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Originally Posted by SilverBlue
You mention a lot of philosophy and theology, I can see why you'd identify as a Sapiosexual.
Are you a scholar of the Humanities by any chance?
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I mentioned that Thoreau quote while also saying
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Originally Posted by ChamomileAngel
I enjoy solitude at times; I am somewhat of an introvert. But I want someone to be in that solitude with.
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No, I only have some college at an art school. I went when I wasn't sure, because my brother asked me to. It was still my decision and immature fault. I majored in photography briefly, then video production for the rest of the time. I don't have the traditional learning style. I knew much less about what my learning style was back then. I tried to get accommodations because I was having difficulty, so the college counselor sent me to the University of Pittsburgh to get an evaluation. In the end, I couldn't get accommodations because they said I have a higher than average IQ.
When I left college, my family wanted me to join the military...
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Originally Posted by StrawDog
Yes, the right level and quality of company are ongoing problems for an introvert.
Do you use any pesticides or fertiliser on the things you grow?
Regarding my previous question about discipline/discovery, you answered from a submissive perspective; is your approach to that as a dominant different?
You mentioned competitive games; do you enjoy the idea of switchy power struggles?
Do you speak any other languages, and/or are there any you're planning to learn?
Your aim to travel the world with your partner/s, what countries would you prioritise, and why?
Are you experimental in cooking?
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1.) No pesticide. Anything thing sprayed on our plants when needed is natural, like Bioneem. Fertilizers: my best friend uses Miracle Gro, blood meal dirt, mushroom compost; Cactus, palm, and citrus soil, top soil....
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Regarding submission, do you enjoy the disciplinary aspects of it, or more about sexual discovery and freedom...Regarding my previous question about discipline/discovery, you answered from a submissive perspective; is your approach to that as a dominant different?
I answered it from a submissive perspective, because I misread it that way. It could be read either way, but at first glance it looked to me like that's what you were asking. I am first generation offspring in the United States. My Mom was born and raised in the capital of the Philippines until she was almost a teenager, then her Father moved them all to his countryside province of Pangasinan. She came to the States when she was 20 and had my older brother in Hawaii.
My Dad still lives in Puerto Rico with my stepmother and their triplets. He used to be in the United States Navy.
So even though I write well and have advanced reading skills, I sometimes answer things slightly differently or understand them a tiny bit differently when reading it, because I was raised around many cultures with my family members. Puerto Ricans, Filipinos, and Europeans... my stepfather is an Italian raised in Switzerland. His family moved there when he was ten or a little after, they were from Finale Ligure, but still have a home near Naples. He is not a good man, but his mother is a saint. God bless her the rest of her days and her soul wherever she goes.
Anyway let me answer that question again. "Regarding submission, do you enjoy the disciplinary aspects of it, or more about sexual discovery and freedom... you answered from a submissive perspective; is your approach to that as a dominant different?"
Yes. I enjoy it both. It is two halves to a whole for me. Granted, one half might be a slightly bigger amount or have more weight to it. Not to say either is more important. It is a personal thing unique to each individual; and for me, they both complement and complete each other...
A bit more weight being put into the
disciplinary aspects which I enjoy. Of course the sapio and demisexual in me would say that
which would then naturally connect to the
sexual discovery and freedom.
It is like a well made house.
The disciplinary is the foundation, or soul and skeletal system, or heart and blood...
And the sexual discovery and freedom... it's the meat. The fleshly physical reward sprouted up from that soil. A sound structure. One that transcends physicality, combines consciously, and transports you anywhere ~ heaven, hell, or a personal construct of both should one choose ;-P We are the master builders....
I still have much to learn.
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You mentioned competitive games; do you enjoy the idea of switchy power struggles? Hmm... Umm... I actually don't like competition much... I don't like rushing for anything. Though some things I am quicker at than others, like work. And simply learning other things, or just enjoying the roses with everything else.
To give you an idea, I'm naturally good at chess... but I prefer the relaxed fun of checkers. Playing pool is fun too. My family had both kinds.
So yeah, it could be appealing. As long as it felt naturally fun predominantly and playful competitiveness in the rear
Yeah, then it could get exciting :-D
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Do you speak any other languages, and/or are there any you're planning to learn?
...which brings me back to my answer from
SilverBlue's question. My mother and older brother tried to force me into the military when I left after some college because I wasn't ready and prepared yet...
They took me to a recruiter to join the Delayed Entry Program (DEP), to give me some time to choose and in the meantime possibly train. I took the ASVAB which I barely studied for and got a higher score than my older brother who studied for it, who is now four years former military and currently a mechanical engineer who is trained to do computer coding for a software instead.
From my score I was able to score into the more intelligent jobs and branch of the military, The United States Air Force (USAF).
They did a physical and tested my strength with a weight lifting pulley machine. I was holding a bar with a cord attached and had to lift as much weight as I could.
People sometimes think I am an athlete or maybe previous military or law enforcement, but I am not. I never had a regular or real exercise routine, but I look like and seem like I do. So yeah, I never worked out regularly or whatever.
I lifted that bar, and they would keep adjusting it to heaviest to a little lighter, and ask me to lift again.
When I was able to lift it, they said I lift much more than an average woman.
When it came to pick a job description of what was available based on my ASVAB scores, I chose Airborne Cryptologic Linguist.
That would require up to two years education at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey California learning the language they chose for you.
To get in, you must first pass another test, the DLAB test.
For that there is no study guide.
It is an individual's natural aptitude in three or four different ways not to be discussed further in detail after taking.
All the language of the world are given 5 levels according to difficulty.
To get that job, you must score into the hardest level languages - Level 5.
I scored in. I just made it it in. The first point in the grading range of Level 5 languages.
And I only know and speak English fluently.
I ended up turning down joining the military. I wanted it to be my choice and not forced into it. My Mom threatened to kick me out the house after returning from college if I didn't join. I decided to leave my hometown and move to a big city in the Midwest where my best friend was.
I used to speak Spanish fluently at like three when my Mom lived in Puerto Rico for a little while...
They divorced when I was four.
I didn't learn Tagalog because my Mom was a single mother raising my two brothers and I on her own from when I was 4 to when I graduated elementary school, so seven years.
She always managed to feel very present in our lives, make us feel loved, cook for us enough... everything. She was amazing.
She worked 3 jobs, so couldn't teach me Tagalog fluently. I know a few words and am good at guessing the proper dictation and pronunciation on my own. I spontaneously read some to her and she would be surprised and tell me very good often and correct me very little as needed.
My older brother (by 7 years and 3 months) was sometimes the babysitter of my younger brother (1 year 3 months) and I.
Then we also had a babysitter across the street when my brother needed the time and balance to be a high school teenager, maintain average grades, and socialize.
The babysitter across the street was a single mother as well who was deaf and had a daughter who was one year older than me. She was really our babysitter and was a very responsible girl. Her Mom would relax because she had a good daughter she could trust, but still would cook us meals and usually watch TV. Her daughter had blond hair blue eyes and lots of freckles.
Anyway, my Mom met my stepfather at the last two years of my elementary school and they were just friends then as he was trying to salvage his divorce. He asked her advice, and she told him to try his best to work things out and save it. He tried but he couldn't.
My stepfather knows English, Finnish, Danish, Swedish, Italian, Swiss German and German. He's a retired engineer.
I love Latin. I took two years of Classical Latin in highschool and aced it. It was fun and I had a best friend in there back then.
I have a book in Latin and some Latin education books, but haven't touched them yet. I told you about my procrastination with myself.
There are other more obscure languages I'd like to learn or find interesting... If I learn a language, I want someone to practice it with lifelong. Otherwise I'm not motivated or inspired enough to alone.
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Your aim to travel the world with your partner/s, what countries would you prioritise, and why? Ireland and New Zealand - nature. France - food, romantic, spirit... Mongolia - nomadic culture and land observation, supposedly lots of archaeological finds to come too. Portugal - spiritual reasons, and to see the Azores Islands. Sri Lanka - spiritual reasons, nature, archaeology, and to just check out the culture... Norway - just feel a call to see the nature and culture and history. Egypt, Israel, and Greece - ancient history and culture, and just to see and experience the land. Iceland - want to experience their natural hot springs. Fiji, Bali -
why not? :-D Japan, want to see their nature and their historical culture more, and see their BDSM scene and dungeons there
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Are you experimental in cooking?
I can be at times.
I don't cook as often as I like. I like to take my time and make everything from scratch. Whenever cooking something, I usually learn a recipe right on the first try, second at most. The next time I cook it, I usually tweak the recipe if it needs more or less of an ingredient based on who I'm cooking for's taste and then mine too after.
I've cooked Filipino food, made pasta from scratch, pizza dough (with active yeast and flour and warm water) from scratch and adding good pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, and toppings which my stepfather said didn't raise his blood sugar (he's diabetic) as much as other pizzas usually do. I've cooked my friends and partners favorite food for them whatever it happened to be, and they enjoyed it. I am good at learning recipes quickly and perfecting them as needed or making something up, creating my own menu. As any good hostess does, or simply when planning what meal to make for the day.
And baking sweets can get even more creative <3
Anyway, like I said, I'm good at cooking/baking whatever I attempt, but I don't as often as I'd like because my best friend is a good cook too and spoils me with it.
She's half Polish and Sicilian. She's good at food experimenting too, but not at dessert. She'd rather just buy it or ask me to make it.
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Originally Posted by Shrike
How interesting! this has become a conversation about philosophy, i do love it
you have mentioned Thoureau, who was a great defender of trekking and getting lost in nature to find himself, what do you think about nature? do you like trekking? what has been your longest walk alone?
by the way, Arthur Schopenhauer said that: “You can only be totally yourself while you are alone: who, therefore, does not love solitude, does not love freedom either; for only if you are alone you are free ”.
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I love nature. I would love trekking but want a good friend or partner to trek with. My best friend and I have pets and a lot to do in general and just try to relax, but I'll make an effort to plan something cool and push her to come and enjoy sometimes. Thanks.
My best trek was with a former friend and coworker of mine named Farrah. She lived by the beach and there was also a forest that was part of a State Park nearby that spanned a good amount of miles...
I didn't keep track of the distance, her and I simply walked and sometimes jogged with her dog Tiger just enjoying the woods. It was a like a whole other world. She's more of a hippy than I am, heh. She's really spectacular. I miss her. We both just fell out of touch. We've both moved. I could contact her, but there's not much need to. She's in her own world too, getting lost in nature oftentimes