1. Before I started co-habitating with partners, I used to fall asleep to music every single night. When I'm home alone now I often still do, especially if I'm going to nap.

2. When I get really happy, I wiggle in my seat. A lot.

3. I am both obsessive and quite proud of my breasts.

4. My birth mark is on my upper right arm but over the years my arms have tanned and freckled so much that you can't see it anymore.

5. I had braces throughout high school and had them photoshopped out of my senior picture. It was then we realized my top two teeth were off center, and they were unable to shift them back. So, when I smile straight on, they're slightly off to the side. This still kind of bugs me.

1. I love life & new experiences.
2. I will do anything for those I love
3. I love to listen to music with my headphones on before I go to bed to zone out.
4. I was born and raised in Pensacola, Florida. My grandparents lived in central Florida which always felt like my second home.
5. I can be very sarcastic

1. I like listening to 70's and 80's music as well as AC/DC's old hits
2. If my little doxie doesn't like you - you're OUT. lol
3. I'm aging gracefully, please don't be jealous.
4. I'm a small town girl at heart who loves big city conveniences
5. I like to fish but the idea of cleaning them makes me hurl.

I believe you revealed that recently in chat. ;)

1, I adore an insightfull conversation.
2. Honesty gets my attention .
3. I plan my mornings seeing the sunrise ~ close my day by gazing at the sunset.
4. I don't want to put the twinkling lights away.
5. I like to flirt in a seductive way ~ and if I don't ~ I'm just NOT into you.

Yes! I'm the same way.

Last year, I didn't. I just moved the tree, still completely decorated, out of the way. It sure made pulling it out again for the holidays super easy.

3. I ate too much of a sweet potato casserole at Christmas and now my stomach twitches at the thought of another bite of it.

4. I subscribe to a snack club. Every month, they send me a box of random goodies. I've found that I really like pear and praline together.

5. I used to journal years and years ago and now I've got a new book and it's a new year, so I'm going to jump back into it.

May have posted before, if so skip! Lol

I can relive pain with my touch.
I love old rock and roll from the 70's the best.
I could read at college level in the 6th grade.
I play with my bare feet when nervous.
If i love you, you're loved forever.

I "play the piano" on my teeth all the time. lol :bucktooth:

The FBI came to my door a few weeks ago w/ questions for me because someone reported me for taking pictures of a local bridge from the passenger seat of my car. :rolleyes:

I hate coins...touching them, seeing them or (god forbid) smelling them. YUCK :(

I've never had a massage bc I think it'd make me uncomfortable.

I usually cut my own hair and bangs.

:simplelaugh:

Then I guess The Container Store is kryptonite to you (me too). I end up with more containers than stuff.

1. My favorite poet is e.e.cummings

2. I like painting with oils, even if I'm no good at it.

3. Speaking of painting, one of my favorite artists is the Indian painter Kaiko Moti

4. One of my intentions this year is to speak at least basic Japanese and Russian.

5. Teasing (up to a point) and being sarcastic is my form of flirting.

I consider exercise to be the work of the Devil.

I think Chicken-a-la-King is revolting.

My kids like me ok.

I'm very sexy, rich and good-looking.

Years of introspection have led me to conclude that I'm quite shallow.

1.) I love watching documentaries.
2.) I also love to watch romantic comedies.
3.) I will not watch horror films.
4.) My favourite series of films are by Quentin Tarantino (esp. the sound tracks)
5.) The last documentary that I watch was called -- Mile...Mile & a Half.

I like to research missing persons cases in my free time.

If I nap longer than 15-20 minutes, I wake up discombobulated and in a very unpleasant mood. Beware.

Generally, I have a pretty good judge of character after meeting someone in person for the first time.

I’m not too fond of the dark. Well…I’m scared of it.

I used to be a decent fast-pitch softball pitcher. I miss playing and dream about it quite often.

I'm a reluctant atheist. I wish I could believe in a god. However, logic dictates against the existence of god. Still, I liked Kilgore Trout's response in Breakfast of Champions to the query he found written on a bathroom wall “What is the purpose of life?” He wrote “to be the eyes, ears and conscience of the creator of the universe.” I just have to remind myself that neither a god nor a belief in a god is required to adhere to the spirit of that statement.

I'm someone who easily holds two (or more) contradictory or conflicting opinions. I seem to suffer no ill effects from this, no cognitive dissonance or stress. However being able to see many sides of an issue or problem allows for me to understand it from the perspective of another. This causes me to feel empathy for the other and her position. Which can upon occasion allow me to vacillate This sometimes leaves me feeling like I lack conviction. I believe I come across as wishy washy. Nothing feels set in stone for me. There are few constants. Over the years I have thought that perhaps I simply lack the courage of my convictions. But I think in order to have courage of conviction one needs to be convinced. And unfortunately I am rarely finished with a thought or a belief. I am always willing to examine it again and allow for a different conclusion. I don't feel good about this trait. It leaves me feeling indecisive and weak. Sometimes I wish I could be like those people who are so sure they are right and that their convictions are synonymous with truth. In some cases they are not even persuaded from what they believe by facts. There is a certain seduction in that kind of certainty. I think there must be comfort in being so sure of oneself.

I am too willing to hold up a proverbial mirror in the belief that people want to see themselves and like to look in it as much as I do.

I am too quick to forgive. I know I'm no saint so I doubt I'm just being nice. It makes me wonder if I have actually allowed myself to work through my anger before letting it go.

I talk too much about stuff nobody is interested in talking about. I know it's not that they don't want or like to talk because I hear them talking all the time. It's just something about my idea of conversation that is off putting. I see it in their eyes when I try engage them in chit chat. Their eyes say “chit chat, you keep using that word, it does not mean what you think it means.”

Bonus: I use waaaay too many words to say stuff. Upon further reflection I doubt this is something anyone who ever read one of my posts doesn't already know so nevermind.

I have missed you MT!

Love your brain and how it works!

Say hi to the wife for me:)

I missed you too! I surely did.

And Truly says hey right back at ya!

* 50% of my posts here on B/f Planet are written from hotel rooms. (like now, for instance)

* love, love, love our senior citizens, they have so much to offer with their life experiences.

*was one of those goofy kids whose tongue was stuck to the monkey bars on the playground on a cold day. in all fairness i was young, barely 19. haha j/k

*must always stay on the top floor of hotels, buildings, motels, houses etc...if possible.

*women with natural red hair intimidate me.

......Why?......

Let's see five things...

Some times I feel like I should have been like a chef or pastry chef. I really love being in the kitchen cooking and baking and it brings me so much happiness when I can see someone enjoy whatever I made. I also can some times be seen dancing and singing around the kitchen while I am cooking. Although I have never let anyone see me do that.

I really wish I could live in the country in a house with no neighbors and a good size piece of land but I also want it to be close to my family and my work because I don't want to give those things up. So that is what stops me from living in the country. Priorities.

Third thing...I worry every day that today is going to be the day that my dad forgets who I am. I know in his heart he won't ever forget. He has alzheimers and it is progressively getting worse.

Fourth thing would be that I have really bad social anxiety. It has gotten better but I will avoid things I really want to do if it is going to require me to interact with others and even more so if I have to do it alone.

And the final thing is that I am a super picky eater. I have issues with textures on a lot of food and it causes a gag reflex for me. So I pass on a lot of food that actually looks like it is really good. I realize most of this is a mental block on my part and it is only within the last year I have started to try more things.

*I appear to be as tough as nails in many situations, but cute kittens, (yes-redundant, I know. ALL kittens are cute), are my Kryptonite. A live baby kitten can turn me into babbling mush. Photos and videos of same are nearly as effective.

*I've taught a straight woman, a butch, and a few gay men to wear high heels. Sa-SHAY they desired, and sa-SHAY they did!

*Back in the late 1970s when we thought they were about to become the hottest visual art medium, I spent a year making holograms.

*Once I find a motorcycle or a car that suits me, I just keep replacing the worn out vehicles with the same model.

*I love roses. The more old fashioned and fragrant, the better.

I can be fierce if you mess with someone I love

I took a huge pay cut because I wasn't happy with what I was doing and now do something I enjoy

I HATE cooking

My two favorite places, San Juan and Belize

People either like me or hate me, there is no in between - and I don't know why... :confused:

Booby Trap
 

1. I would like to live in a zoo; eat, sleep, beat my chest now and again, then embarrass myself in front of onlookers. Nevermind that is my life already.

2. I had an imaginary friend as a child. His name was Toby. He had red hair, wore Osh Kosh B’gosh farmer jeans without a shirt and carried a sling shot in his back pocket. I only saw him from the back and never even came close to seeing his face. He giggled wildly and I would try to catch him as he ran through a small wooded area behind my house.

3. I will rearrange the entire top rack of the dishwasher just to fit one more coffee mug in. It’s like Tetris. I have issues.

4. If I text you “Hey!” I expect you to bring the same intensity and reply with “Hi!”.

5. I wore black the day that Joe Montana retired.

Tomato soup is my favorite
I collect sea shells
I'm afraid of ghosts
I believe everything is in the kiss
this world may be a mirage

Since I quit smoking and drink very little now, food is my vice. (Terrible Addiction). I used to draw and was kinda good at one time. I love to smell the insides of dog's ears. I could browse around on Pinterest for hours. I'm crazy about anything coconut.

1) I'd do anything to help a friend.

2) I'm fairly short at 5"2'.

3) I can eat an entire pint of ice cream in one sitting.

4) I'm a nervous driver.

5) I love teen magazines.

Curiosity killed the cat...
 

1. I've cried a LOT over the last year. Maybe more than I have in my entire life. I'm grateful for all of the tears for being mostly cleansing, even in times of grief, and especially grateful that almost all of my tears in the past several months have been tears of happy happy joy joy.

2. I still believe that one of the most powerful and shortest sentences in the English language is: "I Love."

3. I am currently carrying 7 different red lipsticks in my purse. Brands include: Chanel, Bobbi Brown, MAC, Kat Von D, Guerlain, Tom Ford, and Christian Louboutin. I would NEVER pay $90 for a lipstick but it does help to have a very handsome Gay Bear who works in the beauty industry who loves to shower me with pretty things once in a while.

4. I kinda love seeing people get all sparkly about the holidays. As long as no holiday sweaters are involved :)

5. I'm really, really happy lately.

1. A complete anxious melt down is part of nearly every presentation I create for work (I have to stop that shit)
2. I tend to veer quickly off small talk and try to have real conversations with people I meet. I like to ask questions like "What super power would you want and why" or "if your kid self met your adult self would they think you're cool?"
3. I struggle with my career eclipsing my actual life
4. I miss long rambling walks in the woods (not much forestation in Houston)
5. I long to be free from the tyranny of the urgent and constantly being scheduled

Wind storms scare me.
I like an uncluttered house, with minimal things on the walls.
little Debbie cupcakes straight from the freezer make me happy. :)
i wear white socks with my clogs when I work in the yard
All I want for Christmas this year is a huge pack of new white socks:jester:

Refuse to act my age.
Am a "sammie" Southern belle bottom.
Hate to wear anything tight.
Am a hermit.
Let my driver's license expire 3 years ago, and refused to drive ever since.
Love "high cocoa" dark chocolate.
Spend way too much time online.
Am a terrible US/World news addict.

1. I am a world news hound. I generally watch Reuters TV or Newsy via Roku, but also peruse the following news websites:
http://www.therealnews.com
https://www.indymedia.org
http://www.alternet.org/

2. It truly hurts my heart to see people treated unfairly. I have a strong sense of justice and believe very much in treating others with equity, even though I sometimes fail to achieve this to the degree I aim for.

3. I am certified in both human and canine CPR and First Aid

4. Most of my life I have struggled with an issue pertaining to washing dishes that stems from childhood trauma. After working diligently on changing the way I think when approaching this particular challenge, it seems to have been resolved most recently. It was so bad when I was younger that I would only buy dishes from a thrift store, so I could throw them away rather than washing them. Back then I could buy a box full for a couple of bucks. Lol!

5. It is very possible that I have a container fetish. I love wooden boxes, metal tins, etc.

1. That I wake up many time in the night.
2. That I'm a graphic artist with no passion for my work. I love my job (in part) because I manage, distribute, and update art files instead of creating them.
3. That I'm not good at original designs but am good at copying others' work. I would be an excellent counterfeiter, but I don't have the patience nor the inclination.
4. That I had a car accident in 2014 where my soft-top car rolled over after I lost control after getting a flat tire while speeding on the freeway. I'm still amazed I walked away without even needing a band aid, though I am scarred mentally.
5. That I'm having the inside of my garage painted a pale color of pink over the next couple days. Am looking at some paint samples this morning, and may even create a mural in the garage, but for now i'm starting with a pink palette that may remain blank. Very stoked about this!

:bow:

1) As I have aged, grown, I've noticed that I'm not as fast to drop kick problematic issues like I used to. But, under mixed combinations of trigger tripping circumstances, I am known to pull out my proverbial big guns and apply the perfect hush remedy.

2) I've had a few loves in life....but when Juan came into my life, my whole world burst into flames. I've fallen sooooo hard, for my Cuban Sugarman. He's so smart, I'm almost terrified of his intelligence, lol. I'm sure he probably thinks the same thing about me. When we're together, I know there's nothing in the world we can't face together. He's mine and I'm his, hook, line and sinker.

3) I love to drive, I'm proud of my near perfect driving record. But I might not ever drive again. And, I'm okay with that, for now. My near traffic fatality accident has traumatized me in ways that I couldn't expect.... I'm fearless, in so many ways. But life changed for me the day I nearly died. Maybe, in time, I will not be so deeply affected by the traffic accident.

4) I've always prided myself on my own independence. I've since discovered that I can't live without Juan. He's my whole world. He's all I can see, for miles and miles. We study each other with hungry eyes and devour each other like we haven't eaten anything in days. He drives his closest friends crazy with talking about me all the time. I have no idea if I'm driving my friends crazy, lol. :blush:

5) I've come close to swooning, a few times in life. I used to be so jaded and thought that swooning was just some imagined personal experience. Not anymore, though. Juan makes me swoooooon. Swooning is a very real thing. Juan proved that to me.

When I get sick of reading text books, I find myself reading children's book

I think having sleepover at aquarium is so awesome

Wearing high heels gets me on a power trip

I did not cry at the movies this year

One day, I will take a train "sleeper car" across the U.S.

I quit smoking.. cold turkey 2 years ago and havent touched a cigarette since.

I've lost 2 siblings to cancer.

My mother is a breast cancer survivor.

I've had 2 heart surgeries and it worked. I'm heart healthy now.

I'm terrified I will get breast cancer. My only sister died from breast cancer at the age I am now. (I just had a mammogram and am waiting for the results)

1) I love earrings. Its the main piece of jewelry I wear and I feel incomplete if I dont have a pair on.

2) I never buy anything yellow. And I just noticed this recently and come spring, I am willing myself to buy a yellow dress

3) I drive a jeep and my husband drives a jeep. We are a jeep family!

4) I have gone from 8 bookcases to 2 in the last few years.

5) I love to watch stupid sitcoms. I dont get a chance to watch much tv, so when I do, I indulge in the salt water taffy of tv shows...lol

to bump this thread..five other things about me

1) I am Russian Slavik/Romany. My maternal grandmother was an actual "gypsy" and my paternal side had a relative that played the violin for the czars.

2) I often try to have the last word....its a character flaw and it gets me in trouble. LOL. Its not as bad as it use to be but yeah, it still lingers as part of me

3) I really worry about why there arent more cemetaries. People die all the time and I believe we just dont have as many cemetaries as I think there should be to account for all the deaths.We have more apartments than graves and there have been FAR more people who have died than people who are currently alive. Where are all the dead people?

4) Speaking of dead people, my daughter is a professional medium. She does readings at a local holistic alternative spirituality shop, on a regular basis. She has quite the local following. She has had this gift since she was a child..she was always conjuring up spirits!

5) I keep all my old jewelry in old purses. I have about three big handbags full of dated jewelry. I cant wait for my grand daughters to get bigger so I can give them to them!