What's the trait or characteristic you like most about yourself?

[terrya]

Here's your opportunity to flaunt it, baby!

Tell us what particular trait or characteristic you like most about yourself!

Me: I like to think I'm a caring person. That I would help someone if they really needed help. That I'd give the shirt off my back if need be.

And now, you...

[Loonman]

1. I never give up

I make Job look like a wimp.

[Kamika]

2. I'm just so all around great

I'm just great at everything, can't really pick anything special.

On edit I love the ability I have to make great jokes just about all the time

[jpgray]

3. My ability to act like an ass and then feel immediately terrible about it

I always want to hold a grudge, but I never quite can keep an interest in maintaining it.

[trof]

4. My sense of humor.

I am terrifically funny.
High-larious.
Side-splitting.
It's the truth.
You could ask around or you could even look it up.
"trof? Oh my lord, he is one funny guy."
See?
That's me.
Risible.
Oh...and I can laugh in French.
:-)

[mrbill]

5. trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, thrifty

....brave, clean and (i)reverent, plus one i forgot, cheerful maybe.

[trof]

7. you a reglah Boy Scout.

;-)

[ret5hd]

6. my pirfection

[SOteric]

8. I tirelessly take up other people's causes, and genuinely

concern myself with other people's lives, joys and sorrows.

And of course, there's my finely-honed plot to take over the world.

[ET Awful]

9. I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and gosh darn it people like me!

:)

[populistmom]

10. Empathy

I can always manage to put myself in someone else's shoes and understand how they are feeling. Also, which sometimes can be good, I am very emotionally honest with people I care about. I don't play mind games and make them try to guess how I feel. What you see is what you get (for lack of a better cliche).

[Kanary]

46. I hope you're appreciated for your emotional honesty

What I experience is people continually trying to tell me what I *should* feel. What's up with that?

I also very much value those same traits in myself, and know it to be sensitivity. So, I relate completely to what you have listed.

Kanary

[populistmom]

52. It depends

I have gotten a lot of the "shoulds" as well, but over time I gave up and just decided to be more honest about things. Not always easy, but makes me happier.

[kodi]

11. relentless, relentless as a rabid wolverine

its also my biggest flaw, which is about as human as a cyborg can get.

[GOPisEvil]

12. My sense of humor. Oh, and I'm a pretty nice guy, too.

:-)

[SOteric]

17. You left out all that business about

what a cutie you are. :7

:loveya:

[GOPisEvil]

19. That's not for me to say.

I leave it to you and your fellow experts. :loveya:

[supernova]

31. Yes, you are a cutie!

:loveya: :hi:

[Bertha Venation]

36. agreed

;)

[GOPisEvil]

43. My ego thanks you both!

:loveya:

[commander bunnypants]

13. I am just an all around nice guy

Yea right. Everybody is a maroon!!!!


DDQM

[VelmaD]

14. Willingness to change

I let myself get in a rut for the great majority of the 1990s. My life was rocking along in a state of total entropy. Nothing ever changed. It was solid and stable and boring as hell. Then everything got turned upside down in early 2002 when I got broken up with by the man I had been with for a decade.

I took stock and have made wholesale changes in my life...some big, some little, but all important in busting me out of my rut. I lost 120 pounds. I started letting new people into my life. I stopped being so numb and started letting myself really feel things again. I started being braver with food (I ate oysters for the first time in my life this past year). I made myself get out and try new things.

I'm not done changing yet.

[commander bunnypants]

15. Good for you

But we all know about you and GOPIS EVIL


DDQM

[GOPisEvil]

18. WHAT?!??!!

What about us? LOL!!!! Tell me - did I miss a meeting?

[commander bunnypants]

20. yea you missed the meeting

larf


DDQM

[GOPisEvil]

21. Did someone take notes?

:D

[VelmaD]

39. I did, but...

no one can read my handwriting and we were all too hammered to remember exactly what was said and by who.

*tries to decipher notes*

Something about...I can't tell whether it says "got nekkid" or "got drunk". :evilgrin:

[silverlib]

42. You are amazing! n/t

[arwalden]

16. I'm witty (but only those people who have my same warped sense of humor...

... will agree. The rest just think I'm a sarcastic, gauche, and intolerant asshole.)

-- Allen

[TrogL]

40. Ummmm... asshole

I gonna get in so much trouble. :spank::spank::spank::spank:

[bigwillq]

22. My personality and my energy for life

[Skittles]

23. I always root for the underdog

always

[bearfan454]

26. Who will the Underdog be for Super Bowl Sunday ?

[bigwillq]

28. philly. against the pats

[Bertha Venation]

34. GO COLTS! GO PANTHERS! and hey, Skittles....

Hey, Skittles, you figured in a dream I had the other night. See my "weird dream" post from a couple of days ago. I think you were "Mo."

[Susang]

53. But what about ass-kicking?

I know that's a trait that I admire in you! :evilgrin:

[Ernesto]

24. I'm retired & it doesn't suck!

[slackmaster]

25. Unusually adept at solving technical problems

And learning new computer systems.

And I have a cat on my lap. He says "Mrrrrrow!"

[dolo amber]

27. I am THE

best secret-keeper in the world. I never break a vow to keep things confidential that are entrusted to me. However, I must say that it's as much if not more my inability to remember anything for more that 30 seconds as it is any special strength of character. :D

[jimbo fett]

29. My uncanny ability to woo any woman I meet.

LOL!!!!!

[TrogL]

30. My biting wit

also, I look damn good in Speedos.

[NightTrain]

32. My sense of humor.

It makes people laugh 'n' stuff.

[Bertha Venation]

33. "like to think?" Dude. You ARE.

:hug:

[supernova]

35. Loyalty, empathy, discretion

and the ability to make up my own mind about things. I like thinking things through to find the real story, whatever that may mean. That's not always appreciated however. :-(

I am also intensely loyal, and empathetic to the point of taking on other's pain. I know I shouldn't do this all the time (it's too painful), so I have to do this sparingly and only with people I love.

edit: clarification

[Catfish]

37. I'm friendly

with just about anyone I meet. I try to work on my faults and accept responsibility for my own choices. That used to be hard for me. I have a good bit of energy and am willing and happy to help other people when they need me. I am generally honest.

[rasputin1952]

38. This is a difficult ?...

How does one espouse one's own perfection among the mere mortals here on DU, and still retain some small amount of humility?

It is easier for me to mention of my flaws: None.

There I feel better now; you may all rise.

O8)

[Bertha Venation]

41. I'm funny.

There are other things but I think that's the one I like best. I love to make people laugh. I especially love it that even though she knows me so well, I can almost always catch Mrs. V. off-guard and make her laugh.

[geniph]

44. I'm really good at pilling cats and clipping their nails

other than that, I suppose what I'm most proud of is how quickly I can learn new things and how long I can retain useless information. Never play Trivial Pursuit against my husband and I as a team; we are the King and Queen of useless information.

[Bertha Venation]

49. please come to Waldorf for the springtime

and stay with us in our house -- oh, we've got lots of room
you can clip the claws on twelve paws for us
and then teach us how to pill our asthmatic boy, Daddy

please come to Waldorf, and don't say no--

we're desperate!

It's a great talent. :D

[geniph]

50. I can give you tips that might help

Either can be done on even semi-feral cats with practice. The whole key is never to get the cat freaked out in the first place. I like to sneak up on 'em when they're sleeping and clip just one claw. I don't have to do that with my three, they're so used to it that they'll just lie there. My girl, Yankee, complains loudly and tries to turn into a potato bug (curls into a tight little ball), but otherwise doesn't struggle.

The whole trick with pilling is the hand position. Once you've got that down, it's easy to get the mouth open, sneak that pill quickly down the throat, and get your hands out of the way of teeth. The way I do it is to hold the cat baby-style in my lap (on their back - unless you have a cat that purely HATES being held that way - in that case, have someone else hold the cat). Put your left hand over the top of their head. Insert the second finger and the thumb from over the top of the head just behind the canines, put the pill on the tip of your right forefinger, and open the mouth just far enough to get your finger in there. Put it in far enough to trigger the cat's gag reflex. Remove all fingers. Hold the cat for a few seconds, then open the mouth again quickly to make sure they've really swallowed. This is why you have the cat on its back; if there's a pill in the back of its throat and you hold its mouth open, it HAS to swallow.

It's hard to explain, but easy to demonstrate. The faster you do it, the less trauma for you and for the cat. Stay calm, don't stress the cat, and if it doesn't work, let the cat go, give it pets and a treat, and try it again in half an hour or so. Like many other things, it's best done when the cat is really sleepy. Catnip half an hour beforehand helps.

[Bertha Venation]

51. GREAT tips.

Thank you so much. These things will help a lot. Daddy hates being held baby-style, and catnip doesn't trip his trigger, but the rest of the pilling tips are great.

Thanks, geniph!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

45. My buttocks and my

accidental mysteriousness.

[Susang]

47. I will do almost anything for my friends and family

Got that one from my mother. I will run any errand, lend you money, watch your dog/cat, feed your fish, take in your mail, drive you to the airport, help you prep for and clean up after a party, listen to you rant about your crummy job/husband/wife/apartment/life for as long as you want to, and generally do whatever it takes to help you out. If physically possible, I am always there if you need me.

I also honestly believe the best of people, at least until I am proven wrong. Even after that, my brain tries to find a way to excuse. I have an incredibly hard time truly understanding why people intentionally do bad (some might even say evil) things.

Funny, all this makes me sound like a Pollyanna of sorts, and as those of you who've actually met me know, I am so far from that stereotype. I guess the inner-being doesn't always match the outer-facade, and I don't have plans to drop that very soon. Being the caustic, apparent cynic with a heart of gold works for me, so I think I'll keep it around for awhile. ;-)

[TrogL]

48. I am SUCH a shit disturber

Details when it all blows over.

[BritishHuman]

54. I'm like a Greek God.

Dionysus.

Yeah, I'd have to go with my sense of humour, too... :evilgrin: