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Likes:
my daughter and son
my mom and sisters
my dad (who passed when I was 3, so I can’t remember him; but by everyone’s accounts he was a wonderful person)
innocence
nice people
melodic music
cooking
corny punning humor
vintage musical instruments
thrift shop stuff
pottery
living simply
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
Indian spirituality and culture
the ocean
the beach at sunset
seashells
wooden boats
old movies
England
organic farming
iced coffee
spinach and broccoli di rabe
gnocchi with marinara sauce
having good eye-hand coordination
spontaneity (only in my dreams these days, though)

Dislikes:
my oversensitivity
harshness
selfishness
gossip
minute details of people’s private lives dissected in the media (especially when children are involved)
fixation on money/love of money

VEGANGELICA

Ha ha, Liz, we have a lot in common!

I've put in bold the likes that we share. The only things from your "like" list that I'd definitely move to my "dislike" list are cooking and coffee (although I like coffee-flavored desserts). I prefer making mad-scientist kitchen creations and don't like following recipes. I don't know if that really counts as cooking!

My additional Likes:
Bendy straws (and the sound they make when you stretch 'em fast)
Popping things (plastic bubble wrap, pimples, berries underfoot)
The Peculiar and quirky humor
Children's spontaneity and their playful and mischievous ways
Reddish earthy colors
Debates
Daydreaming
Kindness to animals
Hearty whole grain bread that isn't squishy
Long attention spans
Picnics in the shade
Double entendres
Wading with little fish that dart against your feet and tickle you!
Wildflower walks in the woods
Laughing with people
Calling people by name
Hearing my name
The tilde aka "Squiggle" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ (It is like half of an infinity sign. I just noticed that! Now I like it more. )

Looking at your *dislikes,* we share some, too:
My additional dislikes:
Itchy Athlete's Foot
Superficiality
The whole concept of shaving body hair out of a fear of looking ugly
Things that encourage bad body image
Male and female genital cutting
Laws and customs based on gender
Lawn pesticides
Menstruation
Gigantic aquatic centers that waste a lot of water and energy
Regrets
Board games, card games, and video games
My tendency to procrastinate (except it feels so goooood while I do it! )

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likes:
ripped up jeans
lifted trucks
ford mustangs
chevy corvettes
and camaros
any kind of metal music
rock music
alternative music
PacSun
Hollister
Victoria's Secret
Verizon Wireless
starbucks
macys
monster and rockstar energy drinks
five finger death punch
jagermeister
whiskey
wakeboarding
motorcross
dirtbikes
bad boys
partying
hot weather
sephora
juicy couture
metal mulisha
mini skirts
dresses
my baby
dogs
skin industries
tattoos

Dislikes:
rap/hip hop music
stupid people
cottage cheese
redbull
drama
cheerleaders
milet cyrus
britney spears
rain
cold weather

Insane Guest

Same, except I love the winter, and Rap/Hip Hop is too general of a statement.

hissundaygirl09.

yeah and i also hate it when who cant even sing sing the most annoying songs bad sun burns hannah montanna lady gaga and when desperate irls try to get on my man

Insane Guest

Um...what?

ribbons

Looks like we have some more Likes & Dislikes in common, Erica.
Now we'll remember it tilde end of time.

VEGANGELICA

Liz, Liz, Liz! I think you may just be my long-lost (Internet) sister I always wanted but never had...Liz.

I'm glad you and I won't forget the tilde again. Now we will remember it tilde end of time, like you wrote, you punster, you.

I was pleased you know the tickly feeling of fish bumping into your feet while you're wading. I like brown, too, and I look forward to menopause (it will be nice to finally have some underwear that won't get bloody, though I don't look forward to osteoporosis!). I forgot about Wii Sports. I play Wii Sports myself (I bet your son likes it, too. Mine beats me almost all the time in the dogfights!). In fact I'm going to play Wii Sports in about 10 minutes! I don't like playing it an awful lot...but I like playing it because my son enjoys it.

I'm curious about more likes/dislikes we have in common or don't. For example, which are some of the gender-based customs you like? Maybe I'm overlooking some good ones? Here are more of my Likes and Dislikes, Liz, so we can compare them:

More of My Likes:

*Bubbles that float up from a bottle of dishsoap (when you squeeze the bottle just slightly, this sometimes happens by accident. I get very excited!)
*The first hint of pale green leaves emerging from trees in spring. (You see them as a pale green haze when you overlook a deciduous tree grove.)
*The scent of linden tree flowers. Mmmm! Heavenly.
*Dipping graham crackers into (rice) milk (until half is so soggy that it threatens to tear off as you lift it, dangling, up to your mouth.)
*Oreo-type cookies
*Hail...at least the small kind. (I used to put them in the freezer as a kid.)
*Birds...parakeets, for example...and their small warm feet on my finger.
*Rats and mice and their little sniffing noses
*When muscles ache after exercising (kind of a good pain)
*When driving, I like stopping to let pedestrians cross at walkways (I think this may be the only opportunity in life to feel magnanimous. I always enjoy letting pedestrians cross, because they are so happy and appreciative even though it is such a simple little thing you are doing, really.)
*The song "Scarlet Ribbons" (I loved loved loved this song as a child, ribbons! Somehow, you made me think of this song. I don't know why. ;-) When I was a girl, the song let me imagine that there is a kindly being watching out for me...something I've never believed in, but I think you do. It was a lovely idea to think that magically a little girl might get the ribbons that she wanted, like a gift from the universe.)YouTube - Jim Reeves: Scarlet Ribbons

More of My Dislikes:

*Hypocrisy
*Blind patriotism
*Nasty comments such as malicious sarcasm
*Cigarette smoke (it makes me sad...an aunt is so addicted she can't quit despite having breast cancer; also, I don't want to get secondhand smoke)
*When drivers speed and don't bother signalling
*Watching sports (except gymnastics and ice skating) <--Eegads, I think I fit the female stereotype here!

Oh, yes, Dea, the smell of burnt hair is very disturbing. Acrid. Pungent. I dislike it, too.

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I feel flattered to be considered your long-lost 'netsister, sweet Erica, Erica, Erica!
Must be my Piscean nature - I feel comfortable with my fellow fish...even though I am very ticklish!
My mother and one of my sisters had very early menopause without many unpleasant symptoms. I'm hoping for the same!
Hope you two enjoyed your Wii Sports match! We don't have the dogfights on our Wii Sports. I believe what you have is Wii Sports Resorts, which is a newer version. We have the regular Wii Sports which came with the console put out several years ago. I originally bought the Wii for my daughter who quickly lost interest. My son, on the other hand, loves it! We play the tennis, bowling, and baseball together most often. I try to restrict his play time mostly to weekends - otherwise he'd never get off the thing!
Maybe I commented too hastily and didn't understand what you meant, exactly, by "gender-based customs"? I was thinking along the lines of how women and men are very different but can be complementary in those differences, and how that can sometimes be a nice thing. Like, I think it's nice if a man holds open the door for you or is generally gentlemanly. Or, as a woman it gives me pleasure to be nurturing and supportive in various ways. I think retaining a bit of those "traditional" behaviors helps men and women express appreciation for each other. And as men and women often have difficulty understanding each other, I think that's important. (Still, Erica, I'm not sure I comprehended what you meant by "gender-based customs".)

More tomorrow on the rest.........

VEGANGELICA

A Piscean nature, Liz! I wouldn't have guessed. I grew up wading in a river with a lot of carp and enjoyed watching them. I have strong memories of boys picking up the carp and bashing them against the pillars of a concrete underpass, leaving blood spots. Since I was a much smaller girl then, there was little I could do. Another dislike of mine: cruelty.

Oh yes, ours is fairly new, Liz...a gift from grandparents. We play tennis and bowling. Recently my child said "TV and computer are my hobbies." I think our time restrictions aren't working!

Oh, I very much agree that people showing appreciation for others is wonderful. What I don't like is when apparently "appreciative" behaviors are enforced as a way to create a divide between men and women, and usually put men in power over women.

For example, the opening of doors: once when a man opened a door for me, I thanked him and went in. There was a second set of doors just beyond, and so I opened the second door for him. But he refused to go in. I said, "No, please, it's only fair." Yet he refused to go in and got angry at me. So this made me see he wasn't trying to be appreciative and kind at all to me as a person...he was just wanting me to abide by *his* rule that "the woman should let the man open the door for her."

Another example: at my in-laws house at any religious feast (Easter, Christmas), it is always the oldest *man* present who prays. Never the oldest woman.

Heh heh! It's like fireworks, Liz! I know just what you mean about the flurry of little bubbles.

You don't like graham crackers and Oreos!!!!! Horrors! Ah well. But we still have the dangling thing in common! Mmm...peanut butter cream. Yum!

I grew up with my bedroom sometimes full of pet birds...around 10 of them at one point! And I always like watching birds out in nature, too, Liz. You were all probably very good bird-watchers...just it is hard to see more than pigeons, sparrows, and a few robins in cities and towns. That's a cute image of you and your friends in your bird club with field guides in hand!

You see, Liz, maybe you need some exposure. I go to a local pet store so that my child sees other animals besides humans, cats, dogs, rabbits, and crows...and though it is depressing there (very stinky), I do enjoy petting the rabbits and touching the birds' beaks (they like to taste my finger with their little tongues), and....prepare yourself...going into the rat and mice room! The little rats are sniffing sniffing sniffing and so I hold my finger out and let them sniff my finger! They are so eager. I always feel sad, thinking they'll end up in someone's boa.

I do find my body crackles a lot more than it used to, especially when I get up from bed! A friend of mine's mom joked about getting older by saying life becomes like Rice Crispies: you get more snap, crackle, and pop in the morning!

Exactly! The pedestrians are so appreciative! They expect drivers to plow on through and ignore them, so when you don't they are shocked and relieved and pleased! I get quite frustrated when I see people in big heavy cars ignoring the squishy humans waiting desperately to cross the street.

That would be nice, Liz, if it were/is true. I am happy to have just met kind people in my life. I will be satisfied with that. Still...it would be nice if people received their own personal "scarlet ribbons" in life! There are so many instances when people don't.

One of my best friends from childhood stopped smoking before pregnancy, too, Liz. She had smoked since she was a teenager. Long ago I wrote a poem about her smoking that I've been meaning to turn into a song...maybe I will now! I'm glad you were able to quit!

I like ice skating and recently roller skating (not so cold)!

Thanks for taking the time to compare our likes/dislikes, Liz. My breath was bated.

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