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    I was quite good when I was little, not really loud or a trouble maker but I was a bit of a know it all, stubborn and a porkie-teller (liar). I was lost in my own head alot, I liked colouring in, hide and seek and watching a favourite movie over & over again. (esp. the 101 dalmations and the nightmare b4 christmas.)
    ...then I turned into a stroppy wounded teenager like most.

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    Generally very quiet child. I asked my mum once 'so did i ever piss people off by crying too loudly or being rowdy in public places?' she said 'no, you were very well-behaved, except at home '

    Me and my brother used to play this spinning game: we held hands and spun round and round and round while staring at a spot in the ceiling until both of us couldn't take it anymore and we fall on the ground in a giddy and giggling fit.

    I liked to poke my dad's ass because he kept telling me not to.

    Parents of female classmates in nursery/kindergarten always tried to match make me and their daughters. Unfortunately I only realized that's what they were trying to do when I got much older.

    Usually just kept to myself when outside. Very self-absorbed.
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    I was kinda know-it-all and extraverted, yet somewhat naive when dealing with other children (i.e. they'd often steal my toys). Relatively well-behaved at home, except sometimes when I really really wanted a specific toy, in that case I'd raise hell until I got it.
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    I was really outgoing and energetic, always dancing, making up some new game, etc.
    But, for a certainty, back then,
    We loved so many, yet hated so much,
    We hurt others and were hurt ourselves...

    Yet even then, we ran like the wind,
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    i was really well-behaved except for the occasional outburst. i read constantly and was known for being the "smart kid." i was treated like a little adult and i sort of thought i was one, like trying to organize a garage sale for my toys until my parents found out and i was flabbergasted they wouldn't allow it. i was really anxious about pleasing authority, like teachers, and got teased at school. i would put on solo plays for my family out of stories i made up based on coloring book "scripts" but i was very shy in public.

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    I was apparently very cuddly as a baby and liked to be read to a lot. Very joyful but also had a temper but got over tantrums quickly. I was very stubborn.

    I was very gregarious and out-going in kindergarten, always performing, but when I got to school, and the group got bigger, I got shyer and quieter and unsure of myself. Kind of changed dramatically.

    I liked the slow family life and routine of school, but then I always escaped to my own fantasy world for a while.

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    I was quiet, introverted but with a rebellious streak, curious about everything, enjoyed drawing and reading, especially various world almanacs and stories of distant places.

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    A mix. At home I kept mostly to myself minding my own business, occasionally getting into squabbles with siblings. At school, running about, teasing people, etc. Got more and more serious-minded as I grew.

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    i was bossy and pushy to other kids and had frequent anger outburst at ages 4 and 5, then moved to another town and developed a more contemplative and silent character as a result of fitting in with the kids there less well. from ages 10-12 i had a period of sanguine life under influence of several Exxj friends.

    i was also pretty much from age 3 on a tech savvy kid obsessed with computers (Atari ST at first).

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    I was the oldest of two. Very responsible and independent. I followed the rules pretty much until I was 18, because they generally made sense to me and the risk/reward ratio wasn't worth it. I was quiet and disliked adults for some reason. I spent a lot of time in my room, painting, listening to the radio, reading. I was musical--sang in all the choirs and played the piano and the oboe. I had no desire to be popular in school, as long as I had my close friends. I kind of flew under the radar with the aura that I was "too good" for most of the people in my school/high school. (which is unfortunate)

    I clearly remember my parents saying that I could be anything I wanted to be, in life, and thinking they were kinda full of crap. Cause I knew there were limits. But I knew they were just trying to be good parents.

    I was pretty emotional but I hid my negative emotions nearly 100% of the time. I rarely cried in front of anyone. But that's how my entire family was, so I probably took my cue from them, to some extent.
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    I was curious and liked to explore, a smart ass, and occasionally obnoxious.

    I would frequently go out in the neighborhood I lived in with my bike and ride around, I would go down large hills, through storm drains, houses being built, ride my bike to the gas stations nearby, and to the greenbelt behind the housing division (there was a large expanse of wooded area behind where I lived). I would go out there with other people from the neighborhood to and talk to other people outside, as a kid I made a lot of friends in my neighborhood just doing this. We used to name different areas of the woods and build forts and stuff. I made a shitty bow and arrow and spear from the branches of trees once. I remember shooting a kid with a shitty arrow I made (it was blunt tipped) and his mom chased me down because she was worried -- although the arrow was too blunt for him to be seriously injured.

    I was really into planes because my dad had gotten out of the air force when I was in kindergarten. He used to fly a10s and I remember one christmas they had a guy dressed up as santa claus taxi in on an a10. I used to read through encyclopedias of ww2 planes, modern planes, and helicopters -- I liked encyclopedias and science stuff in general as well. Kids would ask me every time a plane flew by what kind it was, I was like the appointed plane expert. I dressed up as a fighter pilot several times for halloween, and played it up with the jumpsuit and everything.

    I remember going a lot to the pool in the neighborhood and was obsessed with supersoakers, I would always try to start battles with the supersoakers and even would shoot it at the lifeguards which probably hated me.

    In class I was smart, but apparently I got in trouble a lot for not paying attention or getting off task. I remember I used to purposefully pretend not to be paying attention when I wanted to answer a question, using reverse psychology in order to actually answer the question. I remember teachers occasionally would like me because I was good at taking initiative as a kid, but also hate me because I didn't listen well. I also loved mad libs and filling them in with inappropriate stuff and laughing, one day I introduced this to a group of people and we laughed a shitload.

    I didn't have problems making friends in my childhood. I liked to play a lot of video games. I was somewhat into sports, I liked basketball, hockey, and karate. I went to a basketball camp in 5th grade and everyone was a douchebag I thought so I lost my interest in sports around that time, I lived in texas so hockey wasn't big, and I did karate up until later in middle school which I probably liked the best. After middle school I really didn't find sports all that interesting.

    I first became interested in girls around 3rd grade, I had one girl in particular I was obsessed with for a half a year, but I was too insecure and shy to do anything and eventually it subsided. I also tried occasionally to form a "club" and have friends be a part of it, which was successful but went no where, although I used to dream up doing all sorts of ambitious things with this club like building forts, raising money, and stuff. Around 5th grade I abandoned this idea.

    Oh I also spent a fair amount of time making model cars and airplanes, the kind that required using the exacto knife, glue, and paint and assembling things.
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    I was an extremely anxious shy child, pretty much a complete loner that kept to himself and almost never spoke unless spoken to. I was hyper-sensitive to anything that was happening around me whether it was positive or negative I felt it ten-fold. I escaped into a world inside my mind, played a lot of video games and watched a few favorite television shows religiously. I enjoyed making creations out of lego, it allowed me to be imaginative and creative.

    I usually only had one friend at a time that I was very attached to. I was enrolled into sports, and I enjoyed hockey because I was a good defenceman and it allowed me to express an aggressive/competitive side of myself, but I hated soccer because the coaches were prejudiced on who they wanted to play (which wasn't me). Yeah my childhood sucked, but it had some good moments.
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    I had a horrible temper as a kid (well, still do), always fought with my parents and siblings and beat my cousin up daily..like severe beatings haha and it was a he and he was much older than me lolz. School stressed me out too much because of the social demands. I'd get off school and NEED my alone time for a couple of hours up in my room where I'd draw and be all creative and artsy. I distinctly remember throwing HUGE tantrums when people would interrupt me and i'd break all the barbie houses and the heads off barbies and rip all my posters off the wall and what not. I was a demon child. I have a random memory of myself refusing to get into the car seat and being so mad at my parents for putting me in there that I pooped on the floor of my mothers workplace HAHA. Would prefer to forget everything up til the age of 25.

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    Stop being so cute Jessica or I'm afraid I must bite you too. Right after abbie.

    i was an exhibitionist, refusing to wear clothes til elementary school. esp. underwear.
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    A couple years ago I was put in charge of decorating the college for Valentine's Day. I made some gorgeous, fancy decorations from construction paper, glue, scissors, and imagination. Then I covered a couple cabinets with them. But my favorite was the diagram of a human heart I put up. So romantic!

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    I was the kind of kid that sat by the corner like a good boy with a book in his hand. I could sit still, so that is considered "good". I think I was also the dream kid of every relative I had -- everyone loved how I was smart and well-behaved and all that; I think my cousin got jealous and started bullying me lol. Also very sensitive, my cousin just loved bullying me.

    When I was 7 that's when everything started to change. I told myself firmly I am not going to let myself be pushed around in any way. I fought back and then lolabuse happens.

    As a teen (13-16) I was very defiant and aggressive. It started out with words and then... you know where it goes. I was homeless at least 3 times a month and I couldn't stand my mother (and I still can't stand her). We also fought at least every 3 days.


    In secondary school I mostly minded my own business but I passively defied authority. My homework was either very late or not submitted at all. The bullying and teasing in school didn't really bother me. I think people would describe me as cold, unengaged and apathetic.

    Primary school is cake, I just did my homework and never studied -- averaged As and Bs throughout. I got along with everyone mostly, no deep friendships or anything of the sort.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Traveler View Post
    I hated soccer because the coaches were prejudiced on who they wanted to play (which wasn't me).
    OMG. I tried playing on an leisure co-ed soccer team last fall (I'm basically a total beginner), and had the same exact experience. At one point, the captain only was going to put me in for like 10 min and take me back out, so I actually refused. I was like I just got on the field, replace some other person. I was thinking, what the...!!? This is supposed to be for fun! I'm there to play not sit at the sidelines! I actually quit the next week, because i'm not gonna drive the 20 minutes out there, and waste another 1.5 hours of the game, and then a 20 min drive back home, to only play for like 10 minutes. My time is too precious at this point, i could have been doing something productive at home or at the gym or what have you. We never did anything as a team either (like go out to happy hour or post-game meal) so it wasn't even a social endeavor either.
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    A couple years ago I was put in charge of decorating the college for Valentine's Day. I made some gorgeous, fancy decorations from construction paper, glue, scissors, and imagination. Then I covered a couple cabinets with them. But my favorite was the diagram of a human heart I put up. So romantic!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Traveler View Post
    I hated soccer because the coaches were prejudiced on who they wanted to play (which wasn't me).

    Quote Originally Posted by WorkaholicsAnon View Post
    OMG. I tried playing on an leisure co-ed soccer team last fall (I'm basically a total beginner), and had the same exact experience. At one point, the captain only was going to put me in for like 10 min and take me back out, so I actually refused. I was like I just got on the field, replace some other person. I was thinking, what the...!!? This is supposed to be for fun! I'm there to play not sit at the sidelines! I actually quit the next week, because i'm not gonna drive the 20 minutes out there, and waste another 1.5 hours of the game, and then a 20 min drive back home, to only play for like 10 minutes. My time is too precious at this point, i could have been doing something productive at home or at the gym or what have you. We never did anything as a team either (like go out to happy hour or post-game meal) so it wasn't even a social endeavor either.
    Yeah, that's why outdoor soccer isn't fun. It's all about conserving time for the elite players and taking away time from those who aren't as good. I like indoor soccer more because people get tired very quickly and the team usually ends up splitting playing time equally. It also depends a lot on the kind of players that are on your team. Good thing you decided to leave, its not worth your time and money to be treated that way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WorkaholicsAnon View Post
    I was thinking, what the...!!? This is supposed to be for fun!
    Well, no. In organized soccer, you're supposed to win. If you want to have fun, you need to play with your friends. (not that I enjoy this attitude, but I played soccer for 8 years and that's how it goes)
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    Quote Originally Posted by walker31 View Post
    I was quite good when I was little, not really loud or a trouble maker but I was a bit of a know it all, stubborn and a porkie-teller (liar). I was lost in my own head alot, I liked colouring in, hide and seek and watching a favourite movie over & over again. (esp. the 101 dalmations and the nightmare b4 christmas.)
    ...then I turned into a stroppy wounded teenager like most.

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    0-7 Lost in my imagination. Enjoyed playing with soft toys and taking a register of all toys in attendance at my ficticious playschool. Playfighting with my brother. Attending dance classes (modern, ballet and tap). Manipulating the guilt of my divorced parents to get more toys. Writing poems.

    10-13 Reading fiction constantly. Walking into lamposts as I read my book. Trying to overcome my painful shyness and inability to notice things (walking around with ladders in my tights). Feeling sorry for myself. Avoiding practicing my trumpet (lol). Singing in the choir. Avoiding bullies. A+ student.

    13 -16 Tired of being bullied and go off the rails in a deliberate attempt to gain attention from my family and to 'fit in'. Start smoking, drinking etc Grades drop. Popularity increases. Bullying stops. Hear the term 'grounded' a lot.

    17.....Move out of my parents house

    Following years..... realise the error of my ways stop smoking, rebellious behaviour and become a happy nerd again Back to books, imagining things, achieving positve goals and being happy.

    Sometimes I miss my rebellious years though... they were fun but guess i had to grow up.

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    lovelier than
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    and does not
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    meaning of no.
    Because everything
    through her, and in her, is
    "Yes, it will be done."


    Why I love LSEs:
    Quote Originally Posted by Abbie
    A couple years ago I was put in charge of decorating the college for Valentine's Day. I made some gorgeous, fancy decorations from construction paper, glue, scissors, and imagination. Then I covered a couple cabinets with them. But my favorite was the diagram of a human heart I put up. So romantic!

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    I was generally a quiet and well-behaved child
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    lovelier than
    love
    dreams larger
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    and does not
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    meaning of no.
    Because everything
    through her, and in her, is
    "Yes, it will be done."


    Why I love LSEs:
    Quote Originally Posted by Abbie
    A couple years ago I was put in charge of decorating the college for Valentine's Day. I made some gorgeous, fancy decorations from construction paper, glue, scissors, and imagination. Then I covered a couple cabinets with them. But my favorite was the diagram of a human heart I put up. So romantic!

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