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This is pretty much a continuation of my first entry by this title but reading the previous entry is not needed in order to understand whatever shows up here. There will probably be more entries under this title too.

1) I am a pseudo-germaphobe. This mainly relates to 2 areas. 1) I don't like touching the steering wheel of my mothers car ~ there is actually very good logic behind this. She coughs and sneezes on it. And that is gross. 2) I really dislike having people take a bite out of something I'm eating ~ like if it's a burrito and then they take a bite out of MY burrito and give it back. "great, now your germ infested slobber is on my lunch, thank you so much". Also, I don't like using utensils that someone else has already had in their mouths ~ like for tasting food that is cooking. I'd rather get my own spoon than use the one that's already been used. Basically, anything edible or used to consume edible items must have my and only my saliva on it. I don't freak out at having to share food or utensils, I just simply prefer not to. I don't mind kissing or being kissed ~ which is weird, honestly. But phobias are hardly ever completely logical.

2) I have priority issues. It's not really a big issue at all, the issue simply exists. I know when I should and shouldn't take first priority to someone ~ sometimes I'm a little off but I generally have a good idea of where I should stand. The issues come in when I know that I SHOULD NOT be first priority and then when the hypothetical person says "I have nothing better to do, so I'm going to hang out with you"... I know I don't take first priority and I know I shouldn't but you don't have to rub it in. Of course "I have nothing better to do" could also mean "There's nothing better sounding to me right now than being with you" in which case I totally misinterpreted what was actually being said. Oops.

3) I really really really like chili and lime ramen ~ it gets called "Enchilosa" by the Cup Noodle peeps. It is utterly yummers, though usually slightly under flavored (or maybe I over water it). The spiciness does tend to make my nose run a bit, though. But I still love it.

4) I don't generally number up peoples flaws. Like, I'll know a friend or someone has flaws and what some of those flaws are but I don't generally keep track of how many there are or what they are. No mental lists for such things. I think this is actually a pretty good trait ~ I'm not overcritical of a person generally and I don't keep a mental tally of their mistakes. (Now I'm bragging, ne? Ah, well.)

5) What I am doing as I write this: I'm eating some chili lime ramen, drinking a liquid that is a mixture of chamomile tea and lemonade, sitting at my dining room table being blinded by the setting sun (how romantic), and looking at the countryside outside of my mother's greenhouse windows.

6) I like living out in the sticks (so to speak). It's nice. There's a lot of fresh air and open space. There are also a lot of trees and a lot of variety in the types of trees. It's a pain having to drive at least 25 miles to get anywhere, but that's okay. The people you get out here are also pretty interesting ~ you get the artsy types, who live here because it's pretty and it allows them to concentrate on their creative vibes. And you also have the rednecks, with their interesting and down to earth perspective on things. And any number of types in between.

7) I have a fairly conflicted personality. I probably have mentioned it before, but oh well. It really depends on what I'm doing.


Japanese for the day

Kokoro
heart/soul

Baka
idiot