What Makes You "You"

[Atlas]

Just like the title asks, what makes you who you are?


We as a society usually place emphasis on individuality, which usually, in utter irony, turns into conformity.

Anyways, let me stray from my rambling and just move one here. I'm fairly religious in the fact that I do pray, read the Bible, etc. Although, after a recent re-evaluation of my beliefs, I suppose you could say it's been "dialed down".

So, apart from my religious views, what makes me who I am are things like my love for poetry, theater, coffee, chess, and my pursuit after an eventual family. I also am greatly influenced by music and hope to influence it someday.

I am a chess playing, coffee drinking, insane God believing, riot of a man.

Who are you?

[JustATemp]

good idea for a thread, dudeguy.

I'm going through a big character change right now, getting into college, out of immaturity and all that crap, so i'm going to put up 2. one for who i was, one for who i think i'm turning out to be.

back when i first moved out, like 2 and a half years ago, i was extremely laid back and supersticious. while i'm still supersticious (i never rent the last copy of ANYTHING at blockbuster, it's bad luck), i'm less laid back due to a lot of pressure at home from my in-laws. i took my job seriously, but it was more of a hobby, and now it's very different, due to my job being, obviously, how i live. it never really connected with me on that point before now. a lot of times in wisconsin, i was pretty excentric. like when i would park on the other side of town (small town, but still) so i remembered where i parked; stuff would just happen to me because i either forgot about it or because i'm really freaking lucky, like when i forgot soda cans in my glove box and my friend opened it days or weeks later, it would be catigorised as "a gift from clifford" and was to be celebrated (clifford was my red saturn); or when i would roll straight 6's on dofus with my character. clifford's dead now. i hit an suv. i'm also a lot less excentric due to the fact that my fiancee is normal, and i make a lot of efforts to tone down the stupid i naturally give off. i had very long hair back in the day, down to my waist, and now it's shorter, enough to be spikey when it gets wet. i never really took school seriously because i already knew the crap they were trying to teach me and it seemed tedious for me to try, but going into college i get to study what i actually care about and i won't already know what they're trying to teach me, so i'm pretty serious about it.


my life is a lot more stressful in florida due to living with my fiancee's... let's say "strict" mom. i'm interested more in reading and writing, and i've been sketching a lot due to the fact that i hope to write manga/comics/GMs, whatever you want to call it.

[Jarrid]

Everything.

[Matron]

My love of books- that's one thing everyone who knows me knows about me. I might not read the deepest of stories, I might read too much chick lit and trash and bestsellers, but I've always loved to read, and everyone knows that about me.

Another thing most people know is my love for changing my hair color. I started with purple when I was 12, and never looked back. People always joke about never knowing what I'm going to look like next.

I'm also known for being very soft hearted. It doesn't take much to make me feel bad, it doesn't take much to make me cry, even silly little cartoons. I've got a fairly low self esteem, but not many people know that about me, I hide it pretty well, in person anyway. Maybe not so much online.

[Cyrus the virus]

I can make most people laugh. It works a lot better in person.

I'm not very unique, though. I guess I'm me because I blend a lot of personality quirks and am kind of odd.

[Mark]

I am me, and I am myself for that very reason. I cant change who I am, but I can change what I like and how I want to live my life. but I am me there is no changing that.

[Indigo]

I'm all the people I've met and all the experiences I've had.

[Atlas]

Good answer, Fallen. Though, you might want to elaborate. You know, like specific experiences or specific people that have helped shape who you are now. It's just good to think about.

[Indigo]

-.- ... okay this is intense though... hold on to your seats!


I'm not going to give you my life story but I'll break it into certain attitudes that shape me.

Arrogance: I didn't have a good life as a child, I mean I did, but my happiness was taken away in a blink of an eye. The main source of my arrogance is my dad. My dad and his job. When I was around 6 years old my dad decided to juggle work and studying at the same time, he'd stay for most of the day trying to accomplish this and slept for around 6 hours. Eventually he had a mental breakdown and he couldn't take care of with certain situations. So when I spoke to him in a certain manner or did something wrong, he gave me beatings. Whenever I got settled in a new place after our moves(my dad's job requires him to move every 4 years) and finally made good friends I had to move and leave these people behind. Which made me hate my dad so much, and made me slightly less willing to talk to people and befriend them with every move. These are some of the experiences that make me arrogant... monkey see monkey do I guess. I do seem to have a cloud of bad karma floating over my head...


introversion: This one is kind of obvious, I came from my own world and this closed environment which was my house and my religion. I was only allowed to meet and talk to certain people and listen to certain music. I really had nothing to talk about with other people, or at least I felt like i didn't fit in anywhere, so I because reserved. And later on I started to enjoy my loneliness, especially after our 3rd move. I was 11 and lived in the north of Portugal. For those 4 years I didn't speak to anyone in school... anyone at all. I didn't bother. I'd just moved from a place where I was very happy with my friends, and nothing could match that. Up to now my shyness has been reduced a lot because of all the good people I met here in England, so it's not that much of a problem right now.


Sympathy: This is something i only have with people I like or people I don't have any physical contact with(aka you people). I guess because of my introversion, when I get to like someone, I make it count. My sympathy is limited, there are only so many people that know sympathy from me.


Romance: I'm a romantic. I don't like the notion of treating women like objects. Women are the most perfect being on the face of the earth and they deserve being treated like so. I guess this comes from the close bond i have with my mother, she has always been there for me. I guess the reason I focus on romance so much is because I wasn't to be heard by someone who cares.


Art: I've been drawing ever since I can remember. Drawing was my main pass time and still is. What got me into drawing were the illustrations in my children's books. Drawing was something i could do that could be understood in every language, and this meant something for me since... you know, I've been around. Whenever I was excluded from everything I drew. Whenever my parents had an argument I drew. Whenever I felt sad and lonely I drew. Art keeps me going.


I think that's enough... make of that whatever you want, that who I am.

[Mary]

Well I've traveled a lot and moved a lot so I've become extremely flexible and adaptable to change but I lack the ability to become strongly, emotionally attached to people. I make friends easily but never bother to put in the effort it takes to get close to them. This all comes from the fact that I never lived anywhere long enough for it to be worth making best friends. I've also become close to my family because of it. I think my constant traveling and moving defines me more than anything. I'm very able to handle any crisis, I understand the importance of keeping life low drama, and I'm just as happy alone as I am with people. I don't really depend on anything or anyone. The again I'm also extremely flakey and never commit to anything.

[Powerslave]

HEAVY METAL.

[Phakiel]

I am an angry, arrogant, self centered, narcisitic, offensive, mean dude, which I guess comes with my profession. I am a person with a very distinct and dark sense of humour. I am cheap, sometimes manipulative and pretty much an asshole.

I am also caring and have to problem with showing appreciation of affection. Many people dont get to see this side because, according to my friends, it takes time to get to know me but once you do you get a great friend and ally. I am very loyal to my friends and will do anything for them but if they fail me once in a very troublesome moment in my life, they isntantly stop eing my friends.

I have severed many relationships in the past really fast and have no problem doing it, even if i lose a long time close friend.

I have also a very corruptive personality and can quickly be pulled into debauchery and questionable acts. I am a person who loves his booze and cigarrettes and when people critize my partying all I tell them is that one day I am gonna be old and have my children runing around the house making messes and my wife by my side and will at least have the security that I had a ***load of fun in my younger days.

[Atlas]

Phakiel, you're an interesting man. While you definitely need to work some shit out, I very much so respect your transparency.

You should attempt this type of transparency with people you actually know.

:) Just some friendly advice.

[Polygon]

I'm not going to even try to postulate an answer to this because I honestly don't know. I was told by a psychologist that I have a complex personality and that I can exhibit just about any personality type, but not all.

[Hyde]

I am legion.

[Atlas]

Greeaaat....

So, you've realized your place in the Kingdom of Hell?

:P

[Hyde]

Greeaaat....

So, you've realized your place in the Kingdom of Hell?

Of course.

Think you get to be this good looking, long lived and Talented by accident?

[Phakiel]

Phakiel, you're an interesting man. While you definitely need to work some shit out, I very much so respect your transparency.

You should attempt this type of transparency with people you actually know.

:) Just some friendly advice.

What are you talking about? I am this transparent in real life. I have told my friends that I am all those things. They would agree on all of those items.

Hell, one of my nicknames is Shrek, because I am ogre to people.

My friends know I am bitter, they just for some reason tolerate it. I wished i knew why I still have friends when I am this angry little dude, but i think it would be lame to just go to my friends and say "why do you love me?".

[Atlas]

Oh, I was just sayin'. Good to hear.

[Cyrus the virus]

Of course.

Think you get to be this good looking, long lived and Talented by accident?

Aren't you like 25?

[Atlas]

If I hadn't seen pictures, I'd have guessed 18.

[Mary]

I thought he was 21.

[Hyde]

Aren't you like 25?

I'm 26, in the same way that blue is like 28.....we are eternal.

However, for you, I'll change long lived to Intelligent. :)

If I hadn't seen pictures, I'd have guessed 18.

And even HAVING seen pictures of you, I'd believe you're closer to like 16.....and destined to beach bum and smoking pot in between large amounts of caffeine and not nearly enough Ritalin.

I thought he was 21.

See above, but Thank You :)

[Cyrus the virus]

However, for you, I'll change long lived to Intelligent. :)

Can you change it to 'big poopypants'?

Note that I don't even understand why I asked that.

And even HAVING seen pictures of you, I'd believe you're closer to like 16.....and destined to beach bum and smoking pot in between large amounts of caffeine and not nearly enough Ritalin.

Ha!