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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:25 AM
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I am a smart-ass, sappy, geek.
I wear my heart on my sleeve and sometimes I can be kind of neurotic about things at times. I can break out into random show tunes and have assorted things about me that can be perceived by some as exciting and others as just plain weird.

But I'm ok with that. :7

How about your "flaws"? Have you learned to embrace them yet? :D
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:27 AM
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1. I'm impossibly vain and self-centered
But then this thread should have been about me anyway.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 09:34 AM
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43. Ooop...
:rofl:
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 09:59 AM
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44. If you're inferring I am...
Edited on Sun Aug-14-05 10:00 AM by SarahBelle
then you have a very wrong perception given my life and what I do for work. Just because I'm an open person means nothing of the sort, so have the nads to say what you what to say directly. Same goes for anyone.

There's nothing more wimpy than snide, passive aggressive bullshit.
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 10:59 AM
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45. You think my post was about you?
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:17 PM
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47. I apologize if I made the wrong assumption.
No big deal.
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Ellipsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:31 AM
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2. I got the horse right here...
Edited on Sun Aug-14-05 01:32 AM by btmlndfrmr
his name is Paul Revere and theres a guy who says if the weathers clear ... can do can do... this guy says the horse can do... if he says the horse can do can do can do.

Now what were you saying?

:crazy:
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:31 AM
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3. I'm so laid-back
Every so-often my wife puts a mirror under my nose to see if I'm still breathing...
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:32 AM
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5. you really are my brother
:)
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:32 AM
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4. I punch anyone who uses the word, "fi" for "five"
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:33 AM
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6. I like that!
:thumbsup:

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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:33 AM
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7. Ah, the enchantment of youth.....
Show tunes are a big plus and the wierdness, it genuine, is a real turn on....
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:37 AM
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11. I'm not young.
Just frighteningly immature.
(Actually not really as I'm a very responsible person who has had to be mature beyond my years all my life, but I have a light-hearted kind of spirit within me, in part, because I'm a mommy and I work with kids. Plus, it helps me cope when there's hard stuff in life and let's me enjoy the good stuff more. I refuse to completely grow up and give in to cynicism entirely. :))
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:50 AM
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21. It's like I have two sides
The 47 year old man who gives financial advise and then there is the dude who refuses to compromise on his believes and gets in trouble cause he is a liberal ina sea of conservatism....

Ahhhh Haaaaa... Take a deep breathe there.....

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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 02:00 AM
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27. you look young
you can't be too far up there in years, you always look pretty damn good in those pic threads. :)
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:33 AM
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8. There are worse things to be.
Feel good about yourself.

:)
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:39 AM
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13. Yeah.
It took me awhile to figure that out though. :silly:
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:35 AM
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9. Those aren't flaws
you rock my world SarahBelle :)
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:36 AM
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10. my flaws.....
I am eccentric. I like my space. I love creative and artisitic things. When I do something I do it with passion, I am almost compusive about it. So I've learned to just let it all ride.

I embraced all that.

Most of all, I think up crazy funny things. So I just let that all fly in my creative work. I used to be afraid to write a story with cuss words or sexual or offensive content in it. Now I just go for it.

But, most of the time, when I'm not being funny. I am laid back and cool, calm and collected. I like being that way too.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:38 AM
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12. Sounds cool!
Oh, and fuck yeah- write away! ;)
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:42 AM
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15. Jesus, I could have written that
You're right; we are brothers:)
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:44 AM
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16. we even have the old bitter former athlete
thing in common too. :)

I'm Morris Day and you're Jerome. Get it straight!
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:47 AM
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19. Good, I HATE mirrors!
I'll hold it, you can look in it and primp:)
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:53 AM
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23. see that was a test
and since you were able to understand what the hell I was talking about you passed it with flying colors, lol.

Have you ever watched "Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back?"
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:55 AM
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24. Yeas and no
It's been on while I've been in the room, but I haven't sat down to watch it; I take it I should?
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:59 AM
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25. they talk about Morris Day and Jerome in it....
Yeah, it is pretty funny. Crude as hell, which means it was right up my alley, haha. Will Ferrell is great in it.
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 02:01 AM
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28. Kevin Smith
has always been a guy who's been hit and miss w/ me; I loved "Clerks" and "Dogma", but that's about it. I need to watch some more of his films..
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 02:23 AM
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37. yeah he is like that
I liked Chasing Amy, Dogma. Clerks. Mallrats was shit. I'd call Jersey Girl shit, but I wouldn't want to offend all of the good pieces of shit out there by associating it with that movie.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is probably my favorite one of his films. I would say.

I like Smith but I think he's pretty overrated. He can write some brilliant stuff, but visually he's pretty standard. Although, he really improved, he used to be quite subpar. When he is off though, he really will lay an egg. At his best, he's pretty good.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:41 AM
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14. Somewhat.
Being reserved and intensley private, yet sometimes craving attention or wanting recognition can be very frustrating. I've yet to find a balance.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:44 AM
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17. Let it out!
Sometimes a certain element of introversion is a part of one's self, but then I think about the times where I was more withdrawn in life and it was when I was transitioning or going through something and I needed to retreat on some level to process things. I don't know if that's you, but I know you well enough to know you need not worry about letting your light shine a little at times too. :pals:
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:48 AM
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20. Yes. I need to force myself to just go for it
in more ways than one in my life. The times I threw caution to the wind are the times I felt I really lived. Heck I might even start a few more threads around here. :)

Weird. I just had a Deja Vu moment about this very conversation.


:pals:
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:46 AM
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18. i am incredibly shy meeting and getting to know people
but i fight it really hard because i'm trying not to be like my mom, she really was too worried about what people think all the time and inward and it sucked for her.
and i hate groups with a passion, so it weirds me out that i'm here and i like you. i really like you.
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:53 AM
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22. I find that hard to believe
You're a beautiful woman, and you alwayts sound like you've got it all together.

I understand the hating of group thing though; I'm the same way..
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 02:03 AM
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29. two things made me stop behaving in such a shy manner...
even though i am still the geek of the century in my heart: a friend told me i was being perceived as rude and aloof when i was really just totally geeking and nervous, and then i read some buddhist thing about being self concious, and how it was self involved and boring. and i decide i couldn't act that way anymore. and i mostly stopped. and it wasn't so bad.
but yeah shoot me if i ever go on a tour, even for a few hours. most groups bite it.
so, i fooled ya, huh?
:D
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 02:05 AM
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30. "i was being perceived as rude and aloof when i was really just totally...
geeking and nervous"

That's often me too! Frequently! :hi:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 02:17 AM
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35. Oh god... i found that out at my tenth HS reunion.....
the people thought I was stuck up when most of the time I was too stoned to worry about anyone....

i had to expend all my energy on School....
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 02:07 AM
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31. LOL!
I've been a musician or in a job which requires me to be "on stage" just about all my life, so I've always felt like I was playing a role to a certain degree. I can do that w/o a problem, but when I'm "me" is where the shyness comes in, so I really have to work at it. I've gotten much better at it as well, but I'm still that way at heart..
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:59 AM
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26. I forced myself out into the world
And it is wonderful to be out there...

I gave up on what people think a long time ago....

Cause in the end, it just doesn't matter....

i have found that as long as you treat people they way you would want to be treated, nine time out of ten, things go okay....
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ahem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 02:11 AM
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32. If there's something in the room to bump into, I'll bump into it.
I'm not coordinated. At all. Needless to say I can't dance. And yet, I do anyway.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 02:14 AM
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34. I do that too!
I can dance though if it's choreographed and I practice. I can roller skate too.
Just don't ask me to walk across a room without tripping over my own feet. :silly:
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AVulgarianHue Donating Member (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 02:12 AM
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33. My "flaws" are charming
and I am much too self-effacing to draw attention to them.;)
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 02:19 AM
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36. Welcome to the Lounge......
Where the men are hot...

The woman on fire

And you get to be who ever you want to be....

Cause it's cyber space baby

Although the picture threads tend to ground us.....
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AVulgarianHue Donating Member (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 02:40 AM
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40. Mr. Green, you do have a way..
I'm tellin' ya.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:24 PM
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48. Welcome to DU!!!
:bounce: Good to know you....
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 02:33 AM
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38. Yep
I'm dorky, neurotic, fairly weird, rather boring and I complain too much. Even if I didn't prefer to spend lots of time alone I'd be doing so.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 03:49 AM
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41. I like being alone...
Edited on Sun Aug-14-05 03:49 AM by WCGreen
But it is nice to have someone out there you can count on.....

Just sayin'
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 04:30 AM
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42. I've got people I can count on
I'm fortunate enough that my jobs allow me plenty of solitude so I can recharge. Then I have my friends for socializing and reciprocal helping.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 02:35 AM
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39. Just play it off legit.
No need to beat on yourself for anything.
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Old_Fart Donating Member (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 11:09 AM
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46. "you're in love"
You have a right to be a "dork" and do quirky things. Some people are jealous of that. Everyone has "flaws" and that is what makes us human beings. Being able to admit our mistakes shows that we are grown up.

Best of luck to both of you.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:25 PM
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49. I am perfect.
If you love over protective, constantly worried, slightly (ahem..or more) procrastinating type kind of folks. :hi:
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 02:41 PM
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50. I always thought you were.
sigh

:hi:
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 04:21 PM
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53. Awwww, stop.
I think you're pretty perfect too! :hi:
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 03:05 PM
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51. oh, I have my flaws
and let them hang out here all too often, but to know me is to love me, right? ;-)
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 03:18 PM
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52. i have leprosy and half my face looks like a bag
of sloughed off skin.

random people in public hide their children from me or audibly gasp in horror.

some people call me the elephant man.

but i've learned to embrace my diversity and my disfigurement.
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 06:52 PM
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54. My flaws?
Very similar to yours, actually, except for the show tunes.

Oh, and I have one other: I fall hopelessly in love with "smart-ass sappy geeks". What could possibly save me now? :loveya:

One other flaw: I post on DU when I really should be cleaning...
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