“five (not so) easy pieces”

[sergebroom]

I’ve been asked by abi to come up with five things people don’t know about me. That wasn’t quite easy, what with all the posting I’ve done here and there. Still, I managed to come up with a few things, and none of them revelations of such a nature that my readers would feel obligated to turn me in to the authorities. Heheheheh…

ONE… When I eat ice cream straight from the bucket, I am very methodical about it. I dig one spoonful out, then I scoop out a layer of that thickness. Then one spoonful out of the newly evened surface, then a layer of that thickness. All the way to the bottom.

TWO… I love wearing black, but I seldom do, and instead go for kakhi. That’s because I share a home with four dogs and one cat.

THREE… I never thought of myself as adventurous and yet I am the one in my family who moved from Quebec to another country and to another language.

FOUR… I was a late bloomer, which is my first real date was at not quite 28. With a pretty woman, five years older, who liked me and whose divorce was pretty much a fait accompli by then.

FIVE… I don’t really look like General Zod.

Comments

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

And I thought I was a late bloomer, with my first marriage at 26....

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

I got you beat there too. I married my second real date when I was half-way to 31. Two days before the shuttle Challenger blew up.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Wow! I was already married by then and on the way to becoming a father.

[sajia.livejournal.com]

Now I feel better for not having dated anyone even though I'm 25. Getting married at 26, as opposed to dating - pshaw, all but four of my acquaintances in the early 20s to early 30s age group are unmarried, although some are living with their partners.
Is the khaki easier to take care of?
Were you ever seriously depressed about being single at such a late age?

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Kakhis aren't really easier to take care of. You just don't have have to use the hair remover every 5 minutes. Like I said, I like wearing black and that's what my Victorian Time Traveller hall costume gave me the chance to do at the LA worldcon. Got quite a few compliments, but no proposals. Darn.

Was I seriously depressed? Well, it sure made me feel extremely inadequate. Had I not taken outright rejection (or even the I-like-you-but-not-that-way rejection) so badly, my 20s would have been happier. Of course, it all worked out in the end, but until then, bleh...

What about you, Sajia, if I may ask?

[sajia.livejournal.com]

Let's just say my depression focuses itself on the fallacy that I'd be happier if only I had someone. I guess I see it that way because I see my singlehood as a reflection on my character - if I was more self-assured, loved myself more, wasn't so needy, didn't have such a messy apartment, looked more polished, didn't hover around guys I liked so much, somebody might actually find me worthy of love.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

As for messy apartments. The messiest apartment I've ever seen belonged to a couple who'd been living together for several years. They later got married. Still later divorced, but still remained friends. I saw them this past autumn for the first time in 18 years.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

One can't be sure that being with someone else would make us happier. It depends on who that someone is. If not for a freakish set of circumstances that led to Sue and I finding compatible persons in each other, we'd be alone right now. And that's why I don't believe in Destiny. All we can do is be on the lookout. Does this sound like nutty ramblings?

[sajia.livejournal.com]

Oh no, no hint of granola or chanachur (Indian trail mix) at all! Mind you, I like granola and chanachur, especially the sort of chanachur with lots of lentil flour sticks in it.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

As the Three Stooges would say: "Wise guy, eh?"

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

I can't speak for Serge. But I didn't even have a steady girlfriend until I got married. I was quite seriously depressed about being single at that age, mostly because all my friends weren't.

[(Anonymous)]

5 things about me that few people, if any, know:

1. My name isn’t really “Scorby.” I’m not “Dan” either, if you went and looked at http://scorby.livejournal.com/
   
2. I have a tattoo that says “Mom”
   
3. I’m not nearly as gay as everyone thinks
   
4. I have vices much worse than my already excessive caffeine and nicotine intake
   
5. The last thing I said to my nameless (and now former) employer was... not very friendly
   

-Scorby