Vee ([info]carnivee) wrote,
@ 2006-02-09 00:06:00
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assignment for Social Psychology
Who Am I? Write 20 different statements in response to the question "Who Am I?" "I am..."

1. a feminist comedian- and no, that's not a contradiction in terms.
2. madly in love with Jennifer Saunders.
3. in support of a united Ireland.
4. from the beautiful city of Providence, Rhode Island.
5. a big fan of The Clash, and an even bigger fan of The Decemberists.
6. a blogger, blog-reader, voyeur, introvert, and verbal exhibitionist.
7. an Internet nerd (since 1995).
8. cynical- as in "cynic" meaning a pessimistic idealist.
9. a communist at heart.
10. obsessed with photos of myself.
11. a Taurus, though I'm not entirely sure what that means.
12. fascinated with carnivals, by which I mean the hey-day of the American traveling carnival.
13. a three-time survivor of sexual assault.
14. a three-time survivor of internships.
15. a two-year Americorps alum.
16. usually called "creative" on recommendations/references.
17. a high-school drop-out.
18. a former pot-head, by which I mean high all day, every day, before bed, etc.
19. perpetually struggling with mental and physical illness.
20. a descendant of Benedict Arnold.




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[info]claireh
2006-02-09 09:45 am UTC (link)
somehow even though all of these were interesting to me, the only one that made me say "Hmm." out loud is the last one.

(you should get royalites from eggs benedict!)

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[info]carnivee
2006-02-11 03:01 pm UTC (link)
heheh. i've been saying that for years!
thanks for posting! the infamous claire comments on my lj. woo hoo! :)

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[info]claireh
2006-02-11 08:07 pm UTC (link)
ha. i'm not infamous. just too shy to comment most of the time.

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[info]carnivee
2006-02-19 05:01 am UTC (link)
heheh. that's so bizarre. i don't think of you as shy. considering your online presence. but then maybe i'm the same away. exhibitionist-at-a-distance. or something.

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[info]carnivee
2006-02-19 05:01 am UTC (link)
away=way. woah.

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[info]daisydumont
2006-02-09 11:49 am UTC (link)
yeah, i thought "benedict arnold"? for a while i was obsessed with photos of myself. nowadays they make me cringe. huh.

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[info]carnivee
2006-02-11 03:03 pm UTC (link)
yes, dear uncle benny... he is an uncle, so the line isn't as direct as it could be, but it's close enough that my mom's last name is arnold. i'm the first without the name, heheh.

photos of myself *used* to make me cringe... i think it's when they stopped making me cringe that i got obsessed with them. it's more like a, "wow, this is what i look like" (because i have very little concept of that) and "it's not entirely hideous"/"i'm actually somewhat photogenic"...

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[info]daisydumont
2006-02-11 04:37 pm UTC (link)
i know what you mean about getting used to your looks and beginning to like them. that was a process i went through once. maybe i should try it again! (my looks have changed radically the last couple of years.)

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[info]carnivee
2006-02-19 05:04 am UTC (link)
the whole looks thing is so weird. for us women in particular, obviously. my appreciation of my looks is a lot to do with my surrounding myself with people who also appreciate them- or at least, are not disgusted by them, as in my youth. one day we will live in a culture that appreciates age as much as youth, in its physical manifestations as well as its psychological, and therefore we won't have to go through this processes so many times...

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[info]green_paint
2006-02-09 01:16 pm UTC (link)
I'm also obsessed with fotos of myself. I'm a narccissist at heart. ~_~

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[info]carnivee
2006-02-11 03:03 pm UTC (link)
me too! at least if we're honest about it... :)

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