Huh.

theferrett made an interesting post about 'curves'. There are certain attributes in people that will get us to pay attention to them, even if otherwise we wouldn't look twice. Or movies that we wouldn't watch if not for that style/director/actor/what have you.

This is my list (slightly updated from what I posted):

Sex Appeal:
Accent: +1
...+2 if it's Italian or English
...+3 if it's Australian
Wavy/Curly Hair: +2
Blond or Red Hair: +1 (the combo doesn't work, though - don't like strawberry blondes)
Can carry on an intelligent conversation: +3

...which puts Heath Ledger at a stunning +6 from the get-go. Why am I not surprised.

Actors:
Julia Stiles: +1
Johnny Depp: +1
Ed Norton: +1
Tom Felton: +1
Heath Ledger: +3

...Quite shallow, really... ah well. I likes my actors.

Movies:
Comedy: +2
'Teen' Comedy: -2 (Scary Movie, American Pie, etc.)
Sequel: -3
Foreign: +1
Indie: +.5
Animated/CGI: +1
Pre-90's: +2
Fantasy: +.5

General:
Postmodernist: -10 (on principle)
Determinist: -10 (ditto)

Joking, of course... at least for those last two.

Or so Patrick hopes.

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Balance comes easily for some, and others need help along the way. My question is - where does the help end? When does the off-balanced person become needy and grasping? Where do you pull away, and make them fend for themselves? And when is the point where you know you've done the right thing?

One off-balance person can send even the most perfect person reeling.

Two centered people can reinforce each other.

Centered people tend to find other centered people. Sometimes, though, an off-kilter one will yank the carpet out from underneath a centered one, sending them swaying.

Which are you? Which are your friends?

I feel pretty centered, myself.

Also:

Mothers are the same everywhere, and they're all psychotic. Some are just better at hiding it than others.

Also, your mother is almost never a good judge of your work. She'll either say she loves it or hates it (usually in direct concordance with her feelings about you). Unless it's really, really extraordinary in one direction or the other, you will never, ever get an honest opinion out of her, unless she is a) an expert in the field of your work AND b) the most frank woman on the planet.

I envy people with those mothers.