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Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.
BTW: I offer no assurances that you'll get 5 subjects from me, but try if you'd like.
The van
The van began as a pipe dream. When I had rapidly advancing salary and it looked like the company into which I had poured years of my life just might fly, I bought the van. The stated plan at the time was when it was all said and done I'd put my stuff in storage and travel the country in the van living on a shoestring and pasta. The company went away, the salary went away, the ability to eat pasta went away, the van stayed. One of the first things I noticed about the van was that it changed my driving habits. You can never hurry in an old VW van with a tired engine. You mosey wherever you go. It helped slow my pace down (sometimes to the point of not getting where I'm going). The van has always been a love hate relationship. For many years I spent more time working on it than driving it, despite the fact I was using it for basic transportation. Now I still work on it, but it is good basic transportation and to a certain extent the home on wheels that I'd once envisioned. Has it saved me money? Probably. I've put a ton of cash into it, but then again I've had the same car as a daily driver for almost 10 years. In the same time, many people have probably gone through two cars. I don't think many people have had the level of frustration with their cars as I've had with the van. A lesser (or less stubborn) man would have given up at several points along the way. Don't think for a second that I didn't consider it and threaten it. But now we've settled down together like an old married couple. We have our disagreements, but I don't know if I'd be the same person without her.
Music
I've never been able to make music and always been envious of those who can. I am generally a happier, better adjusted person if music is part of my life on a daily basis. I wish I'd remember and apply this on a daily basis. For a long time, years, I had a damaged eardrum which meant the only things I heard in my right ear were sounds that translated through my skull. I got used to the lack of fidelity and always turning my left ear toward anyone I was talking to. After two surgeries, I now have hearing in my right ear almost as good as new. After a long time of settling for any old quality, just recently I've been beginning to yearn for more. I blame some of this on Natalie Haas and some other performers I've run into over the last few years. Currently I have four sets of speakers (computer, bookshelf, floor standing, and OMG big). With the exception of the computer speakers which were a present, they are all Polk Audio speakers from at least 15 years ago. At present I can't really play any of these speakers at full volume without risking eviction. This makes me sad because, though some music can be wonderful at moderate volumes, some music requires amplification in righteous quantities to reach its full potential. Ultimately, I want to be able to translate analog or live music into high quality digital (better than CD by about 3 orders of magnitude). I'll be adding vintage and new components here and there along the way to hopefully reach that goal. As far as what kind of music, many kinds. I like to find recordings that leave me breathless, either from the quality of the recording and music or from the amount of dancing I do listening to them.
Books
I am currently overwhelmed with books. I'm a book hoarder and will only let go of the most awful examples of the printed word or things I have multiple copies of. This year I have been intentionally reading things that I plan to dispose of after reading. This is a trying program to put it mildly. The greatest measure of a book is when it stuns me or leaves me thinking about it for days, weeks, or months. It's not often that a book does that. But I love books that can haunt my brain. Second in line are books that amuse me or inform me. I like some poetry, but I think I'd probably get more out of it if I had someone who liked poetry to sit and share it with. Reading is another one of those things that makes my life a happier place. Sometimes I get distracted from reading, but I think it's important that I read on a daily basis. I read ebooks, but I generally don't read long things on the computer. At present I spend too much time in front of the computer already and physically need to be away from it as much as possible. What I want most right now in the book department is a friend I can co-read (simul-read?) books with and sit in a coffee shop and discuss what we're reading or have read.
Home
I've always been torn between city mouse and country mouse. I like living in the city because of the shops, clubs, and easy to acquire yummy food. I like the country because of the green, the quiet, and the ability to grow your own yummy food. I don't imagine I'll ever have both at the same time, so I'll always be a little bit discontent deep down inside. Really, the contentment comes from having one (or the other) and enjoying it withderien. It would be nice if we could have more people to enjoy it with, but at this point I don't envision anyone wanting to make a home with us, let alone anyone we'd want to make a home with. I do like the theory of big interconnected associations of adults, I'm just not sure how to make such a thing happen around where we live.
Change
I'm resistant to change, but I get bored after a while and want change. It's a weird dynamic I know. I feel more comfortable with change if I know what the direction is and can do something to get there. I don't deal well with waiting at all. Which means right now I'm going absolutely bonkers. Can't pack, don't know if we're moving. Can't start any major projects with the van because we might be moving. Can't plan for anything because, you've got it, we might be moving. But I can't even plan on the moving because I don't want to get all into it and then have the deal fall through.
cygny's journal:Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.
BTW: I offer no assurances that you'll get 5 subjects from me, but try if you'd like.
The van
The van began as a pipe dream. When I had rapidly advancing salary and it looked like the company into which I had poured years of my life just might fly, I bought the van. The stated plan at the time was when it was all said and done I'd put my stuff in storage and travel the country in the van living on a shoestring and pasta. The company went away, the salary went away, the ability to eat pasta went away, the van stayed. One of the first things I noticed about the van was that it changed my driving habits. You can never hurry in an old VW van with a tired engine. You mosey wherever you go. It helped slow my pace down (sometimes to the point of not getting where I'm going). The van has always been a love hate relationship. For many years I spent more time working on it than driving it, despite the fact I was using it for basic transportation. Now I still work on it, but it is good basic transportation and to a certain extent the home on wheels that I'd once envisioned. Has it saved me money? Probably. I've put a ton of cash into it, but then again I've had the same car as a daily driver for almost 10 years. In the same time, many people have probably gone through two cars. I don't think many people have had the level of frustration with their cars as I've had with the van. A lesser (or less stubborn) man would have given up at several points along the way. Don't think for a second that I didn't consider it and threaten it. But now we've settled down together like an old married couple. We have our disagreements, but I don't know if I'd be the same person without her.
Music
I've never been able to make music and always been envious of those who can. I am generally a happier, better adjusted person if music is part of my life on a daily basis. I wish I'd remember and apply this on a daily basis. For a long time, years, I had a damaged eardrum which meant the only things I heard in my right ear were sounds that translated through my skull. I got used to the lack of fidelity and always turning my left ear toward anyone I was talking to. After two surgeries, I now have hearing in my right ear almost as good as new. After a long time of settling for any old quality, just recently I've been beginning to yearn for more. I blame some of this on Natalie Haas and some other performers I've run into over the last few years. Currently I have four sets of speakers (computer, bookshelf, floor standing, and OMG big). With the exception of the computer speakers which were a present, they are all Polk Audio speakers from at least 15 years ago. At present I can't really play any of these speakers at full volume without risking eviction. This makes me sad because, though some music can be wonderful at moderate volumes, some music requires amplification in righteous quantities to reach its full potential. Ultimately, I want to be able to translate analog or live music into high quality digital (better than CD by about 3 orders of magnitude). I'll be adding vintage and new components here and there along the way to hopefully reach that goal. As far as what kind of music, many kinds. I like to find recordings that leave me breathless, either from the quality of the recording and music or from the amount of dancing I do listening to them.
Books
I am currently overwhelmed with books. I'm a book hoarder and will only let go of the most awful examples of the printed word or things I have multiple copies of. This year I have been intentionally reading things that I plan to dispose of after reading. This is a trying program to put it mildly. The greatest measure of a book is when it stuns me or leaves me thinking about it for days, weeks, or months. It's not often that a book does that. But I love books that can haunt my brain. Second in line are books that amuse me or inform me. I like some poetry, but I think I'd probably get more out of it if I had someone who liked poetry to sit and share it with. Reading is another one of those things that makes my life a happier place. Sometimes I get distracted from reading, but I think it's important that I read on a daily basis. I read ebooks, but I generally don't read long things on the computer. At present I spend too much time in front of the computer already and physically need to be away from it as much as possible. What I want most right now in the book department is a friend I can co-read (simul-read?) books with and sit in a coffee shop and discuss what we're reading or have read.
Home
I've always been torn between city mouse and country mouse. I like living in the city because of the shops, clubs, and easy to acquire yummy food. I like the country because of the green, the quiet, and the ability to grow your own yummy food. I don't imagine I'll ever have both at the same time, so I'll always be a little bit discontent deep down inside. Really, the contentment comes from having one (or the other) and enjoying it with
derien. It would be nice if we could have more people to enjoy it with, but at this point I don't envision anyone wanting to make a home with us, let alone anyone we'd want to make a home with. I do like the theory of big interconnected associations of adults, I'm just not sure how to make such a thing happen around where we live.Change
I'm resistant to change, but I get bored after a while and want change. It's a weird dynamic I know. I feel more comfortable with change if I know what the direction is and can do something to get there. I don't deal well with waiting at all. Which means right now I'm going absolutely bonkers. Can't pack, don't know if we're moving. Can't start any major projects with the van because we might be moving. Can't plan for anything because, you've got it, we might be moving. But I can't even plan on the moving because I don't want to get all into it and then have the deal fall through.