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[arinelle]

This application is strictly because Ari wants an "honorary" house...and she loves filling out apps.

Name: Ari
Age: 27
Recommended by: Myself, I created this place!


| WHO ARE YOU |

01.) What are your goals in life?

To not drown in my glass of water? Oh, wait that's not a serious goal. Okay.

My two biggest goals are:
1.) I want to start a family. I mean, I've been married 6 1/2 years, and have no children, and I've always wanted children (and we are trying) so that's one of the biggest goals I have for myself. And I'm in a position I can feel comfortable having a child, though with my living situation, I'm hoping it wouldn't bother my housemates (I live with my husband, best friend of 15 years and her boyfriend). I mean my best friend is completely cool with it, but I haven't had the conversation with her boyfriend.

2.) I want to get a good career going. I'm not looking to get on a serious career path right now, but I've finally figured out what I want to do. I plan on being a K-6 teacher of some form. I'm mulling over the idea of becoming fluent in ASL so that I could teach deaf children, but that's not an absolute necessity. And I narrowed it down to K-6 because I don't want to teach teenagers, and I don't feel completely comfortable lecturing adults...at least in an offline capacity.

Other than that, I'd love to see the world. I've been to Seoul and loved every moment of it. I want to see Japan and Europe. The UK is my main goal to see in Europe, I have family out of Bremen, Germany, and I'd love to see Italy and Spain.

02.) What do you care about most?

Firstly, I care about myself. For two long I've put others before myself, and I finally realized that I needed to knock that shit off. I have to put myself, my feelings, and my own well being before anything else. Because if I shirk myself off, how much good am I going to be to someone that needs me at my best?

Secondly, I care about my family. This being the biological one. Though I'm really selective with whom in my bio family I do care about. As far as this question, it's my immediate family: husband, father, mother, and brother. Yes, I care about aunts and uncles, but I've got enough fucked up-ness in my family, and my immediate family has been the "black sheep" of my family for so long (and my family is so HUGE) that I just can't find it in me to make them a priority. They don't make the effort to keep in touch with me, so why the hell should I be expected to care as much? My mother calls me every week. She deserves my attention.

Thirdly, my close friends. This includes my RL close friends, and my internet close friends. I am fairly anti-social offline, so the majority of my social life is online. I'm more comfortable with myself in an online capacity (social awkwardness, HOLLA). And I've been treated like shit by "friends" so much in the past, that I'm really selective with my close friends. Those that have stuck behind me for 5+ years? Yeah, I would do damn near anything for them.

Continuing on, I care about art and music, but I'm an artist and a musician. I also write, but these are all inherant parts of me, I can't ignore them, and I have to care about them. They are like my breath man.

03.) What is one thing you would change about the world today?

Fucking politics. I'm sick of the world being all about shit that no one cares about. I'm sick of the rich politicians fucking us over. I want my government (American), to go back to it's roots. Being BY the PEOPLE and FOR the PEOPLE. Meaning ALL OF THE PEOPLE. If I were to change it, the electoral college would be gone. All voting in that regards would be BY the people.

04.) Is there anything in your life that you regret?


Yep. If anyone answers this with a no, I'd be surprised, and then I'd call bullshit.
I regret some of the friends I associated with in my past. And I've had numerous. Some were even friends turned lovers. I don't associate with them anymore because they are such a negative influence on me and I'd rather not have that. But I wouldn't change it. They helped make me the person that I am today, they brought out my voice and my backbone. Without them I'd probably still be the coy, shy little girl I used to be.

I regret not going to college and following through. I went for part of a semester in 2005, aiming to get a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Art. I don't know what I was planning on doing with it, but I was going to get it. Life decided to put a hold on it, and it's given me the time to realize what I do want to do with my life. I want to be a teacher.

Other regrets are too small, or rather insignificant to me. I've done a lot that I do regret, yes, but I'm not going to bother myself with it. I'm going to keep trudging forward.

05.) Describe your top positive characteristics.

I'm smart. I am intelligent, and I know it. I might not be MENSA smart, but I know a few things. And I like learning things. I love going to the library and reading books, I love browsing random subjects on the internet. I love teaching myself new things. I taught myself to use most of the software I use on my own, I've taught myself to code HTML and basic CSS, and I love what I can do with the knowledge I've gained. I love seemingly useless trivia. And with my thirst for knowledge, I like to learn all that I can about people. (Biographies are crack, guys, I'm serious.) I like KNOWING people, knowing their quirks and seeing their opinions and such. Psychology and religious theology are fascinating to me.

I'm loyal. Not in a "walk all over me I'm a doormat" capacity. I am loyal to those who deserve it, to those who show loyalty to me. If you backstab me, I'm done with you. If you take things I tell you in confidence to people that I don't trust with the same information, I'm done with you. I stopped wearing my heart on my sleeve. Yes, I care about people, but if they don't care back they don't deserve me. And I know it.

I'm a good friend. I'm the one that is there when you need it, and doesn't care if you wake her at 3 am (please don't if it's not important, I work early mornings). I'll DD if someone needs it, I'm a shoulder to cry on if someone needs it, I'm there. I'm good at being there, I always have been. I've been told I have a knack for it, and I go with that. I hate seeing people hurting, and I'll do anything in my power to make it stop. And I know sometimes all that will help is a hug. Hugs are awesome, I don't care what anyone else says.

I'm dependable. This applies especially at work. If I have an obligation, I'm going to do everything in my power to fufill it. Now, granted I'm only human, and humans make mistakes. But I've gone to work sick. I'd rather get sent home than call in. Part of it is I don't want to lose money, but part of it is I hate being the one being bitched about. I don't like being seen as lazy, so where it counts I'm not. Granted, I'm a huge procrastinator, but I'm usually not when it counts.

I'm creative. If you look up the general personality of a Pisces, you have me in a nutshell. I'm an artist, a musician (piano, flute, percussion, clarinet, trumpet, and guitar in order of how much I play them/know them), and a writer. I'm constantly in a dream world (and I quite like it there) and that in itself brings out my creative side.

I'm openminded. There isn't a lot that I have a problem with (aside from things that are morally and socially wrong, I do have a conscience after all). Differing religious beliefs? Okay! Pro-choice/life? Noted! Love to spread Nutella in your hair and run around nude like a crazy person? Al...right, what a waste of good Nutella. Take a shower and put on some clothes if you expect to come in my house or anything. But basically if that's how you are, I'll find a way to be okay with it. Barring of course pedophilia and things like that.

06.) Describe your top negative characteristics.

I'm impatient. I don't like getting into new shows because I despise waiting a week for a new episode. So I tend to watch shows that have been in syndication for YEARS, or at least that have enough seasons to take time to get me caught up (like I'm currently in season 3 of NCIS). I do watch shows that are current on TV (Doctor Who and Supernatural currently). But yes, I will completely admit I despise waiting for almost anything.
I hate suprises too for this reason. I'd much rather have whatever right here and right now. Doesn't always mean I'm going to GET it, and I understand that, but it doesn't change my views any.

I'm a coward. I don't like confrontation. And I've got major anxiety issues that tie into this. If I piss someone off (or convince myself I have pissed someone off) I will fret over it until the situation is resolved. I might not SHOW that I'm anxious, scared, or anything like that, but behind the facade most of the time I'm completly freaking out. I am definitely not an adrenaline junkie in that respect. I'll take my adrenaline rushes from amusement park rides and things like that.

I'm blunt. I'm not afraid to think what I think or feel what I feel. I don't like being hurtful, but I'm not going to sit back and sugar coat things. I'd much rather be blunt and honest because that's what I expect in return. And I don't expect anything from someone if I'm not willing to be the same way or do the same.

I always assume the worst. Always. I don't WANT the worst, but I expect it. Somewhere in the way my mind works, if the worst doesn't happen, I have reason to rejoice. And rejoicing is a good thing.

I'm a control freak. I try not to let it affect the way I interact with others, but it does. I have to feel I'm in control of things that directly affect me (in at least some capacity) or I completely freak out. If it doesn't directly affect me, I'm more apathetic towards it. And it's a completely situational thing.

07.) Pick a favorite quote and explain what it means to you.

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different outcome." -Albert Einstein

And that might not be the exact quote but I'm exhibiting my laziness and not bothering to Google it, it's close enough.
It means just what it says. If you do the same thing over and over, and expect things to change (most of the time without changing how you do things) then you are crazy. Something from point A to point B has to change or you're going to end up back where you don't want to be. This hit close to home when I realized I was friends with the same type of people. The friendship would go well, then I'd stop being what THEY wanted me to be, they'd freak out, and the friendship would end, and I'd be sitting there wondering what I did to fuck it up. It took me realizing that I wasn't the problem to break the cycle.

This is also my favorite quote. Einstein was awesome.


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08.) Who is your favorite Harry Potter character?

Always has been and probably always will be Ron! I identify a lot with him. I'm the oldest of two siblings, but in the middle in age of my cousins on my dad's side. Meaning I got compared to and hand me downs from my older cousins. In high school, I got pushed aside and ignored by people I'd thought were my friends. One came back and apologized years later, but the other did not. When I read the Harry Potter series the first time, a lot of Ron's feelings resonated with me. I always felt like I was the shadow between two awesome friends, like Ron was with Harry (The Chosen One!) and Hermione (Ms. SmartyPants). Ron made Keeper on the house Quidditch team, whereas I made it as secretary of Art Club, and from last chair in the school band my sophomore year to second chair in a state-wide honor band my senior year. Ron got his happy ending. He married the woman he loved. I did the same. I've been stamped other characters, but I always will have a place in my heart for Ron Weasely.

09.) Least favorite?

Gwarp. I don't think his story arc did anything for the story at all. That was the only time in reading the series I wanted to put the book down and give up on it.

10.) Who would you have been friends with at Hogwarts?

Trio era: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, and Luna. They mirror the close friends I had in high school and myself.

Maurader Era: Probably Lily? And by proxy James, Remus, and Sirius. I see James and them as more "popular" than say others (Severus). But I'd be so down for any of the shenanigans they got into, granted I wouldn't get caught. I was a very "follower" kid through high school. It wasn't until I came out of my shell post-attempt-at-college that I started to be more of a balance between leader and follower.

11.) What would you most enjoy about your time at Hogwarts?

Getting to know the staff. I've always spent time getting to know my instructors. I find them very interesting and knowledgeable people, and never really seemed to get along with kids my own age.

House Unity is something I could see myself getting into. I'm pro-everyone-getting-along, so I'd be on some committee for House Unity or something.

12.) Describe each of the four houses as you see them:

Gryffindor: I see Gryffindors as the boisterously loud house. I think of frat parties, loud parties....well any kind of parties when it comes to this house. They seem like the fun loving types that aren't afraid to get into a little bit of trouble now and again. They are brave, not afraid to be themselves, and proud of it. They are leaders. They equate to the fire signs of the zodiac (Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius), if you're into that kind of thing.

Hufflepuff: Hufflepuffs are such a misunderstood house because the books (and therefore the movies) don't talk a lot about them. They are loyal, friendly, and just. They idealize fairness. They encompass traits that are seen in other houses. Bravery from Gryffindor (Cedric was a very brave 'Puff if I do say so myself), ambition from Slytherin, and a general knowledgeability from Ravenclaw (if even just on the street smarts rather than book smarts side of things). They equate to the water signs of the zodiac (Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces).

Ravenclaw: This house is all about the knowledge. They aren't necessarily about being smart but they are about knowing things. I believe you can be a Ravenclaw without being an outright genius. The boy that knows everything about the innerworkings of an airplane engine and nothing about the science that makes them fly? Still a Ravenclaw because of his want to know everything about that engine. They equate to the air signs of the zodiac (Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius)

Slytherin: Ambitious. They will do just about anything to get what they want. I don't see them as "evil" or even "aristocratic". Sure they tend to frown on Muggleborns or Half-Bloods, but that doesn't mean that all Slytherins are Pureblood. Slytherins are cunning, and I can see them working in the background rather in the foreground. They don't necessarily like attention being drawn to them, they'd rather people pay no mind to them unless it will help them with their ambitions. I see them as prideful when they need to be. They are very down-to-earth and realistic. They know how the world works, and know how to make it work for them. And if they don't, they'll find out. They equate to the earth signs of the zodiac (Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn).

13.) Which house do you feel the least affinity for?

That's hard to answer. I see all the houses in myself equally. But for the sake of the question, I'd go with Gryffindor. I might be blunt and honest and not afraid to be myself, but I tend to be more introverted than extroverted, and I see Gryffindor as a very extroverted house.

Comments

Re: DHM!

[somuchforendings]

I have always seen you as a Hufflepuff, and this app did nothing to change that. You're not the ~*OMG LUV EVRY1 3EVR*~ type that 'Puffs sometimes get stereotyped as, but you're still very others-focused, much more so than is common in the other houses.