Your true political self:
Then:
You are a Social Liberal (66% permissive)
and an... Economic Liberal (33% permissive)
You are best described as a: Democrat
You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.
Now:
You are a Social Liberal (60% permissive)
and an... Economic Liberal (38% permissive)
You are best described as a: Centrist
You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.
Then:
You are a Social Liberal (66% permissive)
and an... Economic Liberal (33% permissive)
You are best described as a: Democrat
You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.
Now:
You are a Social Liberal (60% permissive)
and an... Economic Liberal (38% permissive)
You are best described as a: Centrist
You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.
I feel the pure Spirits of my mother, my aunty, my uncle, our pets and the threshold of my childhood home near me on this day while one heart, one mind, one soul dances in the Rahklands. Allowing my quiet fire to fill and trusting it to safely warm the home I now inhabit.
Thankful that God gave me a human mind and body to appreciate and express His glorious and sacred gifts of Music and Dance. That He gave me the Will and Passion to build and rebuild the walls of my House from Air.
In awe that He set me down amidst the Fae which flows through and responds to all His creation, tapping in the Right Time to the collective Rhythm, that He has touched me with an Adept's Sight to see His Magick and His Blessing to Work It in His Name.
May the Sun Shine on Your Head, Love as Thou Wilt and Good Dancing! --~^..^~
draw the circle
in the dirt of your mind
Prepare
set your song free--
key the jivatma
color caresses the blade
Dance
I like to tap my feet to the rhythm. Why don't you dance with me to the rhythm?
For the family of my heart, not always bound by blood, but by spirit, mercy, acceptance and understanding. Thank you for choosing to be in my house and being the brick and mortar of its walls. Thank you for allowing me to eat and drink from the table in yours. --~^..^~
Found it! From Jennifer Roberson's Sword-Born, page 277. Because Tiger has said it better than I ever could.
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Thankful that God gave me a human mind and body to appreciate and express His glorious and sacred gifts of Music and Dance. That He gave me the Will and Passion to build and rebuild the walls of my House from Air.
In awe that He set me down amidst the Fae which flows through and responds to all His creation, tapping in the Right Time to the collective Rhythm, that He has touched me with an Adept's Sight to see His Magick and His Blessing to Work It in His Name.
May the Sun Shine on Your Head, Love as Thou Wilt and Good Dancing! --~^..^~
draw the circle
in the dirt of your mind
Prepare
set your song free--
key the jivatma
color caresses the blade
Dance
I like to tap my feet to the rhythm. Why don't you dance with me to the rhythm?
For the family of my heart, not always bound by blood, but by spirit, mercy, acceptance and understanding. Thank you for choosing to be in my house and being the brick and mortar of its walls. Thank you for allowing me to eat and drink from the table in yours. --~^..^~
Found it! From Jennifer Roberson's Sword-Born, page 277. Because Tiger has said it better than I ever could.
"Then why did you come?"
Clarity from the Sandtiger--
"To find out if there was a home in my life where the walls were built of brick and mortar instead of air.
But I didn't necessarily find my home. I found a home. Her home. Your home.
There is a part of me that wishes to be of it. Yes.... But being of something is not the same thing as being that thing.
I am my home. Where I go, that is my home. My walls are built of air. There is no substance-- no brick, no mortar-- except the substance I give them, and that is air. A circle drawn in the sand. A man born in and of a house doesn't truly comprehend what it is to be a house. Because there is no need."
Herakleio: "But you have that woman in it."
That woman. Not a woman. That one. Specifically.
Herakelio understood semantics better than I'd believed.
Tiger: "Because she chooses to be in it," I said finally; and that in itself was so different from what I would have said three years before, when every part of me knew a woman was in a man's house because he put her there.
Herakleio: "Does she build them of air as well, those walls?"
Tiger: "The walls of my home?" I shook my head. "Del is my brick. My mortar."
His intensity went up a notch. "And if she left your house, would those walls collapse?"
This time it was my turn to stare hard across the horizon. "I don't know."
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- Current Mood:
grateful - Current Music:Ballad of the Metronome
http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/14/how-okcupid-led-an-organ-donor-to-find-the-teen-with-his-kidney/
and a bit sad about losing features I liked.
Archiving a snippet from one user's forum post:
and a bit sad about losing features I liked.
Archiving a snippet from one user's forum post:
Recently removed features, some of these from my journal post on removed features 2012-04, and go back a while:
- Journals
- Misc forum restrictions
- Profile join dates
- Personality badges
- Allow edits to profile by other users, editors are credited
- A-List photo album restrictions (now available to most users and no more ability to restrict to favorites or A-List users)
- General profile name search
- Can't email someone without going to their profile or leveraging an existing conversation
- Personality comparison graphs
- Profile notes
- "WTF Report"
- "Best matches by state" thing
- Ability to disable activity popup messages
- Homepage activity list filter
- Mutual low star rating notice (humorous)
- Quiver
- Profile Awards
- Games
- Search for new questions
- Winks
- Email flags - "Smiles" (the only email organizational feature that ever appeared here in my 6.5 years)
- "Let them know" when adding to favorites
- Subject line in emails
- Detailed IM blocking options for newer users
- Email filters
- Unicode characters in profiles
Newly added features
- Mobile app tweaks
- Draft emails
- Various A-List and paid features
- Additional options for offspring status in profile
- Expanded FAQ pages
- "I'm Looking For" has more bearing on site profile suggestions
- Profiles listed as gay/bi can hide profile from others listed as straight
- OkCupid events (never made it here, possibly only in NYC?)
Tired and weary... and reasonably angry. Will see what being mysterious brings me. Best thing to do is remain true to myself.
Did not grow up with my father (prolly affects my relationships, working on it). Folks died senior year of high school and first year of college. Put myself through as an independent student. Value my intelligence, ideals and self-reliance and believe that's what keeps me afloat. Admire strong female characters and look up to them as role models. Aeryn Sun is one of them.
Things have been hard, difficult and lonely. Would like that to change, still figuring out how to do so. But not killing what I consider the best aspects of myself in order to fit a gender-typed image of femininity, nor a stereotyped image of minority and the exotic.
Flipped through my own LJ the other night and wondered, "WTF happened to her? Where did she go?" Shifting gears to give more energy back to myself. Finally feeling that shift in my bones.
Still healing from my last relationship experience* (an engagement that withered from neglect); cautious these days. Want one, but not at the sacrifice of myself.
Do not want to be a slave to anyone's hormones, mine nor yours. When I submit, it is a choice.
When "you" say "threesome", this is what I think.
If you're pissed about me being a tougher nut to crack, be pissed at the *damage dealer's behavior, not me please. I do not need a repeat of abuse in my life, and I believe, will understandably be slow to trust again. Taking micro baby steps on the "cultivating new relationships" grief task.
Did not grow up with my father (prolly affects my relationships, working on it). Folks died senior year of high school and first year of college. Put myself through as an independent student. Value my intelligence, ideals and self-reliance and believe that's what keeps me afloat. Admire strong female characters and look up to them as role models. Aeryn Sun is one of them.
Things have been hard, difficult and lonely. Would like that to change, still figuring out how to do so. But not killing what I consider the best aspects of myself in order to fit a gender-typed image of femininity, nor a stereotyped image of minority and the exotic.
Flipped through my own LJ the other night and wondered, "WTF happened to her? Where did she go?" Shifting gears to give more energy back to myself. Finally feeling that shift in my bones.
Still healing from my last relationship experience* (an engagement that withered from neglect); cautious these days. Want one, but not at the sacrifice of myself.
Do not want to be a slave to anyone's hormones, mine nor yours. When I submit, it is a choice.
When "you" say "threesome", this is what I think.
If you're pissed about me being a tougher nut to crack, be pissed at the *damage dealer's behavior, not me please. I do not need a repeat of abuse in my life, and I believe, will understandably be slow to trust again. Taking micro baby steps on the "cultivating new relationships" grief task.
- Music: Rhapsody, Discogs, Songkick
- Books: Library Thing
- Tech: gdgt
- Amazon Wishlist
- TV:
MyAnimeList
- Movies:
FlickChart, Criticker
- IMDB: Watchlist
- Food: severely allergic to all tree nuts; don't trust shellfish; no organ meats
- Restaurants: Foodspotting, Menuism
- Recipes: TastyPlanner, KeepRecipes
- Open Table (bought Foodspotting)
Signed up for the International Partner Dance Intensive and looking forward to dancing myself into better shape and hopefully, coming this close to dancing my feet off. Gaining more command of my body as it relates to the floor and dumping 600+ XP into my dance skill trees is good too.
You're welcome to join me for the social dancing each night, starting Thursday. Will prolly do Tango on Fri, WCS on Sat. Still haven't decided for Thur or Sun.
You're welcome to join me for the social dancing each night, starting Thursday. Will prolly do Tango on Fri, WCS on Sat. Still haven't decided for Thur or Sun.
- Current Location:home
- Current Mood:
energetic
Just spent a few hours purging, cleaning & sanitizing the fridge with vinegar & hydrogen peroxide. Have been considering ways to eat healthier, yet have food prep/storage be less stressful.
I learned the nutrition lesson with Monk when I changed his diet and kept his diabetes under control by monitoring what I fed him. I can tell when I'm not eating right. But I also know I usually don't have the energy level (prolly from not eating right) to keep up with... you guessed it, eating right.
Quick Google search reveals--
Of course, none of this beats the awesome cafeteria at Panasonic..... sigh. Soon. Soon. Can't wait to see y'all again. :D --~^..^~
I learned the nutrition lesson with Monk when I changed his diet and kept his diabetes under control by monitoring what I fed him. I can tell when I'm not eating right. But I also know I usually don't have the energy level (prolly from not eating right) to keep up with... you guessed it, eating right.
Quick Google search reveals--
Of course, none of this beats the awesome cafeteria at Panasonic..... sigh. Soon. Soon. Can't wait to see y'all again. :D --~^..^~
- Current Location:home
~ you have something of substance to say.
If it's just hello, you're pretty and nothing more than that, don't expect a reply. I'm an introvert, which means I can't stand small talk. If it's aimless, save yourself the trouble. Something about me caught your eye, now it's your turn to catch mine.
It's a bad sign if I have to ask if you wanted to discuss something in particular.
Write with honesty, purpose and intent.
You'll have better luck if you can tell me why you like my looks, why you contacted me and what your intentions are. Or even better, a cool geeky topic, say, kung fu movies. We're burning daylight.
Same rules apply on Facebook. Please be pleasant and civil. Act contrary to that and pop go the claws.
You can send me a friend request, but make sure you:
And we shouldn't have a problem.
~ you aren't freaked by the stuff sitting on my LJ.
If you are, please don't waste energy starting something worthwhile that then has to end. I've buried too many relationships in my life already and loss takes a great toll on me (in lifelong recovery from serious abandonment issues).
~ Caveats:
~ Nifty tangents--
If it's just hello, you're pretty and nothing more than that, don't expect a reply. I'm an introvert, which means I can't stand small talk. If it's aimless, save yourself the trouble. Something about me caught your eye, now it's your turn to catch mine.
It's a bad sign if I have to ask if you wanted to discuss something in particular.
Write with honesty, purpose and intent.
You'll have better luck if you can tell me why you like my looks, why you contacted me and what your intentions are. Or even better, a cool geeky topic, say, kung fu movies. We're burning daylight.
Same rules apply on Facebook. Please be pleasant and civil. Act contrary to that and pop go the claws.
You can send me a friend request, but make sure you:
- send a message identifying yourself
(I check the Other folder) - state your purpose in making contact
- conduct yourself honorably in public posts
And we shouldn't have a problem.
~ you aren't freaked by the stuff sitting on my LJ.
If you are, please don't waste energy starting something worthwhile that then has to end. I've buried too many relationships in my life already and loss takes a great toll on me (in lifelong recovery from serious abandonment issues).
~ Caveats:
- not looking for casual sex, not a casual person
(I get attached; debunked assumptions about oxytocin) - heavy use of abbreviation (how r u 2nite) annoys me; I feel it's wasting my time
why would I risk mingling genetic material with someone who can't be bothered to spell a three letter word? - verbal abuse, racial slurs, etc. will be reported
- certain nights are reserved for special people
(i.e. berating me for being preoccupied on Sat won't get you on my good side)
~ Nifty tangents--
- I've been on OKC since the beginning (2003) and joined LiveJournal around the same time
- did you know OKC built their own web server?
- story behind the name
Profile
ebontigress- ~^..^~
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Ruhu Tianyi: Like a tiger that has grown wings - meaning might redoubled.
Blended: Sagittarius Tiger
Element: wood
Type: INFP; work style
Soul Songs:
[draw the circle
in the dirt of your mind
Prepare
set your song free--
key the jivatma
color caresses the blade
Dance]
Caleb's Kindness:
[I have the power
to make choices
and the strength and wisdom
to choose the ones
that are right for me]
With the power of my Creative Energy I shall transmute:
my complaints into rejoicing
my criticisms into acclamations
my whines into purrs
my gossips into praises
Tangaloor, fire-bright Flame foot, farthest walker
Your huntress speaks
In need she walks
In need, but never in fear
Hold onto your spark: Kyndyll
and your Altar's Heart:
| Been pretty happy since I switched to a car-free diet. Though I still miss Shadowfax from time to time. |
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Ruhu Tianyi: Like a tiger that has grown wings - meaning might redoubled.
Blended: Sagittarius Tiger
Element: wood
Type: INFP; work style
Soul Songs:
[draw the circle
in the dirt of your mind
Prepare
set your song free--
key the jivatma
color caresses the blade
Dance]
Caleb's Kindness:
[I have the power
to make choices
and the strength and wisdom
to choose the ones
that are right for me]
With the power of my Creative Energy I shall transmute:
my complaints into rejoicing
my criticisms into acclamations
my whines into purrs
my gossips into praises
Tangaloor, fire-bright Flame foot, farthest walker
Your huntress speaks
In need she walks
In need, but never in fear
Hold onto your spark: Kyndyll
and your Altar's Heart:
Nothing is so strong as gentleness.
Nothing is so gentle as real strength.
-- St. Francis de Sales / Native American proverb
Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.
-- Cadet Maxim
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