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Like others before me, I learned to read - and spell - at a very young age, well before I started primary school. Consequently I became a major pain in the arse for my teachers because I used to correct their spelling and grammar all the time.
I have a very good ear for music but I can't actually play an instrument; although I have taught myself to play piano in an extremely rudimentary fashion.
On the subject of ears, I have unusually acute hearing and can tune into the softest conversation going on around me. This has often come as a surprise to people who thought no-one was listening in...
Also my audible range is particularly wide; I have no trouble hearing high frequency sounds such as those emitted by powered electronic equipment, for instance; or dog whistles, which is not always a nice thing because some of those bloody things can be piercing to say the least.
The first time I ever got drunk was some time around three or four years of age. Apparently I was discovered behind the sofa, clutching a half-empty bottle of gripe water and giggling to myself.
For some reason, other people (including complete strangers) find me so easy to confide in that they will often open up even their darkest secrets to me, completely unsolicited. Over the years I have learned so many scandalous secrets that, were I ever to publish them, I could probably bring down the equivalent of a decent sized government.
I have always had a terrible memory for names, even those of people I know well, unless I get to know the person well over a long time. One of my duties back in the DWP was distributing the mail around the office; since even after eighteen months of working there I had no memory of who and where everyone was, this posed something of a problem. So I approached Julie, one of the two Executive Officers, who drew up a floor plan showing the layout of the desks and which name sat where. If not for her help, I'd probably still be there now trying to figure it all out.
Finally, I have quite startlingly diabolical handwriting. I'm not exaggerating (much) when I say that even I have trouble reading anything I write.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
I don't fit in. One part of me might, but another always gets in the way. That's because I'm a Hispanic American, atheist, bisexual, personality shifter, sex talker, socially awkward, impulsive, progressive, beer drinking, soccer playing, free thinking, liberal, hard core woman in heels (or Converse shoes). I'm nice but rude. I'm gay but straight. I'm shy but not. I'm a girly tom-boy. It all depends on how I feel in the morning.
I have a scary intuition talent. I try not to, but I'm always one step ahead and act accordingly to what I feel the person is thinking. I usually get it right. It's scary. I go by expressions, traits, tendencies, commonalities, etc. A couple minutes into a conversation with someone I just met and I could lead it anywhere I'd like just guiding myself by what I observed. I can't explain it. It's heavy stuff.
May 1, 2013 at 1:32 am (This post was last modified: May 1, 2013 at 1:36 am by Dragonetti.)
(May 1, 2013 at 12:42 am)catfish Wrote:
(May 1, 2013 at 12:39 am)cato123 Wrote: Dude, you must have missed the intro to the second paragraph where Ivy said she had 'scary intuition talent'.
Go back to sleeping through jackhammers. So fucing impressive.
I love a good breakdown, it's true.
I have slept through outgoing cannon fire! But, I have slept through many attacks to our camp!
Jackhammers is impressive, I yet to sleep through that. They have been tearing down buildings today! Woke me up!
(May 1, 2013 at 12:22 am)Ivy Wrote: I don't fit in. One part of me might, but another always gets in the way. That's because I'm a Hispanic American, atheist, bisexual, personality shifter, sex talker, socially awkward, impulsive, progressive, beer drinking, soccer playing, free thinking, liberal, hard core woman in heels (or Converse shoes). I'm nice but rude. I'm gay but straight. I'm shy but not. I'm a girly tom-boy. It all depends on how I feel in the morning.
I have a scary intuition talent. I try not to, but I'm always one step ahead and act accordingly to what I feel the person is thinking. I usually get it right. It's scary. I go by expressions, traits, tendencies, commonalities, etc. A couple minutes into a conversation with someone I just met and I could lead it anywhere I'd like just guiding myself by what I observed. I can't explain it. It's heavy stuff.
Hmm rare. Athiest Hispanic. I am one too, but very rare from my experience.
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan
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(May 1, 2013 at 12:22 am)Ivy Wrote: I don't fit in. One part of me might, but another always gets in the way. That's because I'm a Hispanic American, atheist, bisexual, personality shifter, sex talker, socially awkward, impulsive, progressive, beer drinking, soccer playing, free thinking, liberal, hard core woman in heels (or Converse shoes). I'm nice but rude. I'm gay but straight. I'm shy but not. I'm a girly tom-boy. It all depends on how I feel in the morning.
May 1, 2013 at 9:49 am (This post was last modified: May 1, 2013 at 9:50 am by KichigaiNeko.)
(May 1, 2013 at 12:22 am)Ivy Wrote: I don't fit in. One part of me might,
but another always gets in the way. That's because I'm a Hispanic American, atheist, bisexual, personality shifter, sex talker, socially awkward, impulsive, progressive, beer drinking, soccer playing, free thinking, liberal, hard core woman in heels (or Converse shoes). I'm nice but rude. I'm gay but straight. I'm shy but not. I'm a girly tom-boy. It all depends on how I feel in the morning.
I have a scary intuition talent. I try not to, but I'm always one step ahead and act accordingly to what I feel the person is thinking. I usually get it right. It's scary. I go by expressions, traits, tendencies, commonalities, etc. A couple minutes into a conversation with someone I just met and I could lead it anywhere I'd like just guiding myself by what I observed. I can't explain it. It's heavy stuff.
I don't think any of us do Ivy...strange premonitions? Nah...survival tactics I'm thinking. Scary yes but use them since they have not failed you. Welcome to our world hun!
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"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
(May 1, 2013 at 12:22 am)Ivy Wrote: I have a scary intuition talent. I try not to, but I'm always one step ahead and act accordingly to what I feel the person is thinking. I usually get it right. It's scary. I go by expressions, traits, tendencies, commonalities, etc. A couple minutes into a conversation with someone I just met and I could lead it anywhere I'd like just guiding myself by what I observed. I can't explain it. It's heavy stuff.