone? And what's the rudest thing you've ever been asked? Submitted By |
Being that I have almost always looked different with my eyes, I have been asked all kinds of different rude questions pertaining to my eyes, like if I was on drugs or if I was stoned, or something else. And I think that the worst thing I have ever asked anyone is if they liked being such a bitch, because they were doing it really well.
It wasn't something that someone asked me, but there was something rude that happened, something I will never forget. I was taking a Greyhound Bus from Las Vegas to Los Angeles and I had 2 seats to myself, across from me was a girl around my age (19) and a guy who I assumed was her boyfriend. I was eating my Subway sandwich and just sitting there and I realized that someone was staring at me. I looked over at the girl and she flipped out on me. She literally began to raise her voice and say that I was totally grossing her out because I was so ugly and to watch me eat was disgusting. Her boyfriend told her to coll it and I wiped my mouth because I wanted to make sure that I didn't have anything on my face. I wasn't chewing with my mouth open or anything. She started saying how fat, ugly and just disgusting I was. I didn't know how to react so I didn't really say anything. I think I might have asked her why she was having such an issue with me and she told me because I was the fattest, uglies, and most vile thing she had ever seen. Later that ride, we made a stop and I was goign to get out to stretch my legs but she was getting out too and told me that I better not even think about getting off the bus.
I don't exactly know what this girl's issue was but it definitely has stayed with me since it happened. People should really pay attention to the things they say to other people and if it will hurt their feelings or not.
I have set up two boycotts/walkouts in my lifetime. Both times were because good people were fired and I disagreed with it as did other people. I hate injustice and people being treated unfairly. I would do it again in a heartbeat.
I received stem cells from a donor, and I know how much donors can save lives. I would gladly do anything I could if it saved someone's life.
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