I am such a question whore.
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judecorpThis is the problem with LJ, we all think we are so close, and we know nothing about each other. I'm going to rectify it. I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me, something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.
Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you.
Stolen from so many people, including
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juliann and one_woman_army.
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Date: 2004-11-11 02:26 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-11-11 02:27 am (UTC)Aside from things I'm allergic to (an enzyme found in papayas and kiwis), I don't like fresh tomatoes, zucchini (probably from the Summer of Too Much Zucchini when we finally composted them after we couldn't eat any more dishes with zucchini in them), nuts that get stuck in my teeth, pork and watermelon.
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Date: 2004-11-12 02:09 am (UTC)<--- PICKY EATER
Date: 2004-11-11 04:07 am (UTC)I avoid eating red meat, including beef and pork (other white meat? that's crap), because I don't like it and I think it's bad for you. I also avoid all of those "baby animal" meats like lamb, veal, etc. because I find them cruel.
I avoid lots of foods because I just plain don't like them. This list includes: onions (the ultimate evil), beets, celery, gravy, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, jalepeno peppers, curry powder, eggs, and cabbage.
I avoid most foods I've never had before because I am afraid of them. I am getting a little better about this over time.
I avoid certain foods most of the time because I think they are not good for me. This includes white bread, potato chips, regular soda, and fast food. I'm better at this some times than other times.
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Date: 2004-11-11 04:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-11 12:31 pm (UTC)Somewhere in there I got the idea that I would apply to graduate school (again) as a way to meet people and make connections in the community. I'd been working in educational research at the time and was focusing my personal research on GLBT youth in public schools. I turned to social work because I wanted to do more than research this population - I wanted to actively work with them. So I applied to the MSW program at OSU, saying that I would only go if it was free and if A. didn't decide to go to NC State.
Turns out that A. was only probationally accepted to both schools, no funding. So we were just going to pick, and were just about to pick NC State for the better weather. And then I got the letter from OSU saying I'd gotten a fellowship. So we moved to Ohio, I enrolled in OSU, and A. went to work.
And I /still/ didn't get a Big Gay Job.
follow-up question
Date: 2004-11-12 01:20 am (UTC)Do you really not like being a clinician? Or is it just that you'd like being a Big Gay Administrator more?
Re: follow-up question
Date: 2004-11-12 02:11 am (UTC)And you know, I'm just not terribly interested in being a talk therapist. Maybe with adolescents I would... but I dunno. Outpatient therapy seems way too ritzy for me. I either want to be some Big Gay Schmoozer or I want to be down and dirty in the trenches. I really want to be a Social Worker in the old school sense of the word, and not just use social work school as a way to be a therapist without writing a dissertation.
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Date: 2004-11-12 02:31 am (UTC)There is an in-between territory. All of the therapists I work with do some case management, i.e. referrals and advocacy and coordination of services. And all are willing to see clients with SMD, not just the worried well.
I do some talk therapy but I'm down and dirty (sometimes literally, you should smell of my clients) often enough.
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Date: 2004-11-12 02:42 am (UTC)I guess I'm a social work snob. ;)
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Date: 2004-11-11 01:49 pm (UTC)(Yeah, I could have picked something much lighter. But honestly. I AM interested in the answer to this one.
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Date: 2004-11-12 02:14 am (UTC)So if I'm allowed to take some liberties with the question, I would say that the event was growing up a survivor of child abuse. Not only did it frame pretty much everything I did when I was growing it, it has certainly had some pretty far-reaching effects on my adult life. I know that I can trace my anxiety around clutter and messes to that, as well as the need to do everything perfectly, difficulty taking criticism, occasional low self-esteem, problems with trust in intimate relationships, exaggerated startle reflex, aversion to quick movement, and the need to ask Jen if she loves me about every 8 seconds. Among other things. (And I actually consider myself pretty well-adjusted.)
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Date: 2004-11-11 02:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-12 02:16 am (UTC)I can listen to my Simon & Garfunkel "Old Friends" box set to death, as well as Catie Curtis's "Acoustic Valentine," Fifteen's "Lucky," and Dar Williams's "Mortal City."
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Date: 2004-11-11 04:54 pm (UTC)I know I could ask something lighter, but that is teh damn counselor in me, Lol..... =)
Things?
Date: 2004-11-12 02:16 am (UTC)2. Daedalus
3. Ralph
4. digital camera
5. cell phone
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Date: 2004-11-12 09:19 pm (UTC)If not, do you plan to?
If so, when do you plan on having them?
And if you plan on having them will you adopt or get pregnant?
If one of you gets preg. Who will it be?
LOL!!! I hope those questions aren't too personal(well, yes they are, but I hope you don't mind me asking). I am really into
kidsbabies right now(in case you didn't know).no subject
Date: 2004-11-12 09:35 pm (UTC)You can just answer "Do you have any kids?"
:)
*hearts* ;)
They're not too personal! :)
Date: 2004-11-13 02:35 pm (UTC)2. We plan on doing both, actually. Jen really wants to have a child of her own, and I have always wanted to adopt. But who knows? Maybe someday I will want to go through all of the fertility crap and try to have a baby myself. (But I doubt it.) Personally, I'd rather go through hell and back to be able to breastfeed more than to physically give birth.
Re: They're not too personal! :)
Date: 2004-11-13 03:21 pm (UTC)U ROCK!!!!
(How did you come to that conclusion based on how we live in a formula-fed society? )
WOW. That is great! There was a woman on a forum I used to frequent (I think it was "babycenter") she had a wife that gave birth - and they both BF their baby. It can be done.
Good luck with all the baby stuff! :)
Just some information for you:
http://breast-feeding.adoption.com/
http://www.fourfriends.com/abrw/
(two major links)
AND...
http://www.lalecheleague.org/NB/NBadoptive.html
http://www.breastfeedingonline.com/23.html
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/adopt/
http://www.kellymom.com/newman/bf_your_adopted_baby_01-03.html
http://www.kellymom.com/newman/lactation_aid_01-03.html
http://www.kellymom.com/newman/domperidone_01-03.html
http://www.asklenore.info/breastfeeding/induced_lactation/gn_protocols.html
Re: They're not too personal! :)
Date: 2004-11-13 03:59 pm (UTC)Yeah, I look at some of those sites from time to time, and I know it can be done. I'm usually anti-fake hormones but I would totally do it if it meant I could make milk. (I'm not sure I could, though, my hormones are all kinds of out of whack.) If not, I'm a huge fan of the SNS and can't wait to get a real baby!!
As for your other question: (How did you come to that conclusion based on how we live in a formula-fed society?) It's really just the best answer. I am not as RAWR enough to, like, attack people who use formula or whatever, and I know that sometimes there are legitimate reasons, but I really do
thinkknow it's the best thing ever. I work in Early Intervention and I encourage all of my babymamas to breast-feed (and a lot of them do, actually).Really, I'm just a crazy hippiemama at heart who can't wait to get started!
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