Ten Things

[cjsmith]

Last Seen in the Journal Of: redgrrl


Ten things I really liked when I was a teenager that I don't much care for now:
1. Robert A Heinlein
2. Billy Joel
3. Garlic
4. Butterfingers
5. Having breasts
6. C.S. Lewis
7. Pretending I was an alien from another planet
8. Peanut butter and orange Tic Tac sandwiches
9. Science fiction conventions
10. Charleston Chews

Ten things I didn't much care for when I was a teenager that I really like now:
1. Wine
2. Getting, or being, organized
3. Having enough sleep
4. Toffee
5. S&M
6. Palak paneer
7. Working at something I'm not naturally good at
8. Helping other people (now it's voluntary, see)
9. Childhood memories
10. Aerobatics

Ten things I've always really liked and very likely always will:
1. Cats
2. The Peer Gynt Suites
3. Hot chocolate
4. Sitting by a fire
5. Camping
6. Reading
7. Waterfalls
8. Puzzles of many kinds
9. Fart jokes
10. Learning new languages

Ten things I've never much cared for and very likely never will:
1. Bigotry
2. Bullies
3. Organized sports
4. Being female
5. Petty bureaucracy
6. Depending on people who turn out to be incompetent or unreliable
7. Changing diapers
8. Dishonesty
9. Sexism (religion, movies, sports, marriage...)
10. Denial, and the accompanying unwillingness to fix anything