Confessions of a 20-something mother

[Petra456]

I can completely relate to the volume thing.

[powerfulcheese04]

I do something like the symmetrical eating, Nomi. Not quite the same, but close. I eat sandwhiches kind of around the edges in sort of straight lines. Things that are mushy, I tend to push back into something close to their original shape when I eat them (like mashed potatoes. Take a bite, reshape potatoes, take another bite, etc.)

[Wil]

Hey, you used mine! *whacks back.. but with a sockem bopper*

I am very courteous to people who make confessions, and I respect those that make hard confessions. I'd never make fun of, neither here or in my mind, or directly reply to a confession. Except that one time... about the queefing... that was done through Confessions... I just figured it wouldn't matter this time because it is such a strange little habit that I thought was awesome and not all that rare it seems *glares at Petra456* and needed a reply!

Confession: I <STILL> want to know who made that totally disconcerting confession........

[BonitoDeMadrid]

Confession: Since 7th grade (I think), I have a habit of always finishing stairs in my left foot. (Say there are ten stairs in a staircase, I will start with my right leg and make 10 steps, or I'll start with my left leg and make 5 two-staired steps). I dunno why is that, and when I finish stairs in my right foot, I get kinda disappointed.

[zeroguy]

My brother told me this makes me even weirder than needing the TV volume to be an even number (or multiple of 5).

I used to do this, and then intentionally tried making it an odd number to try and get m'self out of it. I think I ended up alternating every once in a while, but it's been awhile since I've used a numbered volume control, I think...

sockem bopper

More fun... than a pillow fight!

[Wil]

Confession: Some nights, I can't fall asleep without playing make believe for at least a few minutes.

Scrubs made me feel tons better about myself, in regards to the above statements, when JD had his pillow girlfriend. I know I'm weird, but at least a variation of what I do isn't so uncommon since it ended up on a tv show.

Confession: I started doing the "cuddling with a second pillow" thing about a year and a half ago. It is the reason I now sleep with only one pillow on my bed.

Confession: I got OUT of bed to write this because I was feeling kind of lonely and that made me think about cuddling, and that made me think about the above confessions, and that made me think about wanting to reply.

[Luet]

Thank you, Lea, for being protective of me. And thank you, Wil, for thinking it is an awesome habit.

[starlooker]

*jumps on the symmetrical confession bandwagon*

I need the eggs to be taken out of the carton symmetrically. Either starting at the ends or the middle, the same number need to be gone from the bottom row as the top row, and the same number from the left side as the right side. It's okay if it's one off, if I've used three eggs or something, but then when I get more eggs it needs to be from the unbalanced side.

Other confession:

I've been pushing people to work on creating balance in their life a lot. And I'm starting to worry I'm doing this because I'm really not happy with my lack-of-balance.

[Jebus]

The episode of Scrubs when Ben dies still gets me moist-eyed when I watch it. Scrubs has gone so downhill since episodes like that one.

[Mich]

The episode of Scrubs when Ben dies still gets me moist-eyed when I watch it. Scrubs has gone so downhill since episodes like that one.

I always cite that episode as proof that it is possible for Brendan Fraser to be a good actor. If only he would do more things like that; Crash was good proof, too.

[Confessions]

Confession: I know that staying home today was the best thing to do on all fronts, and yet... I can't bring myself to be completely satisfied with that decision.

[lyons24000]

You know what, I'm tired of this. I'm tired of all of this. We do this over and over and over.

I don't want to go today.

[Confessions]

I have a crush on someone, and I'm seeing someone else. And it's eating me alive.

[locke]

Confession:

I ate one of the ice cream treats at work again tonight (but it was a small one! 60 cals), Adam vs IceCream round 120208 = fail.

Confession:
I am looking for inane things to post because posting is more fun than working and I'm no longer chatting. :/

Confession: I often subconsciously make the same face as an emoticon when I type an emoticon. When did that happen and what's with that anyway?

[Gravity Defier]

Confession: I'm going to a wedding Saturday and a part of me - the part that believes movies aren't so far fetched and impossible- is seriously hoping a guy will be across the street, leaning against his car, waiting for me as I leave the church. And that he'll take me back to his place for some cake; preferably, ice cream cake from DQ but really, most any cake is a-ok with me.

Confession: I tend to tell lies of the white-ish variety (because they make me feel better and don't harm anyone ) when people ask me small (in the grand scheme of things) questions that either take me by surprise or would embarrass me to answer truthfully. Like, when someone calls me at 2pm and they're prompted to ask if they woke me up when they hear how groggy I sound. I will blurt out, very unconvincingly, "Nooo. 'mwake" when it's obvious I was asleep.

[zeroguy]

Whenever I read a phrase of the form "<one-syllable command> the <two-syllable object>" (e.g. "get the bucket", "break the finger"), I say "f*** the cosine" in my head at least once.

[Young Val]

I can't relax my shoulders. I'm incapable. No amount of yoga or stretching or deep breathing or professional massages or helpful guidance from anyone or the internet makes any difference.

I tense my shoulders when I sleep. I tense my shoulders when I sit, stand, walk, whatever. I always remember doing it, but never frequently. But the last two or three years I can't remember my shoulders ever NOT being clenched, whether I'm stressed or not.

It HURTS.

My confession is that I can't even control one lousy muscle group. Bah.

[Gravity Defier]

Confession: I have a habit of wanting to hide behind things I'm wearing.

As in I am constantly caught 1) pulling the collar of my shirt up to my mouth, essentially hiding my face from my nose down, 2) pulling my necklace up to my mouth (because at this point, a relative has scolded me for hiding behind my shirt and this is the best I can do), or 3) pulling the hood on my hoody up and over my head so that you can't see my forehead, ears and side of my cheeks, and zipping and pulling the lower part up to cover from the nose down.

With long sleeves, I stretch the sleeve a bit, bringing it up to cover the back of my hand. (Sidenote: I love it when guys wear long sleeved shirts that are just a little too long.)

I have no idea why I do this, but there you go.

[Valentine]

Confession: I am on a very bad sleep schedule, and I know that it's because I enjoy talking to a few late night pwebbers a little too much

[Young Val]

Confession: I'm having a really f****** hard time being grateful for my "bonus" and "raise" this holiday season.

This makes me feel like s*** because I know that even though I have practically nothing, there are people with a LOT less out there.

[starlooker]

*Confession*

Seeing the newbie conversations going on in the Enderverse section is giving me the warm fuzzies. Can't help it. Brings me back to memories of my first posts.

[Petra456]

Confession:

I honestly forget there are other parts to Pweb besides Milagre.

[Mich]

*Confession*

Seeing the newbie conversations going on in the Enderverse section is giving me the warm fuzzies. Can't help it. Brings me back to memories of my first posts.

Speaking of which, did anyone else notice that the newbies' names almost all end in three numbers? I thought it was interesting.

[Gravity Defier]

There seemed to be quite a few from UMD, too.

rachel UMD, drexl014 (location: UMD), JordenUMD, ScottUMD


Maybe they took a class together. Or are a gang of unruly Ender fans.

[BonitoDeMadrid]

Confession (related to "Things that I love"): I have never seen any movie of the Star Wars series, and I don't intend to.

[Jayelle]

Or are a gang of unruly Ender fans.

Isn't that, technically speaking, us?

[Hector.Victorious]

Confession (related to "Things that I love"): I have never seen any movie of the Star Wars series, and I don't intend to.

I second the confession. Except I think I am going to watch them..

[VelvetElvis]

Confession: I spent probalby 30-45 minutes tonight looking at the 100 sexiest women of all time list wishing that I could be sexy, too. The real confession is that this really bothers me because I've never considered myself to be an insecure woman.

Maybe that belongs in the girly talk thread...

[Gravity Defier]

Or are a gang of unruly Ender fans.

Isn't that, technically speaking, us?

Oh, I don't know. Are we unruly?

[starlooker]

I make tons of confessions here that I delete rather than actually submitting.

I'm thinking that once I get fully licensed as an LP, I'm going to give up my Internet-life pretty well altogether. Possibly including deleting posts. I don't know, yet, though. It's under consideration.

[Luet]

Wait...why? I mean, why would you give up your internet life? This caused me a moment of panic. I don't want to lose you from pweb!

[Gravity Defier]

This caused me a moment of panic.

Seconded.

[starlooker]

Don't panic. I won't have an LP for at least a year and a half.

I don't know. There's been a lot of stuff on listservs about appropriate and inappropriate myspace/facebook accounts by professionals and that sort of thing. It's just making me think. I mean, I think the odds of one of my clients finding me here is teensy tiny -- I've tried googling myself a million ways and pweb only comes up if I actually google "starlooker" -- but, still. Somehow Internet forum membership and posting all sorts of stuff about my life/stresses/feelings always seemed okay to me as a student, but the closer and closer I get to that licensed professional role, the more it worries me. And while I'm very careful about what I post in terms of my job (i.e., I've never posted information about specific clients, even with no identifying info, I keep my work gripes as generic as possible and nearly always related about fellow staff, etc.), I've always been much more open about my personal life here then I ever would want to be with clients (and why not? I'm amongst friends, here, and I'm very different with friends/clients.)

But we'll see. It's not something in the immediate future, so don't panic yet.

[neo-dragon]

Don't panic. I won't have an LP for at least a year and a half.

I don't know. There's been a lot of stuff on listservs about appropriate and inappropriate myspace/facebook accounts by professionals and that sort of thing. It's just making me think.

Pfft! I could say that the same thing applies to teachers, but I'm not going to give up posting on pweb or even give up my facebook account because I'm afraid a student might find me online. You just have to be smart about it. My facebook privacy settings are such that most people won't even find me through a search, let alone have access to my page. Here I just don't post my last name or anything too specific about where I live or work. And I take comfort in the fact that in over 5 years of posting here I don't think that anyone I know in real life has found this place without me telling them about it. Realistically the odds are pretty slim even if someone is actually trying to find you. That's my 2 cents, anyway.

[Luet]

I say draw the line at facebook/myspace if you need to but don't leave here...just don't. You already said that no one can find you here. It's not like you are going to tell a client your username!