A Survey: Stolen from Chicken_Pax (who stole it from someone else...) and which I slightly altered...
Ten things you wish you could say to people right now (don't list names): 1. I really want you to realize how wonderful, worthy, and beautiful you are, so you won't keep trying to get all those inconsistent, a--hole men to prove it to you, who only end up hurting you. 2. I don't think we're going to make it if you can't forgive me like I have forgiven you. 3. You talk about what size pants you wear entirely too often. 4. I'm sorry that I have been distant lately, I have been insecure around you for some reason. 5. Even though you are smoking hot, the more I have gotten to know you, the more I find our conversations totally dull. 6. Your encouragement and belief in me has been more important in my life than I think you'll ever know. 7. Thank you for embracing me in all my intensity. 8. You only talk about yourself all the time and it makes me feel used. 9. I thought for sure I was going to get a big crush on you until I found out you were a huge fan of Ron Paul. Now we'll have to wait and see... 10. I think the main reason I like to be around you is that you are not that smart or complicated, and it makes me feel calm. Nine things about yourself:
1. I listen almost exclusively to female singers, and only a few males. 2. For a few years now I have had a strong physical attraction to Indian men (but, let's be honest, I basically like all different men...you are all beautiful beings). 3. I have basically no tolerance for pretension. It would be practically helpful if this wasn't so. 4. Lately I have really gotten into cooking, and every Sunday night I cook a big batch of something and prepack all my lunches for the week. 5. I can really enjoy crude humor and swearing and sex talk. 6. I love to be outside, and am glad to live in an area where I can hang out outside pretty much all year long. 7. Loneliness and disappointment are the two unpleasant feelings I feel the most often. 8. To relieve stress, I sometimes like to sing extremely loudly. (And I do mean extremely.) 9. I don't really believe in ordination (in terms of ordaining people as official pastors and stuff). Eight ways to win your heart:
1. Laugh freely and frequently. 2. Be yourself all the time, even when it's not pretty. 3. Pursue the things you are passionate about. 4. Love people and seek to love them better. 5. Reference the Simpsons casually in conversation. 6. Be frequently affectionate and comfortable with your sexuality. 7. Have fun and be friends with people with developmental disabilities. 8. Seek to follow the teachings of Jesus in your daily life. Seven things that cross your mind a lot (in no particular order):
1. Music 2. Following Jesus 3. How to love people 4. Affection/Sex 5. Whether people actually like me 6. My students' quirks 7. Scenes from The Simpsons Six turn offs:
1. Pretense 2. Blindly following the status quo 3. Apathy 4. Sharp criticalness (towards people) 5. Being into material/tangible symbols of status/worth 6. Prudishness Five things you're afraid of:
1. RACCOONS!!! 2. Not being good enough 3. Driving people away 4. My mom dying 5. Doctors
Four simple pleasures: 1. Playing catch in the park 2. Laughing with a friend 3. Hanging out by a body of water (lake, river, ocean, I'm not particular...) 4. Taking a shower Two things you want to do before you die: 1. Fall in love (mutually!)  2. Live in community | 
Sometime soon I will post a story of the application process, and how I felt God lead me to where I have now ended up. Because I really have seen God at work in this process over the past several months, and I need to testify (as much to remind myself of it as anything...).
