I've said it many times. I do not change. What you see here online is what I am like in real life. Also the way I think, the things I like and the way I look don't change. I've had people meet me after 15 years and say I haven't changed in anyway. I tracked down an old friend I hadn't seen in almost 20 years. When he asked what I was up to I was surprised in a good way to tell him "Same 'ol same 'ol." Surprised and proud that I was still at these things. I am loyal to those that are good to me and harsh to jerks and traitors. Well back in the early days of Livejournal quizes used to be popular. You'd go to a site and they'd ask you questions and then an answer would pop out based on what you picked. Some were totally off butt some were well made. I took a quiz back on November 15, 2004 and got the result of Phoenix. It was called Claim Your Wings and I guess it would tell you what kind of winged creature you were. Well it's a shame the site is gone. It's rough being an unchanging creature in an ever changing world that keeps changing for the worse. But I read the results of me being a phoenix and was afraid that now this fits me even MORE than it did back then. Here's what it said. Please tell me what you think for those of you that have known me a long time.

You are a PHOENIX in your soul and your wings make a statement. Huge and born of flame,they burn with light and power and rebirth. Ashes fall from your wingtips. You are an amazingly strong person. You survive, even flourish in adversity and hardship. A firm believer in the phrase, 'Whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger,' you rarely fear failure. You know that any mistake you make will teach you more about yourself and allow you to 'rise from the ashes' as a still greater being. Because of this, you rarely make the same mistake twice, and are not among the most forgiving people. You're extremely powerful and wise, and are capable of fierce pride, passion, and anger. Perhaps you're this way because you were forced to survive a rough childhood. Or maybe you just have a strong grasp on reality and know that life is tough and the world is cruel, and it takes strength and independence to survive it. And independence is your strongest point - you may care for others, and even depend on them...but when it comes right down to it, the only one you need is yourself. Thus you trust your own intuition, and rely on a mind almost as brilliant as the fire of your wings to guide you. You are eternal and because you have a strong sense of who and what you are, no one can control your heart or mind, or even really influence your thinking. A symbol of rebirth and renewal, you tend to be a very spiritual person with a serious mind - never acting immature and harboring a superior disgust of those who do. Likewise, humanity's stupidity and tendency to want others to solve their problems for them frustrates you endlessly. Though you can be stubborn, outspoken, and haughty, I admire you greatly.

Wow. And I am a fire type. I have been saying that from the start. Interesting also that I gave fire powers to Bullet the budgie. That's why I chose her as this icon. I love this. It was true then and it is still true now. I got this result too I think before I even had developed my best fire type Owen Marsh. He was around but he wasn't fully developed as a character yet.

So today I made progress packing. Chris came home and helped me a bit. We went to Walmart and bought a pillow topper size Queen for the jeep. I need two but we can only afford one. I hope we can cut it to fit right. We'll get the second one later on. For now I should have a place to sleep in my jeep. Here is what I am trying to recreate. How To Sleep In A 2 Door Jeep JK.

I'm so happy I got my room cleaned up today. It's so much better. I filled two bins in my closet. I think I have room for two more and then it will be full. I'd rather not fill them but good to know the space is there. Speaking of trips through memory lane, I think only ACTipton remembers this but I used to be a snake breeder. I bred Florida Blue Garters. I've been thinking about that a lot lately. I'm kind of missing that and would love to get back into it now that I know about bio active tanks and making beautiful enclosures. I have nothing against keeping snakes in the minimalist of settings, but I must say it's fun trying to create a system that is almost completely self cleaning and pretty. So yeah most of my posts about my garters are from 2006. I did dive into the archives today.

I made a little video today about my trip I'm taking. It's just a little intro to what I'll be doing.

https://youtu.be/4MktuFsHECA
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I had a very nice day. Here's a video showing most of what all we did.


https://youtu.be/iLzdSpVMNR0

And yesterday I spent most of the day putting together a wall cabinet for my bird supplies in my room.


https://youtu.be/apjfAAaJa9s

I'm loving how it looks and this will certainly help to organize things better in my room. I'm thinking of getting a standing one for the living room because the bird supplies there are a mess too.

I've been thinking about the theory of the five languages of love. Here are my results from a quiz I took.

ACTS OF SERVICE



Can vacuuming the floors really be an expression of love? Absolutely! Anything you do to ease the burden of responsibilities weighing on an “Acts of Service” person will speak volumes. The words he or she most want to hear: “Let me do that for you.” Laziness, broken commitments, and making more work for them tell speakers of this language their feelings don’t matter.

Sorry no link to the quiz. Can't get it to work.


Which one are you? BTW the stupid code doesn't works so I just copy and pasted the text and linked to the picture so you can see the result the right way. The five possibilities are Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Quality Time, Gifts and Touch. I definitely am Acts of Service because I am happiest when Chris helps me not just with chores but with projects and creative stuff. This includes asking for ideas and advice to help me come to a decision. It is why I often ask for advice here on my journal from you guys. I like that this quiz counts all love not just romantic love. So this includes love of friends. The other categories are Words of Affirmation where you prefer compliments, encouragement and no criticism the most. You need to hear it from others. Billy Joe's Tell Her About It is a song that comes to mind that fits this type of love. Quality time is easy. You enjoy spending time with friends and loved ones most. This has nothing to do with being introverted or extroverted because love transcends type. All types need love just express it in different ways, but when we are socializing because we want to and because we love someone this is most appreciated. Gifts is another easy one. You like getting nice things from others as a show of love. Touch is when you like to be hugged, kissed etc.

I actually do all of these two some degree except for touch. I rejected all those questions as I don't like to be touched at all. I can't stand how it feels and it makes my skin crawl. Chris is the only one and I have had to work hard on letting him in. Quality time funny enough is my second strongest. I enjoy being with Chris or with people I like. Despite being an introvert all the way I am extremely selective of my friends and the few I do have I want to spend time with doing nice things with. There's the whole doing thing again. Acts are most important to me. So it is one reason I love travel and visiting others. Words of Affirmation. I'm 50/50 on this one. Chris and I say "I love you" constantly, we compliment each other deeply and strongly and we also encourage each other. I don't like that this quiz focuses on compliments. When it comes to friends I do like compliments but they have to be meaningful and true. I have dropped many an idiot online that latches onto me and just compliments me constantly when they don't know anything about me. Also in real life I cut these people off rather quickly. Puppy dog boy comes to mind if any of you remember him. Actions are louder than words and most people that pledge their undying allegiance to me I quickly put to the test with something hard. They don't last long. People have to prove themselves and they have to earn my love just like my respect. In fact my respect comes first. A lot of these people I've cut off I've out right told them I'm not their best friend back and that I am many people's best friend but it does not go two ways. You can only have one best friend that's why they are the best. And lastly there's gifts. I do love gifts but this is kind of like the words thing too. I like meaningful gifts from those that have earned my respect (notice I didn't say love) and I also don't expect gifts though I do hope for them on the two major holidays. Birthday and Christmas. Two ex friends would get me stuff because they had to. One was definitely an S type. I hate getting junk especially now that I'm trying to get junk out of my life and I do not care for crappy gifts. Funny enough because of my ego and because these people weren't my friends and had no respect the Daffy Duck son Chintzy applied to them. HERE is the Song. This version of Daffy is ENTJ. I love ENTJ's as they are very similar to us but more energy. I can so relate to this song and have done this because Daffy and Porky aren't friends at least in Daffy's eyes. Porky hasn't earned Daffy's respect and therefore not his love. And he never will because he's weak so his respect can't ever be obtained. Been there done that. Ha actually after watching the video again I can relate so much. I had an exfriend once give me a bad photo of herself as a gift. I reacted like Daffy. Ugh. Why? Yes it was trashed and some of the other bad gifts were donated to charity.

Now another thing I found interesting about this quiz was most of the questions where based I think on how you like to receive love. So I am Acts of Kindness for sure first and then a very close second quality time, followed by Words of Affirmation, then gifts then touch which is basically not at all for me. BUT I also wondered while answering if I should consider how I GIVE love because I think the order totally changes then. Quality time might be first in that case and then gifts. I love to give good gifts to friends when I am able to. I think about it all the time and if I had tons of money you guys would be getting more stuff in the mail. Gift giving IS an act after all so I'm following through on how important acts are. Because I am action oriented and don't put too much stock on words, giving or reviving, words are not something I do. But yeah you guys know I like to randomly give stuff. Chris knows this especially as we buy stuff just because. It doesn't have to be a holiday. And also something not covered here is loyalty that I highly value. Hence why I stand up for my friends against jerks both online and in real life and sure as shooting I expect my closest friends to defend me equally as hard when these things happen.

So yeah this is another branch of physiology I find very interesting. I suspect your language of love might be different when it comes to how you give and how you like to receive.

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Here are the remaining results since no one knows how to use html anymore.
( Last Four Results )
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