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imbri6:
1) Comment here, and I'll list five things I associate with you.
2) Post this header in your own journal, and elaborate on the five things I mention.
I commented on hers and she gave me:
Internet
Writing
Chickens
Devotion
Jennie
Internet: There is a large number of people whom I have met and know only over the internet.imbri6 is one of those. Oddly enough, she met my hubby once, quite a few years ago, on one of the few trips that I didn’t make with him. We keep making plans to meet up at some point. I’m hoping that this year may work. Beyond meeting new people, I love the freedom that the Internet provides. The reference materials at my fingertips that allow me to expand my knowledge and verify my beliefs. It's like people-watching on State Street. The world wonders by and I get to watch it -- and, better even then just people-watching -- I get to participate if I choose to.
Writing: I would like to claim myself as being a writer. I have written some things that I have really liked. I haven’t been writing anything of note lately. I have several things that I play at editing or writing, but I can’t get beyond that. I’m both not sure how I feel about this and not sure I want to know. It’s less about skill and talent, to tell you the truth, than it is about the feeling that there isn’t anyone out there who wants to hear what I have to say. I suppose you could say that I’m have a “crisis of faith” concerning my writing at this time. We'll see how it turns out.
Chickens: Heh. One of my favorite posts ever deals with chickens (you can find it here). I live in a rural area. I have relatives who are farmers and we plant a large garden every year. Most of the food that my family eats has been raised/grown/harvested by us or our family. Generally speaking, I know where my food comes from. I know how it is raised, how it was harvested/butchered and how it was processed. I know the amount of work that goes into all of the above and it amuses me to no end every time a story has modern day urban people wondering off into a pristine wilderness to live a "simple" life. Yeah. That'll work. I am proud of the fact that I produce so much of what I consume. I'm also distressed by the fact that so few people seem to understand how important these skills are and how devalued such knowledge is becoming.
Devotion: I love this word. It has such depth of meaning and I'm thrilled that it was associated with me. Devotion is loyalty mixed with passion. I love the spiritual dimension that devotion carries with it and, unlike some other similar words, it isn't associated with being mindless or having a blind acceptance. There are a great many things that I believe in that can't be quantified or proven. I believe in the intangibles of life – faith, devotion, love, loyalty, justice, duty. By striving to live up to those ideals, by carrying a little of each of those with us each day, that's how we bring a little of the divine in this world, and how we truly make our mark on those around us.
Jennie: This would befinabair -- friend to both imbri6 and me. I met Jennie in college. We met in the TV room, as we tended to watch the same shows, and and it was one of those instant friendships. We eventually roomed together, if only for a semester. Jennie is one of the truly good people in the world and I am honored that she considers me a friend. Jennie knows me so well that she is occasionally irritating and I have to control my first impulse to change simply so that she won't be able to predict what I will do. (That, unfortunately, says more about me than about her.) Jennie has all those traits that I admire, but can't quite pull off. She's smart, approachable, is an easy confidant and makes all those she interacts with feel understood and heard. But the best thing about Jennie is that no matter how much hell I give her, she gives it back in equal doses and yet never forgets that it's all done in love.
Leave a comment and I will give you five words of your very own!
imbri6:1) Comment here, and I'll list five things I associate with you.
2) Post this header in your own journal, and elaborate on the five things I mention.
I commented on hers and she gave me:
Internet
Writing
Chickens
Devotion
Jennie
Internet: There is a large number of people whom I have met and know only over the internet.
imbri6 is one of those. Oddly enough, she met my hubby once, quite a few years ago, on one of the few trips that I didn’t make with him. We keep making plans to meet up at some point. I’m hoping that this year may work. Beyond meeting new people, I love the freedom that the Internet provides. The reference materials at my fingertips that allow me to expand my knowledge and verify my beliefs. It's like people-watching on State Street. The world wonders by and I get to watch it -- and, better even then just people-watching -- I get to participate if I choose to. Writing: I would like to claim myself as being a writer. I have written some things that I have really liked. I haven’t been writing anything of note lately. I have several things that I play at editing or writing, but I can’t get beyond that. I’m both not sure how I feel about this and not sure I want to know. It’s less about skill and talent, to tell you the truth, than it is about the feeling that there isn’t anyone out there who wants to hear what I have to say. I suppose you could say that I’m have a “crisis of faith” concerning my writing at this time. We'll see how it turns out.
Chickens: Heh. One of my favorite posts ever deals with chickens (you can find it here). I live in a rural area. I have relatives who are farmers and we plant a large garden every year. Most of the food that my family eats has been raised/grown/harvested by us or our family. Generally speaking, I know where my food comes from. I know how it is raised, how it was harvested/butchered and how it was processed. I know the amount of work that goes into all of the above and it amuses me to no end every time a story has modern day urban people wondering off into a pristine wilderness to live a "simple" life. Yeah. That'll work. I am proud of the fact that I produce so much of what I consume. I'm also distressed by the fact that so few people seem to understand how important these skills are and how devalued such knowledge is becoming.
Devotion: I love this word. It has such depth of meaning and I'm thrilled that it was associated with me. Devotion is loyalty mixed with passion. I love the spiritual dimension that devotion carries with it and, unlike some other similar words, it isn't associated with being mindless or having a blind acceptance. There are a great many things that I believe in that can't be quantified or proven. I believe in the intangibles of life – faith, devotion, love, loyalty, justice, duty. By striving to live up to those ideals, by carrying a little of each of those with us each day, that's how we bring a little of the divine in this world, and how we truly make our mark on those around us.
Jennie: This would be
finabair -- friend to both imbri6 and me. I met Jennie in college. We met in the TV room, as we tended to watch the same shows, and and it was one of those instant friendships. We eventually roomed together, if only for a semester. Jennie is one of the truly good people in the world and I am honored that she considers me a friend. Jennie knows me so well that she is occasionally irritating and I have to control my first impulse to change simply so that she won't be able to predict what I will do. (That, unfortunately, says more about me than about her.) Jennie has all those traits that I admire, but can't quite pull off. She's smart, approachable, is an easy confidant and makes all those she interacts with feel understood and heard. But the best thing about Jennie is that no matter how much hell I give her, she gives it back in equal doses and yet never forgets that it's all done in love.Leave a comment and I will give you five words of your very own!
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Date: 2009-04-07 11:23 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2009-04-08 02:05 am (UTC)From:Southern Cal.
Trace
Lyrics
Fandom
Perseverance
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Date: 2009-04-08 01:24 am (UTC)From:Yeah...Husband just saw a re-posting on one of his lists of an editorial written to an urban newspaper that excoriated hunters, saying, "Why kill those animals for food when you can go to your local grocery store and eat the meat that was made there without a single animal being harmed???"
Some people are just...special.
That said...*raises hand* for meme.
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Date: 2009-04-08 02:43 am (UTC)From:And I find I love handing out words -- here's some for you:
Sara Jane
Girls
Education
Courage
Advocacy
no subject
Date: 2009-04-08 02:45 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2009-04-08 03:19 am (UTC)From:If I can be demanding? I like capitalization on my icons. I've often been accused of over capitalization, But I Like It. *grin*
And Thanks!
no subject
Date: 2009-04-08 03:46 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2009-04-08 04:04 am (UTC)From:Or sentence case, if it fits.
(Note ironic use of icon!)
*hug*
Date: 2009-04-08 04:08 am (UTC)From:I would love words.
Re: *hug*
Date: 2009-04-09 03:31 am (UTC)From:Words for you:
Halloween
Cons
Fantasy
Family
Orange