First bit of the 100 Things....
Mar. 28th, 2003 02:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
e_julianaNot much, but here we go.
1. I was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska. This will shock no one who’s spent much time with me online.
2. The house I grew up in, while very close to town, is in a rather isolated area. It stands in between two churches, across the highway from University-owned land. So, there was no real “neighborhood” for me to play in.
3. From when I was about 3 until I was about 6, my parents paid very little actual attention to me. There were circumstances beyond their control, and they tried to make the best of it. I never realized how deeply this affected me until many years later.
4. Of course, my parents should have gotten divorced when I was 6, as well. The ten-year wait did none of us any good.
5. As a result of all of the above, I learned how to read at an extremely young age. Shocked the hell out of everyone, it did.
6. The drawback to learning how to read so young is that I have serious problems trying to pronounce certain words.
7. I’m really looking forward to turning 30, though I expect that I’ll start panicking right before the actual event. I just… I mean, it’s 30. No more 20’s. No more wandering around going “what about meeeEEE?” I’ll have shit together. I reallyreally hope. I’m trying for it, at least.
8. Right. Back to this. I tend to start something, be very excited about it, and then realize that since it’s coming from me, it can’t be perfect. That bothers me, and so I tend to drop the previously exciting project. I consider this to be one of my biggest flaws.
9. Another big flaw is my occasional inability to fully grasp the impact that my actions or words have on other people. Wait, I think that that is a symptom of a big flaw. Yes. It’s a symptom of my self-involvement. Which I don’t like. So why the hell am I doing something that is rather self-involved? Arrrrgh.
10. I hatehateHATE (hate) being exposed or vulnerable. That’s why shit like this is hard. That’s why I’m only a decent actor, not a great one.
I'll see if I can finish it later.
1. I was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska. This will shock no one who’s spent much time with me online.
2. The house I grew up in, while very close to town, is in a rather isolated area. It stands in between two churches, across the highway from University-owned land. So, there was no real “neighborhood” for me to play in.
3. From when I was about 3 until I was about 6, my parents paid very little actual attention to me. There were circumstances beyond their control, and they tried to make the best of it. I never realized how deeply this affected me until many years later.
4. Of course, my parents should have gotten divorced when I was 6, as well. The ten-year wait did none of us any good.
5. As a result of all of the above, I learned how to read at an extremely young age. Shocked the hell out of everyone, it did.
6. The drawback to learning how to read so young is that I have serious problems trying to pronounce certain words.
7. I’m really looking forward to turning 30, though I expect that I’ll start panicking right before the actual event. I just… I mean, it’s 30. No more 20’s. No more wandering around going “what about meeeEEE?” I’ll have shit together. I reallyreally hope. I’m trying for it, at least.
8. Right. Back to this. I tend to start something, be very excited about it, and then realize that since it’s coming from me, it can’t be perfect. That bothers me, and so I tend to drop the previously exciting project. I consider this to be one of my biggest flaws.
9. Another big flaw is my occasional inability to fully grasp the impact that my actions or words have on other people. Wait, I think that that is a symptom of a big flaw. Yes. It’s a symptom of my self-involvement. Which I don’t like. So why the hell am I doing something that is rather self-involved? Arrrrgh.
10. I hatehateHATE (hate) being exposed or vulnerable. That’s why shit like this is hard. That’s why I’m only a decent actor, not a great one.
I'll see if I can finish it later.
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Yay for the start!
Date: 2003-03-28 12:36 pm (UTC)And btw, being 30 rocks.
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Date: 2003-03-28 12:41 pm (UTC)I'll be 40 this year. I'm wondering if the shittogether thing happens then? It hasn't happened yet. But, the 30s were a lot better for me than the 20s.
Write more! Write more! Please?
Yay for a new 100 things!
Date: 2003-03-28 03:11 pm (UTC)Turning 40 was fun. People who try to tell 40-year-olds--or 30-year-olds!--what to do are the ones with the problem. 20-year-olds are expected to smile and take advice.