Canto alla vita

Help!

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:08:53 GMT

Hey guys (in general, but for the purposes of this note, specifically those of the male gender on my friends list)

I am currently in the process of moving somewhat suddenly from Irving to North Dallas. I am doing fine getting the stuff from my Old Mill apartment into the new apartment, but I also have to get my furniture into the new place after I drive it up from my parents' place in Austin. This is where the begging for a favor comes in. I need manpower (as my mom says, "brute force") to help get the furniture from the moving truck (we're renting a U-Haul) up to my apartment (which, cursedly, is on the third floor). I don't have a lot of furniture (a bed, a loveseat, potentially a desk, some bookshelves, and a couple of end tables), but its more than I can do by myself.

SO, if you are going to be in Dallas next Sunday, June 29, and do not have plans for that afternoon, AND are a kind guy willing to help a girl out, please comment or send me a message/email and I'll get you details on time and location.

Please note that I will be providing drinks (water and possibly soda, budget depending) as well as footing the bill for dinner after we're done moving stuff. Also, there's a strong possibility of some sort of housewarming gathering once I get settled and I will at that time provide food and alcohol.

And if you can't help move furniture but you're willing to help pack/unpack, shot me a message as well.

Much love in advance!

When I was 17...

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:43:40 GMT

(Ganked from warrick)

Ten things I would have told myself five years ago...
1. Cancer is scary, but it's not the end of the world. You'll survive and be stronger for it.
2. Don't be so hellbent on thinking you want/have to go to medical school. Grad school (someday) is equally valid and maybe a better choice.
3. Your faith will change a lot during your college years, but this is not a bad thing.
4. Something really bad, like unspeakably bad, is going to happen to you one of these days. I won't say avoid the situation because it's a defining event for you. But don't spend 2 yrs after it happens trying to forget that it did, you'll only hurt yourself.
5. He's your first love, but he's not your true love....don't be afraid to speak up when you realize it's not working. Dragging it out only hurts you both.
6. Take better care of your health, especially your senior year. I know, you think you're fine, but if you don't watch it, it's gonna bite you in the ass HARD in the middle of thesis crunch time.
7. You won't see it coming, at all, but when you fall hard for him (yeah, that other him), don't fight it...it's a good thing, he feels the same way. You guys will have to fight through hell, high water, and more (in fact are still dealing with the high water as I write this), but all signs point towards a happy ending if you just have the patience to take things as they come.
8. Be cautious about getting to close to one of your orientation peoples when you're an OL... she'll be bad news on soooo many levels.
9. Don't be so afraid to ask for help and accept it when it's offered. Save yourself a world of hurt and stress
10. You're going to explore a lot and have whole worlds opened up to you through a few friends you make...go with the flow, you're headed to good places within yourself.

And cuz I feel like it, another one yoinked from William....
Okay everyone. Interview me.
Post 5 questions as a comment to this entry.
I'll post the answers, you know the drill.
If you want to be interviewed, ask here.
I'll do my best to come up with some decent questions
Comments screened, so feel free to ask anything, and I mean ANYTHING.</lj>

Whoa..I hate when these things are so accurate, lol

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:25:03 GMT

What Christina Means

You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily.
You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind.
A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable.

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out.
Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia.
Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person.

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something.
You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense.
You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong.
You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know.
You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do.

You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless - and you have a lot of questions about life.
You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You're most comfortable when you're far away from home.
You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.
You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.
You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic "Type A" personality.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Where's your green?

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:32:44 GMT

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY!!

Note: The Catholic Church moved the feast day of St Patrick so that it wouldn't conflict with Holy Week, which is next week. Not that Monday of Holy Week is particularly special or anything, but they felt it was necessary. So when did they move it to? A FRIDAY during LENT. All you current/former/recovering Catholics (and those who are familiar with Catholicism) on my f-list will get why that amuses the crap outta me. I think I'm gonna have a burger for lunch, in honor of St Patrick, of course, before I nail myself back to the desk in order to finish my first full draft of my thesis

Stunning

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:43:41 GMT

More Free Graphics and Myspace Layouts at pYzam.com

Real life will commence in...

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:46:11 GMT

F-list update

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:07:08 GMT

Due to some remarks made anonymously by someone I have to assume is connected to my ex, I'm doing a massive friends list cut. I'm feeling very hurt and somewhat betrayed and feel that I need to protect myself and my space to write about the things on my mind, which at this time include the breakup.

If you get cut (meaning you can't see anything besides like this post and my "comment to be added" post pretty much), its nothing personal, its mostly me cutting my f-list back to only my most trusted friends. If you want to be re-added, comment on this entry and I probably will. I just really feel like I need to know that the people who are on my journal are not going to use my words against me or spread them around.

computers at work are weird

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:13:55 GMT

They block myspace, and facebook. But they don't block livejournal. Guess I should complain since it'll give me something to do on the uber slowness that is my shift so far today. Ugh. Need more caffeine.

Adler notes, chapter 12

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:02:55 GMT

Here are my notes from my chapter...hope they help y'all study. If you're not in my theories of counseling class, feel free to disregard this post :)

CHAPTER 12 - THE DYNAMIC UNITY OF MENTAL DISORDERS

The unity of neurosis and psychosis has been established by an understanding of the origin and purpose of neurosis (safeguarding, etc)
The neurotic style of life reaches for the means of a useful neurosis or psychosis in order to succeed.
A neurotic understands social interest and its necessity for daily life; but he thinks there is an exception to this for him because of his neurosis
Anxiety Neurosis

The will to escape is due to fear of defeat, but it is hard to admit to this reason. Thus a fictional anxiety arises, which serves to block further activity, so you don't even have to admit your feelings of inferiority and fear of defeat.

Compulsion Neurosis

Discouragement forces the neurotic to put distance between himself and necessary decisions. To justify this distance he creates a "mountain" of self-arranged difficulties.
A compulsive neurotic knows his compulsions are absurd but yields to them to avoid feelings of anxiety, inadequacy, and insecurity.
He expends all of his energy instead of devoting it to solving his primary problem ("fighting windmills")
Conflict neurosis is related to compulsion neurosis…in these cases, external conflicts serve as a diversion and excuse from pressing tasks in everyday life.
He also employs an "absurd process" of rationalizing to grant himself a great sense of personal importance without achieving anything objectively tangible.

Psychosomatic disorders

Psychosomatic disorders as organ dialect: the organs respond to external influences. In a normal individual they respond to re-establish equilibrium, but in a neurotic, the response is extreme and overcompensatory.
Insomnia: people who don't sleep have a purpose which is supported by not sleeping. Sometimes they are afraid of something, and sometimes it is a tool of ambition.
Sexual dysfunctions: the patient is expressing a stoppage, hesitation or escape in the face of the three life-problems.

Schizophrenia

Adler is weak on the psychoses because he focuses on striving for superiority and social interest/sociality..in schizophrenia, all you find is a privation of social interest.
Godlikeness: The loftiest goals are seen in the psychoses. In the normal individual, this goal is a flexible fiction. In the psychotic it because a rigid dogma. It's the GOAL of godlikeness, not self-aggrandizement…this is the STRIVING in schizophrenia
Extreme Isolation: When an individual is badly prepared for adult life, he/she panics at the approach of the three life-problems (occupation, social life, and marriage). He loses hope of gaining the ability to meet them. He is bashful and withdrawn, convinced he will be a failure in everything. Ultimately he becomes totally blocked towards the problems of life and is unable to be understood by anyone.

There isn't sociality happening in schizophrenia so there's extreme isolation.
Quote on p. 316

Paranoia: similar structure to compulsion neurosis

Inclination to paranoia found in individuals who start energetically towards their goal and then become discouraged and stop pursuing it.
They engage in mock battles against self-created difficulties as a means to excuse their lack of progress towards their goal. These battles cover up, justify or delay their potential defeat in life.
The paranoid system is more planful than the other psychoses.
The paranoid person usually blames others for his lack of progress in his exaggerated plans, and an attitude of hostility towards others emerges from his striving for total superiority. This is expressed in ideas of reference, delusions of persecution, and delusions of grandeur.
Hallucinations arise when the patient wants something but at the same time wants to be considered free from responsibility

Melancholia and Related Disorders

Melancholia as Aggression

Melancholia develops in individuals whose method of living has been on achievements and support of others throughout their lives. They always try to lean on others and are not above trying to force the support and submissiveness of others by use of exaggerated hints at their own inadequacy.
For the melancholic, life is a difficult and enormous hazard. They constantly accuse themselves of all kinds of inferiority and blame themselves for all failures and errors.
Melancholics never become attached to anything
The offensive weapons of melancholia commonly are complaints, tears, and depression, by which the melancholic individual shows his weakness and need for help.

The Melancholic fiction

The melancholic's weakness becomes a weapon for securing significance and avoiding responsibility. Melancholia is thus an attempt and device to achieve superiority by detours.

Organic accompaniments - Organs to an extent adjust their functions to the role. Eating, sleeping, and other bodily functions are disturbed in coordination with the melancholia.
Mania - a barricade erected by the patient to block his approach to the real business of life

In mania, the patient attempts to overcome his cowardice and push forward, exaggerating his actions.
Mania is usually followed by melancholia.
The "normal" phases serve the purpose of giving others hope so that the patient can combat them more.

Psychosis as the mental suicide of someone who doesn't believe himself to be adequate to the demands of society and his own goals (p. 323)

Suicide

A solution for one who has arrived at the end of his limited social interest in the face of an urgent problem.
These individuals as children showed a style of life featuring attempts to influence others through complaining, sadness, and suffering
The lifestyle if the potential suicide is characterized by the fact that he hurts others by hurting himself.

DISCUSSION/Critique of Adler

Self-harm and suicidality…are they the same or different phenomena?
Does self-harm have the same function in the psychotic versus the neurotic?
p 300-301…

All psychological theory attempts to take the seemingly nonsensical and make it understandable

Keys to understanding Adler

Striving for something
Finalism -> goal directedness

Not just pushes, but pulls as well

Effort to show that even in psychoses we can find a teleology.

Adler thematizes the purposiveness, the overcoming of something
Question is whether the intentionality that we see in the psychotic explains the disorder or due to the disorder. Is the psychotic psychotic because of their intentionality? Probably not. Its more likely that when you're psychotic you have certain types of intentionality or limits on your intentionality, but the intentionality is not the cause of the psychosis.

Posted using TxtLJ

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:56:18 GMT

I ate the cow in the car. -Claire

Posted using TxtLJ

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:48:51 GMT

Somebody's car better be on fire or something. -Megan on how slow traffic is moving btwn Temple and Waco

Research results: Effect of the implication of mental disorder on people's attitudes

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 05:36:21 GMT

Problem: Utilizing brief descriptive vignettes, the objective of this study was to investigate whether people’s attitudes towards an individual were affected by the implication of a mental disorder as compared to individuals presented without such an implication. A second dimension of this study examined whether having a mental disorder or knowing someone with a mental disorder affected attitudes towards those implied to suffer from mental disorder.

Method: A volunteer sample of 320 individuals completed an Internet survey in which they read one of six descriptions of an individual and were asked to rate the individual on 8 personality parameters. There were three pairs of descriptions, one for each symptom condition, each depicting either a male or female individual for each symptom condition. In one, the individual had no symptoms of mental disorder; in another, the individual had symptoms of depression; and in a third, the individual had symptoms of schizophrenia. The rating scales used were 7-step semantic differentials with the following word pairs: civil/hostile, unpredictable/reliable, careless/prudent, in control/unstable, harmless/dangerous, irresponsible/competent, crazy/sane, and calm/violent.

Results: ANOVA statistical analysis revealed that on all eight parameters, ratings by the full sample (with mental disorder, knowing someone with mental disorder, and neither having nor knowing someone with mental disorder) of the three symptom conditions differed significantly (p < 0.001). Post hoc analysis revealed that on seven of the eight parameters, ratings of the three symptom conditions were distinct from one another at the 0.05 significance level with the two mental disorder vignettes rated more negatively (depression was rated worse than the control and schizophrenia was rated worse than depression). In the second study, participants who self-identified as having a mental disorder rated the depressed and schizophrenic vignettes more positively on civility, reliability, stability, harmlessness, sanity, and calmness than did participants who did not self identify as having a mental disorder (p < 0.10). Participants who identified themselves as knowing someone with mental disorder rated the depressed and schizophrenic vignettes more positively on civility, stability, dangerousness, competence, and calmness than did participants who did not identify themselves as knowing someone with mental disorder(p < 0.10).

Conclusions: The importance of this study is that it illustrates the continued existence of negative attitudes towards individuals with mental disorders, particularly schizophrenia, despite efforts by the mental health movement to reduce stigma towards individuals with mental disorders. The second study shows that having a mental disorder or knowing someone with a mental disorder affects some attitudes towards those with mental disorder, but not all, a finding that suggests avenues for future research.

Texas Governor Debate

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:50:55 GMT



"Texas Governor Debate" on Google Video
The Texas gubernatorial debate for those who didn't see it.

New friends

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:18:26 GMT

Just added some new friends after looking at my user info and realizing like 3 or 4 people had friended me without commenting, so I hadn't added them back. So for future reference, if you add me, go to this post and comment so I can add you and get you put on the appropriate filters, etc.

And now, back to getting school stuff together and tackling some homework, whee.

Happiness

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:31:20 GMT

I just did a quickie calculation based on my final time sheet for this pay period...before taxes my check should be around $885 (actually will probably be a little over that with shift differentials and such, but I didn't feel like doing all that math, hehe)

Oh, and one more thing...

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:14:22 GMT

Click the image and sign the petition.
(Six Apart is trying to turn LiveJournal into another MySpace clone. This is a petition to stop that from occurring. More information is at the link)

Meme-ism

Mon, 29 May 2006 22:33:25 GMT

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet and current street name)
Christy Hummingbird

2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on your father's side, your favorite candy)
JoAnn Reese

3. YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME: (first initial of your first name, first two or three letters of your last name)
C-Cle

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite animal, favorite color)
Kitty Green

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Nicole Melbourne

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (first three letters of your last name, last three letters of your mother's maiden name, first three letters of your pet's name)
Cle Sonmis

7. YOUR JEDI NAME: (your middle name spelled backwards, your mother's maiden name spelled backwards)
Elocin Nosdlanod (anyone wanna try to pronounce that one?)

8. YOUR PORN STAR NAME: (middle name, street you grew up on)
Nicole Dorsey

9. YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: ("The," your favorite color, the automobile you drive)
The Green Tribute

For this next meme, I got L from Shane. But first, the rules: List ten words that begin with that letter and explain what they mean to you. (If you want to play, ask me for a letter.)

1. Love-The most wonderful beautiful thing in the world. I don't know what I'd do/be without the love of my family and friends
2. Le français- The most beautiful language in the world, IMO. I thought about majoring in it, but how weird would a pre-med French major be?
3. Les Miserables- A beautiful novel that I aspire to be able to read in the original French someday; also one of my favorite musicals
4. Linz- my crazy spastic roommate for the past year (and hopefully next year as well). Never a dull moment when she's around
5. LASCATS- stands for Ladies Anarchist Sewing Circle and Terrorist Society, aka where I feed my yarn addiction during the school year, and the organization of which I was acting treasurer (of all fourteen cents) while Beth was in Rome
6. Lewis, C.S.- one of my favorite authors. I never get sick of the Narnia books and eventually I'll get around to reading the other books by him that I own
7. Le Louvre- A spiffy museum in Paris. I went to Paris my junior year of high school and we went to this museum our first day there. Guided tour sucked, but I saw enough to know that if I'm ever in Paris again I'm going to go back and wander around on my own.
8. LiveJournal- my not-so-secret addiction. I'm an icon whore, a meme sheep...this place is like crack
9. Life- to quote a spiffy song, "I love the crazy tragic, sometimes almost magic awful beautiful life." Seriously, the ups and downs can be kinda hard to put up with when you're not expecting them, but still, there's nothing better than a life well lived, and I strive every day to live my life to the fullest. "I'm gonna stop looking back and start moving on, learn how to face my fears. Love with all of my heart, make my mark, I wanna leave something here. Go out on a ledge without any net-That's what I'm gonna be about. Yeah, I wanna be running when the sand runs out"
10 "Lean On Me" - Great classic song that really sums up my thoughts on friendship. I always want to be the kind of friend that you know you can turn to when you need something. And I hope to have friends that are willing to return the favor :)

Well that sucks...

Mon, 29 May 2006 02:05:14 GMT

Something broke in Jeff's car. His car said "hello wall." His night is done. He was running in the top 15, was 6th in the points, but I doubt he'll stay in that spot in the points. Grr mutter mutter.

Oh, and Tony Stewart broke part of his shoulder blade in a wreck early in tonight's race. So yeah, the icon says it all.

Meme sheep-ness

Mon, 22 May 2006 16:18:18 GMT

Can You Open My Safe?

1st Number:

Number of siblings I have

2nd Number:

Year I will graduate from UD (the full year, ie 2003)

3rd Number:

Years I've lived in TX

Make Your Own Safe - Click Here

Ganked from velvetblue88

Thu, 18 May 2006 13:44:15 GMT

1.Who was your first prom date?
Brandon

2. Who was your first roommate?
Joanne

3. What alcoholic beverage did you drink when you got drunk the first time?
I haven't been drunk. A little tipsy but not that much

4. What was your first job?
Old Navy

5. What was your first car?
Don't have one

6. When did you go to your first funeral?
Haven't been to one (couldn't go to Mama Maurie's funeral in October)

7. How old were you when you first moved away from your hometown?
17

8. Who was your first grade teacher?
Mrs Brenner

10. When you snuck out of your house for the first time, who was it with?
That implies I've snuck out of the house

11. Who was your first Best Friend and are you still friends?
Emily Angell in preschool, or Elissa Uhl in elementary school. Courtesy of facebook, I've gotten back in touch with both of them lately

12. Where was your first sleepover?
um...the Tuggles' house

13. Who is the first person you call when you have a bad day?
Mom, Michael, Lindsay

14. Whose wedding were you in the first time you were a participant?
hasn't happened yet. I'll be Brittany's maid-of-honor when she and James get married though

15. What is the first thing you do in the morning?
Glare at my alarm clock

16. What was the first concert you ever went to?
Backstreet Boys New Year's Eve 1999

17. First tattoo or piercing?
Pierced ears

18. First celebrity crush?
Devon Sawa or Jonathan Taylor Thomas

19. Age of first real kiss with tongue?
18

20. First crush?
Brett in 7th grade...that was a BAAAAAAAAAAAAD idea

21. First REAL love?
Michael

Meme ganked from velvetblue88

Wed, 17 May 2006 21:59:03 GMT

10-20= goodie good
21-30= a little rebellious
31-40= getting there
41-50= rebel
51-60= bad girl/boy
61-70= witch
71-80= flippin bad
81-90= dang
91-100= cant believe you made it this far

1) smoked (weed or rigs)
2) consumed alcohol
3) slept in the same bed with someone of the opposite sex
4) slept in the same bed with someone of the same sex
5) made out with someone of the opposite sex
6) made out with someone of the same sex
7) had someone in your room of the opposite sex
8) watched porn
9) bought porn
10) done drugs
TOTAL: 7

11) taken pain killer
12) taken someone else's prescription medicine
13) lied to your parents
14) lied to a friend
15) snuck out of the house
16) done something illegal
17) cut yourself
18) hurt someone
19) wished someone to die
20) seen someone die
TOTAL: 5

21) missed curfew
22) stayed out all night
23) eaten a carton of ice cream by yourself
24) been to a therapist
25) been to rehab
26) dyed your hair
27) received a ticket
28) been in a wreck
29) been to a club
30) been to a bar
TOTAL: 7

31) been to a wild party
32) seen the Mardi Gras
33) thrown a house party with 75+ people
34) had a spring break in Florida
35) sniffed anything
36) wore black nail polish
37) wore arm bands
38) wore t-shirts with band names
39) listened to rap
40) own a 50 cent cd
TOTAL: 4 (assuming spring break in FL counts when you lived there for 15 years)

41) dressed gothic
42) dressed prep
43) dressed punk
44) dressed grunge
45) stole something
46) been too drunk to remember anything
47) blacked out
48) fainted
49) had a crush on your neighbor
50) had someone sneak into your room
TOTAL: 5

51) snuck into some else's room
52) had a crush on someone of the same sex
53) been to a concert
54) dry humped someone
55) been called a slut
56) called someone a slut
57) installed speakers in your car
58) broke a mirror
59) showered at someone of the opposites sex's house
60) brushed your teeth with someone else's toothbrush
TOTAL: 8

61) consider ludacris your favorite rapper
62) seen an R rated movie in theaters
63) cruised the mall
64) skipped school
65) had an eating disorder
66) had an injury
67) gone to court
68) walked out of a restaurant without paying
69) caught something on fire
70) lied about your age
TOTAL: 5

71) owned an apartment
72) cheated on your boyfriend/girlfriend
73) cheated with someone
74) got in trouble with the police
75) talked to a stranger
76) hugged a stranger
77) kissed a stranger
78) rode in the car with a stranger
79) been sexually harassed
80) been verbally harassed
TOTAL: 6

81) met face to face with someone you met online
82) stayed online for 12 hours straight
83) talked on the phone for more than 6 hours straight
84) watched tv for 12 hours straight
85) been to a fair
86) been called a bad influence
87) cursed
88) prank called someone
89) laid in the bed with someone of the opposite sex
90) cheated on a test
TOTAL: 9

91) cheated on homework
92) held hands with someone of the opposite sex
93) been pushed into a pool
94) played pool
95) watched 5 hours of mtv straight
96) had a crush on someone 10 years older than you
97) had a crush on someone younger than you
98) wear eyeliner
99) skinny dipped
100) laughed at someone who was seriously hurt
TOTAL: 6

add em up!

TOTAL= 62

Shamelessly ganked frompoeticeroticone

Fri, 13 Feb 2004 00:10:44 GMT

He may not agree with all of this list, but I do, and I love it, so I'm gonna put it up for all the guys in my life who wanna know...oh, and by the way, yes my back is still hurt and still makes me feel like crying occasionally, so more than likely i'm sitting bored at my desk right now and will be for the forseeable future out of fear of moving and hurting more. Feel free to im me:)

1. Saying "I love you" immediately before, during, or following sex doesn't count.

2. Real men drive stick shift.

3. I will leave if you lie.

4. You are cute in raglan-sleeved T-shirts

5. I'm convinced I'm pregnant and obsess about it for a minimum of 24 to 48 hours before my period, even when I have no rational reason to think so.

6. I love it when you hug me from behind and whisper in my ear.

7. "Fine" is never an appropriate response when I ask you how I look.

8. Most of the time when I fantasize, it's about you.

9. I'm terrified of becoming my mother, even though I admire her.

10. I get turned on simply seeing that I have an e-mail from you.

11. I expect you to call me.

12. Only rock stars are allowed to wear leather pants.

13. I'm scared of losing my independence.

14. I'm more forgiving of you than I really should be.

15. Oral sex is your get-out-of-the-doghouse-free card. Manolo Blahnik shoes also do the trick.

16. You did something bad. I seem cool with it. I'm not.

17. If I'm not having sex with you, I'm... a. ...having a fat day. b. ...not feeling "connected" to you. c. ...blackmailing you to get something I want.

18. Shoes determine whether you're fashionable or not.

19. I own a Debbie Gibson CD, and I'm not afraid to use it.

20. When I compare my flabby tummy to a kangaroo pouch, say nothing.

21. A man I love plans the occasional fancy-schmancy dress-up date and impromptu weekend getaways, and he buys my favorite candy in advance when we're just going to the movies.

22. You look hot in hooded clothing items.

23. You should never tell me what to do. (Oooh you have no idea, this one applies to EVERYONE)

24. If I slept over, you owe me breakfast.

25. My breasts love much licking and sucking.

26. If you ask me out directly, I will say yes.

27. I'm very impressed when you ask for my advice.

28. I'm unimpressed with a man who doesn't take the lead.

29. When in doubt, go with the shirt that matches your eye color.

30. I want to be Madonna.

31. Women get urinary-tract infections easily, so watch (and wash) your fingers.

32. I'm in heaven when you hold my hand.

33. You're sexy when you're shaving, fixing things, wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, driving, eating a peach, holding a baby.

34. I need to hear how you feel about me. Often. Tell me now.

35. Surprises, especially gifts for moi = more loving.

36. I want to be the best thing that ever happened to you--and for you to recognize this.

37. If I'm not feeling loved, I will start looking....

38. Discussion of ex-gf's and ex-bf's should be avoided at all times.

39. I like it when you tell me what you're thinking, even if you don't know yourself.

40. Celebrating our anniversary, even if it's only been a few months, earns major bonus points.

41. I love it when you're sweaty.

42. It's best to consult your gal pals for gift ideas.

43. A lady should always be greeted with kisses.

44. I like porn.

45. I love holding your bum in the palms of my hands.

46. Even nice girls like hushed dirty talk in public.

47. It's cheating as soon as you're doing something with her that you wouldn't want me to see, hear, read...

48. For the record: I'd rather you break up with me than cheat.

49. I remember everything about our relationship.

50. You should know all this and more with-out my telling you.