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Thursday, January 12, 2006

Getting to Know You--Part One

What characteristic most turns you off? What characteristic is most attractive to you? What sound or noise do you love? What sound or noise do you hate?
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The one characteristic that turns me off is people who ask me questions....just kidding! I don't like arrogance. I like it when a person smiles, even if they don't know you. I hate it when you smile at them and they avoid your eyes or you altogether. I like it when people voluntarily introduce themselves. I love the sound of silence....honest (and Simon and Garfunkel, too!). I love quiet. I also love the sound of laughter. I love the sound of thinking...don't ask me, but I love it. I hate the sound of a dog barking endlessly. I hate the sound of alarm clocks. I hate the sound of manipulation and helplessness.
Posted by Laurie on 01/15/2006 07:55:12 PM

The characteristic that turns me off is insincerity. I don't like it when I don't feel like I can trust a person. I don't necessarily like brashness, but I just like to know that people really mean what they're saying. The characteristics I find most attractive are compassion and a sense of humor (especially about yourself). The sound I most hate is someone crying in pain or grief. It just about breaks my heart. The sound I love most is a child giggling and squealing in delight. There's just something so pure and sweet about it.
Posted by dwellingplace on 01/15/2006 08:32:31 PM

A characteristic that turns me off is selfishness and just generally not thinking of others. Characteristics that I love are a great sense of humor and being able to be laid-back about stuff. Noises that I hate are bones cracking and someone in pain (screaming, crying, whatever). Noises I love are laughter, running water (rivers, rain, etc.) and the wind blowing through the trees.
Posted by Lauren on 01/16/2006 04:20:04 PM

Ohhh, good questions. It's funny, the same thing that i really can't stand is also one of my favorite things in the right context: hype. I can't stand something or someone being talked up more than what they deserve, but I also find myself jumping on a bandwagon here and there, and I have to admit, it feels good when I'm doing the hyping! It also turns me off when people get totally irritated by small, everyday things that are completely out of their control. I can see getting bummed at the unexpected, but when you drive thru the same busy intersection every day and are still impatient, find another route!
Posted by Josh on 01/16/2006 09:44:46 PM

Josh's reminded me of another characteristic that I hate: people who can't control their anger. Kids will be kids, people are dumb when they drive, fast food workers are human, deal with it. And by deal, I don't mean go off on the next available person. :-P (Sorry, I think I worked at Chick-fil-A a little too long. ;-) )
Posted by Lauren on 01/17/2006 12:07:15 PM

Hate: Inconsideration - it annoys me when people don't think about doing little things for others [ex: putting the toliet seat down, not spraying fragrance spray (if it is available) after taking a poo, filling the water if it is low, not offering sweets (or food) but eating them in front of others when you know the 'others' are hungry too, not saying anything about using the last of the toliet paper or when you put the last roll on but don't see if there is more somewhere else, etc.] I also hate it when I am inconsiderate or if I think someone has thought I was inconsiderate because I try really hard not to be. Love: To hear happiness (ex: the sound of Rob playing with Titus, kids playing, laughing, someone chuckling at a good book, the sound of my friends gathered all around having different conversations but enjoying each others company, the ringing of the bells before you take communion in Mass, the sound of my cats chasing each other through the house, etc).
Posted by Marcia on 01/18/2006 06:49:09 PM

What I hate is.... untrustworthiness... in general an overall feeling of I can't trust what you say can I? Or you say one thing but mean another. What I like is....caring, friendly, considerate, not so much high maintenance, being real - but not too real (do you get me, there is a time and place for it, like if I just meet you I don't want to know that you had a horrible child life and now you have a addiction to pain killers, and give me all the detail of your childhood, give me a week or so the get to know you then tell me, not when we are basically strangers) Sound & Noise I like...running water - a river or a babbling brook, water falls, music, my kid saying he loves me Now the sound and noise I hate is complicated, some people know this about me, noise in general bugs me.... Dripping water in the sink, toilet's that keep running, someone tapping their pen on the table, clicking the battery compartment of the remote (opening and closing, and repeat drives me up the wall), people honking their vehicle horns just for the fun of it or to the sound of music, Car horns that honk when you lock your car or are the alarm honks, Dogs that bark a lot, cats that meow at 4AM, there are actually too many to name... so noise in general, not talking, or laughing, etc... but just noise oh and Loud people, like their whisper is my talking. I hate when people are loud just to be heard, they don't have anything to say, but they are being loud so they can be seen.... now I know several people who are loud in general and I don't mean that kind of loud annoys me, it's hard for me to explain, not being loud if you're a loud person, but being loud just to make people notice you.... do you get me? Well anyways that's my rant on loudness
Posted by Sally Jo on 01/19/2006 04:54:30 AM

Just thought of another noise I absolutely hate - I know you all care terribly, and are waiting on the edge of your seats to find out....the sound of a phone ringing. I think it's because I used to work as a secretary and now I listen to doctors talk in my ears for a living. I don't even like using a phone myself. E-mail has become my best friend. Now wasn't that worth waiting for?
Posted by Laurie Miller on 01/19/2006 04:45:16 PM

As long as we're all waiting with baited breath for updates to previous entries, I thought of two more noises I hate as well. The loud beeping of an alarm clock, and a whiny toddler. Ahhhh!
Posted by dwellingplace on 01/20/2006 05:21:22 PM

Okay, this is an occupational hazard, so please don't take offense, oh, Keeper of the Dwelling Place Blog Site, but...well...it's bated breath, not baited breath. You see it's my job to hate word misuse of any kind. But, even if it wasn't my job, I still have this "thing" about it. Do I need to see my pastor about it? :-)
Posted by Laurie on 01/21/2006 03:32:45 AM

That's alright. I'm usually very picky about such things, too. Guess I got lazy. :-)
Posted by dwellingplace on 01/21/2006 05:15:19 PM

I get annoyed when the button on that toy gets pressed over and over for hours, but to hear Elijah cracked up over and over for hours by the same noise... who am I to complain! I hate and struggle with insecurity! I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!!! If we could, if I could, see myself and others the way GOD sees us....... I love the sound of a waterfall, (a shower or bath water running), it so soothing! I wanna nap!
Posted by jenn on 01/26/2006 03:44:48 PM

Okay, I said I love the sound of silence....but I hate the LOOK of silence on our blog site. I don't like being alone in cyberspace. The color of black letters on a white blank page is a beautiful sight to me, but I like to see other people's black letters on the white page, too. Is this an addiction I need to address???? Perhaps the Blog Master is right...I need yet more professional help. Is liking to talk to others by e-mail and read what they have to say something that God frowns on?
Posted by L, the blog baby on 02/18/2006 03:53:31 AM

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