The only thing keeping my ambition in check is my laziness, really. And while I'm smart, it's NOT because I am all that willing to study -- I am, in fact, a terribly poor student. I test well, but I hardly ever do the homework or bother with extra credit unless I'm really desperate not to fail. I have a pointed self-interest which curbs my generousity as well as my loyalty, and while I have a very flexible and adaptable code of ethics, the core framework is built on principles which are more solid than the earth. And nobody understands the rules I live by except myself. If I help someone, it's because I want to make them feel good -- note that phrasing; not I want them to feel good, but I want to MAKE them feel good. Even if I do something nice anonymously, I always watch for the squee, so I can feel smug to myself.
And the funniest part of all that is that my brother and my husband both are Gryffindor Poster Children.
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The only thing keeping my ambition in check is my laziness, really. And while I'm smart, it's NOT because I am all that willing to study -- I am, in fact, a terribly poor student. I test well, but I hardly ever do the homework or bother with extra credit unless I'm really desperate not to fail. I have a pointed self-interest which curbs my generousity as well as my loyalty, and while I have a very flexible and adaptable code of ethics, the core framework is built on principles which are more solid than the earth. And nobody understands the rules I live by except myself. If I help someone, it's because I want to make them feel good -- note that phrasing; not I want them to feel good, but I want to MAKE them feel good. Even if I do something nice anonymously, I always watch for the squee, so I can feel smug to myself.
And the funniest part of all that is that my brother and my husband both are Gryffindor Poster Children.
Go figure.