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Name: Judith
Gender: Female
Interests: odd collections, hearing about your experiences, organizing, cool gadgets & knickknacks, learning about life, efficiency, people watching
Expertise: eating oreos with milk, making lists, selective ignorance, long rambling sentences, avoiding, food streaks, being easily amused, trial & error, looking younger than I am, intentional forgetfulness, asking questions, not learning from my mistakes, doing "nothing" but always being occupied
Occupation: Engineering
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Member Since:
4/22/2004
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| I found out that I have a different frame of reference than many people
when referring to the days of upcoming weeks. I think it's
universal to refer to a day later on this week with the
distinguisher/clarifier/indicator (or in grammar terms, "demonstrative
adjectives") "this", such as this
Saturday. But it becomes different, and somewhat confusing, when
you're referring to a day in the upcoming week that's already passed for the current week--let me explain  . If I
were referring to the upcoming Monday, I would say this Monday (ie, June 13th). And the following Monday after that would be next Monday (ie, June 20th). However, most other people would have been referring to the past Monday when they say this Monday, and the upcoming Monday as next
Monday. (This sounds less complicated verbally than when it's
written!) Basically, my frame of reference is based on today and
not this week. I have no clue where I picked this up from, but I
believe, as in all possibly confusing cases, that you should just
clarify--so you should say "this upcoming Monday" and even
better, append "June 13th". After all, I don't know what crazy
people I'm talking to with their peculiar word usage  .
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| Ideally, I would assume you want a "balanced" relationship, where the
guy & gal are at the same level. But with everyone created so
differently, how common is it to find that? In a relationship, I
would assume there's a more dominant
person, or perhaps someone more mature, or someone just "better".
I can't quite put my finger on the trait I'm trying to define to
explain it, but maybe you get the gist.
If you could choose which role you'd play, what would it be? If
you were the "better" half, then the other person would always
appreciate you. However, you couldn't look to them to be
challenged to grow--which is another benefit the other person
has.
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| I have certain things that I am very deliberate or particular about and
it
just irks me when someone comes by and, usually w/o realizing it, just
negates my efforts. On the positive side, I know they didn't mean
anything by
their actions, but sometimes I wish they could tell I had taken special
care.
This may sound trivial, but I like my papers organized and in their
original condition. So
when someone crinkles or creases my papers, writes on
them, or shuffles them around, I can't help but feel agitated.
In a minor way, it's a form of disrespect of property. (And if the papers are
stapled and you crease the papers
at the staple, that irks me too. But I think that is more of a
pet peeve.)
I like to think that everyone has something that they are particular about, and in my case, it's my paper
goods--books, binders, loose leaf, handouts, notebooks, bills,
documents, you name it... well, it's one of a few things  . What is your biggest, or most interesting, pet peeve?
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| What's the point of eProps? Do you actually make a decision of
how many to give, or is it normally two b/c it's the default or you don't
want to offend someone by giving them less? And if you choose, what criteria do you have?
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| If you were to ask the people that you interact with how they see
you, do you think you would get a relatively consistent
description? I am not a very consistent person... as
I was spending time with my cousins this weekend, I found myself being
outspoken and commanding--attributes that are are abnormal
for me. I see how different people bring out different attributes
in you, but it doesn't seem right that I span the entire
spectrum. And you know when worlds collide, I can sense this
confusion in my head of how to act "normally" so I become very
self-conscious and feel awkward. I
act pretty differently with every group of people I interact with, and
it can be irrelevant of the role I have. I think one needs to
have some consistency across the board.
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