[nabs-l] Am I the only one?Two Questions

[Jen]

1. Am I the only one who sometimes wishes he / she could see?

I am comfortable with my blindness and would not want to be sighted, but 
still wonder and am fascinated by what things look like at times (for 
new members, I have been blind since birth.)

Yesterday, I took my my to a River Dance concert for her birthday. I 
loved the music but wanted to see the dancing that went with it as well. 
It was hard to try to picture it based on the music...

2. I love / cling to procedural order in life - follow all steps, and 
nothing can or will go wrong. I also try to make rules for everything 
that won't change so everything is in a contained "box" in my mind out 
of which it can't escape. I also find rules comforting so I don't have 
to think and can just do something automatically. An example of such a 
rule is "always take out your book in class [even if the professor isn't 
using it that day.] If you do this, you will always be a good student. 
If you don't, you are a bad student."

I know there are no guarantees for things but still cling to the 
procedural mind set to keep my mental boxes of rules intact. Is being 
overly procedure-oriented a "blindism" or something with which the 
sighted struggle as well?

Thanks for your input.