Which of your qualities (if any) do you think will be your downfall?

pshhh Im fucking perfect…...

well i guess that answered that question :P

I tend to trust very easily. On the one hand, this leaves me exposed to be hurt (and believe me, I have had some emotional fuck ups because of this). However, on the other hand, this same quality saves my ass. I have so many good friends who drop everything to take care of me when someone has opened up my chest and pureed my heart.

excellent imagery…

I am naturally criminally minded. That sounds weird and bad, but I think that I have an intersting take on life and how others try to get over. This is either a downfall or a safety feature: bad because I see devious angles in every situation, good because I can think of loopholes quickly.

I’m a smart ass who can think on her toes. This can get you into trouble, obviously, but depending on how quick you are, it can get you right out of it. And in person, I’m kind of hilarious, normally I’d think I was being very egotistical there but I’ve been told by everyone I know so I’m gonna go ahead and say that one is fact. Sometimes it can hurt me, I rely on my humor as a crutch to get out of some situations.

So I guess with both points you could say it points to my bigger problem, my tendency to use things as an excuse and avoid taking responsibility.

No desire to climb the career ladder and spent my younger years playing and not saving for retirement. I might be working until I’m 80, but I sure did have fun! :)

Oh, and likely procrastination as well!!

I have to say “acerbic wit” does battle with “kind-hearted inclusive” several times a day.

They co-exist because I acknowledge both their presence, and give people permission up front to chuck things at me if I get annoying.

PSSST, Nimis, fess up, what’s yours?

I’m a very sarcastic person by nature and if I’m not careful, me engaging my mouth before including my brain in the equation has the potential to be problematic, although not my downfall. I think much of it would be how the recipient of my humor/sarcasm responds to it (favorably or unfavorably).

I think the fact that I can also be congenial when I want to and need to along with being able to speak articulately, I can soothe ruffled feathers or hurt feelings with a competent explanation about how my intentions were not meant to be mean spirited but how I screwed up the delivery in the first place. This has, in fact, saved my ass in the past. Several times.

As far as both of them co-existing, I try to find a nice balance between the two but it doesn’t always work. Some days are definitely better than other ones.

My downfall will come from my uncanny ability to spin tales that sort of put a positive on the most dire situations. Jenn likes to call it lying. I like to call it “putting a positive spin on a dire situation”. “Dear, the cat is dead” “Dear, we haven’t seen the cat in a few weeks but I am nearly certain that he is being cared for by a loving family”. “I spent $50 on these steak at the grocery” “I spent less on these steaks then if we had dined at the finest restaurant”. “My boss is a dildo and I recommend that you look elsewhere to buy your products” “My boss is a wee bit eccentric but we can always use that to our advantage to secure some creative pricing packages.”

The same quality has saved my ass time and again….

My tendency to give up when things get tough. And my ability to ratiocinate anything.

Lack of drive and motivation is a big one for me. Lots of unused potential here, people! It’s bad, no matter how I look at it. Two things that can be either good or bad: Like Katawa, I trust until given a reason not to. I am also very big on doing the “right thing”. Both of those have cost me dearly, but the benefits (not the least of which is a clear conscience) far out-weigh the costs.

Most likely it’ll be my wise mouth. I don’t know what will save me. I may have to throw myself on the judge’s mercy.

No fair, we all told. And Nimis stiffed us.

I’m taking this personally. You hear me, Nimis? Do you?

Good point…Nimis???

Should we start chanting? Demanding satisfaction?

I myself am stamping my feet, and pounding my fists on the desk. Nimis, Nimis, Nimis!

In your neighboring state, I am doing the same, Aug.

I demand to be satisfied, Nimis! In any way you choose. ;)

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Yes! She’s crafting a response!!

I do believe in fairies totally worked here.

[raises hand to calm the maddening crowd]

Ack! Sorry for not getting back to this sooner.
I plead having fallen behind in my questions
because of/since Thanksgiving and only just
got an email notification for this question. Ooph.

As for my own answer…geez. How do you pick just one?
The one quality that seems to nip me in the butt
and save my but is that I can be a bit of a perfectionist.
I could very well turn in a project on time and get an A as is
but more likely that I will push for some deadline to clean up
details that no one (but myself) will notice.

When I was in school, I actually argued with my professor about
how he shouldn’t give me an A…yeah, not the most sensible move.
Someone wanted to hire me to do a photo shoot for them (not what I do),
but I declined because I didn’t think my work was good enough
for the money they were offering me.

I’m not insecure. I’m just really critical.
To a certain point, it’s helpful that I can be objective about my work.
But for the most part, I can just be really quite retarded about it.

I’m trying to find a nice balance.

Obviously did not hire a 27-year-old speech writer for this.

I find myself, satisfied.

<Smoking a cigarette.>

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Am thinking I should have just wrote Pancake.

Oh!

<<fans self>> I wasn’t expecting that, dear.

I love you guys : )

<g>

Lurve. Lurve. Lurve.
If you’re not expecting that, I’m not doing something right…

I shall prepare accordingly in case of future pancakes.