I had a post to write.

[constance]

But I forgot what I was going to say, so here's a meme instead. Stolen from A Friend.

I Live: comfortably and quietly
I Work: methodically, with little bursts of inspiration to keep me afloat
I Talk: a little stammeringly, and not a lot
I Wish: that I were closer to my friends
I Enjoy: road trips
I Look: younger than I am
I Found: my equilibrium, here in Macon
I Smell: just at this moment, like green tea
I Listen: carefully, and even then sometimes miss the point
I Hide: the most important things
I Pray: that Angela Thirkell prayer, just in case anyone's listening
I Walk: less than I ought to
I Write: to give myself a voice
I See: more than I let on
I Sing: more or less in tune, but in a teeny voice
I Laugh: at inopportune moments
I Can: hold my temper under extreme provocation, but when I do lose it...
I Watch: more downloaded television than on-TV television
I Learn: almost everything from books
I Dream: most clearly when I'm napping, or waking up
I Want: to make something lovely of my life
I Cry: in private, if I can possibly help it
I Burnt: my eighth-grade notebooks on the sidewalk on the last day of school
I Read: less than I used to, but still more for sustenance than entertainment
I Love: platonically but very deeply
I Sometimes: chafe at the low-impact persona I've created for myself
I Touch: only people I know very, very well
I Hurt: people without realizing it
I Fear: getting hurt, and organize my life around this fear
I Hope: that I hold on to my senses of whimsy and wonder
I Eat: adventurously, and it's almost the only thing I do adventurously
I Quit: when I get really frustrated
I Bathe/Shower: in the mornings, and linger longer than I should
I Drink: sparingly, though lately I have been having inappropriate fanstasies of daiquiris on my front porch
I Save: gifts that people give me, whether I like them or not
I Hug: with meaning
I Meditate: best in the bath
I Play: imaginatively
I Miss: having a social life
I Hold: on to everything longer than is strictly useful
I Forgive: other people more easily than myself
I Drive: better than I used to, but still inattentively
I Have: my reputation to consider
I Don't: know how to flirt
I Made: my father cry once, and never want it to happen again
I Kiss: exceedingly rarely
I Believe: in almost nothing
I Owe: a lot of money to my mortgage company
I Feel: that because my words carry little weight I can be brutally honest
I Know: that I've hurt people because of it
I Wonder: why I don't just get up and get a glass of water, if I want it so much

Comments

[aubrem.livejournal.com]

That's a picture of a very gentle person. That's what comes through in your posts I guess. : )

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess it's pointless to pretend that I'm a loudmouthed thrill-seeker! But I still think it's interesting that it's that aspect of me which seeps into things I write, more than, say, the adventurous eater or the avid porn-reader.