A walking contradiction

NS February 10th, 2009

I am a walking contradiction.

I don’t believe in God or the supernatural but I can’t shake the feeling that there’s a little something more out there than just dust and space and science. I just have no idea what it is.

I have done and enjoyed drugs in the past but didn’t have any for my son’s birth.

I’m not a big believer in homeopathy or alternative medicine (though I don’t think they do any harm) but I’m not convinced that modern medicine is all it’s cracked up to be either.

I am one of those rarities – a stay-at-home mother who wishes she could actually afford to work!

I complain about not having enough time to myself but when I do I often just waste it doing something entirely unnecessary or trivial.

I am a liberal, pro-choice feminist who is a also an informed birth, attachment parenting, extended breastfeeding advocate. I think they go hand-in-hand but many others view them as polar opposites.

I am a feminist with a sense of humour.

I am a writer who doesn’t often get published; at least not for money.

I am an American who knows geography.

I extoll the virtues of patience but have little myself.

I rage against the homemaker machine but still hold myself to those unrealistic standards sometimes.

I dream about what I would do if I didn’t have kids but I can’t imagine my life without them.

I don’t like country music but I love bluegrass.

I abhor coconut but like coconut milk. I don’t like oranges or orange-flavored foods but I love Jaffa Cakes and will drink orange juice as long as it doesn’t have pulpy bits floating in it.

I am very outgoing but like being on my own.

I love men, both individually and generally, but I really dislike them as a whole sometimes.

I don’t like what they represent but I can’t help but sing along to female pop stars’ songs (Britney, Amy, et al).

6 Responses to “A walking contradiction”

  1. jen says:
    10 February 2009 at 9:57 pm

    i like peanuts, but dislike peanut butter.

  2. NS says:
    10 February 2009 at 10:11 pm

    Ooh, good one! I didn’t know that about you. I’m the opposite. LOVE peanut butter, not so crazy about plain peanuts.

  3. Jenny says:
    11 February 2009 at 2:12 am

    I like grapes but HATE anything grape flavored. Its a good thing DH doesn’t mind it as he’ll eat all the purple Skittles….which I find absolutely vile.

  4. A Free Man says:
    11 February 2009 at 5:41 am

    I couldn’t help but think of the Green Day song of the same title when I saw this one in my reader.

    “I am an American who knows geography.”

    Isn’t the fact that that statement is a contradiction a damn shame?

  5. the bad aunt says:
    12 February 2009 at 2:12 am

    I would say you are well rounded and diverse.
    PS-I hate tomatos, but love everything made from them.

  6. Emily Barton says:
    15 February 2009 at 5:12 am

    “I am a liberal, pro-choice feminist who is a also an informed birth, attachment parenting, extended breastfeeding advocate. I think they go hand-in-hand but many others view them as polar opposites.”

    I don’t see how the two could possibly NOT go hand-in-hand, especially when it comes to being pro-choice. Contrary, again, to what others might think, some of us are pro-choice not necessarily because it’s what’s best for the woman (although often it is, especially if she’s been raped or is in an abusive relationship), but because we believe it might be what’s best for some children (abortion is far preferable, in my book, to a child suffering and dying from neglect or physical abuse).