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Ten Things Meme
13 years ago
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(OOC note: This is a "ten things about my character" meme that's been going around. But since this journal is from Three's perspective it's just a ten things meme instead.)
1. I remember people and places more by scent than sight. I do see visual distinctions in such things, but scent tells me a lot more. The best comparison I can think of would be to say that scent is like a color photograph and sight is a black and white one. (And yes, I do have full color vision.)
2. I sing to myself a great deal. Usually softly since I'm a little shy about my voice. I like music in just about any form and listen to it often. Regarding instruments though, I can strum a guitar a little and hold a tune on a recorder, nothing too complicated.
3. The fish thing? It's not an exaggeration. I love fish. I will sit on a rock and stare into a river for hours if it means I can nab a fat fish. I like the sweet taste of the white fleshed fish like cod and snapper, and the darker and meatier fish like salmon and tuna. If I camp or have to build a dwelling I try to have it near a big enough river so I have access to fresh fish. I'll eat catfish and the like but the bottom feeder fish always taste a little like gravel to me. I love shellfish and have gone diving for clams and oysters lots of times. Lobster is a delightful treat as well. And I'll eat all of it raw, (although I prefer the lobsters cooked, easier to eat that way).
4. My smoking is something I'm not apologetic about. I don't blow smoke in people's faces and don't flaunt it, but if I pick a quiet spot to light up and someone lectures me about it I'll probably swipe their nose. I have very few outlets to relax and forget, and my smoking is one of them. I have found that the vice exists in most cultures; from rolling up some leaf bundles to dry and lighting them, to chemically controlled miniature water pipes and vaporizers. I've gotten very good at improvising depending on where I happen to be when it comes to finding something to smoke. I can do without if circumstances fall that way, but it means I'll probably take to hunting and stalking a little more just for an outlet.
5. I love peppermint green tea. No honey or sugar, just brewed up and in a mug. Tea, music, a soft chair, and a good book is my heaven on earth.
6. Yes, I can purr. But I can't talk while I'm doing it. This has lead to situations where I've started to purr and people have asked me what the noise is, and I have to make my throat disengage to reply. I try and keep myself from doing it because of that. Imagine if you were particularly happy and someone ran up to you demanding to know why you were smiling. It jolts you out of the mood and spoils the whole thing. After awhile you train yourself not to smile very much. I've trained myself not to purr very much for that reason.
7. People have wondered if I can meow, bark, growl, or hiss like a dog or a cat can. I can, but so can you. I have roughly the same vocal range as a human, and humans can make animal sounds too if they want. But just because I can doesn't mean I do. A growl is usually an animal trying to warn you that it's angry. Well, I can just tell someone that I'm angry instead of making guttural noises at them.
8. I'll tolerate it, but I don't like it when people call me 'Three'. Three is a designation I give for people who just can't think of anything else to call me or who insist on having something. It isn't my name. If you need a name to call me, then make one up. But there are lots of people out there who have gone their entire lives without ever having a name and have gotten along perfectly fine that way.
(OOC: Yes, Gen calls her Three. That's because Gen knows what her original name used to be and doesn't want to accidentally let it slip.)
9. I consider the singlemost worst sin in the world to be deliberately hurting a child. If someone murders a child I will hunt them and put them down like a sick animal. I find the daily news difficult to watch and read because far too many stories are about the horrors people inflict on children.
10. My instincts work against me sometimes. A nervous person is distracting because I can sense they're concealing something and want to find out what. Having things dart around my vision tenses up the hunting instinct and makes me want to pounce something. I prefer to keep my back to fishtanks for this reason. The smell of blood will also set me off like a jolt of adrenaline. And when I hear movement and noise I have to go see what's causing it or it will drive me mad.
1. I remember people and places more by scent than sight. I do see visual distinctions in such things, but scent tells me a lot more. The best comparison I can think of would be to say that scent is like a color photograph and sight is a black and white one. (And yes, I do have full color vision.)
2. I sing to myself a great deal. Usually softly since I'm a little shy about my voice. I like music in just about any form and listen to it often. Regarding instruments though, I can strum a guitar a little and hold a tune on a recorder, nothing too complicated.
3. The fish thing? It's not an exaggeration. I love fish. I will sit on a rock and stare into a river for hours if it means I can nab a fat fish. I like the sweet taste of the white fleshed fish like cod and snapper, and the darker and meatier fish like salmon and tuna. If I camp or have to build a dwelling I try to have it near a big enough river so I have access to fresh fish. I'll eat catfish and the like but the bottom feeder fish always taste a little like gravel to me. I love shellfish and have gone diving for clams and oysters lots of times. Lobster is a delightful treat as well. And I'll eat all of it raw, (although I prefer the lobsters cooked, easier to eat that way).
4. My smoking is something I'm not apologetic about. I don't blow smoke in people's faces and don't flaunt it, but if I pick a quiet spot to light up and someone lectures me about it I'll probably swipe their nose. I have very few outlets to relax and forget, and my smoking is one of them. I have found that the vice exists in most cultures; from rolling up some leaf bundles to dry and lighting them, to chemically controlled miniature water pipes and vaporizers. I've gotten very good at improvising depending on where I happen to be when it comes to finding something to smoke. I can do without if circumstances fall that way, but it means I'll probably take to hunting and stalking a little more just for an outlet.
5. I love peppermint green tea. No honey or sugar, just brewed up and in a mug. Tea, music, a soft chair, and a good book is my heaven on earth.
6. Yes, I can purr. But I can't talk while I'm doing it. This has lead to situations where I've started to purr and people have asked me what the noise is, and I have to make my throat disengage to reply. I try and keep myself from doing it because of that. Imagine if you were particularly happy and someone ran up to you demanding to know why you were smiling. It jolts you out of the mood and spoils the whole thing. After awhile you train yourself not to smile very much. I've trained myself not to purr very much for that reason.
7. People have wondered if I can meow, bark, growl, or hiss like a dog or a cat can. I can, but so can you. I have roughly the same vocal range as a human, and humans can make animal sounds too if they want. But just because I can doesn't mean I do. A growl is usually an animal trying to warn you that it's angry. Well, I can just tell someone that I'm angry instead of making guttural noises at them.
8. I'll tolerate it, but I don't like it when people call me 'Three'. Three is a designation I give for people who just can't think of anything else to call me or who insist on having something. It isn't my name. If you need a name to call me, then make one up. But there are lots of people out there who have gone their entire lives without ever having a name and have gotten along perfectly fine that way.
(OOC: Yes, Gen calls her Three. That's because Gen knows what her original name used to be and doesn't want to accidentally let it slip.)
9. I consider the singlemost worst sin in the world to be deliberately hurting a child. If someone murders a child I will hunt them and put them down like a sick animal. I find the daily news difficult to watch and read because far too many stories are about the horrors people inflict on children.
10. My instincts work against me sometimes. A nervous person is distracting because I can sense they're concealing something and want to find out what. Having things dart around my vision tenses up the hunting instinct and makes me want to pounce something. I prefer to keep my back to fishtanks for this reason. The smell of blood will also set me off like a jolt of adrenaline. And when I hear movement and noise I have to go see what's causing it or it will drive me mad.
rancourt
~rancourt
I didn't realize you disliked being called Three. I'll work on that. I'm...well, a very language-oriented person, and I admit that I find the task of crafting a name for you a little daunting, and a little presumptuously intimate for me to even attempt. I am able to think about you in the second person in my mind, but I am less able to discuss you with others, as often I am called upon to do, without a sign of which you are the reference. Hideously Fregean, I grant, but such is the quandary of those of us whose primary medium is word.
-three-
~-three-
OP
Crafting names is only for the convenience for other people, my friend. I promise that when you address me, I'll know. There's just no need to attach any name at all to it to do so.
Wolfteller
~adtuna1192
question: what if different sets of people are calling you a different name for each group, or individuals in a group had separate names for you? for example, if i called you Silvia, but dusty ^ called you Diane? how do you keep the names straight?
-three-
~-three-
OP
Well, you may think you have just one name, but you have several yourself. Formally Wolfteller, which people probably shorten to 'Teller or WT or things like that, and then there's Mister Bard, and pet names and nicknames friends and family call you. Do you have difficulty keeping track?
Wolfteller
~adtuna1192
now that i think about it, no. so i see you point. do you have a favorite that you've considered keeping?
-three-
~-three-
OP
I have, but it would defeat the purpose of deliberately considering myself to be nameless. Names are for the convenience of others.
charonbond
~charonbond
A very enjoyable read. I am thankful that you were willing to share some of your experiences about yourself.
DataBank
~databank
My understanding is that calling you "Three" is like addressing a person as "Man"... is that the general idea, my good miss?
-three-
~-three-
OP
A literal translation in the simplest form would probably be 'thing'.
LeonatoLynx
~leonatolynx
I second Baine on the purring... Its a shame more people don't accept it at its obvious face value. Those of us of the feline persuasion certainly would... But sadly a minority we are...
