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1. What do you do to make things better when you feel sad and/or lonely?

There’s not really any one thing that I do. Depending on how bummed out I am and why, I might cuddle up with my partner, listen to music that makes me feel happy, watch something fun or silly on tv, or play with one of my cats for a little while.

2. Are you a "touchy-feely" person? That is, do you like to touch people you don't know that well? And on the flipside of that, do you like being touched by someone you aren't close with?

Not really. I’m pretty selective about who I am affectionate with. I’m always happy to give one of my friends a hug but people that I don’t know well enough to consider friends usually won’t get anything more than a handshake from me.

3. Do you like to have "me" time, time to yourself to be alone and relax? Or do you prefer to just do your own thing with someone else in the room? When was the last "me" time you got and what did you do?

Yes, I like having a bit of time to myself to do my own thing. I’ve found that it is difficult to get true “alone” time in our home so I have gotten used to doing my own thing with someone else in the room. Fortunately, my own thing is usually reading a book or something, so it’s not really a big deal.

4. Generally speaking, how do you feel about the concept of marriage? Are you the marrying type? Do you think the act of getting married means something today or is it simply just "a piece of paper?"

I feel that marriage is a very serious and lifelong commitment and is not something to be entered into lightly. I think that many people today do not have a clear idea in their hearts and minds of what marriage really means to them or what it means to their partners. I think this is a large part of why the divorce rate is so high. Even though I have doubts about how realistic it is to expect a marriage to last for a lifetime in this day and age, I do believe that if you aren’t willing to commit yourself to the effort of making it last that long then you aren’t ready and you shouldn’t try until you are.

5. That said, as many as 25 states have passed legislation regulating who they believe should be the "marrying type." What are your thoughts on the banning of same-sex marriages?

6. If there was one law you had the ability to create or change, what would it be?

7. What would you like someone visiting your Blog for the first time to know about you? Now is your chance!

BONUS: Can you hear them?

Things you wish your computer had

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I'm Jo, which ambiguous dyke are you? Quiz by Turi.


Thanks to the Friday Fishwrap for this amusing waste of time.

Hi to anyone who's been reading my blog. I'm just checking in to let you know that I'm still alive, I've just been terribly busy lately and haven't really had time to blog. Sorry 'bout that. Thank you to everyone who stopped in to wish my partner and I a happy anniversary! We had a lovely evening. I took a half day off of work to surprise her with a fabulous dinner prepared by moi (roasted rosemary chicken and lemon-garlic red potatoes with steamed green beans and a nice bottle of wine. It was yummy and she loved it!) Afterward we got together with T and GG, who were also celebrating their second anniversary (We met at the same time. See this post for the back story), at our favorite soft-serve ice cream stand for dessert and just hung out for a little while. We had talked about all of us going out to some fancy restaurant to celebrate, but the truth of the matter is that we're all poor as dirt right now. Money issues aside, I think the evening that we had was much better. We had a nice quiet evening together and spent time with loved ones celebrating one of the most important days of our lives. It was perfect.

Hasn't this idiot ever heard of direct deposit?

You are 29% geek

You are a geek liason, which means you go both ways. You can hang out with normal people or you can hang out with geeks which means you often have geeks as friends and/or have a job where you have to mediate between geeks and normal people. This is an important role and one of which you should be proud. In fact, you can make a good deal of money as a translator. Normal: Tell our geek we need him to work this weekend. You [to Geek]: We need more than that, Scotty. You'll have to stay until you can squeeze more outta them engines! Geek [to You]: I'm givin' her all she's got, Captain, but we need more dilithium crystals! You [to Normal]: He wants to know if he gets overtime.

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Lol! Yep. That sound's about right. Although, how I ended up being less of a geek than GG I'll never understand. ;-)

I've been loafing quite a bit this week. The past several days I've just been lollygagging about reading other peoples blogs and leaving a comment here or there. I know a few people have been wondering how the visit from the in-laws went but I haven't been in much of a blogging mood this week so I've been putting off writing about it, or anything else for that matter. The visit actually went quite well all things considered. They arrived late Thursday night (last week) and left Sunday morning. Much time was spent shopping and eating. I don't know why, but we could not interest them in doing anything else. It was a little weird. Whatever. We were all polite to each other and even made pleasant small talk once or twice, but things were still very tense all weekend. By the time Sunday rolled around we were both ready to see them go and they were practically running for the door. I got a little bent out of shape over the way they said goodbye to me when they left (her mom sort of tossed a "see ya" over her shoulder at me as she was walking out the door, which I thought was pretty rude after staying in our home all weekend) but I'm over it now. Some things just take time. Hopefully our next visit together will be slightly less uncomfortable. Who knows, in 20 years or so, we might even like each other.

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