guilty pleasures and other memes

[dream_labyrinth]

Post seven guilty pleasures that others may/may not know about. Not just simply listing 'chocolate' or 'sex'... something specific. And then, tag three people whose guilty pleasures you want to know, and why.

1. paperback novels, the kind the drugstores sell (yes, I know that's almost a line from a song)
Those novels usually have no more than 128 pages, they are mostly about sex with a side of finding your One True Love. They take about an hour to read and therefore are perfect before going to bed. Yes, they are nothing like good books, but they do the trick.
I have a stack of them next to my bed and buy new ones from time to time, when I feel I know the old stories by heart.

2. stationary. I adore stationary. I love to browse through the stores and look at all the different sorts of files and coloured tabs and sticky notes and pens and everything. Since I left school, I've limited the number of things I buy to only a little more than strictly necessary, but I still love to go to stationary shops.

3. flirting. It's an addiction. Once I started flirting with guys who would flirt back, I found it hard to stop.

4. physical fitness. All they say about the endorphins that flood your system after a good workout is true. Also, I love watching people with good figures. Guys, mostly, because watching girls in better shape than me makes me feel self-conscious. But a nice sixpack, muscular arms and strong legs - yum!

5. starring in my own stories. I am Mary Sue at her best. Happily, at least for you guys, I rarely write down those stories.

6. getting asked for dates. It's still a bit of a novelty for me, and I just love it. I'm totally thrilled if a guy asks me out. Now all I need to learn is how to actually accept and go out with them...

7. because there has been no foodstuff before: the cookies you can get at Subway's. They remind me of America because they taste a lot like to cookies I ate there. I could eat one everytime I pass a shop, but I try not to, because I'm sure they have more calories than an average meal.

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Words of Affirmation
with a secondary love language being
Physical Touch.

Complete set of results

Words of Affirmation:		8
Physical Touch:		7
Acts of Service:		5
Quality Time:		5
Receiving Gifts:		5

Information

Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

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And jonthedull tagged me to list 8 random facts:
Here are the rules:
• Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
• People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
• At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
• Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

1. I have a set routine in the mornings and I hate it when it's disturbed.
2. I let only a few select people come to my place. My flat is my own.
3. I randomly quote from songs or books, which can be tricky if I put an English quote into a German conversation.
4. If people laugh in my presence, I wonder whether they laugh about me.
5. I am unable to do smalltalk. I'd rather be silent.
6. I like to play patience games like solitaire in all its many variations.
7. When listening to music, I pay attention to the lyrics.
8. I enjoy helping other people clean their houses, but I don't really like to clean mine.

Comments

[quietselkie.livejournal.com]

You should see how many pens and journals I have here. I can pass by the tabbed folders, but not PENS. Hee.

And why NOT write down some of the Dream_Labyrinth_Sue stories? They sound like fun.

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

*g*
One of the plot ideas came back a while ago after I hadn't thought about it in ages. It might happen yet.

[jonthedull.livejournal.com]

I feel the same way about my place. I only invite some people over because when people come over I feel like I'm more exposed and that they can see more of me and what I'm like. I worry they will dislike me or judge me based on my place or my belongings.

If you lived near me I'd totally want to ask you out on a date. However, I don't have six-pack abbs... I have more of a keg. I guess I'm not what your're looking for.

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

Well, I consider you a friend, and I have been looking for those for much longer than dates. :-)

I don't exactly worry about what people will think, it's just that my place seems less my own if people are there.

[jonthedull.livejournal.com]

Finding a date shouldn't be hard for you, you work on an Army base, there's probably hundreds of single guys to choose from :)

I'm happy to be your friend!

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Yes, there are hundreds of single guys or guys who don't mind not being single when it comes to dating.
It's just that I had ridiculously high standards, so it is tricky to find someone who is worth my time. (Gosh, I sound as if I'm Paris Hilton and would just have to snap my fingers and the guys would come running... *rollseyes*

[jonthedull.livejournal.com]

Eeewwww Paris Hilton. It's easy to be her, just have more money than you know what to do with, be slutty, show your crotch or boobs as often as you can, and just be stupid and arrogant.

Is it high standards or just that you know what sort of person will fit in with you. I mean you seem to hold yourself to high standards, and I imagine that a slacker isn't the type of person you could be happy with for a long time

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

True, but I have to be realistic. A guy who is my idea of a Prince Charming would not necessarily look for somebody like me if he could get somebody more attractive, friendlier and easier to live with.

[jonthedull.livejournal.com]

Perhaps some classy British officer will visit the base some day, decide to visit the library, become charmed by your intelegant conversation, and great looks :-)

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

*gg*
Now that would be something!
I'll squee about it immediately once it happens.