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From Kelvin!
Aug. 1st, 2003 09:54 pm1. why do you like cars so (seemingly) very much? what is it about them?
My fascination with cars started a little less than a year ago. It's... an amusing hobby that, at the moment, doesn't cost me much time or money - both of which being commodities I'm hard pressed to find in consistent qualities for much habitual play. At this point, I kind of watch them as if they were wildlife. And, insofar as I live in a city, they -are- wildlife effectively. Dangerous, unpredictable, and out of my controll. (that is, other people's cars). I -want- the car(s) I do because I predict myself spending a lot of time driving in my future, especially over distances. So something that will be reasonably reliable, powerful, and -enjoyable- to drive is of value to me.
2. what other kinds of jobs have you had, other than working at the bookstore? which has been your favourite?
My first 'real' job was at Michael's, the arts&crafts store. I very much enjoyed it. I was working with a host of very enjoyable people. Not to mention the 25% discount I acquired through my employment, and used toward paints and brushes and canvas and other such expensive art neccesities. I had to leave there because they refused to comply with the scheduling needs that school presented -me- with.
I then went back to working for my mother's business, which is a toystore she owns and has owned for ten years. I've been working there, on different levels, off and on since I was eight. I worked there as a steady part-time eployee for... six or eight months before rather suddenly taking the job I have at the bookstore.
This last one I'm... taking with a grain of salt. Something doesn't feel quite -right-, even though I adore working for the store. It's likely because it's a thing new and unfamiliar to me, so I'm still slightly uncomfortable with things like... not knowing how the phone system works entirely, not knowing where all of the sections are, etcetera. So... I will likely fall into this one -better- than I feel into the one at Michael's, however, the art-store is still my favourite to date.
3. why do you have your comments labels as devotees and converts? what is it that interests you so much about salvation and the like?
*laughs*. My sister made me this journal... she did all the code modifications, and got it all set up for me as a present last October. The only thing I've changed is the picture, and some of the colors. I believe the 'converts' and 'devotees' relates to a sortof running joke we've got amongst some of our friends, concerning the Church of D (the cult religion I started myself, and am still sporadically working on a manifesto for). It may or may not have much more to do than that. (I am, by the way, the Goddess D if that makes more sense).
As for my fascination with salvation... I'm not entirely aware of one such. If you mean something more than what I've just explained to you, I may have to ask you to rephrase a little because I'm unsure of how to answer you at this point.
4. if you could commit one crime with the foreknowledge that you would not be caught, revealed, or punished, what crime would you choose?
That's difficult. I'm not sure I know how to answer that, either. I may have to get back to you on that. The devil on my shoulder says I'd hurt a particular someone very, very, very badly. I'd find a way to make him feel the pain - the enduring, ever worsening pain - he inflicted on someone I love more dearly than life. *fume*.
But the angel on my other shoulder reminds me that, I've talents to do much more productive things if I work at it.
5. why did you get your nipples pierced! *grin*
Short answer? Because I wanted to. Why did I want to? Because I think body peircing is... a beautiful thing. The jewelry is beautiful, it is an interesting form of body enhancement to me (both the aesthetic and sexual attributes, in the case of my peircings).
Also, it was... sort of one of those journeys for me. I wanted to have them... and I knew they were going to be painful (oh god, were they painful). But I wanted them... and I knew that I could overcome the fear that I would not be able to handle that pain. And I did, and I'm very pleased with that fact. It's a demonstration, to myself, of my own ability to overcome fear (which I live with a fair amount of, for no apparent reason) which will never leave me entirely.
Thank you *smile*
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My fascination with cars started a little less than a year ago. It's... an amusing hobby that, at the moment, doesn't cost me much time or money - both of which being commodities I'm hard pressed to find in consistent qualities for much habitual play. At this point, I kind of watch them as if they were wildlife. And, insofar as I live in a city, they -are- wildlife effectively. Dangerous, unpredictable, and out of my controll. (that is, other people's cars). I -want- the car(s) I do because I predict myself spending a lot of time driving in my future, especially over distances. So something that will be reasonably reliable, powerful, and -enjoyable- to drive is of value to me.
2. what other kinds of jobs have you had, other than working at the bookstore? which has been your favourite?
My first 'real' job was at Michael's, the arts&crafts store. I very much enjoyed it. I was working with a host of very enjoyable people. Not to mention the 25% discount I acquired through my employment, and used toward paints and brushes and canvas and other such expensive art neccesities. I had to leave there because they refused to comply with the scheduling needs that school presented -me- with.
I then went back to working for my mother's business, which is a toystore she owns and has owned for ten years. I've been working there, on different levels, off and on since I was eight. I worked there as a steady part-time eployee for... six or eight months before rather suddenly taking the job I have at the bookstore.
This last one I'm... taking with a grain of salt. Something doesn't feel quite -right-, even though I adore working for the store. It's likely because it's a thing new and unfamiliar to me, so I'm still slightly uncomfortable with things like... not knowing how the phone system works entirely, not knowing where all of the sections are, etcetera. So... I will likely fall into this one -better- than I feel into the one at Michael's, however, the art-store is still my favourite to date.
3. why do you have your comments labels as devotees and converts? what is it that interests you so much about salvation and the like?
*laughs*. My sister made me this journal... she did all the code modifications, and got it all set up for me as a present last October. The only thing I've changed is the picture, and some of the colors. I believe the 'converts' and 'devotees' relates to a sortof running joke we've got amongst some of our friends, concerning the Church of D (the cult religion I started myself, and am still sporadically working on a manifesto for). It may or may not have much more to do than that. (I am, by the way, the Goddess D if that makes more sense).
As for my fascination with salvation... I'm not entirely aware of one such. If you mean something more than what I've just explained to you, I may have to ask you to rephrase a little because I'm unsure of how to answer you at this point.
4. if you could commit one crime with the foreknowledge that you would not be caught, revealed, or punished, what crime would you choose?
That's difficult. I'm not sure I know how to answer that, either. I may have to get back to you on that. The devil on my shoulder says I'd hurt a particular someone very, very, very badly. I'd find a way to make him feel the pain - the enduring, ever worsening pain - he inflicted on someone I love more dearly than life. *fume*.
But the angel on my other shoulder reminds me that, I've talents to do much more productive things if I work at it.
5. why did you get your nipples pierced! *grin*
Short answer? Because I wanted to. Why did I want to? Because I think body peircing is... a beautiful thing. The jewelry is beautiful, it is an interesting form of body enhancement to me (both the aesthetic and sexual attributes, in the case of my peircings).
Also, it was... sort of one of those journeys for me. I wanted to have them... and I knew they were going to be painful (oh god, were they painful). But I wanted them... and I knew that I could overcome the fear that I would not be able to handle that pain. And I did, and I'm very pleased with that fact. It's a demonstration, to myself, of my own ability to overcome fear (which I live with a fair amount of, for no apparent reason) which will never leave me entirely.
Thank you *smile*
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2} I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
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