Quirks, scars and weird bits 'o trivia
 

that silly game show where they open the suitcases for money and the guy calls with buy out offers.. makes me crazy.
i lose a pair of reading glasses about every two weeks
im anal about how my socks are floded and put in the sock drawr
i have a lil poodle for a dog
i wont use a restroom unless theres good light

- My close friends can attest to the fact that I have a wicked sense of humor (I keep myself on a leash)

- I have a sweet nature but I also cultivate and nuture other tools in my 'shed.'

- I don't like getting backed into a corner because I know what I will do next.

- My hair grows very slowly now; it used to grow out so fast!

- I've been told that I'm incorrigibly irresistable when I'm mad.

When I was much younger, I could get by in four languages. Now, I'm lucky to remember english. :)~

My favorite cookie is oatmeal raisin. Walnuts preferred.

I have a texture issue when it comes to certain foods. I won't eat anything slimy or raw.

I have a small collection of foreign money. It started when my mother gave me reichmarks as a kid and that triggered an interest in collecting foreign paper and coins.

I too, have an office supply fetish problem - especially when it comes to pens. I LOVE a nice pen. I can't pass a pen aisle without stopping.

Musikah!
 

1. I ride my stationary bike to Marilyn Manson or Trick Daddy.

2. The song "Kokomo" immediately puts me in a bad mood.

3. I used to hate the band "Def Leppard" but heard the song "Love Bites" on the radio the other day and decided they needed a second listen, resulting in a Def Leppard buying binge on iTunes.

4. I think Rihanna is overrated.

5. I think that Tupac Shakur was one of the greatest rappers of all time and often describe his music as "poetry with a beat" to people who think they wouldnt like to listen. "Dear Mama" and "Changes" have been in my "Most Played" list on my iPod for 5 years straight.

~ I take my pillow with me when I travel, just in case the pillows wherever I'm staying aren't as comfy as mine...
~ I play Scrabble online via PixiePit (anyone else??)
~ magenta and orange is my favorite color combination
~ I wear heels nearly every day, both because I like them, and because I have chronic plantar fasciitis, and the heels sooo help my feetz...
~ I have a LiveJournal that I almost never write in anymore

In traffic jams I play air piano to Samba Magic:grandpiano:
I exfoliate in the shower everyday:bath:
I find trees to be so relaxing:theisland:
I'm known for packing a bag for the weekend without a destination in mind. I just drive and look for interesting exits or points on my Tom Tom.:carride:
I am from a multicultural family, Japanese/Irish/Black.:)

Duchess

I love going to trade days,garage sales,antique stores and estate sales.

I shop at the goodwill store for stuff to decorate my house,a couple of weeks ago I found a very old violin with the case bow and all for $50.00.

I have a colection of music instraments(sp) that I have no ideal how to play cause I cant cary a tune in a bucket.

Collect cook books from near every where I have ever been...over 100 so far.

Have an old record player along with many records that are out of print..think mitch miller,big band,old blues ect.

I do not use an electric coffee pot. I use a French press; it even makes Folgers taste wonderful!

I like long walks on the beach, hunting for shells and shark's teeth...feeling the pull of the tide, and inhaling the salty breeze.

I generally strip down to bare necessities as soon as I come home. Noooo I am not nekkid while typing, I meant down to my boxers silly. :blink:

I make a mean green chili sauce.

I am of Spanish and Indian descent.

There are times that I prefer to sleep alone; I seem to seep more deeply and wake up well rested when I do.

-i wear perfume that smells like lemons

-my favorite color was yellow; it is now this unnamed shade of orange-red-coral

-i love alone time

-i love Mustangs

-i delete a lot

:byebye:

1. If I don't get enough alone (me) time, I hit saturation and start thinking about cabins in the woods, being alone for the rest of my life, and that I'm not cut out to be in ANY relationship..

2.Sometimes I need to put head phones on and blast hard/ heavy metal to take me out of my head

3. I truely have a poly heart. It doesn't feel odd to me to love more than one person at a time.. It feel normal

4. While I like who I am, and am enjoying the gifts that being a dominant woman brings me, there is still a part of me that is a lil girl who yearns for a Daddy... But I don't like the head mess that letting that part of me come out in play brings.. So she stays tucked away.. Safe from harm and from leaving me twisting in the wind...

5. I'm kicking ass and taking names at work... My boss says that I have far surpassed her expectations and that I already do more than her last asst did. She thanked her boss for hiring me.. (unfortunately this comes at a cost.. I am drained and work obssessed)

I am obsessed with having silverware that matches, dinnerware that matches, linens that match, etc, all because we were poor farmers when i was a child and our stuff was what we could get. When I found out at the age of 18 that things came in sets, I became obsessed with making sure my house had sets everywhere

sometimes the pain in my body is so overwhelming I curl up in a ball and cry. And I dont like people to know that I cry, so most people in my real time, never really get to know how bad I hurt

I use to have sexual fantasies. Now I fantasize about moving without pain. No, seriously.

I hate tomato soup and any other kind of soup with a tomato base

I miscarried a child prior to my beautiful Elizabeth. I think of that child every day...

I keep a clean house but u wouldnt know it when someone see's me out in the yard in worn out cut off shorts and t shirt that should be in the trash..
Why is it whe something gets comfy it starts falling apart?

I love old godzilla movies..back when he was a guy in a rubber monster suit.

Would prefer it to always to be between 60to80 degrees all the time..fat chanch I live in the hot south.

Have read Gone With The Wind about 20 times and have it on vhs tape.

Have a passion for going to civil war battle feilds and museums..

Every October, I drag Doll to the Pow wow, where over 25 tribal councils gather and dance and sell arts and crafts for 2 weekends. I use to go to the big ones in Hawaii so I could hang out with the Iroquois Tribe from Vermont.
Father-Half Iroquois (My Grandmother full Iroquois Indian) (Grandfather Irish, Italian, German)
Mother-Hawaiian/Chinese mixed (Grandmother Hawaiian, Chinese, Navaho, Portuguese, Puerto Rican) (Grandfather Hawaiian, Apache.) And I am proud of each and every Nationality that I have. Im a Poi Dog!
I use to be hyper, but now, I'm a tired ol' fart.
I still want to go to Fiji.
I want to go to Vermont to see if I still have living relatives that I have not met.
(Recap) I can hold a tune, but I don't much like singing, unless it's to irritate someone.:jester:

• I have a bag in my closet for mismatched socks... every few months I go through it and match up the ones that belong together. I can't seem to bring myself to throw the odd ones out, though...

• as femme as I am, I refuse to have long fingernails, and I don't paint my fingernails (though the toes are ALWAYS painted)... a throwback to my days working in the newborn nursery, where nails had to be short and unpainted...

• I volunteered as an EMT for ten years (and I miss it now that I no longer ride on the ambulance!!) and once set a house on fire in the course of a call...

• I don't understand iTunes... there are some aspects of it that just seem to be beyond me.

• my maternal grandfather died over four years ago (how lucky was I to have him around until I was 40???) and I still miss him every single day.

:wtf:
I
Dislike
The
Hot
Weather :chainsaw:

This is Samba Magic
 

There is a huge pond just outside my back patio filled with frogs n turtles n fish...sometimes a kid or three as well. Also ducks n giant egrets!

I need a camera...bad!

I can fold a t-shirt in about 2 seconds flat...like this:

http://www.wimercoveredbridge.org/im...ed%202%20a.jpg

But I don't fold mine, I hang them. :)

I absolutely love fresh blueberries!

I shave my head, and sport a goatee and mustache.

I was raised in Jacksonville, FL...but was born in Charlotte, NC

I am a Reiki Master

I am a bash virgin :(

Yay! Randomness!
 

1. I'm still a Texan, even though I haven't lived there for most of the last decade.
2. I lived in Alaska for 3.5 years.
3. I'm the youngest of 8 and an only child.
4. I am a parental figure, but not a parent.
5. I am very shy offline. Like, painfully shy.

bonus: I generally do not volunteer information about myself but I will almost always answer any question asked.

- I treasure all the college courses I've taken in the past concerning environmental studies (i.e., the forest, land/soil use, water, etc)

- The sweetest memories I have of my sons are from times when I have taken them on little excursions to rivers nearby or down to the coast.

- I have lots of relatives on my father's side of the family and very little relatives left on my mother's side.

- I do a lot of day-dreaming.

- I love comedy of all types - laughter (being able to laugh), heals me!

I like to just do it.

A dingo ate my baby.

I love rock n roll, I have plenty of dimes for the jukebox baby.

I will do it your way.

I will melt in your mouth, not in your hands.

5 Things!
 

* I like to sleep with my room icy cold with a fan going but I also must have a fluffy comforter to go with it.

* When Im feeling down, I like to sit in the middle of my bed in a ratty old t-shirt and panties with my big orange dog, trash tv, trashy internet, and a giant glass of tea (unsweet please!) until I feel better.

* I have more cosmetics and junk jewelry than should be allowed.

* When Gracie feels needy, she likes to sit beside me and makes me hold her paw. I sometimes reach out for her paw when *I* am feeling needy. She always happily obliges and this is only one of the reasons why she is the greatest dog EVER.

* Im a tiny bit overly fascinated with peacock feathers.

My introduction...
 

This is my first post here. I thought I'd post here as a way of introducing myself, so here goes...

1. I once won second place on an Olivia Halloween Cruise for my all-time favorite costume: "The little Dutch Boy who Stuck his Finger in the Dyke." The audience roared, and had they been the ones to vote, I'd have definitely taken first. The judges went for cute, half-naked femme over funny butch. (hell, I'd have voted for her too)
2. I was 6 feet tall as a freshman in high school after having shot up 6 inches in a year and a half -- so fast my bones hurt. Although I love my height, I don't think of myself as tall and am still somewhat surprised when people mention my height.
3. I always have salsa in the fridge and think that you can never have too much cilantro. Ever.
4. I usually think that I can do anything, whether or not I've actually ever done it before. I once talked my way into a job cooking for one of the top 10 restaurants in Boston, having never actually cooked in a restaurant in my life. It was an amazing experience (and a funny story, ask me about it sometime).
5. I'm extraordinarily lucky to have such an amazing family. Especially my Mom, who is an incredible loving and giving woman. I hear other's stories and honestly don't know how I got to be so fortunate, but thank the Universe often.

I'm looking forward to meeting some new friends here. Thanks for creating such a great community.

• I have a magazine addiction. I subscribe to more magazines than I can count, and don't have time to read them all.

• I have chronic plantar fasciitis in both feet, which means they hurt most of the time. Luckily, wearing heels is actually helpful for this condition!

• I have jars of sea glass all over my house.

• I love old houses, and even though my house is new construction, I still subscribe to Old House Journal. I frequently go to real estate open houses just to see the insides of old homes. (Note: attending such open houses can be dangerous... I recently fell head over heels in love with a house as I walked through it... *sigh*)

• I'm terrified of heights, to the point where I can get panicky if a movie I'm watching shows the actor's perspective as he looks over the side of a tall building...

1. I can't walk out of my bedroom without making my bed first thing
in the morning. I'll even make up a motel bed before I leave :blink:

2. I'm more gullible than I wish to be.....

3. I have an aversion to talking on the phone and prefer emails and
text messaging to voice calls...

4. I carry packages of Splenda, Wisps disposable tooth brushes, and an
ethernet cable in my purse.

5. I will have your back if you're my friend or lover, unless you mess with
my family. And then it's Family First...

:jester: